Did Wikipedia remove the word "militant" from the Çorum massacre article?

Yes. "militant" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today it appears nowhere in the article, references included. We saved the article's opening paragraph at 4 moments between 2020 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

When did the Çorum massacre article stop using the word "militant"?

The word appeared 1 times in the opening at its peak in 2020. It appears nowhere in the article today, checked against the live article on 2026-08-01.

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Çorum massacre

The Çorum massacre was a 1980 pogrom in Turkey in which ultranationalists killed as many as 57 people from the Alevi minority. Through 2020 the opening said "Islamist militants of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) attacked a district where predominantly Alevi Turkish citizens live." Today the opening calls the perpetrators "Turkist ultranationalists," and militant appears zero times anywhere in the article. A reader arriving now does not learn that the attackers were described as Islamist militants, only that they were nationalists.

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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01. “militant” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today it appears nowhere in the article, references included.

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The opening as it read in 2020

Çorum pogrom or Çorum massacres occurred in the province of Çorum in Turkey between May and July 1980. Extremist Sunni Muslims , who were part of a "nationalist youth" campaign, targeted the Alevi Turkish minority and killed more than 50. More than 200 were injured.¹ Another target was the social-liberal Republican People's Party (CHP).² Many victims were young people and women. Islamist militants of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) attacked a district where predominantly Alevi Turkish citizens live as a minority, causing the death of (according to an official source) 57 leftists and wounding hundreds of people, predominantly Alevi Turkish citizens.³

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Today

“militant” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today it appears nowhere in the article, references included. Read the current article and compare.

Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
	2015	2020	Oct '23	2025
militant	0	1	1	0
islamist	1	1	1	0
massacre	2	2	2	1

1. Removed 2 sentences: “Extremist Sunni Muslims , who were part of a "nationalist youth" campaign,…” In the article until October 6, 2023 (rev), gone by 2025 (rev).

The description of the attackers as extremist Sunni Muslims involved in a 'nationalist youth' campaign is gone from the opening.

2. Rewrote: “Another target was the social-liberal Republican People's Party (CHP).” Changed after our 2025 snapshot. Now reads: “Another target was the social-democratic Republican People's Party (CHP).”

The party's ideological label changed from 'social-liberal' to 'social-democratic,' unrelated to the militant finding.

3. Removed: “Islamist militants of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)…” In the article until October 6, 2023 (rev), gone by 2025 (rev).

The direct identification of the attackers as Islamist militants of the far-right MHP is gone from the opening.

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