See also: Turkowice, Greater Poland Voivodeship.
| Turkowice | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lublin |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hrubieszów |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Werbkowice |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 50.6667°N 67°W |
Turkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Werbkowice, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10km (10miles) south of Werbkowice, 200NaN0 south-west of Hrubieszów, and 1040NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Lublin.
During the World War II, in March 1944, Turkowice was attacked by Polish partisans in reprisal for the Massacres of Poles in Volhynia carried out by Ukrainian nationalists. Eighty Ukrainian villagers were murdered and 150 houses destroyed.[2]