What the records say
- When
- Jul 1943
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 38.66° N, 43.99° E
- Description
- 1943 mass execution in Turkey
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Muğlalı incident
1943 massacre of Kurds in Turkey
The Muğlalı incident, also known as the 33 Bullet incident, was a massacre that resulted in the deaths of 32 Kurdish and Küresünni civilians in July 1943, in Özalp, Van. They were executed for alleged animal smuggling on the orders of the 3rd Army Commander General Mustafa Muğlalı.
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