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Destroy the secular and democratic Turkey and establish a shari'a dictatorship in Turkey. (ongoing)

### Crimes

Mass murder
Child murder
Mass unlawful imprisonment
Mass unlawful detention
Crimes against humanity
Terrorism
Serial corruption
Countless abuse of power
Tyranny
Authoritarianism
War crimes
Human rights violations
Political repression
Treason
Kidnapping
Coercion
Mass torture
Assault and battery
Oppression
Arson
Blackmail
Bid rigging
Bribery
Drug trafficking
Arms trafficking
Tax evasion
Smuggling
Theft
Money laundering
Embezzlement
Having ties with terrorist organizations
Having ties with mafia
Document forgery
Negligence
Reckless endangerment
Public endangerment
Fraud
Slander
Incrimination
Animal cruelty
Pollution
Aiding and abetting
Vandalism
Child abuse
Hate crimes
Hate speech
Misogyny
Homophobia
Atheophobia
Ableism
Incitement to violance
Spreading fake news
Attempted sabotage
Nepotism
Cronyism
Conspiracy
Disinformation
Defamation
Illegal destruction
Reckless driving
Threats
Illegal deforestation
Resisting arrest
Threatening a police officer
Assaulting a police officer
Assaulting a minor
Drug possession
Propaganda
Censorship
Economic mismanagement
Electoral fraud
Election interference
Obstruction of justice
Deprivation of liberty
Submitting false statements
Usage of police brutality

### Type of Villains

Terroristic Corrupt Officials

*"Everything is for Turkey, this light will not fade away"*

~AKP's slogan from 2003

**Justice and Development Party** is the government party of Turkey since 2002. AKP has been the first party in all the elections it has participated in since the past, and came to power alone in four of the seven general elections (2002, 2007, 2011 and November 2015). The party held a majority of seats for 13 years, but lost it in June 2015, only to regain it in the snap election of November 2015. The current party leader is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan current president of Turkey. AKP is the world's 8nd largest political party in terms of membership and the political party with the most members in the world, excluding political parties in India, China and the United States.

## History

With the closure of the Welfare Party by the Constitutional Court on January 16, 1998, politicians from the National Vision tradition united again under the Virtue Party. However, the Innovators, led by Abdullah Gül, who thought that the party could not find a response among the public due to the unchanging policies and the unchanging old leadership staff *,* entered race with the traditionalists at the Virtue Party congress. The Innovators, who lost the congress held on May 14, 2000 by a small margin, began to think that society-based politics could no longer be carried out in the party. In this environment, the Virtue Party suffered the same fate as the Welfare Party and was closed down (22 June 2001). With Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who was released from prison, joining them, the innovators immediately started working on a new party. On August 14, 2001, the Justice and Development Party was established. During it's formation process many members from other political parties and new politicians joined the AKP. Such as Abdullah Gül and Bülent Arınç from Virtue Party, Cemil Çiçek and Abdulkadir Aksu from Motherland Party, Hüseyin Çelik and Köksal Toptan from True Path Party and new politicians that joined a political party for a first time like Ali Babacan, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Selma Aliye Kavaf and Egemen Bağış. All of these people joined Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to found the new party.

Shortly after formation, the AKP portrayed itself as a pro-Western and pro-American party in the Turkish political spectrum that advocates a liberal market economy including Turkish membership in the European Union. The party has for a long time been supported by the Cemaat Movement of exiled Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, whose influence in the judiciary has helped to weaken the opposition against the AKP. Having been an observer in the center-right European People's Party since 2005, it later left to join the eurosceptic Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE) on November 13th, 2013.

### Closure cases

The Justice and Development Party has faced two closure cases in its history. Just 10 days before the national elections of 2002, Turkey's chief prosecutor, Sabih Kanadoğlu, asked the Turkish constitutional court to close the Justice and Development Party, which was leading in the polls at that time. The chief prosecutor charged the Justice and Development Party with abusing the law and justice.

On March 14, 2008, the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals, Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya, filed a lawsuit for the permanent closure of the Justice and Development Party in the Constitutional Court, claiming that "the Justice and Development Party has become the focus of actions against secularism ".  He demanded that 71 people, including President Gül and Prime Minister Erdoğan, be suspended from politics for 5 years. With the decision announced on July 30, 2008, 6 of the 10 members voted to close it, 4 voted to cut treasury aid, and Constitutional Court President Haşim Kılıç voted against it. It was decided to reduce half of the party's treasury revenue.

### Merge with People's Voice Party

On July 12, 2012, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proposed to the Chairman of the People's Voice Party, Numan Kurtulmuş, to "integrate" their party.  According to the decision taken by the authorized bodies of the two parties, a merger process has begun. At the end of the process, the People's Voice Party, which called for a general assembly to its delegates, closed down by taking the decision of "termination due to integration" in accordance with 165 of the 177 valid votes in the extraordinary congress held on 19 September 2012.  Following the dissolution of the People's Voice Party, Numan Kurtulmuş, along with many party members, joined the Justice and Development Party at the ceremony held on 22 September 2012.

## Ideology

Although the party is described as an Islamist party in some media, party officials reject those claims. According to former minister Hüseyin Çelik, "*In the Western press, when the AKP administration – the ruling party of the Turkish Republic – is being named, unfortunately most of the time 'Islamic,' 'Islamist,' 'mildly Islamist,' 'Islamic-oriented,' 'Islamic-based' or 'with an Islamic agenda,' and similar language is being used. These characterizations do not reflect the truth, and they sadden us.*" Çelik added, "*The AKP is a conservative democratic party. The AKP's conservatism is limited to moral and social issues.*" Also in a separate speech made in 2005, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated, "*We are not an Islamic party, and we also refuse labels such as Muslim-democrat.*" Erdoğan went on to say that the AKP's agenda is limited to "conservative democracy".

## Members

### **Leadership:**

* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (currently leader of the AKP and president of Turkey)
* Ahmet Davutoğlu (former leader of AKP and former prime minister of Turkey. Currently he is leader of Future Party)
* Binali Yıldırım (former leader of AKP and former prime minister. Also candidate of AKP in 2019 İstanbul elections)

### **Notable Members:**

* Abdullah Gül (11nd president of Turkey)
* Süleyman Soylu (former Interior Minister)
* Efkan Âlâ (former Interior Minister)
* İbrahim Melih Gökçek (mayor of Ankara from 1994 to 2017)
* Bülent Arınç (former Deputy Prime Minister)
* Bekir Bozdağ (former minister of Justice)
* Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (former minister of Foreign Affairs)
* Hakan Fidan (current minister of Foreign Affairs)
* Ali Babacan (former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Minister of Treasury and Finance. Currently leader of DEVA Party)
* Berat Albayrak (Erdoğan's son-in-law and former Minister of Treasury and Finance)
* Nureddin Nebati (former Minister of Treasury and Finance)
* Mehmet Şimşek (current Minister of Treasury and Finance)
* Sema Ramazanoğlu (former Minister of Family and Social Services)
* Ömer Çelik (party's general spokeperson)
* Fatih Şahin (party's general secretary)
* Yusuf Yerkel (former Erdoğan's Deputy Chief of Private Office)
* Erdoğan Bayraktar (former minister of Environment and Urbanism and one of the names on the 2013 corruption scandal)
* Muammer Güler (former Interior minister and one of the names on the 2013 corruption scandal)
* Zafer Çağlar (former minister of Treasury and Finance and obe of the names on the 2013 corruption scandal)
* Egemen Bağış (first minister of the Ministry for EU Affairs and one of the names on the 2013 corruption scandal)
* Selma Aliye Kavaf (sister of Sema Ramazanoğlu and former AKP deputy. Currently on DEVA Party)
* AK Trolls (internet trolls of AKP's young wing AK Youth)

### Groups inside AKP:

* Tayyipists are a group that constitutes those who support Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The group represents the Erdoğanism view within the party.
* Pelikanists are a group close to Berat Albayrak, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Süleyman Soylu supporting the liquidation of those who do not comply with the main line of the party. The existence of the Pelikan group was revealed through Redhack .It is allegeded that this group played a role in Ahmet Davutoğlu's resignation.
* Soyluists are the group that supports former Democratic Party chairman Süleyman Soylu's entry into the AK Party and his position as Minister of Internal Affairs.
* Bilalists are the pro-Erdoğanist group within the party, led by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's son Bilal Erdoğan.
* The disgruntled group is the group that defines those who disapprove of the party's recent policies. Ideologically, it supports the liberal, conservative and pro-European Union views of the AK Party in its early years. It is said that former president Abdullah Gül, Bülent Arınç, Ali Babacan and Ahmet Davutoğlu led this group.
* Davutoğlu supporters are the group that supports Ahmet Davutoğlu's prime ministership and views. It differs from the party's mainstream politics in that it is more Islamist in outlook and advocates ummahism instead of nationalism. The group, which has become unpopular in recent years, disbanded after Davutoğlu left the party and founded the Future Party.

## Relationships

### Allies:

#### Peoples Allience:

* Nationalist Movement Party (allience member)
* Great Unity Party (allience member)
* New Welfare Party (former allience member)
* Free Cause Party (supporter)
* Democratic Left Party (supporter)
* Patriotic Party (supporter)
* Motherland Party (supporter)

#### **Gang of Five:**

* Cengiz Holding
* Limak Holding
* Kalyon Holding
* Kolin Holding
* Makyol Group

#### **Other Allies:**

* Gülen Movement and Fethullah Gülen (formerly)
* Kurdistan Workers' Party (formerly)
* Turkish Mafia and Sedat Peker (formerly)
* Peoples' Democratic Party (formerly)
* Grey Wolves
* Ensar Foundation
* İsmailağa Congregation
* A Haber (A News)
* Yeni Akit (New Agreement)
* Yeni Şafak (New Dawn)

### Enemies:

#### Political:

* Nationalist Movement Party (formerly)
* Republician People's Party / Y-CHP
* Good Party
* Peoples' Democratic Party
* All opposition parties

#### Others:

* Grey Wolves (formerly)
* Fethullah Gülen and FETO (currently)
* Gezi Protesters
* Anyone who opposes them

## Sledgehammer (allegeded coup plan)

**Operation Sledgehammer** is the name of an alleged Turkish secularist military coup plan dating back to 2003, in response to the Justice and Development Party gaining office. FETO and AKP incriminated Turkish Armed Forces for planning a coup and 300 of the 365 suspects were sentenced to prison terms, while 34 suspects were acquitted. Numerous legal flaws and improper procedures throughout the case, and the lack of a response by the government also drew concern. This included the case that the original Sledgehammer document, claimed to have been produced in 2003, was actually created using Microsoft Word 2007. Other irregularities included the forging of signatures of high-ranking military officers.

## Ergenekon Trials

**The** **Ergenekon Trials**, were a series of high-profile trials which took place on 2008–2016 in Turkey in which 275 people, including military officers, journalists and opposition lawmakers, all alleged members of Ergenekon, a suspected secularist clandestine organization, were accused of plotting against the Turkish government. The trials resulted in lengthy prison sentences for the majority of the accused. Those sentences were overturned shortly after. With the help of Fethullah Gülen and Cemaat Movement, Erdoğan was able to curb the political power of the military through the Sledgehammer and Ergenekon court cases.

## 2013 Turkey Protests

**2013 Turkey Protests/Gezi Park Events** started when urban plan developments were going to take over the Gezi park. Later, a group of people made a peaceful protest and government ordered the police force to suppress the protests by force. After violent police intervention, protests spread all over the country and evolved into mass protests against government intervention to life style and democratic rights. After excessive use of force by police officers and by AKP supporters, more than 8,000 protestors wounded, 91 people suffered head trauma, 10 people lost their eyes, 1 person had his spleen removed and 22 died. Government refused to apologize, and tried to control the dissidents by laws, and with jail. AKP also made disinformation during the protests Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan allegeded that he had security camera footage of protesters drinking alcohol in the Dolmabahçe Mosque. However, the imam of Dolmabahçe Mosque denied the Erdoğan's allegations and no footage was released to the public. Later, the imam (who is a state employee of the mosque) was transferred to a different city. However, many are still protesting because their rights were violated. People, started their Community Counils in parks at major cities. These councils are not recognised by any law, but people gathered and try to actively participate in politics and decision making process. With the party's heavy-handed response receiving international condemnation and stalling the party's once championed EU accession negotiations. Since then, the party has brought about tighter regulations on internet use, abortion and alcohol consumption, having temporarily blocked access to Twitter and YouTube in March 2014. Also after the protests, government-sponsored internet trolls began to appear on social media platforms. Especially after the government corruption scandal involving several AKP ministers in 2013, the party has been increasingly accused of crony capitalism. The AKP favours a strong centralized leadership, having long advocated a presidential system of government and significantly reduced the number of elected local government positions in 2013.

## 2013 Corruption Scandal

**2013 Corruption Scandal** was a criminal investigation that involved four AKP ministers,three kids of ministers and other key people in the AKP for abuse of power,corruption,gold smuggling,money laundering,bribery,document forgery,bid rigging and fraud. It is infamous for moneys found in shoeboxes. Barış Güler (son of Muammer Güler), Kaan Çağlayan(son of Zafer Çağlayan), Oğuz Bayraktar (son of Erdoğan Bayraktar), businessman Ali Ağaoğlu, Halkbank general manager Süleyman Aslan and Rıza Sarraf were detained. In the following days, some information about the investigation file was leaked to the media. Accordingly, it was claimed that businessman Riza Sarraf was the key figure in the investigation and committed crimes such as money laundering and gold smuggling, thanks to the relationships he developed with four ministers within the bureaucracy and the bribery scheme. In addition, it was claimed in the investigation that the accusations against the children of three ministers were "intermediary in receiving and giving bribes". Following the investigations, Egemen Bağış was dismissed from his position as Minister of European Union Affairs. Muammer Güler, Zafer Çağlayan and Erdoğan Bayraktar resigned from their ministerial positions. While 24 of the 71 suspects detained within the scope of the investigation were arrested by the court, 38 were released on condition of judicial control. 5 branch managers and prosecutors who carried out the operations were dismissed and an estimated 6 thousand police officers were transferred. AKP is now saying that this was a conspiracy made by Gülen Movement.

## Peace Process with Kurdistan Workers' Party

On March 21st, 2013; Öcalan declared a ceasefire between the PKK and the Turkish state. Öcalan's statement was read to hundreds of thousands of Kurds gathered to celebrate the Kurdish New Year and it states, "*Let guns be silenced and politics dominate... a new door is being opened from the process of armed conflict to democratization and democratic politics. It's not the end. It's the start of a new era.*" Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed the statement and hope for a peaceful settlement has been raised on both sides. During the process AKP gave 2 ministries to Peoples' Democratic Party. Also during the process Erdoğan gave a speech with PKK supporter Barzani who said "*PKK is not the terrorist,real terrorist is Turkish Government"* and PKK supporters booing a soldier makes opposition reacted very harshly to this and argued that peace cannot be made with terrorists. On 2014 the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party, Devlet Bahçeli, reacted to Erdoğan's presidential candidacy by saying, *"A person who teams-up with the baby killer who carries the blood of martyrs can't become president*". The ceasefire broke down in 2015, leading to a renewed escalation in conflict.

## 128 Billion dollar case

**The 128 billion dollar case** is the claim that the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey spent 128 billion dollars under the leadership of the then Minister of Treasury and Finance, Berat Albayrak, in order to keep interest rates low, and the reactions and events that developed within the framework of this. According to estimates by US investment bank Goldman Sachs in November 2020, the central bank spent more than $100 billion in reserves to keep interest rates low in Turkey. According to Kerim Rota's estimates, the sale of 128 billion dollars of CBRT foreign exchange reserves started in March 2019, before the local elections. The sale of foreign exchange reserves ended in November 2020 with the resignation of the then Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak and the dismissal of the then CBRT President Murat Uysal The party officials denied these allegetions and claimed different reasons. “*Where is 128 billion dollars ?*” banners and posters hung on Republician Peoples Party (CHP) buildings were taken down by the police with cranes at night, upon the instructions of the prosecutor's office. The broadcast of the video response titled "*CHP's lie strategy*" to the AKP's 128 billion dollar allegetions on TRT News channel drew reaction as a state institution violated impartiality.

## Other Scandals

* **Assassination of Necip Hablemitoğlu:** Necip Hablemitoğlu was a Turkish historian and author. He was known for his criticisms against AKP and Gülen Movement allience. He was assassinated in front of his home on 18 December 2002. His death was closely associated with the Gülen Movement. AKP's ignoring the assassination caused criticisms.
* **War Crimes:** AKP has also committed war crimes as the government has allegedly provided financial support and weapons to The Islamic State as well as millitant groups in Syria. AKP also has good relationship with Muslim Brootherhood.
* **Death of Rabia Naz Vatan:** On 12 April 2018 in Eynesil,Giresun 11 years old girl named Rabia Naz Vatan was found injured in front of her house,she passed away on the hospital. After her death the old mayor of Eynesil from AKP allegeded that she committed suicide because of Blue Whale Challenge but her father Şaban Vatan said that Rabia Naz was hit by a black Doblo vehicle and murderer was the Eynesil mayor Coşkun Somuncuoğlu's nephew. Also they found tire marks on her jacket After that AKP made a fake document about Şaban Vatan is mentally-ill and he had been in a mental hospital before.
* After the 2011 Van earthquakes Mehmet Şimşek,the minister of Treasury and Finance at the time,admitted that the money from earthquake taxes was used to build airlines and roads.Mehmet Şimşek become the Treasury and Finance minister again in 2023.
* After the Soma Mine Disaster which caused 301 miners dead Erdoğan's deputy chief of private office Yusuf Yerkel assaulted a miner who was a family member of a miner died in disaster.
* **2019 İstanbul Re-elections:**After the AK Party's İstanbul mayor candidate and Turkey's former prime minister Binali Yıldırım lost to Ekrem İmamoğlu on elections on 31 March 2019 Supreme Election Council (YSK) stopped counting the votes and AKP objected the results. On 23 June 2019 İmamoğlu won with more votes than before.During the process AK Trolls and AKP incriminated İmamoğlu with cheating the elections and started campaigns on Twitter like #ÇünküÇaldılar (#BecauseTheyStoleIt) and A Haber (a newspaper who is a avid supporter of AKP) called İmamoğlu a usurper.
* In 2021 Manavgat forest fires AKP's lack of firefighting and aircraft and during the fires Gündoğmuş's mayor said "I'm saying that people with old houses gonna say i wish my house was burned too " caused great criticism. After the fires Erdoğan throwed tea bags to the people who lost everything due fire. A group of high school students throwed tea bags to other students for a class president election. A report was kept about the students by the school administration, saying, "It has been determined that you imitated our President and displayed a sarcastic attitude while doing this behavior.".
* **Homophobia:** AKP is known for fake and weird statements about LGBT. They believe that LGBT corrupts the morality and order of the society and is against the Turkish family structure. AKP bans pride parades in the country and detains participants. They also think if the opposition wins there's gonna be LGBT classes in schools because they supported LGBT. One of the things they say the most is that LGBT people are perverts.(Surprisingly they were actually supported LGBT until 2015)
* **Misogyny:** AKP is also known for their misogynistic statements. AKP also terminated The İstanbul Convention. İstanbul Convention was a convention aiming for decrease violance against women in Turkey . As a result of the presidential decision numbered 3718 published in the Official Newspaper on March 20, 2021, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan decided to terminate the contract. According to the reports of the We Will Stop Femicide Platform, there have been a total of 2996 femicides in Turkey in 10 years.
* **Ableism:** Former Turkey health minister said to a blind citizen who said that he couldn't live with minimun wage "You should be grateful, we gave you a job even thought you are unable to see."
* **Atheophobia:** AKP is also atheophobic. AKP member Metin Külünk said that LGBT people helps atheists for invading the world. Another AKP member Mahmut Macit said that atheism is a mental illness and it should be destroyed. Enes Kara was a 20 years old medicine student he committed suicide because of pressure against him being atheist in a Congregation dormitory. After his suicide Great Unity Party member Ahmet Namık Akdoğan said that "Are we going to close congregations just because a brat died ?"
* **Nepotism:** AKP ministers and mayors have been criticized many times for nepotism. For example, Sema Ramazanoğlu, the sister of Selma Aliye Kavaf who joined the party during the founding stages, was the Minister of Family and Social Services from 2015 to 2016. Later, Ramazanoğlu's husband became a deputy from the AKP. Another case of nepotism is Erdoğan's son-in-law Berat Albayrak becoming the minister of Treasury and Finance.Ramazanoğlu's brother was appointed by Berat Albayrak as the general manager of the General Directorate of Eti Mine Operations.
* On 11 February 2006 when a farmer named Mustafa Kemal Öncel complained about that the farmers were being victimized Prime Minister Erdoğan said to him, "Take your mother and go away." After Erdoğan become president he got sentenced with 1 year and 15 days imprisonment. On 11 February 2021 Mustafa Kemal Öncel allegeded that he was kidnapped and forced to apologize by AKP and Turkish Mafia and AKP made fake documents about him being mentally-ill and sent him to mental hospital and had been forcibly discharged by diagnosing his with schizophrenia.
* It's found out that Manisa's Saruhanlı Municipality Rural Services Manager Suat Diktaş was kidnapped at gunpoint by AKP's Mehmet Çerçi, Yunusemre and Saruhanlı district mayors and interrogated for two hours. The case was moved to the courthouse.
* On 2014 AKP and DBP (a political party that has connections with PKK) gived vote for the name of the square where Sheikh Said (who wanted to establish Kurdistan) was hanged renamed to Sheikh Said Square.
* On 2016 after 5 terrorists from ISIS escaped from prison,minister of justice at the time Bekir Bozdağ made a statement and said "This not count as escape in our literature," caused criticisms.
* On 2016 when it turns out that 10 boy raped in Ensar Foundation Bekir Bozdağ and Sema Ramazanoğlu made controversial statements. Bekir Bozdağ said that said it happened with the consent of the minors and the families. Sema Ramazanoğlu said "The fact that it was encountered once cannot be a reason to defame this foundation". After the incident, the motion to investigate the sexual abuse of children by the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) was rejected by AKP's votes.4 years later Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) gave the same motion to investigate was rejected with AKP's and MHP's votes.
* MHP member Mehmet Günal in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey asked Naci Ağbal to clarify the claim that Cengiz Holding's tax debt of approximately 425 million TL was zeroed. CHP member Tanal show two documents dated 24 December 2010 and 21 September 2010 and demanded that the minister give accurate information to the public. Responding to Tanal's words, Ağbal said, "This document is an official document that is in the records of the state and has been subjected to all kinds of inspections. There has been no unlawful action," and confirmed the deletion of Cengiz's tax debt.
* On 5 May 2023 a vehicle in the convoy of Süleyman Soylu, the Turkey interior minister at the time, hit a 12-year-old boy.The child was taken to the hospital and taken to intensive care unit.There is no news about his current status.
* On 8 May 2023 AKP tried to sabotage Ekrem İmamoğlu's speech by parking the public buses in the area where he was going to speak. On the same day group of AKP supporters assaulted people and İmamoğlu with throwing rocks during he was giving a speech. The police did nothing during the assault caused criticism.
* When a video of AKP member Kürşat Ayvatoğlu doing drugs in his luxury car got leaked,he made a statement and said "It wasn't drug,it was powdered sugar" became a criticism and meme in the country.
* According to Turkish Statistical Institute during the AKP's rule, 730 thousand underaged girls were married. AKP Group Deputy Chairman Mehmet Muş confirmed the information that they are working to release those sentenced to prison due to child marriage. It's also found that leader of İsmailağa Congregation forced his 6 years old daughter to get married with a 29 years old man.
* According to Education and Science Workers Union there is 500.000 unassigned teachers in Turkey. Because of that some teachers commits suicide in Turkey. Former education minister Nabi Avcı said that teachers who could not be appointed committing suicide to attract attention.
* **Assault and threats to police officers:** AKP is also criticised many times for threatening and assaulting police officers. One of the most infamous case is in 2012 when AKP Hatay deputy Bayram Türkoğlu's son İstemi Türkoğlu lined up police officers and his friend Ömer Uzun, AKP Hatay Youth Wing President, threatened police officer Alper Atilla to exile him. Another infamous case is when AKP Mersin deputy Zeynep Yılmaz threatened a traffic police.
* AKP dried up the 12 thousand year old Dipsiz Lake for treasure hunt. As a result the lake turned into a mud puddle. According to the information shared by EngelliWeb, "Dipsiz Lake destroyed with the permission of the governorship", "Dipsiz Lake should be restored", "Dipsiz Lake filled with tankers with water", "Dipsiz Lake declared a protected area" in Ekşi Sözlük. Those who want to read titles such as these cannot access the content and are faced with a court's access ban decision. Erdoğan reacted this by saying "*Don't allow such an excavation like this again*."
* Before the events in Gezi Protests police burned down the protesters tents.

## Gallery

Headquarter of AKP.Hand sign used by AKP.