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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ANKARA 001791 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (July 1-7, 2007) 
 
REF: ANKARA 1708 and previous 
 
(U) Sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 
 
¶1. (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK 
violence in Turkey.  Our primary sources for these reports are 
mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News 
Agency, and international wire services.  While these are more 
reliable than most Turkish press sources, they are not necessarily 
unimpeachable.  A major source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) 
website which documents contacts/clashes with the PKK.  Press 
services sympathetic to the PKK, such as Neu-Isenburg People's 
Defense Forces and Firat News Agency, tend to report higher numbers 
of the Turkish Security Forces casualties and are often otherwise 
unreliable. 
 
¶2. (U) From July 1 to 7, 2007, one village guard died in clashes 
with the PKK.  During the same period four security officials, 
including two village guards, were wounded in action (WIA) or in IED 
explosions. 
 
¶3. (U) From July 1-7, three PKK terrorists were killed in action. 
 
¶4. (U) The TGS website reported five clashes between security forces 
and PKK terrorists in the region during the reporting period. 
Security forces unearthed at least 13 PKK shelters and caves and 
seized booby-trapped land mines; other explosives, including A-4 and 
TNT; Kalashnikov rifles; cartridges; hand grenades; pistols; night 
vision binoculars; TV sets; satellite antennas; and radios. 
 
¶5. (U) On July 3, PKK members seized food from a resident of 
Kazanpinar Village in Kelkit, Gumushane. 
 
¶6. (U) On July 4, the PKK raided a marble mine, seizing food and 11 
cell phones, and kidnapped one of the workers. 
 
¶7. (U) Activity as reported by TGS website: 
 
CLASHES    NUMBER 
 
May 2007    40 
 
June 2007    40 
 
July 1-7, 2007   5 
 
 
CASUALTIES 
 
Security Forces 
 
May 2007     15 KIA, 52 WIA 
 
June 2007    23 KIA, 51 WIA 
 
July 1-7, 2007   1 KIA, 4 WIA 
 
 
 
PKK 
 
May 2007    20 KIA, 31 captured, 3 surrendered 
 
June 2007    34 KIA, 16 captured, 17 surrendered 
 
July 1-7, 2007   3 KIA, -- captured, -- surrendered 
 
CACHES RECOVERED 
 
May 2007     113 
 
June 2007    50 
 
July 1-7, 2007   13 
 
¶6. (U) Following are the casualty figures for the 2007.  Note: We 
are currently updating our statistics. 
 
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TURKISH SECURITY FORCES 
     KIA   WIA 
 
JANUARY    1   2 
 
FEBRUARY    1   0 
 
MARCH    5   4 
 
APRIL     18   16 
 
MAY     15   42 
 
JUNE     24   51 
 
July 1-7, 2007   1    4 
 
TOTAL    65    129 
 
 
PKK 
    KIA  Captured  Surrendered 
 
JANUARY   --  5    3 
 
FEBRUARY   --  14    -- 
 
MARCH   16  15    7 
 
APRIL    16  8    4 
 
MAY    20*  31    3 
 
JUNE    34  16    17 
 
July 1-7, 2007  3  --     -- 
 
TOTAL   89  89    34 
 
* Includes PKK suicide bomber from May 22 attack in Ankara 
 
CIVILIANS 
     KIA     WIA 
 
JANUARY    0     0 
 
FEBRUARY    1     0 
 
MARCH    0     0 
 
APRIL     1     0 
 
MAY     14*     108* 
 
JUNE     1      1 
 
July 1-7, 2007   --      -- 
 
TOTAL    17     109 
 
* Includes 9 KIA and 100 WIA from May 22 Ankara bombing. 
 
WILSON