1996 Tunceli bombing

{{Short description|Suicide bombing in Tunceli}}

{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = 1996 Tunceli bombing

| location = {{flagicon|Turkey}} Tunceli, Tunceli Province, Turkey

| date = 30 June 1996

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| type = Suicide bombing

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| fatalities = 9 (including the perpetrator)

| injuries = 29

| perps =

| perp = PKK

| assailant = Zeynep Kınacı

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{{Suicide attacks in Turkey}}

The 1996 Tunceli bombing was a suicide bombing targeting a group of 60 unarmed military personnel who was there for a flag raising ceremony in Tunceli, Turkey on 30 June 1996. The explosion resulted in deaths of eight soldiers (Ali Alıç, Cafer Akıncı, Hakan Akyar, Celal Hatıl, İbrahim Sever, Önder Yağmur, Ahmet Yayman and Yusuf Yıldırım) and Zeynep Kınacı, who was identified as the assailant. 29 soldiers were injured in the attack. It was the first suicide bombing in history of Turkey.{{Cite web|title=Tunceli'yi karıştıran heykel|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/tunceliyi-karistiran-heykel-39166063|access-date=2020-10-10|website=www.hurriyet.com.tr|date=5 July 2000 |language=tr}}{{Cite news|last=Kinzer|first=Stephen|date=1996-07-03|title=Kurdish Suicide Bomber Kills 9 Turkish Soldiers (Published 1996)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/03/world/kurdish-suicide-bomber-kills-9-turkish-soldiers.html|access-date=2020-10-10|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|date=2018-05-02|title=The Point of No Return: Suicide Bombers, Amphetamines and the YPG/PKK|url=http://insamer.com/en/-the-point-of-no-return-suicide-bombers-amphetamines-and-the-ypgpkk_1213.html|access-date=2020-10-10|website=INSAMER English|language=en|archive-date=2020-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025084652/https://insamer.com/en/-the-point-of-no-return-suicide-bombers-amphetamines-and-the-ypgpkk_1213.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=İntihar eylemleri|url=http://www.emniyet.gov.tr/temuh/mucadele4.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040103190743/http://www.emniyet.gov.tr/temuh/mucadele4.htm|archivedate=3 January 2004|publisher=General Directorate of Security (Turkey)}}