Bilge,_Mardin

Bilge, Mazıdağı

Bilge, Mazıdağı

Village in Mardin Province, Turkey

Bilge (Kurdish: Zanqirt) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mazıdağı, Mardin Province in Turkey.[2] The village is populated by Kurds of the Barava tribe and had a population of 150 in 2021.[1][3]

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Wedding party massacre

Main article: Mardin wedding party massacre

On May 4, 2009, gunmen killed 44 people at a wedding party in Bilge, using grenades and automatic weapons.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. [2]
    Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. [3]
    Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish) (3rd ed.). Kaynak Yayınları. 2014. p. 218.
  4. [4]
    "Many die in Turkey wedding attack". 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2020-03-15.


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