The Pinarcik Massacre is the name given to a 20 June 1987 event in which 30 Kurdish civilians, including 16 children, were killed in the village of Pınarcık, in the Mardin Province of Turkey. The government accused the PKK and said guerrillas were behind the massacre. However, neither PKK nor other Kurdish armed groups took credit of the attack. Serxebun newspaper which is believed to be close to the PKK didn't condemn the attack, but rather supported it. Former Turkish special forces soldier, Ayhan Çarkın said that the intelligence agency of the Turkish Gendarmerie (JITEM) was behind the attack. Turkey has been condemned several times by the European Court of Human Rights for executing Kurdish civilians and blaming the PKK.