In 1975 Hagop Tarakchian and Hagop Hagopian , with the help of sympathetic Palestinians , founded the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia ( ASALA ) in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War . At the time Turkey was in political turmoil , and Hagopian believed that the time was right to avenge the Armenians who died during the Armenian Genocide and to force the Turkish government to cede the territory of Wilsonian Armenia to establish a nation state also incorporating the Armenian SSR . In its Esenboga airport attack , on 7 August 1982 , two ASALA rebels opened fire on civilians in a waiting room at the Esenboga International Airport in Ankara . Nine people died and 82 were injured . By 1986 , the ASALA had virtually ceased all attacks
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
History of terrorism