May 24, 1993, PKK attack
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The 24 May 1993 PKK attack,[3][4][5] sometimes referred to as the Bingöl massacre[6][7] 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 (two,[8] four[9] five[1]). This occurred following the breaking of the first ever PKK-Turkish ceasefire when Turkish forces attacked the PKK in Kulp.[10][11]
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Bingöl massacre | |
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Part of the Kurdish-Turkish conflict (1978-present) | |
Location | Elazığ-Bingöl highway |
Date | 24 May 1993 (24 May 1993) |
Attack type | Massacre, shooting |
Deaths | 33 unarmed Turkish soldiers and 2-5 civillians 22 soldiers briefly captured[1][2] |
Perpetrators | 150 Kurdistan Workers' Party militants |
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