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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ADANA 000171 
 
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SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 18, 2006 
 
JACQUELINE H. IYIELMAThis is the Southeastern Turkey press 
summary for July 18, 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 
 
RADIKAL/HURRIYET/BOLGE/EKSPRES/CUMHURIYET/YEN I SAFAK/SABAH: 
Turkish Government warned Iraq and the United States about PKK 
issue. After a cabinet meeting, the Justice Minister Cemil Cicek 
said that PKK survived in Northern Iraq and that Iraq and the 
United States should remove it, otherwise Turkey would exercise 
its rights stemming from international law, hinting that Turkey 
would launch a cross border operation. Decisions undertaken at 
the cabinet meeting were conveyed to the Iraqi and American 
ambassadors as well. Justice Minister Cicek said that all 
demands from the military authorities for combating PKK would be 
fulfilled. 
 
RADIKAL/HURRIYET/EVRENSEL/SABAH: The United States has been 
providing full support to Israel's operations against Hizbullah 
and Hamas organizations on the ground that "Israel has the right 
to defend itself." In respond to Turkey's possible operation in 
Northern Iraq, the U.S ambassador to Turkey, Ross Wilson, said 
that it would be wise if Turkey did not act unilaterally in this 
matter. 
 
RADIKAL/HURRIYET: As dead bodies of seven soldiers killed in 
clashes with PKK in Eruh district of Siirt were being buried in 
their hometowns -Polatli of Ankara, Ankara, Tunceli, Mersin, 
Tekirdag- people participating IN the funeral ceremonies 
expressed anger at PKK and asked the AKP government to resign. 
The wreath sent by Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu to the 
funeral was destroyed by an ultranationalist group in Ankara. 
The parliament's speaker, Bulent Arinc, urged Kurkish origin 
citizens to denounce PKK's terror. 
 
RADIKAL/ULKEDE OZGUR GUNDEM: President Ahmet Necdet Sezer also 
endorsed the new anti-terror bill that passed from the 
parliament on June 29, 2006. According to the newly-adopted 
anti-terror law the following acts will be perceived as terror 
crimes: 
 
        -Trafficking of immigrants, encouraging to commit 
suicide, attack at sexual inviolability, hindering      education, 
hindering freedom of work and to work,  qualified thievery, 
looting, deliberately endangering       security, spreading 
radiation, causing an atomic    explosion, illegal possession of 
hazardous materials,    endangering individuals' lives by 
poisoning water and     all sorts of other food items , drug 
trafficking and         counterfeiting, creating panic and fear among 
people,         encouraging people to commit crimes, praising a 
crime   and a criminal, causing people to dislike to do 
their   military service and encouraging soldiers to disobey 
        orders, and all sorts of acts, other than plots to 
assassinate, against the president. 
        -Those who disclose the names or identification of the 
officials who have worked in combating terrorism, and 
those who publish their names, and thus turn them into 
terrorists organizations' targets, and those who        publish 
handouts and statements by terrorist    organizations and 
disclose the defectors'         identifications will be given up 
to three years of       imprisonment in lieu of monetary fine, 
and their       sentences will be increased by one-and-a-half times 
if      they commit this act through press. 
        -Meetings or demonstrations turned into organization's 
propaganda, covering up faces totally or partially for 
hiding identification, carrying emblems or signals of   the 
organization in such a way that the carrier would 
        be considered member or supporter of the organization, 
chanting slogans or broadcasting through sound devices  or 
wearing signs and uniforms that belong to the   terrorist 
organization will be punished up to five                years. 
        -Deliberately and willingly allowing to be used as an 
asset in the terrorist organization's activities will           be 
punished like members of the organization and the       license 
for the operation of an incorporate body will   be annulled. 
        -Cases concerning children 15 years AND OLDER will be 
handled by felony courts designated to rule terror crimes. 
        -Law enforcement shall, without hesitation, use 
weapons against those who do not yield to "halt"        warning in 
operations and who attempt to fire at   security forces. 
 
HURRIYET: TAK (Tere Aazadiya Kurdistan) -Freedom Falcons of 
 
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Kurdistan- a flank organization of PKK,  has been included in 
Britain's list of terrorist organizations. PKK had been included 
in this list in 2001. 
 
HURRIYET/CUMHURIYET/YENI SAFAK: One policeman was killed as a 
result of gunfire by PKK militants at a check point in Ozalp 
township of Van, and a special team member was also killed in 
clashes in Gercus township of Batman. Two PKK militants, 
including a female, were killed in the latter clashes. 
 
EVRENSEL: The presidents of Bar Associations of Diyarbakir, 
Tunceli, Van, and Sirnak provinces mentioned that the violence 
in the region could not be resolved with extraordinary measures 
and considered statements by Prime Minister Erdogan 
"unfortunate." The presidents of the Bar Associations urged 
giving up unlawful and undemocratic approaches but creating a 
climate that would end the clashes. 
 
ULKEDE OZGUR GUNDEM: Mehmet Karakus, the brother of HPG militant 
Ridvan Karakus who was one of the 7 guerillas killed in Besiri 
of Batman on August 26, 2005, claimed that his brother had been 
extra judicially killed after being captured alive, and that he 
would take the case to the court. 
 
ULKEDE OZGUR GUNDEM: The Black Hawk Company, which has 
established bases in 16 countries in the world to protect 
strategic interests of the United States has established a base 
in Silopi township of Sirnak too. A mobile hospital, two 
helicopters for protection and assault purposes, and 300 
vehicles equipped with arms will be deployed, and former MIT 
-Turkish National Intelligence- CIA, and FBI elements will be 
hired. It is reported that KBR has been awarded to construct the 
base from where it is claimed that illegal operations would be 
carried out against Kurds in opposition to Southern Kurds (Kurds 
in Norhern Iraq). 
 
ULKEDE OZGUR GUNDEM: Hayri Kozakcioglu, one of the former 
Diyarbakir-based State of Emergency Rule Governors -enforced 
from 1987 until 2001- confessed that JITEM and secret 
organizations like it had been used to carry out illegal 
operations against PKK inside and outside the country. 
Kozakcioglu said that the parliament had been by-passed in 
external operations because of red tape. 
 
YENI SAFAK: Ground breaking ceremonies for the construction of 
Ilisu Dam on Tigris river will be held on Augus 5, 2006. Prime 
Minister Erdogan will attend the ceremonies of the dam that will 
submerge the historic Hasankeyf township. The hydro-electric 
plant to be constructed on the dam will have three 200 MW and is 
expected to be completed in 2013. 
REID