Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980)

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Political violence in Turkey became a serious problem in the late 1970s and was even described as a "low-level civil war". Far-left groups such as Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front, and separate Maoist groups , also Turkish right-wing ultranationalist gangs (sometimes allied with the state), were responsible for most of the violence. Ultimately, over 5,000 people died in the conflict. The violence lessened for a while after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état and was later overshadowed by the PKK insurgency in 1984.

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