genocide "...mattered little to Yanikian..." according to journalist Michael Bobelian. "Just as Ottoman dehumanization of the Armenians a half century earlier opened the door for so many ordinary citizens to participate in the Genocide, Yanikian came to view the men not as human beings, but as symbols of decades of injustice." Aftermath This was the first in a series of Armenian terrorist attacks against Turkish diplomats all over the world. Yanikian was sentenced to life in prison in July 1973 for first-degree murder. He was paroled on health about a month before his death in 1984. Baydar was survived by his wife, Güner, who he had married 20 months before, and who was pregnant at the time of the homicide. Legacies A primary school in Istanbul, and a street in Ankara are named after Demir. A high school in Istanbul and a street in Ankara are named after Mehmet Baydar. See also List of Turkish diplomats assassinated by Armenian militant organisations References 1973 in California Terrorist incidents in the United States in 1973 History of Los Angeles Assassinations in the United States