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R 291026Z NOV 07
FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4478
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ANKARA 002853 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (November 16-23, 2007) 
 
REF: ANKARA 2798 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 contacts and clashes with the PKK as 
well as casualties incurred.  The TGS does not account for police 
casualties and the Ministry of Interior casualty date 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 November 16-23, 2007 reporting period, no GOT 
security official was killed or injured in clashes. 
 
¶3. (U) In the same period, six PKK terrorists were captured. 
 
¶4. (U) The TGS website reported two clashes between security forces 
and PKK terrorists.  Since an October 21 terrorist ambush that 
resulted in the deaths of 12 soldiers, the Turkish military has been 
continuing non-stop operations in the region.  Security forces 
discovered at least 11 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. (U) During the reporting period, security forces detected at 
least five PKK explosive devices in SE Turkey, detonating several of 
them in controlled fashion before they could explode. 
 
¶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 2007, 24 
 
November 1-7, 5 
 
November 8-15, 2 
 
November 16-23, 2 
 
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 2007   34 KIA, 21 WIA 
 
November 1-7   2 KIA, 1 WIA 
 
November 8-15    4 KIA, 2 WIA 
 
November 16-23,   0 KIA, 0 WIA 
 
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PKK 
 
May 2007    20 KIA, 31 captured, 3 surrendered 
 
June 2007    34 KIA, 16 captured, 17 surrendered 
 
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 2007    85 KIA, 18 captured, 4 surrendered 
 
November 1-7   6 KIA, 10 captured, 0 surrendered 
 
November 8-15    0 KIA, 3 captured, 10 surrendered 
 
November 16-23   0 KIA, 6 captured, 0 surrendered 
 
CACHES RECOVERED (NUMBER) 
 
May 2007, 113 
 
June 2007, 50 
 
July 2007, 28 
 
August 2007, 40 
 
September 2007, 119 
 
October 2007,  51 
 
November 1-7 20 
 
November 8-15  15 
 
November 16-23 11 
 
¶7. (U) Following are the casualty figures for 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   34 KIA, 21 WIA 
 
November 1-7  2 KIA, 1 WIA 
 
November 8-15   4 KIA, 2 WIA 
 
November 16-23,  0 KIA, 0 WIA 
 
TOTAL   138 KIA, 216 WIA 
 
 
PKK (KIA, Captured or surrendered) 
 
JANUARY   0 KIA, 5 captured, 3 surrendered 
 
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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   85 KIA, 18 captured, 4 surrendered 
 
November 1-7  6 KIA, 10 captured, 0 surrendered 
 
November 8-15   0 KIA, 3 captured, 10 surrendered 
 
November 16-23  0 KIA, 6 captured, 0 surrendered 
 
TOTAL   266 KIA, 175 Captured, 77 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     0 KIA, 19 WIA 
 
November 1-7   0 KIA, 0 WIA 
 
November 8-15    0 KIA, 1 WIA 
 
November 16-23   0 KIA, 0 WIA 
 
TOTAL    26 KIA, 134 WIA 
 
* Includes 9 KIA and 100 WIA from May 22 Ankara bombing. 
 
WILSON