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> pasa_asker@hotmail.com (Ali Asker), a thug of PKK/KADEK terrorist
> organization, a full-time, professional and unconditional hater and
> murderer of innocent citizens of the Democratic Republic of Turkey,
> posts an anti-Turkish hate propaganda fabricated by mouth-pieces of
> the same PKK/KADEK terrorist organization which, with the support of
> the enemies of Turkey (Syria, Belgium, Sweden, Netherlands,
> Switzerland, Denmark, France, Greece and others) and with the income
> it obtained from major illegal drug trafficking to Europe, robberies,
> extortions, etc. murdered nearly 40 thousands innocent human beings in
> Turkey and ruined the health and property of many thousands of others
> to destroy democratic goverment of the Republic of Turkey and
> establish a marxist, lennist, communist PKK/KADEK dictatorship in
> South East Turkey.This is against the laws of all countries in the
> World including Turkey. Any country, as well as Turkey, will defend
> itself against such terrorism as a most legitimate and legal right.
> 
> 
> To hell with you all PKK/KADEK terrorists !!!!!
> 
> PKK/KADEK is not a democratically elected represantative of Kurdish
> citizens of Turkey. Democratically elected represantatives of the
> citizens of Turkey of Kurdish descend are in the goverment as MPs,
> ministers, PMs, presidents, judjes, etc., certainly not as terrorists
> murdering innocent human beings. Plus, all citizens of Turkey of
> Kurdish descend, like everybody else, are serving their country as
> soldiers, officers and generals in the military, police officers,
> lawyers and judges in the law enforcement organizations, pursuing
> their lives as business man and woman, professional careers in the
> private business and goverment institutions.  And, none of them feel
> they have to murder innocent human beings "to defend themselves". All
> citizen of Turkey, regardless of race, language, religion, gender,
> etc., have their undeniable right and freedom under the law to defend
> their rights and freedoms, pursue solutions for the problems they
> think they have by only legal, peacefull and democratic ways and
> means, definitely not "whatever means is possible" and certainly not
> by terrorism.
> 
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> http://www.mfa.gov.tr/grupe/eh/eh01/pkk3.htm
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>  What is the PKK ?
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> The PKK (Kurdish acronym for the "Kurdistan Workers' Party"), formed
> in 1978 by Abdullah $(D??(Bcalan, is the most notorious terror organization
> in the world. It has been waging a vicious campaign of terror against
> Turkey since 1984 with the external support of certain states and
> circles whose aim is to destabilize Turkey.
> 
> The PKK was identified as one of the 30 main terrorist organizations
> in the world by the US Secretary of State in October 1997, and it was
> also described in the same way in US State Department "Patterns of
> Global Terrorism" reports.
> 
> PKK's terrorist activities have resulted, to date, in the death of
> thousands of people, including women, the elderly, children and in
> many instances even infants. The PKK has also murdered over one
> hundred school teachers, who became inevitable targets of the
> terrorists since it was judged that PKK's subversive views could be
> most easily imposed on the uneducated and the ignorant. Lists giving
> the figures of ordinary individuals and public servants, ruthlessly
> killed or maimed by the PKK terrorists, are in annex.
> 
> The PKK has employed murder, intimidation, kidnapping and destruction
> to achieve its nefarious objectives. It targets ordinary people,
> because it aims to subjugate the local population in southeastern
> Turkey into supporting its evil deeds. The PKK has attacked the entire
> inhabitants of villages in southeast Anatolia. These attacks are also
> designed to make the region uninhabitable. The PKK destroys schools,
> sets forests on fire, blows up railways and bridges, plants mines on
> roads, burns down construction machinery, and demolishes health
> centers. A list containing the figures of material damage caused by
> PKK's terrorist attacks is also in annex.
> 
> In response, the authorities trained the villagers to defend
> themselves and also moved some people to locations where they would be
> safer. These two measures, intended to protect the local population
> against terrorism, have been at the center of a misinformation
> campaign by the PKK and its sympathizers.
> 
> The PKK indiscriminately murders the very people on whose behalf it
> purports to act : Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin. Ironically, the
> PKK regards Masud Barzani's Kurdish Democratic Party and Jalal
> Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the two main Kurdish
> groupings in northern Iraq, as its adversaries.
> 
> Due to its ability to strike Turkey from Syria and (after the 1991
> Gulf War) northern Iraq, the PKK proved for some time a serious threat
> to law and order and claimed many victims. Following its operations
> against PKK facilities in northern Iraq Turkey restored law and order
> throughout the southeastern provinces.
> 
> The PKK has been supported and sheltered by some of Turkey's
> neighbors, as well as by some others outside the region. Syria and
> Greece are the principal countries that have been supporting the PKK
> for years. However, with the signing of Adana memorandum on October
> 20, 1998, the Syrian connection has been broken. Syrian authorities
> have promised not to support terrorist activities against Turkey and
> taken some steps in this direction. Turkey closely monitors Syrian
> compliance with the Adana agreement. Yet, Greece, a NATO ally, backs
> the PKK and its affiliates by every means at its disposal. Confessions
> and testimonies of dozens of PKK militants arrested in Turkey reveal
> that Greek support to PKK terrorism goes much beyond than what was
> generally estimated. Most recently, revelations made by the PKK member
> Fethi Demir and by ?emdin Sak?k, PKK's "second man" captured in
> northern Iraq, have helped to confirm concretely the continuing Greek
> support to the PKK. The statement made by Greek Premier Simitis on
> November 26, 1998, leaves no room for doubt about the position of
> Greece vis-a-vis the PKK : "the PKK is an organization fighting for
> the rights of the Kurdish minority and using various means to reach
> this end." Can there be a more explicit approval of PKK terrorism?
> There is of course other evidence and documentation concerning Greek
> support to PKK terrorism.
> 
> The PKK terrorist organization, among others, employs the following
> methods in the perpetration of its crimes:
> 
> a) Indiscriminate terror against the Turkish citizens of Kurdish
> ethnic origin mainly in southeastern Turkey. Targets included
> children, women, and the elderly. In some places PKK terrorists have
> wiped out isolated, dispersed   settlements and hamlets.
> 
> The aim is to force the local population into submission, to make them
> provide sanctuary.
> 
> b) Indiscriminate terror against non-Kurdish population. The purpose
> is to discredit the state institutions and to cause instability.
> 
> c) Terror against selected targets. 
> 
> - Assassination of well known personalities, judicial, law enforcement
> and security personnel.
> 
> - Assassination of state functionaries that provide services to the
> local population in southeastern Turkey (civil servants, teachers,
> health personnel, technical personnel, etc.).
> 
> - Assassination of village guardsmen and their families.
> 
> - Attacks on and occupation of official missions of Turkey abroad
> (diplomatic, consular, commercial, tourism, etc.) as well as
> headquarters or branch offices of semi-official institutions (Turkish
> Airlines offices, banks, etc.).Attacks and acts of arson against the
> houses, business facilities, associations and mosques of the Turkish
> community living in western Europe, mainly in Germany. These acts of
> terror are mostly carried out through proxies and front organizations
> that are permitted by the authorities of the host countries to operate
> in those states.
> 
> d) Terror within the ranks of the PKK, against informants and
> repentant militants. Over the years, $(D??(Bcalan has ordered the killing of
> numerous PKK defectors and potential rivals. In the past decade, the
> PKK has conducted assassinations, kidnappings and acts of arson in
> Western Europe against former PKK members and defectors.
> Assassinations of PKK defectors occurred in Sweden in 1984 and 1985;
> in Denmark in 1985; in the Netherlands in 1987 and 1989; in Germany in
> 1986, 1987, and 1988.
> 
> e) Wider hit and run tactics against border posts and military
> patrols.
> 
> f) Terrorist attacks against industrial infrastructure, oil
> facilities, social facilities, and tourist sites with the aim of
> weakening the Turkish economy and tarnishing its image. As part of
> these terror acts, the PKK bombed passenger trains, ferryboats, and
> buses. Several of these attacks resulted in civilian casualties. In
> 1993 and 1994 it also staged a series of kidnappings of foreigners in
> southeastern Turkey to frighten away tourists and to embarrass the
> Turkish government.
> 
> g) The head of the terrorist organization PKK has advocated and
> ordered the use of suicide bombings against Turkish targets that
> resulted in the deaths  of security personnel and civilians, and
> injuries to many more.
> 
> Obviously, such an enterprise of crime and violence like the PKK
> requires colossal human and financial resources. As there are no
> legitimate ways or means to obtain the required resources, PKK's only
> option is to resort to illegal and illegitimate methods. Hence, the
> PKK is heavily engaged in organized crime activities, including
> extortion, drug trafficking, arms smuggling, human smuggling (illegal
> immigration), and abduction of children. Such racketeering takes place
> particularly in western Europe.
> 
> The PKK has been carrying out its activities abroad through its front
> organization ERNK (Kurdish acronym for the "Kurdistan National
> Liberation Front"), the so-called "Kurdistan Parliament in Exile", its
> mouthpiece MED TV, and through other affiliated offices, centers and
> associations.
> 
> Through these front establishments, the PKK organizes and carries out
> its illegal activities. It also uses them to make its propaganda so as
> to influence and mislead the public opinion in west European countries
> for obtaining popular support to its subversive ends.
> 
> The abduction of children and youngsters in some European countries by
> these front organizations deserves special mention. According to
> police reports and press articles in several west European countries,
> the PKK recently organized kidnappings of children, of 14-17 years of
> age, in Varmland/Sweden through the ERNK, and in Celle/Germany through
> "Kurdish Information  Bureaus", or "Kurdish Culture Centers". The
> statements of some of the abducted children, as well as press and
> police reports reveal that the PKK kidnapped these youngsters, took
> them to its camps, located in some other west European countries, and
> forced them into training as terrorist militants.
> 
> The Turkish authorities spared no effort in drawing the attention of
> the west European countries to such criminal and illegal activities of
> the PKK, but unfortunately their calls to prevent these activities
> usually fell on deaf ears. The complaints of the children's families,
> however, attracted the attention of the public and thus created a
> strong reaction towards what the PKK and its affiliates have in fact
> been doing for years. The police in Sweden and Germany are now
> investigating the matter.
> 
> Terrorism constitutes today one of the most serious violations of
> human rights, in particular the fundamental right to life. By
> murdering thousands of people, the PKK has violated the right to life.
> Therefore, all the PKK terrorists, including their head $(D??(Bcalan, must
> answer in the court of law for their crimes.
> 
> All societies threatened by terrorism have the right to take
> appropriate measures to protect themselves from violence and to
> eradicate terrorism. Turkey's fight against the PKK terrorism is of
> this nature and aims not only to maintain security and to protect its
> citizens, but also to pave the way for economic and social development
> in the regions where this is needed most. This fight against terrorism
> observes democratic principles and the rule of law, with great care
> being given to respect the rights of innocent civilians.
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> http://www.mfa.gov.tr/grupe/eh/eh01/pkk4.htm
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>  Who is Abdullah $(D??(Bcalan ?
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> 
> Abdullah $(D??(Bcalan was born in the province of Sanliurfa in 1949. He
> speaks Turkish and has only a poor grasp of some Kurdish dialects. He
> had a conventional education and his original wish was to be an
> officer in the Turkish Army. He failed the entrance examination for
> the military academy. He did, however, gain admission in 1971 to the
> Ankara University Political Sciences Faculty. There, he joined the
> underground movements trying to overthrow Turkey's parliamentary
> system. He was expelled from the university for non-attendance and his
> illegal activities.
> 
> The cell of terrorists which he controlled soon broke links with other
> groups. It was known for its use of extreme violence and the "Apocu's"
> (Followers of Abdullah $(D??(Bcalan), as the PKK was called in its early
> days, had a special trademark: they hacked off the noses of their
> opponents. In the late 1970's, $(D??(Bcalan collaborated closely with the
> Soviet Union and with Syria which were attempting to create political
> turmoil in Turkey. In 1980, $(D??(Bcalan fled to Syria. He began to use
> Syrian facilities, including camps in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanese
> territory under Syrian control, to train terrorist groups for
> cross-border terrorist attacks against targets in Turkey. He started
> to inject an ethnic dimension to his terrorist activities, though this
> usually had to be imposed on local populations by violent means,
> including the kidnapping young men at gun point and then forcing them
> to undergo indoctrination and join his movement. In August 1984,
> $(D??(Bcalan's terrorist groups began attacking Turkish police stations and
> similar targets in the southeastern provinces north of the border with
> Syria and Iraq.
> 
> The PKK operates along the familiar lines of traditional communist
> parties and carries out terrorist activities under the rigid direction
> of its Central Committee. Both its "political" and "military" wings
> are controlled directly by $(D??(Bcalan. As its sole head, $(D??(Bcalan, has
> callously masterminded thousands of PKK's terrorist activities against
> Turkey and its people. As such, he has been responsible for thousands
> of deaths, kidnappings, mutilations and attacks on innocent people
> during his long years as a professional terrorist and murderer.
> 
> In October 1998, Turkey warned Syria that it would take action unless
> it ceased its support for $(D??(Bcalan and PKK terrorism. It formally
> requested the extradition of $(D??(Bcalan to Turkey. As a result, $(D??(Bcalan was
> compelled to leave Syria where he had been given shelter for almost
> two decades. Furthermore, by an agreement signed between the two
> countries on October 20, 1998 in Adana/Turkey, the Syrian Government
> for the first time designated the PKK as a terrorist organization, and
> pledged not to allow the presence and the activities of the PKK on its
> territory. Later, $(D??(Bcalan was forced to leave Moscow, where he had
> escaped from Syria, following political and diplomatic contacts
> between Turkey and the Russian Federation.
> 
> $(D??(Bcalan was apprehended in Rome while trying to illegally enter Italy
> with a false passport on November 12, 1998. As the British Government
> put it, $(D??(Bcalan's arrest was "a significant advance in the
> international community's fight against terrorism."
> 
> $(D??(Bcalan is not only a terrorist but also a common criminal, being
> sought by the Turkish courts under charges of homicide and incitement
> to homicide. There is thus a red corner bulletin for him issued by the
> Interpol. In accordance with a court decision given in 1990, Germany
> also had an arrest warrant on $(D??(Bcalan again for homicide and incitement
> to homicide.
> 
> All democratic, law-abiding countries as well as international
> institutions are obligated to take a consistent and firm stance in
> combating terrorism and bringing terrorists to justice. Under
> obligations and commitments within the framework of the United
> Nations, the Council of  Europe, the OSCE, the NATO, and the EU, no
> country or government can provide terrorists with safe-haven or evade
> its responsibilities in the efforts to eliminate terrorism. Therefore,
> $(D??(Bcalan should never be granted political asylum anywhere and he has to
> be extradited to Turkey to face trial for his crimes against Turkish
> citizens.
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> http://www.mfa.gov.tr/grupe/eh/eh01/pkk5.htm
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> 
>  PKK's Involvement in Organized Crimes
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> 
> The PKK engages in organized crimes such as drug trafficking and arms
> smuggling, extortion, human smuggling, abduction of children and money
> laundering in an attempt to recruit militants and to obtain financial
> resources needed to carry out its terrorist activities.
> 
> The "Sputnik Operation" conducted in a coordinated fashion in some
> European countries in September 1996 exposed PKK's links with
> organized crime and money laundering activities.
> 
> On the other hand, it is known that the PKK, together with other
> organized crime gangs, is also behind the recent wave of illegal
> immigration to Italy. PKK's objective is to create international
> pressure and antipathy against Turkey.
> 
> Moreover, the PKK plays an important role in drug trafficking which
> constitutes one of the most evil crimes of our age. The British weekly
> magazine "The Spectator" underlined this fact in its 28 November-5
> December 1998 issue by saying that "?According to the British security
> services sources the PKK is responsible for 40 percent of the heroin
> sold in the European Union?" .
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>  Drug Trafficking and Terrorist Organizations
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> All terrorist organizations need to raise funds to sustain their
> violent activities and resort to illegal means to finance their
> crimes. Drug trafficking comes at the top of this list of illegal
> money raising activities, followed by robbery, extortion, kidnapping,
> blackmailing and arms smuggling.
> 
> In recent years, it has become increasingly evident that terrorism and
> drug trafficking are intertwined. The terms "narco-terrorism" and
> "narco-terrorists" have started to gain circulation in describing the
> link between terrorist organizations and narcotics smugglers. This
> fact is illustrated by certain international documents. The UN
> Convention Against Illicit Traffic In Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
> Substances (1988) refers to the relationship between illicit drug
> traffic and other organized criminal activities which undermine the
> stability, security and legitimacy of sovereign states.
> 
> Paragraph 5 of the UN International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)'s
> 1992 report points out that "illicit cultivation of narcotic plants
> and illicit trafficking in drugs continue to be a threat to the
> political, economic and social stability of several countries. Links
> appear to exist between illicit cultivation and drug trafficking and
> the activities of subversive organizations in some countries."
> 
> The 1993 INCB report draws attention to the organic connections
> between drug cartels and terrorist organizations, and also to the
> globalization of drug smuggling. The successive INCB reports point out
> that these drug cartels concentrate their activities in ethnically and
> economically troubled regions of the world. It is no coincidence that
> terrorist organizations thrive in the very same regions.
> 
> The Vienna Declaration and Program of Action adopted at the World
> Conference on Human Rights (25 June 1993) stresses that "the acts,
> methods and practices of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations
> as well as linkage in some countries to drug trafficking are
> activities aimed at the destruction of human rights, fundamental
> freedoms and democracy, threatening territorial integrity, security of
> states and destabilizing legitimately constituted governments, and the
> international community should take the necessary steps to enhance
> cooperation to prevent and combat terrorism."
> 
> The Final Communiqu$(D??(B of the Council of Europe Pompidou Group 2nd
> Pan-European Ministerial Conference (Strasbourg, 4 February 1994)
> underlines the fact that "considering the continuous increase in and
> the spread of drug trafficking incidents, the involvement of violent
> organizations in such activities constitute a serious threat to the
> contemporary society" (Art.9), and thus, "it is vital for the security
> forces to combat terrorism effectively" (Art.l5).
> 
> The UN Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism
> adopted at the 49th session of the General Assembly, underlines the
> concern by the international community at the growing and dangerous
> links between terrorists groups, drug traffickers and their
> paramilitary gangs which have resorted to all types of violence, thus
> endangering the constitutional order of States and violating basic
> human rights. This Declaration also emphasizes the desirability of
> closer cooperation and coordination among States in combating crimes
> closely connected with terrorism, including drug trafficking, unlawful
> arms trade, money laundering and smuggling of nuclear and other
> potentially deadly materials.
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>  Foreign Press Reports
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> 
> * In January 1992, the Bremen Police arrested a "Kurd" selling drugs.
> The police found a bunch of keys in his pocket, which belonged to an
> apartment where "Kurds" lived. Hanging on the walls of the said
> apartment were posters of the PKK and its leader Abdullah $(D??(Bcalan. The
> police also found some clues suggesting that the PKK finances its
> armed struggle by the heroin trade (SAT-1 TV, 24 Hours, 6 January
> 1992).
> 
> * In 1992, a total number of 2,069 drug addicts died in Germany. In
> the same year, the German police apprehended some children aged 10-12,
> coming from southeastern Turkey and selling drugs in Hamburg. A child
> of 8 carrying a firearm was also arrested. All these children
> confessed that the PKK was using them to sell drugs, since they did
> not have penal responsibility. The police seized 30 kg. of heroin from
> a "Kurd" who was said to have transferred DM 150,000 to his partners.
> The estimated figure the PKK earns from the narcotics trade is more
> than 56 million DM (VOX TV ; Germany, 12 February 1993).
> 
> * In 1993, more than 50 PKK members were arrested by the Essen Police
> of Germany. The Federal Criminal Department in Wiesbaden found out
> that the PKK was organizing drug trafficking in Germany and the
> narcotics trade in Hamburg, Bremen, Frankfurt and Essen was under the
> control of the PKK (German Daily "NRZ," 30 March 1993).
> 
> * The Hamburg Criminal Police arrested a band of Kurdish drug
> smugglers on 15 September 1993. 11-year-old children, who were also
> arrested with the other members of the band, later confessed to the
> police that the PKK illegally brought them from Turkey to Germany in
> order to make them sell drugs for the organization (Hamburg Local TV
> Broadcast, 15 September 1993).
> 
> * Three years of intensive police investigation by the Slagelse Police
> and the Narcotics Section of the National Police Force in Denmark
> resulted in the solution of several armed robberies whose spoils were
> used to finance narcotics purchases. The police captured a Danish
> person, who had links with two Turkish narcotics kingpins living in
> Denmark. During the trial the close relationship between these people
> and the PKK was proven. The superintendent Niels Bech of the National
> Police Force expressed that large parts of the profits from the
> narcotics sales in Denmark have returned to Turkey. In one case DDK
> 140,000 were sent to Turkey and kilos of heroin was sent to Europe in
> return (Danish Daily, "Berlingske Tidende," 31 October 1993).
> 
> * Two young PKK members (aged 14 and 16) were caught by the police
> selling drugs at the Trabrennbahn Train Station near Wandsbeck on 26
> September 1994 ("Bild-Hamburg" 28 September 1994).
> 
> * On 5-6 October 1994 the "Bild" reported that narcotics were being
> distributed from Jork in Alten Land to Northern Germany and that the
> Kurdish dealers transferred 15 million DM to their collaborators in
> Turkey.
> 
> * On 24 October 1994 the German magazine "Focus" wrote that in the
> last 9 years 315 PKK members were involved in drug trafficking around
> Europe, 154 of whom were captured in Germany.
> 
> * Ralf Brottscheller, the Senator of Interior of Bremen, accused the
> PKK of extortion and organized narcotics smuggling ("Focus," 18
> September 1995).
> 
> * In France, the Aulnay Sous Bois Public Security Units and Paris
> Bureau of Combating Narcotics Trafficking conducted an operation which
> was completed after long and careful preparations of 18 months. 30
> people involved in narcotics trafficking on behalf of the PKK and the
> Mafia active in France and Belgium were taken into custody after the
> operation (French Press, 4 November 1996).
> 
> * The Belgian Gendarmerie raided a camp in Zutendaal/Genk, in which
> the PKK militants were being trained, and apprehended 35 people,
> including children and some internationally wanted criminals
> ("Arnhemse Courant," 22 November 1996).
> 
> * The administrators of a facade company helping the PKK's activities
> in France were taken into custody in Paris (French Press, 25 February
> 1997).
> 
> * The "Observatoire Geopolitique Des Drogues" noted in its monthly
> report that the biggest heroin seizure in Hungary to date was made on
> December 12, 1996, aboard a Turkish bus belonging to the Toros Line
> company. The Turkish traffickers, caught with 42 kg. heroin turned out
> to be "Kurds." The report mentions the case of a Romanian citizen who,
> upon his arrest with 2 kg. heroin by the Turkish police in Edirne in
> September 1995, admitted that he was running for the PKK drugs in one
> direction and explosives in the other.
> 
> The report also notes that 65 percent of the drugs confiscated by the
> Romanian customs officers are found on passenger vehicles and that
> "every time Romanian police make a drug haul at a Turkish company,
> Kurds are involved" ("The Geopolitical Drug Dispatch", No. 65, March
> 1997).
> 
> * A high level member of the PKK, known as the PKK chief in the
> Hannover area, was arrested in Berlin. He had been wanted by the
> German police on charges of arson attacks, and damage to private
> property. The police found out evidence regarding the PKK's
> involvement in illicit labor trafficking ("Berliner Zeitung" 4 April
> 1997).
> 
> * 20 refugees were arrested in a police raid on a refugee hostel which
> was discovered to be a PKK base, in Grimma, Bahren. The operation was
> conducted jointly by the German police and experts from the Federal
> Criminal Department. The police confiscated various fire arms,
> thousands of DM and receipts. These immigrants were actively involved
> in the activities of the PKK and its facade branches (German Press, 4
> April 1997).
> 
> * The Bavarian police conducted a series of operations against the PKK
> militants in refugee camps, arrested 2, and took into custody 17 of
> them (Statement by Straubing Police Directorate dated 17 June 1997).
> 
> * The PKK transfers people, weapons and drugs through the FRY (Former
> Republic of Yugoslavia) and purchases weapons in return (Croatian
> daily "Vjesnik" August 1997).
> 
> * The "Focus" magazine remarked on 23 March 1998 that members of the
> PKK invested the money laundered from drug trafficking and extortion
> in the real estate market in Celle, Germany.
> 
> * On August 1, 1998, the Croatian and Slovenian security forces
> jointly confiscated 38 kg. of heroin in a vehicle bound for western
> Europe. According to the Croatian reports, the shipment of the heroin
> was realized by Turkish citizens "who are most probably members of the
> PKK" This is consistent with the statements made by Slovenian security
> forces who have pointed to a "reasonable suspicion" that a member of
> the PKK is involved in the smuggling (Croatian and Slovenian press
> reviews, 6 August 1998).
> 
> * Four "Kurdish" people were captured with 2.6 kg. heroin, the largest
> amount of narcotics ever captured in west Norway. It is thought that
> the four people caught were merely couriers and that the trafficking
> was carried out by a "Turkish/Kurdish" network (Bergen, 7 August
> 1998).
> 
> * "?The PKK has financed its war against Turkey by extortion and the
> sale of heroin, and according to British security service sources it
> is responsible for 40 percent of the heroin sold in the European
> Union?" (British weekly magazine "The Spectator", 28 November-5
> December 1998 issue).
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>  Reports of Foreign Police and Foreign Officials
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> * In January 1990, a PKK member was arrested in Switzerland for
> selling drugs on behalf of the PKK. In the same month a 13-year-old
> person, also linked to the PKK, was captured in the Netherlands and
> was released as being too young to prosecute.
> 
> * A Turkish citizen of Kurdish origin, apprehended in France on 22
> January 1991, confessed that he had been trading drugs in France on
> behalf of the PKK and that the drugs were transported by trucks or
> sometimes by tourist vehicles and then distributed to different cities
> not only in France but in various other countries in Europe as well.
> 
> * After being arrested on 7 March 1991 in France, a "Kurdish" person
> confessed that the drugs he was selling belonged to the PKK.
> 
> * Another Turkish citizen of "Kurdish" descent, captured with 48 kg.
> of heroin in Arnheim in November 1991, was found out to be a PKK
> member.
> 
> * The German Police reports underline the fact that l,103 kg. of
> heroin was seized by the police in 1991 and 400 of 735 suspects
> involved in the drug trading incidents were PKK members. This ratio
> mounted to 450/735 in 1992 and 300/457 in 1993.
> 
> * The US Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Matters
> expressed in its International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
> (1992) that the two-thirds of the people involved in drug trafficking
> incidents in Europe are PKK-oriented.
> 
> * An active PKK member working as a truck driver, who was known to
> have stood as a candidate in Bonn in the 1992 elections for the PKK's
> so-called National Assembly, was seized in Troisdorf, Germany, while
> transporting substantial amounts of drugs.
> 
> * In 1993, the police seized 200 kg. of heroin in London. Further
> investigation revealed that the drug traders were working for the PKK.
> 
> * A police operation in Offenbach, Germany on 7 January 1993, led to
> the seizure of 5 kilos of heroin. Among the seven people captured by
> the police was a person known as the "PKK's accountant."
> 
> * As a consequence of the operations conducted by the German police in
> Hamburg, Bremen and Bad Bramstad during May-October 1993, 15.7 kg. of
> heroin was confiscated and 22 people were apprehended, including PKK
> members and supporters. The criminals turned out to have requested
> political asylum from the German authorities.
> 
> * 15 Turkish citizens with "Kurdish" descent were arrested in
> connection with 1.6 kg. heroin seized by the German police in
> Recklinghausen, Germany, on 27 October 1993. Among those were the
> participants at pro-PKK demonstrations in Turkey.
> 
> * A message by the German Interpol dated October 26, 1993, pointed out
> that six Turkish citizens with Kurdish origin were arrested on charges
> of laundering the proceeds from drug trafficking in the Netherlands,
> Spain, Italy and Germany. Large sums of cash, thought to be laundered
> money, were captured by the German police.
> 
> * Another Turkish citizen of "Kurdish" origin, captured in Caracas,
> Venezuela on 10 November 1993, while carrying 3.5 kg. of cocaine,
> confessed that she was a PKK courier. This incident is said to prove
> the links of the PKK with the drug cartels even in Latin America.
> 
> * The NCIS estimated that the 44 percent of 1993 budget of the PKK as
> 430 million French Francs, came from illicit drug trafficking.
> 
> * During a six-week campaign initiated by the Stuttgart city police in
> January 1994, 76 people were apprehended, including some who had been
> formerly prosecuted in Turkey because of their links with the
> terrorist organization.
> 
> * On 17 August 1994 the German Criminal Authority informed the Turkish
> Security Authorities that a political refugee, resident in Kiel, was
> engaged in drug trade and money transfer to the PKK.
> 
> * The US Deputy Secretary of State in charge of narcotics, Ambassador
> Robert Felbard, answering a question at a press briefing in February
> 1994 regarding the PKK supervision of drug trafficking in Europe and
> the United States, stated that the US had quite a bit of information
> about the PKK's involvement in the trafficking of heroin into Europe.
> 
> * The Amsterdam police, during an anti-drug operation on 11 December
> 1994, seized numerous firearms, machine guns, bombs and PKK documents
> and arrested several PKK militants.
> 
> * The Bavarian Minister of Interior, G$(D??(Bnter Beckstein, referring to
> the 30 PKK militants captured in Europe during the last two years,
> stated that the PKK has taken control of the European narcotics market
> (Turkish daily, "Cumhuriyet," 31 July 1995).
> 
> * The Director of German Terrorism Research Forum, Rolp Tophoven, has
> stated that a large majority of the people arrested on charges of
> narcotics smuggling are of "Kurdish" descent, many of whom confess
> committing the crime on behalf of the terrorist PKK (Turkish daily,
> "Yeni Y$(D??(Bzy?l," 12 November 1995).
> 
> * Olivier Foll, another expert on international terrorism, noted that
> the PKK members, when apprehended for illegal possession of narcotics,
> confess to smuggling drugs for the PKK and exploit the "political"
> dimension of the issue as an excuse for their crimes. Mr. Foll
> criticized the "Kurdish" policies of some European statesmen who grant
> concessions to the PKK (Turkish daily "Yeni Y$(D??(Bzy?l," 12 November
> 1995).
> 
> * During the Sputnik operation of September 18, 1996, the Belgian
> police seized 350 million Belgian Francs that were thought to have
> been the proceeds from narcotics trafficking. Seven people having ties
> with the PKK were apprehended in connection with the crime. The
> Sputnik operation also revealed that the MED-TV, the mouthpiece of the
> PKK, is involved in PKK's money laundering activities. The MED-TV
> representative in Germany was taken into custody as he was unable to
> explain the source of the 500 million BF, used in financing the
> station. It was later found that he was using revenues from drug
> trafficking for financing not only the MED-TV but also the so-called
> "Kurdistan Parliament in Exile" (KPE). The Belgian police seized many
> firearms in the KPE building they searched.
> 
> * In August 1997, the German police conducted a comprehensive
> operation against the PKK members in Cologne in which six members of
> the PKK were arrested. After the operation, Cologne police officers
> issued a statement emphsizing the fact that the PKK is involved in
> organized crime including extortion in Germany to finance its acts of
> terrorism.
> 
> * The G$(D??(Bttingen police of Germany, after a 14-month investigation,
> managed to penetrate the drug smuggling network with two "Kurdish"
> informers in May 1998 and found out that the revenues from 40 kg. of
> heroin marketed were channeled to the PKK.
> 
> * The KDP (The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Masud Barzani) forces
> discovered extensive narcotics farms in the Gali Pes Agha region of
> northern Iraq, captured from the PKK in May 1997.
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> * A PKK member, captured by the police with 14.5 kg. of heroin on 1
> September 1993, confessed that he was acting on behalf of the PKK
> abroad, and that he was a drug-smuggler, transferring 30 percent of
> the proceeds to the terrorist organization.
> 
> * Following the confiscation of 20.3 kg. of heroin in Duisburg,
> Germany, two PKK supporters were arrested by the German police. This
> triggered a police investigation in Turkey, which led to the seizure
> of firearms and munitions in a vehicle owned by the same family in the
> city of Mersin on 12 May 1993.
> 
> * A PKK militant of Iranian origin confessed that the terrorist
> organization has drug production facilities in Iran and that Osman
> $(D??(Bcalan (the brother of Abdullah $(D??(Bcalan and a leading figure of the
> terrorist organization PKK) is in charge of the production of
> narcotics which are later marketed mainly in Europe to raise money for
> the organization.
> 
> * Two PKK militants, arrested with 30 kg. of heroin, expressed that
> they were aiming to sell the drugs to provide financial contributions
> to the PKK.
> 
> * The Turkish Security Forces seized 120 kg. of heroin and 40 kg. of
> hemp seeds (cannabis) in a PKK shelter in southeastern Turkey.
> 
> * One PKK member, who was put in jail on 3 July 1993 for getting
> involved in the terrorist acts of the PKK in Hakkari and released on
> 20 October 1993, was captured with 36 kg. of heroine, 140 kg. of
> precursors and some other drug-producing material.
> 
> * Another member of the PKK, sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment,
> confessed that he was in charge of establishing the links between the
> drug smugglers and the terrorist organization.
> 
> * During the operations conducted by the Turkish security forces, two
> people, captured with 48 kg. of hashish, were arrested as they were
> found out to be involved in narco-trade so as to provide financial
> support to the PKK.
> 
> * Another Turkish citizen said to be of "Kurdish-origin", caught by
> the police in possession of 117 kilos of hashish in Istanbul, was
> later found to have participated in the PKK-led attack on the Turkish
> Consulate General in Frankfurt on March 1l, 1992.
> 
> * One Turkish citizen of "Kurdish-origin" apprehended in July 1994
> confessed that he was involved in drug trafficking to raise money for
> the PKK. The police, making use of the information he disclosed, were
> able to arrest some other members of the terrorist organization.
> 
> * On 1 August 1994 a PKK member, apprehended in Diyarbak?r with 2 kg.
> of heroin, acknowledged that he was selling drugs for the PKK. He also
> informed the police that some PKK members were cultivating drugs and
> gave the names of the places where hemp seeds (cannabis) were grown.
> In further investigation the police captured 120,000 roots of hemp
> seeds in a village named Dibek.
> 
> * On 21 August 1994 the Turkish security forces apprehended two people
> with 150 kg. of hashish and considerable amounts of hemp seeds and
> hashish growing material. The security forces also captured PKK
> documents and propaganda material and two machine guns.
> 
> * Diyarbak?r Police, conducting an operation against the PKK on 17
> July 1994, apprehended three people with 80 kg. of hashish, PKK
> documents, a gun and three ERNK seals. These people confessed that the
> PKK ordered them to sell the drugs and purchase firearms and food
> supplies for the organization. The said people turned out to have
> participated in various terror acts such as the rocket attack to and
> storming of a police residence in Lice on 29 June, the bomb attack on
> the residence of a judge in Diyarbak?r on 16 January 1994, and a bomb
> attack on a police patrol car.
> 
> * Seven people captured in the city of Cizre on 23 March 1994 with
> 398.5 kilos of heroin confessed to smuggling narcotics on behalf of
> the PKK.
> 
> * The security forces have had strong evidence suggesting that a
> network composed of PKK militants is involved in drug trading in Zaho,
> northern Iraq. The network is known to hand the drugs over to clients
> either in Zaho or in Turkey. Therefore, it was not very surprising
> that during the operation by the Turkish Armed Forces in northern Iraq
> against the PKK, the Turkish army discovered a large farm where the
> terrorists cultivated hemp (cannabis). The farm was located near the
> PKK's Pirvela Camp in the Bahara valley. The Turkish military officers
> announced that the amount of drugs captured during the operation in
> northern Iraq reached 4.5 tons.
> 
> * In a raid on 7 March 1995 on the residence of a person, suspected by
> the police of having contact with the PKK militants, the Turkish
> police seized large amounts of drugs, drug precursor chemicals,
> firearms and ammunitions.
> 
> * Three of the seven people caught with 21.5 kilos of heroin in
> Hamburg, Germany, have been found out to have been formerly arrested
> in Turkey on charges of PKK membership.
> 
> * The two people caught by the police with 20.6 kilos of narcotics in
> ?zmir on August 5, 1996, have been found out to be running an
> association linked to the PKK in the Netherlands.
> 
> * Another PKK sympathizer, who was captured with acetic anhydride, a
> heroin precursor chemical, by the Turkish security forces in the city
> of Van on March 24, 1998, was found to have been previously arrested
> for providing logistic support to the PKK.
> 
> * The Turkish security forces have strong evidence that the PKK
> militants, settled in the Iranian part of our common border, receive
> commissions from the narcotics smugglers called "taxes or donations."
> 
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> 
> The role of the PKK in incidents given above is undeniable, both
> because of the documents seized by the security forces and the
> backgrounds of the arrested people. Still, in certain Western
> countries, the activities of this terrorist organization, are
> regrettably being tolerated.
> 
> After the prohibition of PKK in France and Germany towards the end of
> 1993, a wave of optimism emerged in Turkish public opinion that the
> rest of the European countries would follow suit by adopting similar
> measures. This, however, has not happened to date. Yet, it is clear
> that the prohibition of the PKK and its front organizations in
> European countries would also be in the interest of these countries.
> The PKK is responsible for narcotics trafficking, extortion, robbery,
> and illicit arms and human smuggling activities, and thus circumvent
> the rule of law and compromises the security and stability of the
> countries in which it operates. It is no coincidence that drug
> trafficking cases predominantly occur in those countries where the
> organization of the PKK is extensive and tolerated.
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>  Is There A "Kurdish Question" in Turkey?
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> As the first melting pot and encounter point of many different
> civilizations and cultures, present-day Turkey contains a multitude of
> ethnic, religious and cultural elements. Turkey is proud of its great
> heritage. This centuries-long shared way of life is perfectly
> second-nature for the people of Turkey.
> 
> Yet, different ethnic identities, including the Kurdish, are
> acknowledged and accepted in Turkey. The state does not categorize its
> citizens along ethnic lines nor does it impose an ethnic identity on
> them. Population censuses in Turkey never count people on the basis of
> their ethnic origins. But, this does not prevent an individual citizen
> to identify himself or herself in terms of a specific ethnic category.
> That is a private affair and ultimately a matter of personal
> preference. Public expressions and manifestations of ethnic identity
> are prohibited neither by law nor by social custom. Folklore is rich
> and colorful and local variations, customs and traditions are
> protected and supported.
> 
> Turkey is a constitutional state governed by the rule of law.
> Democracy rests on a parliamentary system of government, respect for
> human rights and on the supremacy of law. Multi-party politics, free
> elections, a growing tradition of local government mark the democratic
> way of life in Turkey.
> 
> Constitutional citizenship is one of the principles upon which the
> Turkish state was founded. The Turkish Constitution stipulates that
> the State and the Nation are indivisible, and that all citizens
> irrespective of their ethnic, racial or religious origin, are equal
> before the law.
> 
> For historical and cultural reasons, and under stipulations of binding
> international treaties, the concept of "minority" applies specifically
> to certain groups of non-Moslem citizens. In fact, the social fabric
> of Turkey is a unique real life case of the OSCE principle that "not
> all ethnic, cultural, linguistic or religious differences necessarily
> lead to the creation of national minorities". Our citizens of Kurdish
> ethnic origin are not discriminated against and they feel themselves
> to be equal members of the society. Many have risen to the highest
> positions in the Republic. They share the same opportunities and the
> same destiny as the rest of the population.
> 
> Ethnicity is not a factor in the political geography of Turkey. That
> is, the predominant majority of the Turkish citizens of Kurdish
> descent live in western Turkey, with the greatest concentration being
> in Istanbul. Even in eastern and southeastern Turkey, the Turkish
> citizens of Kurdish ethnic origin do not constitute a majority. The
> unitary structure of the State reflects the equality and togetherness
> of different geographic regions of Turkey.
> 
> Therefore, it is simply neither understandable nor acceptable for
> Turkey to discuss "the respect for social, economic and legitimate
> political aspirations of Kurds" as if the Turkish citizens of Kurdish
> ethnic descent constitute a different and separate community. They are
> citizens of a nation that has been sharing for centuries the same
> values with respect to language, religion, culture and patriotic
> identity, common history and the will for a mutual future.
> 
> It is of cardinal importance to differentiate between a militant
> organization, which resorts systematically to terrorism as well as all
> kinds of organized crime, and the phenomenon of Kurdish ethnicity. It
> is evident that our citizens of Kurdish ethnic origin are law-abiding
> people. Most of them live in western Turkey, drawn by economic
> attraction. They are of their own choice integrated into the society
> and its economic, social and cultural aspects. In Turkey, citizens of
> all ethnic origins can rise to the highest political positions and
> ranks such as cabinet ministers and members of parliament. Throughout
> the centuries, much mixing has taken place through intermarriages.
> Progress in industrial, cultural and social fields, as well as
> urbanization, has also contributed to the voluntary and natural
> process of integration.
> 
> The population in southeast Anatolia, like our citizens in other
> regions of the country, participate fully in the political life of
> Turkey; they freely make their voices heard in local administrations,
> in the municipalities, the Parliament, and the central government
> through elected representatives. It is nothing out of the ordinary for
> the individuals of different ethnic origins to participate in the
> political life of the country. Even the most militant circles concede
> the fact that there are no obstacles to social mobility of individuals
> from different ethnic origins to any profession or career, whether
> public or private.
> 
> The fundamental rights and freedoms of all Turkish citizens are
> secured by the relevant provisions of the Constitution. However, those
> rights have been threatened by the PKK, creating terror among the
> populace.
> 
> None of our citizens of Kurdish ethnic origin, notwithstanding
> allegations to the contrary, who publicly or politically asserts
> his/her Kurdish ethnic identity risks harassment or persecution.
> However, acts or statements made against the "territorial integrity"
> of Turkey are subject to legal prosecution under the law. If these
> allegations were true, none of the publications in Kurdish whose
> contents are full of assertions of Kurdish ethnic identity would have
> been tolerated by the authorities.
> 
> In the same vein, Turkey is often accused of refusing to negotiate
> with the terrorist organization PKK. These accusations contradict the
> fundamental rules of international law. Negotiating with a terrorist
> organization, responsible for thousands of murders, would be
> tantamount to justifying and encouraging terrorism.
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> Contrary to the allegations of some biased quarters, there is no
> restriction on the use of languages in Turkey. Presently, there are
> many private radio-TV stations broadcasting and numerous books and
> journals published both in Turkish and in various dialects of
> "Kurdish" throughout the country. It should be mentioned here that
> "Kurdish" can be hardly depicted as "a single language" linguistically
> or socially. Many scholars point out the fact that there are many
> different local languages and dialects used in southeastern Turkey
> such as Zaza and Kirmanchi which are only as close to each other as
> French and English. These local languages and dialects are so
> dissimilar that people living in one village cannot even communicate
> with others from a neighboring village. As a result, Turkish has
> become the sole medium of communication in the region. It is ironic
> that Turkish is also used in PKK's militant training camps and in the
> communication between its headquarters and terrorists as their common
> language.
> 
> The official language of the Republic of Turkey is Turkish, but
> Armenian, Ladino, Greek, the different dialects of "Kurdish", etc. are
> spoken freely in daily life. There is only one official language in
> the country. However, in this respect Turkey does not constitute a
> unique and exceptional case either in Europe or among other democratic
> countries.
> 
> It should also be underlined that expressions of ethnic identity such
> as the use of local languages are viewed as private domain matters.
> Thus, they are not the subject of law and are therefore not regulated
> by the state. The Turkish language is the language of the Republic of
> Turkey and is consequently the only formal language of education and
> instruction. The same is true in most democracies. Though it is
> possible to help promote them, it is neither realistic nor feasible to
> make local tongues official languages of the State.
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>  Socio-Economic Development of Southeastern Turkey and the
> Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP)
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> The Atat$(D??(Brk Dam is the largest component of the Southeastern Anatolia
> Project (GAP).
> 
> The Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP), consisting of a complex
> system of dams, waterworks, irrigation and hydraulic energy network is
> a colossal investment of Turkey, the biggest regional initiative ever
> attempted in Turkey. It aims at changing the whole complexion of the
> arid geography and consequently, the social and economic backwardness
> of southeastern Anatolia. The Turkish Government has always believed
> that one of the best tools in the struggle against terrorism is
> economic development. It is no accident that the region in which the
> PKK operates is also the least economically developed part of Turkey.
> The Turkish Government is determined to rectify that.
> 
> It is a fact that there are socio-economic regional imbalances in
> Turkey as in every developing, even some developed countries. Rough
> geographic and climatic conditions of southeastern Turkey are the main
> factors in this imbalance. Terrorism and economic backwardness of the
> region affect all our citizens indiscriminately. Despite many
> governmental incentives and low taxation policies, the private sector
> had in the past been reluctant to invest in the region, mainly due to
> security concerns. Public sector has taken the place of the private
> sector and many investments have already been realized by the State.
> "GAP" is the best example of that. Government investment in this
> region is much higher than the amount of taxes collected there. "GAP"
> is a gigantic economic step forward which will change the destiny of
> the region. Agricultural production of Turkey will rise by several
> folds when this project, which is both energy and irrigation oriented,
> is completed. Yet, its important impact is not expected only on
> agricultural production, but also on industry, construction, services,
> as well as on the Gross Regional Product and employment. When the
> project is completed, per capita income will increase three times, and
> 3.3 million jobs will be created.
> 
> The Southeastern Anatolia Project constitutes an integrated project
> which contributes significantly to the realization of national targets
> for the utilization of development potentials, self-induced economic
> growth, social stability and enhancement of export possibilities, and
> at the same time aims at the promotion of the principle of sustainable
> human development; thus, human development is the core of sustainable
> development in the "GAP" region. In this context, the "GAP Social
> Action Plan" consists of the basic policies, targets, strategies and
> implementation measures for ensuring the social development of the
> region through a human-centered approach emphasizing sustainability of
> the development. This people-centered development aims to remove the
> gap between the project area and the more developed regions in Turkey
> and to promote equitable development.
> 
> This ambitious socio-economic development drive also explains why the
> PKK has been targeting civilians as well as economic and social
> projects. PKK's aim is both to terrorize the local population and to
> keep the region economically and socially backward so as to recruit
> more militants into its own ranks. However, this is being reversed as
> the GAP began to bear its fruits. For example, although the so-called
> head of the PKK is from ?anl?urfa, there has never been a terrorist
> act there, because it is an economically powerful settlement. The
> state of emergency still has to continue in some of the provinces of
> southeastern Turkey. It is the direct consequence and explicit proof
> of the PKK terrorism in the region. It is of utmost importance for
> Turkey to augment the allocation of human and financial resources for
> the socio-economic development of this region. The precondition to
> achieve this task is the eradication of the PKK terrorist
> organization.
> 
> Eradication of terrorism will not only put an end to the deliberate
> devastation by terrorists of the underdeveloped regions of Turkey, but
> also release important resources for developmental activity in those
> very regions. While terrorism might be viewed as a consequence of
> certain underlying causes, it is also incontestably true that
> terrorism is itself the main reason of poverty and underdevelopment of
> those areas where it is perpetrated.
> 
> In sum, our citizens of all ethnic origins -Turkish, Kurdish and
> others- living together for more than ten centuries in Turkey have
> created a society of patriotic citizens sharing common values. They
> established their own nation-state, the Turkish Republic, following
> the War of Independence. Ethnic descent is not considered a cause of
> discrimination or privilege just as in all modern nation States on the
> globe.
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