PKK’s terror period of 1992-1995

The Appendix of the letter written by Human Rights Watch on November 21, 1998, to the Italian Prime Minister detailing specific incidents of PKK crimes against humanity. This is only a partial list during the climax of PKK’s terror period of 1992-1995. The list does not include civil servants or others. (Pictures of some of the incidents are available).

Appendix A: List of massacres attributed to the PKK or for which the PKK took responsibility.

1992
June 24 1992: In the Seki village of Batman province, PKK forces killed ten, including seven children and a seventy-year old woman.
June 29, 1992: Near the Yolbasti village of Bitlis Province, PKK forces stopped a minibus and executed 10 individuals.
October 11, 1992: In the Uludere district of Sirnak province PKK forces killed eleven individuals in a rocket attack against the homes of village guards. Among those killed were six children and a ninety-year old woman.
October 20,1992: Near the Hazarsah village of Bingol, PKK forces stopped a minibus and machine gunned its occupants killing nineteen and wounding six.

1993
May 24, 1993: PKK forces stopped a bus carrying unarmed army recruits and machine gunned them all, murdering thirty-six individuals.
June 16, 1993: In the Yaylacik village of Mardin, PKK forces killed six individuals, including four children.
July 5, 1993: In a raid against the Basbaglar village of Erzincan province, PKK forces executed thirty persons and burned fifty-seven houses.
August 4,1993: In the Mutki district of Bitlis, PKK forces stopped six minibuses and executed nineteen individuals and wounded an additional thirteen.
August 4,1993: In a raid against the Konakbasi settlement of Bingol province, PKK forces killed eleven individuals, including eight children between the ages of two and twelve and a seventy-yen old man.
September 17, 1993: In a raid against the teachers’ club in the Egin district of Diyarbalir, PKK militants executed six civil servants.
October 12,1993: PKK forces murdered twenty-two individuals, fourteen of whom were children and eight women, in a raid on the Derince village or Siirt.
October 25, 1993: PKK forces murdered thiry-eight individuals, including three children, in the Yavi town of Cat district, Erzurum.
December 12, 1993: In a raid against the Agackonak village of Adiyaman province, PKK forces killed 13 people, including four women and four children.

1994
January 1, 1994: PKK forces stopped a minibus on the Diyarbakir-Elazig road and murdered eight individuals.
January 22, 1994: In a raid against the Akyurek and Ormancik villages of Mardin province, PKK forces killed twenty individuals, including six children and nine women.
May 15, 1994: PIKK Forces raided the Edebuk village of Erzincan province and murdered nine individuals, including a three-year-old child.
June 19, 1994: In an attack against the family of a former PKK member, PKK forces killed the former member’s mother as well as his five brothers and sisters, ranging in age from four to thirteen.
July 20, 1994: PKK forces murdered eleven individuals after stopping vehicles on the Erzurum-Bingol road.
August 10,1994: PKK members opened fire on a passing bus on the Van-Bahcesaray road, killing eleven, including three children, and wounding eight.

1995
Jannuary 1,1995: In a raid against the Hamzali village of Diyarbakir province, PKK forces killed nineteen individnals, including seven children and eight women.
January 12, 1995: In a raid against the Narlica village of Diyarbakir province, PKK forces killed eight individuals, including two children and one woman.
April 5, 1995: In a raid against a pasture in Hatay province, PKK militants murdered seven individuals.
July 23, 1995: In a raid against the Akdogu village of Van province, PKK forces killed twelve individuals, including two children and six women.
August 4, 1995:10 a raid against the Gazelusagi village of Hatay province, PKK fighters killed eight individuals, including four children. Another four individuals, including two children were wounded.
September 5, 1995: In an attack against a mine in Hatay province, PKK forces murdered eight workers.