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Viewing cable 06ANKARA4778, TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT, EXPLOSION IN ISTANBUL

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06ANKARA4778 2006-08-16 14:53 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Ankara 
VZCZCXRO1984
RR RUEHBC RUEHDA RUEHDE RUEHIHL RUEHKUK
DE RUEHAK #4778 2281453
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 161453Z AUG 06
FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
TO RUEHIT/AMCONSUL ISTANBUL 1108
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8003
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
RUEKDAI/DIA WASHDC
RUEHAK/USDAO ANKARA TU
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC//USDP:PDUSDP/ISA:EUR/ISA:NESA//
RHEHAAA/NSC WASHDC
RUEUITH/ODC ANKARA TU
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J-3/J-5//
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RHMFISS/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL
RHMFIUU/425ABS IZMIR TU//CC//
RHMFIUU/39ABG INCIRLIK AB TU
RUEPGAB/MNF-I C2X BAGHDAD IZ
 
UNCLAS ANKARA 004778 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PTER TU IZ
SUBJECT: TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT, EXPLOSION IN ISTANBUL 
INJURES FIVE CIVILIANS 
 
REF: ANKARA 4587 AND PREVIOUS 
 
1. (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on 
PKK violence in Turkey (see reftels).  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, three members of the 
Turkish Security Forces were killed and four were wounded 
over the period August 7 - August 13.  Two PKK terrorists 
were killed and nineteen were arrested.  Six civilians, 
including the son of the NCO killed during a home invasion on 
August 7 (see reftels), were wounded.  On August 13, an 
explosion in front of an internet cafe in Istanbul injured 
the other five civilians.  In the same period, Turkish forces 
seized 11.7 kg of explosives and 31 handguns (20 GLOCK, 5 
WALTHER, and 6 SIG SAUER) during counter-PKK engagements. 
 
3. (U) We estimate that in 2006, approximately twenty-three 
civilians and up to 194 members of the Turkish Security 
Forces have perished as a result of PKK violence. 
 
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/ 
 
WILSON