__NOTOC__
Asım Bezirci (
Erzincan
Erzincan (; ), historically Yerznka (), is the capital of Erzincan Province in eastern Turkey. Nearby cities include Erzurum, Sivas, Tunceli, Bingöl, Elazığ, Malatya, Gümüşhane, Bayburt, and Giresun. The city is majority Turkish Sunni w ...
, 1927 –
Sivas
Sivas is a city in central Turkey. It is the seat of Sivas Province and Sivas District.[İl Beledi ...]
, 2 July 1993) was a Turkish critic, writer and poet. He was killed, along with 34 others, during the
Sivas massacre in Sivas,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
when a group of
Islamists
Islamism is a range of Religion, religious and Politics, political ideological movements that believe that Islam should influence political systems. Its proponents believe Islam is innately political, and that Islam as a political system is su ...
set fire to the hotel where the victims had gathered for the
Pir Sultan Abdal
Pir Sultan Abdal (born Haydar) was a prominent Turkish poeta b Gülseren Özdemir. "Pîr Sultan Abdal Animizm İnançlar" (PDF). Çukurova University. 2 February 2014. Accessed: 5 November 2008. and an important religious figure in Alevism of T ...
festival.
See also
*
List of Turkish writers
*
List of massacres in Turkey
References
External links
*
1927 births
1993 deaths
Turkish critics
20th-century Turkish poets
Turkish socialists
Turkish Marxists
Turkish murder victims
People murdered in Turkey
Mass murder victims
Deaths from fire
{{Turkey-poet-stub