Monument Name: | 33 Martyrs Memorial |
Native Name: | 33 Şehit Anıtı |
Location: | Bingöl Province, Turkey |
Type: | Memorial |
Open: | 24 May 2012 |
Dedicated To: | Victims of the Bingöl massacre |
The 33 Martyrs Memorial is a memorial in Bingöl Province, Turkey dedicated to 33 unarmed Turkish Army recruits killed by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the 1993 Bingöl massacre.[1]
The memorial is 13 kilometers west of Bingöl. In June 2007, a 10 square meter Turkish flag on a 33 meters long flagpole (representing the 33 recruits killed in the attack) was erected, along with cenotaphs for all 33 recruits. The memorial was opened to the public in 2012.[2] [3]