Başbağlar

The small village of Başbağlar is 220 kilometers from the eastern city of Erzincan, located in the Erzincan province in the country of Turkey.

Başbağlar
Başbağlar
Coordinates: 39°15′2.88″N 38°55′15.96″E / 39.2508000°N 38.9211000°E / 39.2508000; 38.9211000Coordinates: 39°15′2.88″N 38°55′15.96″E / 39.2508000°N 38.9211000°E / 39.2508000; 38.9211000
Country Turkey
Province Erzincan
District Kemaliye

History

Several PKK members stormed the village in 1993 and went on killing 33 civilians after rounding them up. Over 200 houses, a clinic, a school and a mosque in the village were burned down.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Başbağlar, one of PKK's bloodiest massacres, remembered". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
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