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Shotgunned Turkology is a comprehensive scholarly work prepared as a result of research conducted by Prof. Dr. Ahmet Buran. The 560-page work, published by Akçağ Yayınları, presents the global journey of Turkology as a discipline and the pressures and injustices faced by scholars in this field, analyzed through a scientific lens documents. Book Cover Image (Akçağ Publications Website) The book consists of a preface, two main sections, and a bibliography. In the preface, Author explains the motiv

The Hebron Massacre, also known as the Haram al-Ibrahim Massacre, was a mass killing that occurred on 25 February 1994 during morning prayers at the Haram al-Ibrahim Mosque in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, resulting in the deaths of 29 Palestinian Muslims. The perpetrator was the Jewish settler and U.S. citizen Baruch Goldstein. The massacre is a significant turning point not only because it targeted unarmed civilians engaged in worship but also due to the profound political consequences it

The Taskent (Dohni) Massacre is a mass killing carried out on 14–15 August 1974 by Greek Cypriot armed groups against Turkish Cypriot civilians. Turkish men gathered from the villages of Taskent, Terazi and Tatlısu were transported by bus to isolated areas under the pretense that they would be taken to a prisoner camp, where they were lined up and shot. Among the victims, including children, only Suat Kafadar survived; the perpetrators have never been prosecuted. The Situation in the Region and

1982 Hama Massacre has been interpreted by some political scientists as one of the darkest and bloodiest chapters in modern Syrian history, not merely a local suppression operation but also an attempt at genocide aimed at erasing the collective memory of a people. Some political scientists have interpreted this mass killing solely as the suppression of an uprising. The city of Hama, located in central Syria, has historically stood out for its Islamic identity, conservative structure, and politic

The Sparrow Massacre is a state-sponsored ecological massacre carried out within the framework of Mao Zedong’s “Great Leap Forward” policy, launched in 1958 in the People’s Republic of China. The campaign, known as the “Four Pests Campaign,” aimed to eliminate four designated creatures: sparrows, rats, mosquitoes, and flies. However, the mass extermination of sparrows quickly led to irreversible damage to the agricultural system and a famine that resulted in the deaths of millions of people. Thi

The 1821 Vrahori (Agrinio) Massacre was an event in which Muslim Turkish civilians in the region, who had already surrendered their weapons in the first year of the Greek Revolt uprising, were collectively killed by rebel Greek elements. The Greek uprising that began in 1821 triggered a widespread rebellion against Ottoman rule and the Turkish population in the Morea and surrounding areas, leading to violent incidents targeting civilians in various regions. Within this context, Vrahori (modern-d

The Burnt Mosque Massacre was a mass killing in which a large number of Muslim-Turkish civilians lost their lives in 1915 in a building in Ardahan known as the Arab Mosque or Halil Efendi Mosque. The event occurred within the context of actions carried out by Armenian armed groups operating alongside the Russian army. Following the massacre, the mosque became known among the public as the “Burnt Mosque” due to the fire that destroyed it. Historical Background During the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877

Bloody January (Bloody January, 20 January) is the name given to the events that occurred during the night of 19 January 1990 to 20 January 1990, when a Soviet military force of 26,000 troops intervened in Baku and several other cities of Azerbaijan. During the intervention, armored vehicles entered Baku from five directions; unarmed civilians were shot at; tanks and heavy armored vehicles were driven into civilian crowds; and ambulances and passenger buses were fired upon. On 19 January 1990, t

The Mountain Meadows Massacre was a mass violence incident that occurred between September 7 and 11, 1857, in the Utah Territory, resulting in the killing of at least 115 to 120 civilians from the Baker–Fancher wagon train, which was migrating from Arkansas to California. The event took place amid escalating tensions between the federal government and Mormon local authorities during the Utah War. Official U.S. reports indicate that Mormon local militia elements and allied Native American groups

The Arabat Massacre is the event in which the Crimean Tatars living in the Arabat region were systematically killed by Soviet security forces during the Crimean Tatar deportation that began on 18 May 1944. The Turkish population residing in the village of Arabat, located between the Sea of Azov and Sivash, was overlooked during the deportation operation. Upon discovery of this oversight, all inhabitants of the village were loaded onto an old ship and deliberately sunk in the middle of the sea. N