: On Friday, April 20, 1979, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, with prior announcement and preparation, held an armed rally in Naqadeh and summoned its supporters (despite the prior written and verbal opposition of the Naqadeh residents). The rally took place at the sports stadium (located in the Turk-populated area of Naqadeh). During the event, gunfire was suddenly heard from a house south of the stadium, and shortly after, a shot from outside further agitated the thousands of armed Kurds present at the stadium. They fired into the air and hastily left the venue. Initially, armed Kurdish elements in the streets surrounding the stadium killed a number of shopkeepers and local residents of Naqadeh, and also took hostages at the weekly market (Friday Bazaar) and other neighborhoods. Although the Turks, using loudspeakers, announced until 2:00 PM that armed individuals should leave the city to avoid war and fratricide—leading those Kurds who had not come for war to depart—and despite the fact that Naqadeh elders requested the leaders of the Democratic Party to have the remaining armed elements also leave the city to prevent conflict, the party leaders refused and instead demanded the surrender of the Turks. Consequently, at 5:00 PM, the clashes officially began. After three days of bloody conflict, at dawn on Monday, April 23, 1979, the invading armed elements were forced to flee Naqadeh, and the war came to an end.