Turkmen Martyrs' Day is an annual memorial day celebrated to commemorate the execution of Iraqi Turkmen intellectuals by Saddam Hussein's regime on January 16, 1980.
[1][2] It is celebrated every year in the graves of the victims.
Many Turkmen organizations as well as Atatürk's own Turkish Hearths have expressed condolences for the day.
[3] There were four people, all affiliated with each other, who were arrested by the Iraqi government and executed.
Those people are:[4]