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Viewing cable 05ADANA195, SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27, 2005

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
05ADANA195 2005-10-28 09:58 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Adana 
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280958Z Oct 05
 
UNCLAS ADANA 000195 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27, 2005 
 
 
This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 27, 
ΒΆ2005.  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 
 
OZGUR GUNDEM / EVRENSEL:        The daily claimed that terrorist 
leader Abdullah Ocalan has been allowed to see neither his 
attorneys nor his brother for 57 days. 
 
HURRIYET:       Human Rights Association National Chairperson Yusuf 
Alatas urged a prompt and unconditional release for the police 
officer Hakan Acil before the end of Ramadan approached.  Acil 
was kidnapped by terrorists on October 9 (see press summary 
10/25). 
 
HURRIYET:       Zafer Tahtali, a PKK terrorist, reportedly called 
the Jandarma Help phone number 156 and surrendered himself to 
the security forces in Bingol on Monday, said the Bingol 
Governor's Office. 
 
OZGUR GUNDEM / EVRENSEL:        Hakkari Governor's Office placed 
surveillance cameras at 22 spots in the province. 
 
BOLGE / EVRENSEL:       A group called Oppressed People's Socialist 
Platform staged a protest in front of the party building of AKP 
(Justice and Development Party) in Adana against the new 
Anti-Terror Law. 
 
RADIKAL / EVRENSEL:     DEHAP (Democratic People's Party) will 
dissolve itself at a party congress to be held in fifteen days. 
Most of the senior DEHAP members joined in the ranks of the new 
DTP (Democratic Society Party).  DEHAP national chairperson 
Tuncer Bakirhan resigned from this position and became a member 
of the Temporary Executive Board of the new DTP. 
 
CUMHURIYET:     According to the progress report of the EU, which 
will be announced on November 9, the speech that PM Erdogan made 
in Diyarbakir on August 12 was very positive, but the government 
took no concrete steps following that speech.  The report 
reportedly pointed out that Kurds still do not have enough 
cultural rights in Turkey. 
 
REID