Fergana massacre

Fergana Massacre
Fergana Massacre
Part of the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Location	Fergana Valley, Uzbek SSR
Date	3 June 1989–12 June 1989
Target	Meskhetian Turks
Attack type	pogrom
Deaths	minimum 97
Injured	1,000
Perpetrators	Uzbek nationalist mobs
Accused	KGB-led mafia

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]

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]

^ ^a ^b ^c "POPULATION TRANSFER: The Tragedy of the Meskhetian Turks". Cultural Survival. March 1992.
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^ UNHCR 1999b, 20.

[survival-1] "POPULATION TRANSFER: The Tragedy of the Meskhetian Turks". Cultural Survival. March 1992.

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[UNHCR_1999b_loc=20-4] UNHCR 1999b, 20.

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