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UNCLAS ANKARA 000783 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (May 24-31, 2009) 
 
REF: ANKARA 749 and previous 
 
(U) Sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 
 
¶1. (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly 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. 
 
¶2. (U) During the May 24-31, 2009, nine security officials were 
killed in PKK-related violence/operations, including one during 
clashes in Tunceli Province on May 25, six in a landmine explosion 
in Hakkari Province on May 27 and one by falling during an operation 
in Hakkari Province on May 28.  Fourteen security officials were 
injured, including one during clashes in Tunceli Province on May 25, 
eight in a landmine explosion in Hakkari Province on May 27 and 
three due to a PKK-detonated IED in Sirnak Province on May 31.  The 
total number of security force casualties for the year through May 
31, was 27 killed and 30 injured. 
 
¶3. (U) During the same period, two PKK terrorists were killed in 
clashes in Mus Province on May 24.  One PKKer was captured on May 28 
in Van Province.  Seven PKKers surrendered, including one in Bingol 
Province on May 25, five in Sirnak Province on May 27, and one in 
Hakkari Province on May 28.  According to official TGS website 
figures, through the fourth week of May, the number of PKK militants 
killed this year was 25, the number of those captured was 24, and 
the number of those who surrendered was 52. 
 
¶4. (U) During the reporting period no civilian died but one was 
injured in an explosion attributed to a PKK-detonated IED in Van 
Province on May 29.  Two workers were kidnapped by the PKK in 
Hakkari Province on May 27.  The total number of civilian casualties 
for the year through the end of the fourth week of May was five 
killed and nine wounded. 
 
SILLIMAN