Murder of Ertuğrul Dursun Önkuzu

Ertuğrul Dursun Önkuzu was a 22 or 21-year-old Turkish idealist student from Zile, Tokat. He was badly tortured and murdered by left-wing students in Ankara on 23 November 1970.[1]

Ertuğrul Dursun Önkuzu
Born1948
Zile, Tokat
Died(1970-11-23)23 November 1970
Ankara
Cause of deathDefenestration
Resting placeZile, Tokat
Known forPolitical murder victim

Incident

On 20 November 1970, Önkuzu was kidnapped by a group of left-wing students in Ankara. For three days, he was heavily beaten and tortured. Torture methods included pumping air into his veins with a bicycle pump. In 23 November he was defenestrated from the third floor of a school. Some reports claim he was tortured to death and his corpse was throwen from the window.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Trials

Six people were arrested and convicted related to the incident. They all were released in 1974.[2]

Further reading
  • Işınsu, Emine. (1994). Sancı (13. basım ed.). Beyoğlu, İstanbul: Ötüken. ISBN 975-437-044-3. OCLC 49377274.

See also

References
  1. "Ertuğrul Dursun Önkuzu kimdir? - Yeni Akit". www.yeniakit.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  2. "Şehadetinin 40. yılında Dursun Önkuzu". Yeni Çağ Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  3. "Önkuzu'nun kefeni kan kırmızıydı! | Erzurum Pusula Gazetesi" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  4. "Ertuğrul Dursun Önkuzu'nun işkencelerle katledilişinin 49. ölüm yıl dönümü!". Haber Vakti (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  5. "Ertuğrul Dursun Önkuzu - Timeturk Haber". www.timeturk.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  6. "Ülkücü Şehit Dursun Önkuzu işkence ile böyle şehit edildi". Sanal Basın (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-11.
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