Ormancık | |
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Coordinates: 37°35′59″N 41°5′26″E / 37.59972°N 41.09056°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Mardin |
District | Savur |
Population (2021)
[1] | 31 |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( TRT) |
Ormancık ( Kurdish: Askêla) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Savur, Mardin Province of Turkey. [2] The village is populated by Kurds of the Dereverî tribe and had a population of 31 in 2021. [1] [3]
On 21 January 1994 it was reportedly attacked with grenades by the PKK. Nineteen people, composed of nine women, six children and four village guards - were killed in what Human Rights Watch described as a "massacre." [4] There is speculation that the event was a chemical attack. [5] [6]
Ormancık | |
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Coordinates: 37°35′59″N 41°5′26″E / 37.59972°N 41.09056°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Mardin |
District | Savur |
Population (2021)
[1] | 31 |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( TRT) |
Ormancık ( Kurdish: Askêla) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Savur, Mardin Province of Turkey. [2] The village is populated by Kurds of the Dereverî tribe and had a population of 31 in 2021. [1] [3]
On 21 January 1994 it was reportedly attacked with grenades by the PKK. Nineteen people, composed of nine women, six children and four village guards - were killed in what Human Rights Watch described as a "massacre." [4] There is speculation that the event was a chemical attack. [5] [6]