Mass Grave Discovered in Eastern Turkey

Filed under: 1915, Armenian Genocide, History, Turkey, World War I — Michael van der Galien, Editor-in-Chief on January 29, 2008 @ 10:21 pm CET

A mass grave has been discovered in the Eastern Turkish city of Bitlis. Researches said that some 20,000 corpses were buried in it. The individuals were Turks, probably killed by Armenian militias and Cossacks. “The bones in the graveyard found in Mutki belong to children, women and the elderly, as well as soldiers.” (more…)

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