Assassination of Efraim Elrom

On May 17, 1971, Efraim Elrom, the Israeli consul-general in Istanbul, Turkey was kidnapped and murdered by the People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey.[1][2]

Background

The 1970s were a turbulent time in Turkish history. Until martial law was imposed in Istanbul and Ankara on April 26, 1971, left-wing extremists had been responsible for two kidnappings of American servicemen as well as two abductions of wealthy Turks. They had also robbed several banks and bombed numerous businesses and schools. Elrom's abduction broke period of relative inactivity on the part of the leftist militants.[3]

Victim

Efraim Elrom (né Hofstaedter) was born in Poland in 1911. In 1969, he joined the foreign service and adopted a Hebrew name as required. He was assistant commander of a special interrogation unit set up immediately after Adolf Eichmann's capture by Israeli agents in Argentina in 1960. He retired from the police force after 27 years. He left behind a widow, Elsa Elrom, but no children.[4]

Death

On Monday, May 17, 1971, Elrom, the then-Israeli consul-general was abducted by militants of the People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey. The Marxist-Leninist militant group kidnapped the diplomat when he returned to his apartment for lunch, striking him after he fought back, before carrying him wrapped in a sheet to a waiting car. Elrom's abductors demanded the release of imprisoned revolutionary militants in exchange for his release. The Turkish government refused this request and launched a mass arrest of prominent leftists. A subsequent curfew and the house-to-house search of Istanbul hastened the execution of Elrom, whose body was found in an apartment in the Nişantaşı quarter of Istanbul five days later at 04:15 on Sunday May 23, 1971 with three bullet wounds in his head.[4][5][2]

Perpetrators

Mahir Çayan, Ulaş Bardakçı, and Hüseyin Cevahir were identified as the abductors. The People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey, a group linked with the Marxist Palestinian guerrilla group Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, claimed responsibility for the abduction. The group first came to attention on March 4 when it kidnapped four American servicemen in Ankara. Palestinian guerrilla propaganda was frequently confiscated from Turkish leftists, and many militants received guerrilla training in Arab countries, particularly in Syria.[6][7]

Aftermath

The Turkish government and military cracked down on the entire radical left in Turkey, with the country seeing mass arrests. Israeli-Turkish relations became strained as Israeli authorities felt Turkish government did not do everything possible to have Elrom rescued.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Previous Major Attacks Against Israeli Embassies and Diplomats With Israelis Shot". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  2. ^ a b "Israeli Foreign Ministry: Terrorist Attacks". Archived from the original on 2014-05-25.
  3. ^ AVIV, EFRAT E. (2013). "The Efraim Elrom Affair and Israel–Turkey Relations". Middle Eastern Studies. 49 (5): 750–769. doi:10.1080/00263206.2013.811649. ISSN 0026-3206. JSTOR 24585940. S2CID 143608888.
  4. ^ a b "Kidnapping of Efraim Elrom: Report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-08-12.
  5. ^ "Turkey / Elrom Kidnapped". catalog.library.vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  6. ^ "Turkish Leftists Kidnap Israeli Consul General". The New York Times. 18 May 1971.
  7. ^ Aviv, Efrat (2017-02-17). Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism in Turkey: From Ottoman Rule to AKP. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-315-31412-9.
  8. ^ Aviv, Efrat E. (2013-09-01). "The Efraim Elrom Affair and Israel–Turkey Relations". Middle Eastern Studies. 49 (5): 750–769. doi:10.1080/00263206.2013.811649. ISSN 0026-3206. S2CID 143608888.
  9. ^ "Israeli-Turkish relations in the 1970s". Archived from the original on 2021-06-24.

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