What the records say
- When
- 24 May 1993
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 33
- Coordinates
- 38.67° N, 39.22° E
- Description
- Massacre in Turkey
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
May 24, 1993, PKK attack
Massacre in Turkey
The 24 May 1993 PKK attack, sometimes referred to as the Bingöl massacre was a Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) attack on unarmed Turkish military soldiers on the Elazığ-Bingöl highway, 13 km (8.1 mi) west of Bingöl. 33 Turkish soldiers and varying conflicting accounts of civilians were killed. This occurred following the breaking of the first ever PKK-Turkish ceasefire when Turkish forces attacked the PKK in Kulp.
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