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TAGS: PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 17, 2006 
 
 
This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 17, 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 
 
ZAMAN: The Bingol Governorate announced that a PKK/Kongra-Gel 
terrorist had been killed in the ensuing clashes with the GOT 
forces in rural Uckaya village of Bingol the previous night, and 
that the operations in the region continued. 
 
ZAMAN: A group consisting of approximately 15 persons held an 
unauthorized demonstration in Daglioglu Quarter of Adana. The 
crowd chanted pro-PKK and pro-Ocalan slogans and demanded that 
isolation in prisons be abandoned. The crowd dispersed into the 
side streets when police intervened. 
 
HURRIYET/SABAH/GUNDEM/CUMHURIYET/YENI 
SAFAK/EVRENSEL/RADIKAL/BOLGE: Five soldiers were martyred when a 
military vehicle hit a PKK mine planted on a road in Bitlis the 
previous day, and seven soldiers and one village guard were 
killed during the clashes between GOT forces and PKK militants 
in Eruh of Siirt yesterday. As a result of the increase in death 
toll of GOT forces in the clashes, the Anti-terror High 
Commission convened in Ankara urgently and discussed the 
measures to be undertaken. Prime Minister Erdogan gave the 
following message to PKK: "We have run out of our patience. You 
will pay the cost heavily," and asked people in southeastern 
Turkey to possess their state. During the meeting of the 
Anti-terror High Commission presided by Foreign Affairs Minister 
Gul the following topics were discussed: Possibilities for a 
cross-border operation, an air raid at PKK's safe-heaven at 
Kandil Mountain in Northern Iraq, application of stringent 
security measures at Habur Border gate, sending diplomatic 
demarches to Iraq and the United States, calling for an urgent 
tripartite (Iraq-USA-Turkey) meeting, and renewing of "Hot 
Pursuit Agreement" between Turkey and Iraq. Based on data given 
by HPG -People's Protection Forces- Ulkede Ozgur Gundem 
newspaper reported that Turkish forces had launched 66 
operations and Iran had realized 10 operations in various parts 
of the region, and that guerillas had retaliated 58 times. 5 
officers, 2 village guards, 2 policemen, 102 soldiers, and 32 
Iranian soldiers had been killed while 24 HPG guerillas lost 
their lives in the ensuing clashes, the paper reported. 
 
ULKEDE OZGUR GUNDEM: A letter mailed from Karaman to Samsun read 
that suicide assassinations would be organized by Mahmut 
Yildirim, AKA "Yesil," who has been involved in many mysterious 
killings and acts, against YOK -Higher Education Council- 
President Prof. Dr. Erdogan Tezic, Rector of 19 Mayis University 
of Samsun, Eskisehir Mayor, and Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir. 
 
REID