February 12, 2012
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Military official deposed in Bilge massacre inquiry
23 October 2009 / TODAY'S ZAMAN WITH WIRES, İSTANBUL
The Human Right investigation commission of the Parliament Zafer Üskül has stated after the commission’s meeting that the regiment commander of Mardin Gendarmerie has been deposed on Thursday following the commission’s investigation on Mardin’s Bilge village massacre.
An attack by armed assailants on civilians during an engagement ceremony in Bilge village on May 4 resulted in the deaths of 44 people and the injury of two others. Sixteen of the victims were women and seven were children.
The vicious attack reportedly stemmed from an interfamily dispute over the bride. Some sources, however, have claimed that a land dispute was behind the attack. The attack was one of the worst involving civilians in Turkey’s recent history.
11 suspects of the incident are currently jailed at the Çorum L-Type High Security Prison. The trial is closed to the media, as stipulated by the law in cases where one or more of the suspects are minors.
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