Turkowice, Lublin Voivodeship

Turkowice
Village
Turkowice
Coordinates: 50°40′N 23°44′E / 50.667°N 23.733°E / 50.667; 23.733
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lublin
County	Hrubieszów
Gmina	Werbkowice

Turkowice [turkɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Werbkowice, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Werbkowice, 20 km (12 mi) south-west of Hrubieszów, and 104 km (65 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.

History

World War II

In March 1944, Turkowice was one of hundreds of locales attacked by Polish partisans in acts of ethnic cleansing against the ethnic Ukrainian population. 80 villagers were brutally murdered and 150 houses destroyed.^[2]

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
↑ Ther, Phillip; Siljak, Ana (2001). Redrawing nations: ethnic cleansing in East-Central Europe, 1944-1948. Oxford: Rowman & Littfield. p. 174.

Gmina Werbkowice

Seat	Werbkowice

Other villages	Adelina Alojzów Dobromierzyce Gozdów Honiatycze Honiatycze-Kolonia Honiatyczki Hostynne Hostynne-Kolonia Konopne Kotorów Łotów Łysa Góra Malice Peresołowice Podhorce Sahryń Sahryń-Kolonia Strzyżowiec Terebiń Terebiniec Turkowice Wilków Wronowice Zagajnik

Coordinates: 50°40′00″N 23°44′00″E / 50.6667°N 23.7333°E / 50.6667; 23.7333

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