6 Attacks, 234 Deceased, 1 Discharge, 0 Resignation

Only one high-ranking official has been discharged, none resigned despite attacks in Reyhanlı, Diyarbakır, Suruç, Ankara, Sultanahmet, and Ankara killing 234 people and injuring over a thousand.

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6 Attacks, 234 Deceased, 1 Discharge, 0 Resignation

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Reyhanlı, Diyarbakır, Suruç, Ankara, Sultanahmet and Ankara again… 234 people have been killed, over a thousand others injured in the attacks. A high-ranking official has been discharged, no one resigned. Head of the intelligence agency has been Hakan Fidan during the whole time.

52 people getting killed and 146 others wounded in the attack launched in Reyhanlı on May 11, 2013, and the attack carried out against public meeting of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Diyarbakır on June 5 that left five people dead, and 400 wounded were like signaling the bomb attacks that claimed lives of 182, and injured as many as 700 as of June 7 general elections.

As Reyhanlı massacre and attack on HDP public meeting are added, the death toll rises to 234, and the number of wounded to thousands.

Another point besides magnitude of the attacks draws attention; mechanisms of resignation and penalizing those responsible for the attacks don’t function.

Fidan has been the undersecretary during the whole time

Six massive attacks, 234 deceased, over a thousand wounded…In return, only one discharge, zero resignation, two promotions.

The other striking point is that there has been the same figure as head of Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MİT) during the whole time: Hakan Fidan

Promotions

Celalettin Lekesiz, the Hatay Governor at the time of Reyhanlı massacre which left 52 people dead has been assigned as Chief Police Constable, and then Chief Police Constable Mehmet Kılıçlar assigned as Ankara Governor.

Lekesiz continues to serve as Chief Police Constable after the attacks of Diyarbakır (five killed), Suruç massacre (34 killed), Ankara massacre (109 killed), Sultanahmet bombing (11 killed), and lastly attack in Ankara (28 killed).

Kılıçlar is still the governor despite two massive attacks in Ankara.

Only one relieved of duty

The only high-ranking official who lost his seat has been Ankara Chief Police Constable, Kadri Kartal.

Kartal was relieved of his duty four days after the Ankara massacre.