Beyazıt Square Massacre: The Attack That Shook Turkey
On 16 March 1978 the Beyazıt massacre took place in Istanbul when seven students were killed and 41 injured at the University of Istanbul.
The bomb attack targeted left-wing students. The police had been informed in advance by an intelligence officer that a bomb attack on students exiting the university was planned by right-wing nationalists, but they failed to act.
An investigation into the killings was opened but later closed due to lack of evidence. The case was reopened in 1995 but dropped after prosecutors claimed the statute of limitations had passed. However, this decision was criticised by Turkey's justice minister in 2010 who stated that the prosecutors and judges responsible would be punished. More: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7778/beyaz%C4%B1t-massacre
