Cablegate: Turkey: Report On Pkk Violence, 130 Arrested At
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TAGS: PREL PTER IZ TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY: REPORT ON PKK VIOLENCE, 130 ARRESTED AT
PKK MEETING
REF: A. ANKARA 4381
B. ANKARA 4356 AND PREVIOUS
1. (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on
PKK violence in Turkey (see reftel b). Our primary sources
for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such
as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire
services. While these sources are more reliable than most
Turkish press sources, they are not necessarily
unimpeachable. Press services sympathetic to the PKK, such
as Neu-Isenburg People's Defense Forces and Firat News
Agency, tend to report higher numbers of Turkish Security
Forces casualties.
2. (U) According to press reports, one member of the Turkish
Security Forces was killed and nine were wounded over the
period July 23 - July 30. One child was killed and six
civilians, including three children, were wounded. One PKK
terrorist was killed. Police arrested 130 individuals
attending a PKK meeting during the same period.
3. (U) Iran, Syria, and Iraq reportedly handed over eleven
PKK-members to Turkey during July 2006.
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