khmer rouge

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Definition of khmer rouge in English Turkish dictionary

Kızıl Kmerler

English - English

Definition of khmer rouge in English English dictionary

A Cambodian communist guerrilla force active from the 1970s to the 1990s under the leadership of Pol Pot

A Cambodian Communist movement that was active as a guerrilla force from 1970 to the late 1990s and held power under the leadership of Pol Pot from 1975 to 1979. a very left-wing military organization which took control of the government of Cambodia in 1975, under its leader Pol Pot. Around 3 million Cambodians are believed to have been killed under Khmer Rouge rule, which continued until 1979. (French; "Red Khmer") Radical communist movement that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. The Khmer Rouge, under the leadership of Pol Pot, opposed the government of the popular Norodom Sihanouk. They gained support after Sihanouk was toppled by Lon Nol (1970) and after U.S. forces bombed the countryside in the early 1970s. In 1975 the Khmer Rouge ousted Lon Nol. Their extraordinarily brutal regime led to the deaths (from starvation, hardship, and execution) of one to two million people. Overthrown in 1979 by the Vietnamese, they retreated to remote areas and continued their struggle for power in Cambodia. The last Khmer Rouge guerrillas surrendered in 1998

Communist Party of Cambodia, communist organization that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 and is remembered for the genocide of 1.5 million people

a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999

Hyphenation

Khmer rouge

Turkish pronunciation

kmer ruj

Pronunciation

/ˈkmer ˈro͞oᴢʜ/ /ˈkmɛr ˈruːʒ/

Etymology

() From Khmer + French rouge (“red”).