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2006-08-25 06:29:00
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Consulate Adana
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SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 24, 2006
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SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 24, 2006
This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 24,
¶2006. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain
errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for
the accuracy of the reports summarized here.
POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS
SABAH / ZAMAN / EVRENSEL / CUMHURIYET: Terrorist leader
Abdullah Ocalan will be confined to his cell for twenty days
reportedly for making PKK propaganda.
OZGUR GUNDEM: The daily claims that Ocalan was given a
20-day confinement penalty in his cell for recently saying that
he could make a call for PKK to declare cease-fire, reportedly
ahead of September 1 Peace Day celebrations.
CUMHURIYET: The report the MIT intelligence center presented to
the National Security Council claimed that while the U.S.
engaged in efforts to appoint an envoy who would work out a way
for Turkey and the PKK to hold talks and negotiate, the U.S. at
the same time reportedly entered into negotiations with the PKK
on disarmament issue.
HURRIYET: U.S. Ambassador Ross Wilson said that the envoy the
U.S. would appoint to coordinate the tasks with Turkey in the
fight against the PKK was determined. Wilson also said that the
envoy was a person whom Turkey knew very well and everybody
would get surprised when his/her name would be announced.
SABAH: PKK reportedly made a press announcement in the
Qandil Mountain in Iraq as a response to the U.S.'s call to PKK
to lay down arms. PKK reportedly explained the conditions
required for the disarmament of the PKK. AFP, Reuters,
Associated Press, Al-Jazeera TV and Turkish Milliyet newspaper
members attended the conference.
OZGUR GUNDEM: The Turkish war planes allegedly bombed the
area around northern Iraqi territory. Meanwhile, KKK, which is
the political wing of the PKK, reportedly recently issued a
"Democratic Solution Declaration for the Kurdish Issue."
EVRENSEL: The daily finds it interesting that the CDs, which
were sent to the U.S. to be decoded after being discovered
during an operation Turkish authorities were conducting against
Hezbollah six years ago, had been brought back by the FBI to
Turkey's agenda in the days when Turkey is weighing the issue of
contributing troops to the UN force in Lebanon. According to
the daily, this move was aiming to diminish the surge of
sympathy in favor of Hezbollah in the Turkish community thro