33 Martyrs Memorial
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| Location | Bingöl Province, Turkey |
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| Coordinates | 38°55′44″N 40°21′40″E / 38.928838719881995°N 40.36098767996801°E |
| Type | Memorial |
| Opening date | 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]
