Asım Bezirci (Erzincan, 1927 Sivas, 2 July 1993) was a Turkish critic, writer and poet.[1][2] He was killed, along with 34 others, during the Sivas massacre in Sivas, Turkey when a group of Islamists set fire to the hotel where the victims had gathered for the Pir Sultan Abdal festival.[3][4][5]

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  1. "Biography Asım Bezirci". dagyeliverlag.com (in German). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  2. "Asim Bezirci Biography". biyografya.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  3. "Turkish state found responsible for 1993 Sivas massacre". Hürriyet Daily News. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  4. "The Madimak hotel is to be bought by government". ANF News. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  5. "Victims of 1993 Sivas massacre commemorated". stockholmcf.org. Stockholm Center for Freedom. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2022.


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