Turkey .. 43 thousand violations under Erdogan

A Turkish opposition party has documented at least 43,000 violations of the right to life during the AKP-led Erdogan from 2002 to 2020.

Turkey .. 43 thousand violations under Erdogan
8 February, 2021   17:16
NEWSDESK

In the statement of opposition Republican People's Party Representative Sezgen Tanrikulu, the 18-year long ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) saw 1062 extrajudicial killings, 261 unidentified murders, 305 deaths in landmines, 850 deaths in attacks. Illegal organizations, 120 deaths in civil conflict, 781 deaths on migration routes, 86 deaths in custody, and 30 deaths of hunger strikes.

The report also revealed the violation against 2,380 people in prisons, the killing of 6,732 women murdered, 112 murders motivated by hate, 26,407 people in professional murders, 373 deaths as suspected soldiers, and 274 people during the attempted coup in July 15, 2016, and 11 people in accidents caused by police vehicles.

According to the report, from August 16, 2015 to January 1, 2020, 381 curfews were imposed in 11 states and at least 51 districts during the curfew period in the Kurdish provinces in Turkey, as 321 civilians lost their lives between August 16, 2015 and August 16. 2016.

The report pointed to the violation of children's rights from 2011 to 2020, the right to life was violated against at least 3,396 children cross Turkey.

The report also showed that 808 journalists were arrested under the AKP, and during the 18 years, there were at least 27,493 incidents of torture and ill-treatment, which peaked in 2015 and 2016.

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ANHA