Asım Bezirci

{{Short description|Turkish critic, writer and poet}}

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Asım Bezirci (Erzincan, 1927 – Sivas, 2 July 1993) was a Turkish critic, writer and poet.{{cite web |title=Biography Asım Bezirci |url=https://dagyeliverlag.com/book-author/asim-bezirci/ |website=dagyeliverlag.com |language=de |access-date=3 February 2023}}{{cite web |title=Asim Bezirci Biography |url=https://www.biyografya.com/biyografi/3390 |access-date=4 June 2022 |website=biyografya.com |language=tr}} 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.{{cite news |title=Turkish state found responsible for 1993 Sivas massacre |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-state-found-responsible-for-1993-sivas-massacre-69177 |access-date=4 June 2022 |work=Hürriyet Daily News |date=15 July 2014}}{{cite news |title=The Madimak hotel is to be bought by government |url=https://anfenglish.com/features/the-madimak-hotel-is-to-be-bought-by-government-1363 |access-date=4 June 2022 |work=ANF News |date=18 June 2010}}{{cite web |title=Victims of 1993 Sivas massacre commemorated |url=https://stockholmcf.org/victims-of-1993-sivas-massacre-commemorated/ |website=stockholmcf.org |publisher=Stockholm Center for Freedom |access-date=4 June 2022 |date=2 July 2020}}