Some Notes for the Warmongers
In the last couple
of weeks, İnsan Hakları Derneği (Human Rights Association) Diyarbakır Branch
has published an important report on human rights violations between the dates
July 24, 2015 and July 24, 2017, which attests to the atrocities faced by our
society in numbers.
According to this
report, in the last 2 years:
- 771 security
personnel and 1307 armed militia died in armed clashes. 51 people were caught
in crossfire and died.
- 448 people were
killed as a result of extrajudicial killings by soldiers, police or village
guards (korucu). Most of these deaths
took place during the curfews imposed. 75 of them were children.
-14 people died as
a result of armored cars hitting them.
- As a result of armed
groups actions, 129 people died all around Turkey, 64 of whom were living in
Kurdish cities. In Kurdish region, 14 people died after being detained by armed
militia or due to attacks committed by them.
- 15 children died
due to mines or residues from armed clashes. 56 people died due to fire opened
at people near the borders.
In total 2891
people died. 2891 lives lost, 2891 hearts stopped beating! Those injured can go
up to 3000.