TURKEY: REPORT ON PKK VIOLENCE, 130 ARRESTED AT

UNCLAS ANKARA 004408 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A 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. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/ MCELDOWNEY