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UNCLAS ANKARA 001629 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (NOVEMBER 1-7, 2009) 
 
REF: ANKARA 1585 
 
¶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 week of November 1-7, no security official was 
killed or injured.  The total number of security force casualties 
for the year through November 7, was 53 killed and 90 injured. 
 
¶3. (U) During the same period, the bodies of two PKKers were found 
in Bitlis province November 5.  Two PKKers were captured, including 
one in Van province on November 2, and the other in Hakkari province 
on November 3.  Two PKKers surrendered in the Mardin province 
November 4.  According to official TGS website figures, through the 
first week of November the number of PKK militants killed this year 
was 45, the number of those captured was 62.  The number of those 
who surrendered reached 110. 
 
¶4. (U) During the reporting period no civilian was killed or injured 
due to a PKK IED.  The total number of civilian casualties for the 
year through the end of the first week of November was 15 killed and 
25 wounded. 
JEFFREY