Pınarcık massacre
| Pınarcık massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Pınarcık, Ömerli, Mardin Province, Turkey |
| Date | 20 June 1987 |
Attack type | Massacre, shooting, arson |
| Deaths | 32 |
| Perpetrators | Kurdistan Workers' Party |
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The Pinarcik massacre was the killing of 24 Kurdish women and children and eight village guards on 20 June 1987, in the village of Pınarcık, in the Mardin Province of Turkey, by ARGK units of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The dead consisted of 16 children, eight village guards, and eight women. Aliza Marcus, a specialist on the conflict, describes it as "the PKK's most brutal attack on villagers since the state-sponsored militia had been formed".