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SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR DS/IP/EUR, DS/IP/ITA, INR AND EUR 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
SUBJECT: SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: FEBRUARY 1 - 9, 2010 
 
¶1.  (U) The security assistant at Consulate Adana compiled the 
following security incidents for the period of February 1 - 9, 
2010, from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, 
government officials and media.  The RSO uses the information to 
determine the security situation and trends of violence and 
crime throughout Turkey. The RSO shares the information with the 
country team and Visas Viper coordinator. 
 
¶2.  (U) Military operations against the Kurdistan Workers' Party 
(PKK) as reported by the Turkish General Staff (TGS): 
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¶A.  Weapons, ammunition, and equipment seized: 
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Mardin - 02.08.10: Security forces found and destroyed 700 grams 
of dynamite. 
 
Sirnak - 02.08.10: Security forces found and destroyed an IED. 
 
Siirt - 02.03.10: One Kalashnikov rifle, five magazines, 223 
rounds of ammunition and logistical materials. 
 
Mardin - 02.02.10: Five pressure-sensitive IED mechanisms, 
organizational documents, and four pressure-sensitive IEDs made 
of six kilograms of ammonium nitrate. 
Sirnak - 02.02.10: One anti-personnel landmine. 
 
Bitlis - 02.02.10: One IED, one battery, organizational 
documents, and logistical materials. 
 
Sirnak - 02.01.10: One anti-personnel landmine. 
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¶B.  PKK members captured or surrendered: 
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Sirnak - 02.04.10: Four PKK members surrendered. 
 
Sirnak - 02.01.10: Two PKK members surrendered. 
 
01.31.10 through 02.06.10: Security forces captured nine people, 
six of whom surrendered. 
 
 
¶3. (U) Media reports related to PKK and pro-Kurdish 
organizations: 
 
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¶A.  Anti-PKK operations: 
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Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) anti-PKK operations in SE Turkey 
continued in Siirt, Mardin, Sirnak, Bitlis and Hakkari. 
 
¶N. Iraq - 02.08.10 and 02.09.10: TAF artillery teams bombed the 
Zap region; no injuries reported. 
 
Hakkari - 02.07.10: Pro-Kurdish Dicle News (DN) reported some 10 
Turkish war jets flew from Cukurca District in the direction of 
¶N. Iraq. 
 
Hakkari - 02.02.10: DN reported Turkish war jets made 
low-altitude flights over the Aktutun district and flew in the 
direction of N. Iraq. 
 
N.Iraq - 02.05.10: TAF artillery teams bombed the ZAP region; no 
injuries reported. 
Hakkari - 02.04.10: DN reported two Turkish war jets made 
low-altitude flights over Semdinli District and flew in the 
direction of N. Iraq. 
 
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¶B.  Arrests: 
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Adana - 02.09.10: Security forces arrested six people on the 
charges of "joining in illegal actions on behalf of the PKK," 
"and "making propaganda for the PKK." 
 
Mardin - 02.09.10: Nine people were sentenced for a cumulative 
nine years in prison on the charge of "making propaganda for the 
PKK." 
 
Hakkari - 02.09.10: Security forces arrested one minor for 
"joining in illegal actions on behalf of the PKK." 
 
Sanliurfa - 02.08.10: Security forces detained three members of 
the pro-Kurdish University student union (HODER). 
Mus - 02.08.10: Eleven people who joined in Nevruz activities in 
2006 are under investigation on the charge of "joining in 
 
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illegal street actions in favor of the PKK and Ocalan." 
 
Hakkari - 02.08.10: Security forces detained two people on the 
suspicion of terrorism. 
 
Sanliurfa - 02.08.10: Security forces arrested one person on the 
charge of "making propaganda for the PKK." 
 
Adiyaman - 02.08.10: Thirty-three people are under investigation 
on the charge of "chanting illegal slogans in favor of the PKK 
and Ocalan." 
 
Batman - 02.07.10: Fifty-seven people are on trial on charges of 
"chanting slogans against the PM Erdogan" and "insulting the 
Prime Minister Erdogan." 
Mardin - 02.07.10: Twenty minors are on trial for a cumulative 
120 years in prison on the charge of "joining in illegal actions 
on behalf of the PKK." 
Sirnak - 02.06.10: Security forces arrested three minors on the 
charge of "making propaganda for the PKK." 
 
Adana - 02.05.10: Security forces detained two members of the 
Hizb-ut-Tahrir terror organization on the charge of "collecting 
money from the public on behalf of the terror organization." 
Organizational documents and computer records were seized in the 
operations. (Note: Hizb ut-Tahrir (Party of Liberation) is an 
international, Sunni pan-Islamist political party whose goal is 
to combine all Muslim countries in a unitary Islamic state or 
caliphate ruled by Islamic law.) 
Sirnak - 02.05.10: Three people were sentenced for a cumulative 
30 years in prison on the charge of "making propaganda for the 
PKK." 
Adana - 02.04.10: Three people, including an employee of the 
pro-Kurdish Radio Dunya, were sentenced for a cumulative 30 
months in prison on the charge of "making propaganda for the 
PKK." 
Adana - 02.04.10: A Syrian lawyer, who was detained almost 4 
months ago on the charge of "membership in an outlawed terror 
organization," was released by the court decision. 
Van - 02.03.10: A former member of the pro-Kurdish KURDI-DER was 
sentenced for 10 months in prison on the charge of "making 
propaganda for the PKK." 
 
Batman - 02.03.10: Security forces detained one person on the 
charge of "assisting and harboring the PKK." 
 
Sanliurfa - 02.03.10: Two people were sentenced for a cumulative 
21 years in prison on the charge of "making propaganda for the 
PKK." 
 
Gaziantep - 02.03.10: Sixteen former members of the now-banned 
Democratic Society Party (DTP) were taken into custody in an 
anti-PKK operation. 
 
Sirnak - 02.02.10:  One person was sentenced for two years in 
prison on the charge of "making propaganda for the PKK." 
 
Mardin - 02.02.10: Security forces arrested one person on the 
charge of "making propaganda for the PKK." 
 
Sirnak - 02.01.10: An employee of the pro-Kurdish Gundem 
Newspaper was sentenced for six years in prison on the charge of 
"making propaganda for the PKK." 
 
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¶C.  Other media stories about the PKK: 
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Turkey wide - 02.07.10: PKK plans provocative actions in the 
lead up to the February 15 anniversary of Ocalan's capture. 
PKK's urban cell will allegedly start provocative action in 
major cities, using the "Freedom for Ocalan" slogan for 
demonstrations.  The PKK's youth wing "Komalen Ciwan" called all 
Kurdish people to join in. 
 
In the southeast, PKK members have allegedly begun publicizing 
names of individuals, companies and institutions associated with 
the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the 
Gulen movement as a warning not to interfere in its operations 
or development. 
Tunceli - 02.09.10: PKK sympathizers set on fire three vehicles 
belonging to military personnel. 
 
Bingol - 01.09.10: Security forces clashed with PKK supporters. 
 
Adana - 02.09.10: Security forces clashed with PKK sympathizers 
on the one-year anniversary of death of Veysi Kaya, who 
self-immolated to protest the prison conditions of PKK leader 
Abdullah Ocalan. 
Adana - 02.09.10: PKK supporters have increased arson and 
 
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Molotov cocktail attacks in the lead up to the February 15 
anniversary of Ocalan's capture.  PKK supporters set on fire 
three civilian vehicles in the popular Ziyapasa neighborhood. 
 
Adana - 02.07.10: PKK sympathizers gathered in Barbaros and 
Hurriyet parishes to carryout illegal pro-PKK demonstrations. 
Security forces intervened with pressurized water, batons, tear 
gas and plastic bullets. Demonstrators responded with Molotov 
cocktails and stones. 
 
02.07.10: KCK's Chief (Kurdish Democratic Confederation/Turkey 
Council) Cemil Bayik threatened the ruling AKP government, 
saying it would be a "tough year." 
Siirt - 02.06.10: A father of a PKK member killed in Eruh has 
claimed that GOT would not relinquish his son's body because 
chemical weapons were used in the fatal clash with the TAF in 
May 2009. 
 
Diyarbakir - 02.05.10: A PKK-affiliated group called "Ocalan's 
Youth" attacked a police vehicle with a Molotov cocktail. 
Police have heightened the city's security posture in sensitive 
areas such as the ruling AK Party headquarters. 
Diyarbakir - 02.05.10: Hundreds of people visited a condolence 
tent pitched to commemorate PKK members killed between 1992 and 
¶1999. 
 
¶4.   (U) Media reports on significant crime or security 
incidents: 
 
Sanliurfa - 02.09.10: Unidentified assailants attacked a bank 
with three Molotov cocktails. 
02.09.10: According to the Turkish Monitoring Center for Drugs 
and Drug Addiction, the number of drug-related deaths in Turkey 
increased by 14 percent in 2008, rising from 139 deaths in 2007 
to 159 in 2008. 
 
Sirnak - 02.08.10: Security forces opened fire on a passenger 
bus when the driver did not heed a halt order.  Fifty-one 
bullets hit the bus and one passenger was killed. 
 
Hakkari - 02.07.10: Two bomb blasts struck the GOT-operated 
Ziraat Bank in Yuksekova, damaging two vehicles and bank 
property. 
Sanliurfa - 02.06.10: Unidentified assailants bombed a branch of 
Ziraat bank, causing damage to the facility.juries reported. 
Diyarbakir - 02.06.10: Unidentified assailants detonated a sound 
bomb inside a supermarket. 
Hakkari - 02.06.10: Unidentified assailants attacked a TEDAS 
(Turkish State Electric) building with a Molotov cocktail. 
02.04.10: A counterterrorism operation in Istanbul netted nine 
alleged members of an illegal leftist organization, the Maoist 
Communist Party, believed to be planning acts of terror to 
incite chaos in Turkey. 
Gaziantep - 02.03.10: A four-year-old girl who went missing 
after leaving home to buy candy was found dead. 
Hatay - 02.01.10: Hatay Security Director Ragip Kilic said 
regular crime increased 24 percent in 2009 in Antakya, with 
3,618 incidents reported. 
 
¶5. (U) Illegal immigrant arrests: 
Security forces captured and deported 132 illegal immigrants 
from Mersin, Canakkale, Aydin, Edirne, Agri, Izmir and the 
borders of Greece, Iraq, Iran, and Georgia. 
¶6.  (U) Counter-narcotic operations: 
 
Van - 02.09.10: Security forces seized 236 kilograms of hashish 
in the past two months. 
 
Siirt - 02.09.10: Security forces seized 92 units of ecstasy 
pills. 
Hatay - 02.09.10: Security forces seized 4 kilograms of hashish. 
 
Adana - 02.09.10: Security forces seized 10 kilograms of hashish 
and arrested one person. 
 
Osmaniye - 02.03.10: Security forces seized 145 kilograms of 
hashish and detained 11 people. 
 
Diyarbakir - 02.08.10: Security forces seized 92 kilograms of 
hashish and arrested four people. 
Konya-Adana-Mersin-Usak-Kirklareli - 02.09.10: Security forces 
seized 15 kilograms of hashish in simultaneous operations and 
detained 22 people. 
 
Batman - 02.02.10: Security forces seized four kilograms of 
hashish and arrested seven people. 
DARNELL