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
CountryTurkey
ProvinceErzincan
DistrictKemaliye

History

The Başbağlar massacre (Turkish: Başbağlar Katliamı) is the name given to the 5 July 1993 event in which 33 civilians were killed, and the village of Başbağlar burnt down. Ex-special forces soldier Ayhan Çarkin claimed that the deep state was behind the massacre.[1] According to the Turkish government, 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.[2]

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