Başbağlar, Erzincan

Place in Erzincan, 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

Başbağlar is a small village located in Kemaliye District, in Erzincan Province, Turkey. Başbağlar is located approximately 137 miles (220 km) east of Erzincan. As of the 2010 census, Başbağlar had a population of 81 people.[2]

## History[edit]

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. Attack was originally attributed to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Abdullah Öcalan stated that massacre was committed by a PKK member codenamed Dr. Baran while ex-special forces soldier Ayhan Çarkın claimed that the deep state was behind the massacre.[3] 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.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
2. ^ "Address Based Population Registration System DATABASE" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
3. ^ "Ayhan Çarkın Emniyet'te". Radikal.com.tr.
4. ^ "Başbağlar, one of PKK's bloodiest massacres, remembered". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2016-09-28.

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