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R 221622Z OCT 07
FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
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INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ANKARA 002608 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (October 8-15, 2007) 
 
REF: ANKARA 2521 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 source is the Turkish General Staff 
(TGS) website, which documents military contacts/clashes with the 
PKK as well as casualties incurred.  TGS does not account for police 
casualties and Ministry of Interior casualty data is not made 
public. As a result, actual numbers for total Turkish law 
enforcement casualties are higher than the figures in this cable. 
 
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) During the October 8-15, 2007 reporting period, two GOT 
security officials were killed and three were injured in explosions. 
 
 
¶3. (U) In the same period, the body of a PKK terrorist was found 
dead and seven PKKers were captured, including four who 
surrendered. 
 
¶4. (U) The TGS website reported one clash between security forces 
and PKK terrorists in Turkey's southeastern region during the 
reporting period.  Security forces discovered at least nine PKK 
shelters/caves/caches 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. During the week, security forces detected 14 PKK explosive 
devices in SE Turkey.  Several were detonated in controlled 
explosions before they could cause damage/casualties. 
 
¶6. (U) Activity as reported by TGS website: 
 
CLASHES (NUMBER) 
 
May 2007, 40 
 
June 2007, 40 
 
July 2007, 15 
 
August 2007, 12 
 
September 2007, 35 
 
October 1-7, 9 
 
October 8-15, 1 
 
CASUALTIES 
 
Security Forces 
 
May 2007     15 KIA,52 WIA 
 
June 2007    23 KIA,51 WIA 
 
July 2007    10 KIA,14 WIA 
 
August 2007   12 KIA,30 WIA 
 
September 2007   12 KIA, 32 WIA 
 
October 1-7, 2007  15 KIA, 10 WIA 
 
October 8-15, 2007  2 KIA, 3 WIA 
 
PKK 
 
May 2007    20 KIA, 31 captured, 3 surrendered 
 
June 2007    34 KIA, 16 captured, 17 surrendered 
 
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July 2007    11 KIA, 10 captured,13 surrendered 
 
August 2007   38 KIA, 24 captured, 7 surrendered 
 
September 2007   40 KIA, 15 captured, 9 surrendered 
 
October 1-7, 2007  4 KIA, 4 captured, 0 surrendered 
 
October 8-15, 2007  1 KIA, 3 captured, 4 surrendered 
 
CACHES RECOVERED (NUMBER) 
 
May 2007, 113 
 
June 2007, 50 
 
July 2007, 28 
 
August 2007, 40 
 
September 2007, 119 
 
October 1-7,2007, 24 
 
October 8-15, 2007 9 
 
¶7. (U) Following are the casualty figures for the 2007. 
 
TURKISH SECURITY FORCES (KIA or WIA) 
 
JANUARY   1 KIA, 2 WIA 
 
FEBRUARY   1 KIA, 0 WIA 
 
MARCH   5 KIA, 4 WIA 
 
APRIL    18 KIA, 16 WIA 
 
MAY    15 KIA, 43 WIA 
 
JUNE    24 KIA, 51 WIA 
 
JULY    10 KIA, 14 WIA 
 
AUGUST   12 KIA, 30 WIA 
 
SEPTEMBER   12 KIA, 32 WIA 
 
October 1-7, 2007 15 KIA, 10 WIA 
 
October 8-15, 2007 2 KIA, 3 WIA 
 
TOTAL   115 KIA, 205 WIA 
 
 
PKK (KIA, Captured or surrendered) 
 
JANUARY   0 KIA, 5 captured, 3 surrendered 
 
FEBRUARY   0 KIA, 14 captured,0 surrendered 
 
MARCH   16 KIA,15 captured, 7 surrendered 
 
APRIL    16 KIA,8 captured,4 surrendered 
 
MAY    20* KIA,31 captured,3 surrendered 
 
JUNE    34 KIA,16 captured,17 surrendered 
 
JULY    11 KIA,10 captured, 13 surrendered 
 
AUGUST   38 KIA,24 captured,7 surrendered 
 
SEPTEMBER    40 KIA, 15 captured,9 surrendered 
 
OCTOBER 1-7  4 KIA, 4 Captured, 0 surrendered 
 
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OCTOBER 8-15  1 KIA, 3 captured, 4 surrendered 
 
TOTAL   180 KIA, 145 Captured,67 surrendered 
 
* Includes PKK suicide bomber from May 22 attack in Ankara 
 
CIVILIANS (KIA or WIA) 
 
JANUARY    0 KIA, 0 WIA 
 
FEBRUARY    1 KIA, 0 WIA 
 
MARCH    0 KIA, 0 WIA 
 
APRIL     1 KIA, 0 WIA 
 
MAY     14*KIA, 108* WIA 
 
JUNE     1 KIA, 1 WIA 
 
JULY     1 KIA, 3 WIA 
 
AUGUST    1 KIA, 1 WIA 
 
SEPTEMBER    7 KIA, 1 WIA 
 
OCTOBER 1-7   0 KIA, 0 WIA 
 
OCTOBER 8-15   0 KIA, 0 WIA 
 
TOTAL    26 KIA, 114 WIA 
 
* Includes 9 KIA and 100 WIA from May 22 Ankara bombing. 
 
WILSON