Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06ANKARA2903
2006-05-23 05:47:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Ankara
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 002903
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/21/2026
TAGS: PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
SUBJECT: PKK VIOLENCE ONGOING
REF: ANKARA 2876 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Counselor for Political-Military Affairs Timothy A. Bett
s for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 002903
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/21/2026
TAGS: PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
SUBJECT: PKK VIOLENCE ONGOING
REF: ANKARA 2876 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Counselor for Political-Military Affairs Timothy A. Bett
s for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (U) According to press reports, PKK violence in Turkey
continued the week of May 13-19. In various PKK attacks
(usually involving IEDs) and Turkish military operations, six
soldiers or police, four civilians (all children),and five
PKK terrorists were killed, with two security forces
personnel wounded. All the press reports cited deaths in
southeast Turkey (Nusaybin, Tunceli, Erzincan),save for one
account of a shootout between PKK terrorists and Turkish
police in Istanbul.
2. (C/NF) This level of casualties is consistent with the
ongoing trend of violence. As we have reported previously
(reftel),intelligence reports suggest that about 140 Turkish
security forces and 10 civilians have died as a result of PKK
violence from Jan. 1-May 15, 2006. This is an average of
seven security forces and a little over one civilian KIA per
week so far this year.
3. (C) It apears that PKK violence in 2006 is significantly
higher than last year. According to statistics the Turkish
MFA has provided to us, 105 Turkish security personnel and 43
civilians were killed in all of 2005 (66 and 37 in 2004,
respectively). With almost 150 security personnel killed in
the first half of 2006 alone, the numbers show an
ever-increasing level of violence.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/21/2026
TAGS: PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
SUBJECT: PKK VIOLENCE ONGOING
REF: ANKARA 2876 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Counselor for Political-Military Affairs Timothy A. Bett
s for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (U) According to press reports, PKK violence in Turkey
continued the week of May 13-19. In various PKK attacks
(usually involving IEDs) and Turkish military operations, six
soldiers or police, four civilians (all children),and five
PKK terrorists were killed, with two security forces
personnel wounded. All the press reports cited deaths in
southeast Turkey (Nusaybin, Tunceli, Erzincan),save for one
account of a shootout between PKK terrorists and Turkish
police in Istanbul.
2. (C/NF) This level of casualties is consistent with the
ongoing trend of violence. As we have reported previously
(reftel),intelligence reports suggest that about 140 Turkish
security forces and 10 civilians have died as a result of PKK
violence from Jan. 1-May 15, 2006. This is an average of
seven security forces and a little over one civilian KIA per
week so far this year.
3. (C) It apears that PKK violence in 2006 is significantly
higher than last year. According to statistics the Turkish
MFA has provided to us, 105 Turkish security personnel and 43
civilians were killed in all of 2005 (66 and 37 in 2004,
respectively). With almost 150 security personnel killed in
the first half of 2006 alone, the numbers show an
ever-increasing level of violence.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON