Fergana massacre

Fergana Massacre
Part of the exile of the Meskhetian Turks and the dissolution of the Soviet Union
LocationFergana Valley, Uzbek SSR
Date3 June 1989 (1989-06-03)–12 June 1989 (1989-06-12)
TargetMeskhetian Turks, some Bukharan Jews
Attack type
pogrom
Deathsminimum 97[1]
Injured1,000[1]
PerpetratorsUzbek nationalist mobs
AccusedKGB-led mafia[2][3]

Fergana massacre happened in 1989, after riots broke out between the Meskhetian Turks exiled in Uzbekistan and the native Uzbeks. Hundreds of Meskhetian Turks were killed or injured, nearly 1,000 properties were destroyed and thousands of Meskhetian Turks fled into exile.[4] Bukharian Jews living in Fergana were also targeted, and many fled to Israel.[3]

Since their World War II deportation, Meskhetian Turks were not allowed to return to their homeland. They continued living in Central Asia, primarily in Uzbekistan, until June 1989, when Uzbek extremists took part in a mass slaughter of the Meskhetian Turks and other minorities in the Fergana Valley. According to official, and most probably low figures, 97 people died, over 1,000 were wounded and 752 houses destroyed. Before the massacre, about 100,000 Meskhetian Turks lived in Uzbekistan.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "POPULATION TRANSFER: The Tragedy of the Meskhetian Turks". Cultural Survival. March 1992.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference pravda was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Patrick Sullivan (2017). Economic Inequality, Neoliberalism, and the American Community College. p. 79.
  4. ^ UNHCR 1999b, 20.