Basbağlar

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Başbağlar (Turkey)
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Basic data
Province (il) : Erzincan
District ( ilçe ) : Kemaliye
Coordinates : 39 ° 15 '  N , 38 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 15 '2 "  N , 38 ° 55' 16"  E
Height : 1580  m
Residents : 81 (2010)
Telephone code : (+90) 446
Postal code : 24610
License plate : 24
Structure and administration (as of 2010)
Muhtar : Ali Akarpınar
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Başbağlar is a Turkish village in the district Kemaliye the province of Erzincan in eastern Anatolia . Başbağlar is located in the south of the province on the border with Tunceli at an altitude of approx. 1600 m above sea level, in the east of the Barasor valley.

In 2010, 81 people lived in Başbağlar. The population is decreasing. The village is located in a mountainous region and has hardly any agricultural land. The climate is rough and continental. The residents are Sunni Muslims. Many former residents spend their summer in Başbağlar.

history

A village mosque was built in the 1950s, the village elementary school and teacher's apartment in 1962. Until 1985, Başbağlar was not connected to the road network. In 1987 the village received a sewer system. In 1990 544 people lived in Başbağlar.

massacre

On July 5, 1993, Başbağlar was the scene of a serious crime. An armed group of around 100 attacked the village. A total of 33 villagers were shot or died in the flames. Numerous houses were burned. The massacre is widely blamed on the Kurdistan Workers' Party and viewed as revenge for the arson attack on Sivas , which had occurred three days earlier and which also claimed numerous victims. The massacre was never fully investigated. A long court case against 18 people ended in 1998, despite years of pre-trial detention, with acquittals in terms of involvement in the attack. The massacre aroused anti-Jewish and anti-Serb resentment in certain circles.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics Office of Turkey ( Memento from December 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ www.yerelnet.org.tr
  3. ↑ www.radikal.com.tr
  4. ↑ See the newspaper Yeni Şafak of July 5, 1996.

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