The attacks on HDP once again reveal the AKP plans to massacre civilians in order to stay in power. Erdoğan and his team came into power with a discourse of advanced democracy but committed 17,153 murders during their time in power.

Human Rights reports reveal that AKP has offered nothing but death and massacres to the public since it came into power in 2002. Human Rights Association, Turkey Human Rights Foundation, and Labor and Social Security Institution reports between 2002 and 2014 shed light on the 12 years of AKP history characterized by murders. The reports of these three non-governmental organizations show that a total of 17,153 people were murdered through unresolved assassinations, extrajudicial executions, custody and prison, and work accidents during AKP’s time in power.

An important detail from the reports reveal that these murders have been constantly increasing since Erdoğan and AKP came into power with the promise of advanced democracy, particularly in Kurdistan since Erdoğan acknowledged the existence of the Kurdish issue in 2005.

Below are the yearly statistics we gathered as we compiled the NGO reports under 4 categories:

 

2002 - Type and number of murders

Unresolved murders	75
Extrajudicial executions (by police, gendarme, and counterguerillas)	40
Custody and Prison	35
Work accidents	872

                    

2003 - Type and number of murders

Unresolved murders	50
Extrajudicial executions (by police, gendarme, and counterguerillas)	44
Custody and Prison	22
Work accidents	810

                 

2004 - Type and number of murders

Unresolved murders	47
Extrajudicial executions (by police, gendarme, and counterguerillas)	47
Custody and Prison	37
Work accidents	841

 

2005 - Type and number of murders

Unresolved murders	4
Extrajudicial executions (by police, gendarme, and counterguerillas)	61
Custody and Prison	16
Work accidents	1072

 

2006 - Type and number of murders

Unresolved murders	20
Extrajudicial executions (by police, gendarme, and counterguerillas)	49
Custody and Prison	11
Work accidents	1592

 

2007 - Type and number of murders

Unresolved murders	42
Extrajudicial executions (by police, gendarme, and counterguerillas)	34
Custody and Prison	10
Work accidents	1043

 

2008 - Type and number of murders

Unresolved murders	29
Extrajudicial executions (by police, gendarme, and counterguerillas)	35
Custody and Prison	45
Work accidents	865

                     

2009 - Type and number of murders

Unresolved murders	75
Extrajudicial executions (by police, gendarme, and counterguerillas)	40
Custody and Prison	35
Work accidents	872

 

2010 - Type and number of murders

Unresolved murders	22
Extrajudicial executions (by police, gendarme, and counterguerillas)	43
Custody and Prison	41
Work accidents	1444

                                                

2011 - Type and number of murders

Unresolved murders	46
Extrajudicial executions (by police, gendarme, and counterguerillas)	76
Custody and Prison	41
Work accidents	1700

 

2012 - Type and number of murders

Unresolved murders	27
Extrajudicial executions (by police, gendarme, and counterguerillas)	47
Custody and Prison	83
Work accidents	744

 

2013 - Type and number of murders

Unresolved murders	18
Extrajudicial executions (by police, gendarme, and counterguerillas)	44
Custody and Prison	33
Work accidents	1545

 

2014 - Type and number of murders

Unresolved murders	20
Extrajudicial executions (by police, gendarme, and counterguerillas)	103
Custody and Prison	50
Work accidents	1886