Kanlı
Pazar

Turkey's Bloody Sunday — 16 February 1969

Nationalists, Islamists, and the Left in 1960s Turkey

Kanlı Pazar is a 2012 book about the Kanlı Pazar massacre — the killings that took place in Istanbul's Taksim Square on 16 February 1969 — and the political atmosphere and social dynamics of its era.

Conceived as a “living edition,” this site is a continually expanding, continually updated digital version of the book, built on the argument that Kanlı Pazar is not merely a past event but a social and political rupture whose consequences continue to shape the present.

Intended to grow over time through new documents, testimonies, and photographs, this project welcomes contributions from readers — photographs, documents, testimonies, and corrections alike.