Bilge, Mardin

Bilge (Kurdish: Zanqirt) is a village in the Mazıdağı district of Mardin Province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey.

Wedding party massacre

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

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Coordinates: 37°28′N 40°35′E / 37.467°N 40.583°E / 37.467; 40.583


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