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SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10, 2007 
 
¶1.      This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 
10, 2007.  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 
 
¶2.      EKSPRES / ZAMAN:        The Adana Governor, Adana Mayor, several 
district mayors, several Adana deputies, Cukurova Journalists 
Association in Adana condemned the October 7 PKK attack in 
Sirnak martyring 13 Turkish soldiers, through messages issued on 
local dailies.  Adana Chamber of Commerce suggested that people 
hang Turkish flags at heir houses till the end of Ramazan as a 
way to condemn terrorism.  Zaman daily reports that the Seyhan 
Mayor decided to keep a low-profile in their efforts to 
celebrate Ramazan in Adana because of the martyring of Turkish 
soldiers.  Meanwhile, RTUK (Higher Board of Radio and 
Television) made a call to television stations to be more 
sensitive about airing entertainment programs during a time of 
sorrow and mourning. 
 
¶3.      BOLGE / HURRIYET ONLINE / ZAMAN:        A DTP delegation 
comprised of DTP Siirt deputy, DTP Sanliurfa deputy, two DTP 
chief executive board members who came to Adana to meet with 
Adana Provincial Jandarma Commander were told that the commander 
would not be available to meet them.   The deputies came to 
Adana following detention of five DTP district mayors (from 
Diyarbakir's Baglar district, Sirnak's Silopi district, Mardin's 
Kiziltepe district, Sanliurfa's Viransehir district, Adana's 
Kucukdikili district), two municipality assembly members, DTP 
Adana Provincial Chairperson and Chairperson of Adana Chapter of 
Human Rights Association in Adana yesterday afternoon.  DTP 
Adana Provincial Chairperson and Chairperson of Adana Chapter of 
Human Rights Association were released a while later.  The 
detention grounds were that the detainees held an unauthorized 
protest against apprehension of a DTP mayor of a township in 
Yuregir district of Adana who is also the niece of Abdullah 
Ocalan. The deputies who could not meet the commander decided to 
follow the arraignment process of the deputies at the court hall 
of Adana. 
 
¶4.      EVRENSEL:       DTP Kayapinar Vice-District Chairperson 
Husniye Duzel in Diyarbakir was detained yesterday on reported 
grounds that he attended a pro-Ocalan press conference on 
September 30 in Diyarbakir's Baglar district.  Separately, the 
daily notes that anonymous persons threw stones at the DTP party 
building in Iskenderun district of Hatay and broke all the 
windows. 
 
        SECURITY 
 
¶5.      HURRIYET ONLINE / ZAMAN:        Turkish Armed Forces stepped 
up military operations in the Kupeli Mountains in Sirnak where 
the PKK ambushed and martyred 13 soldiers on Sunday (10/7).  The 
operations have been intensified especially in sections of 
Gabar, Cudi, and Kato mountains in Sirnak, Siirt and Hakkari in 
a bid to block the passage terrorists use and to uncover their 
shelters where vital supplies are being kept. 
 
¶6.      ZAMAN:  Four PKK members were reportedly caught and 
apprehended in Adana.  The PKK members took part in a pro-PKK 
protest in a section of the province a while ago and they 
reportedly damaged four cars with flammable chemicals. 
 
        CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 
 
¶7.      HURRIYET (CUKUROVA):    Sanliurfa police found 14 
kilograms of hashish in a car they searched in the province. 
 
        CULTURE / SOCIETY / ENVIRONMENT 
 
¶8.      HURRIYET ONLINE:        Four American soldiers, who were 
returning from vacation in Antalya, were wounded when their car 
had an accident and rolled over.  The accident took place 
yesterday night near Anamur district of Mersin. Because of 
speeding, the driver, Wooten Daniel (26), lost control of the 
car as he was turning a bend. The driver along with three other 
persons in the car, namely Houddleston David (21), Ray Antonio 
Reyes (24) and Cofey Lillec (22), were wounded. 
 
¶9.      HURRIYET (CUKUROVA):    The Women's Basketball Cup 
organized by BOTAS basketball team started yesterday in Adana. 
The sports event will last three days. 
 
GREEN