May 24, 1993, PKK attack
| Bingöl massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Kurdish-Turkish conflict (1978-present) | |
| Location | Elazığ-Bingöl highway |
| Date | 24 May 1993 |
Attack type | Massacre, shooting |
| Deaths | 33 unarmed Turkish soldiers and 2–5 civilians 22 soldiers briefly captured |
| Perpetrators | 150 Kurdistan Workers' Party militants led by Parmaksız Zeki |
The 24 May 1993 PKK attack, sometimes referred to as the Bingöl massacre was a Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) attack on unarmed Turkish military soldiers on the Elazığ-Bingöl highway, 13 km (8.1 mi) west of Bingöl. 33 Turkish soldiers and varying conflicting accounts of civilians were killed (two, four, five). This occurred following the breaking of the first ever PKK-Turkish ceasefire when Turkish forces attacked the PKK in Kulp.