Turkey, already reeling from a connected massacre two days earlier, heard the bad news about a small town in eastern Turkey 27 years ago. The PKK terrorist group had shot 33 villagers dead, the majority of them execution-style.
Security forces arrived at 10 am on July 6, 14 hours later. It was not possible to catch terrorists and intervene when they arrived. Terrorists were also gone. It is also true that the evidence was not examined at the scene. 585 empty Kalashnikov shells were collected, but no ballistic examination was made. No autopsy was made to our martyrs.
The houses burned after the incident were demolished with a dozer. As for the upper mind, former Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit said in 1997 that the groundbreaking ceremony of our houses made "Sivas and Başbağlar the same dark forces". In this massacre there was a finger of terrorist organizations and an organized upper mind. Despite 27 years passed, the fact that the Basbağlar Massacre remained unknown as the perpetrator.
A terrorist incident took place in Başbağlar 27 years ago that hurt with hearts. What happened in Başbağlar?
Approximately 150 terrorists came to the village in the evening prayer time. They listen to the village and attack after the adhan ends. A group of terrorists are holding the entrance and exit of the Başbağlar village. A group cuts the phone lines. Then they raided the village mosque and took the people from the prayer. Terrorists on the other team attacked the houses and gathered women and children into the stream. The mosque was burned with 191 households together with the lodgings. The terrorists who made propaganda of the terrorist organization PKK for 45 minutes, who gathered in the square at the exit of the village, put the villagers in the rain of bullets. 27 of our citizens were martyred there. They want to throw a person into the vehicle they burned, but when they resisted they martyred there. They murdered 5 people, including a woman and a child, in their homes. In the Başbağlar, 33 citizens were killed and burned that evening.
Many issues related to the event came up. There are allegations that the security forces did not intervene on time, that the evidence was not examined. Another issue is to organize the massacre by a higher mind. What would you say about all these issues?
Security forces arrived 14 hours later, at 10 am on the morning of July 6th. It was not possible to reach terrorists and intervene when they arrived. Terrorists were also gone. It is also true that the evidence was not examined at the scene. 585 empty Kalashnikov shells were collected, but no ballistic examination was made. No autopsy was made to our martyrs. The houses burned after the incident were demolished with a dozer. Regarding the upper mind, former Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit said in 1997 that the groundbreaking ceremony of our houses "Sivas and Başbağlar made the same dark forces". In this massacre there was a finger of terrorist organizations and an organized upper mind. to drag Turkey into chaos, wanting to stem conflicts that massacre carried out by terrorist organizations. Despite 27 years passed, the fact that the Basbağlar Massacre remained unknown as the perpetrator.
What is the reason of the terrorist organization's massacre in Başbağlar? Finally, I want to ask the legal situation. What is the final status of the Başbağlar case?
Başbağlar is a village with high Islamic sensitivity. This is the most important factor. Başbağlar is an important region in terms of history. At the end of the Barasor Valley, at a point where the highway ends. If the capitals were emptied, all the villages in the valley would be emptied. On the other hand, since the region is a mountainous region, it would be easy for terrorists to lose their tracks after taking the action. For these reasons, we think that they carried out massacres in Başbağlar. Nothing in the legal sense. In 1998, the file was closed and no defendants received a penalty.