Articles About Terrorist Activities

Belgian prosecutors on Friday charged eight people with taking part in “the activities of a terrorist group,” a spokeswoman said, the day after a police swoop on Kurdish terrorist suspects.

Lieve Pellens of the Federal Belgian prosecutor’s office said a Brussels magistrate remanded seven people into custody, out of 12 brought before officials after 18 people were detained up by Brussels police on Thursday.

In the southern town of Charleroi one out of four people brought before a magistrate was also charged and held, the spokesperson said. Read the rest of this entry »

Former parliamentarian of the banned Democracy Party (DEP) Remzi Kartal and his assistant Zubeyr Aydar were detained in a wide-scale operation launched in Belgium against Kurdish PKK organization.

Belgian police said several members of the “terrorist organization” were also taken into custody in ongoing operations launched at 25 different locations. Police also raided studios of ROJ TV, broadcast organ of the terrorist organization, in Denderleeuw town near Brussels and detained four people. Police investigation continues at the studios.

Meanwhile, it was reported that PKK called its supporters to launch a protest in front of ROJ TV offices. Broadcast of ROJ TV was halted after the raid. Read the rest of this entry »

Conflict erupted in the eastern province of Iğdır between pro-Kurdish demonstrators and police on Monday. Shops mostly belonging to ethnic Azeris were stoned during clashes, news wires reported.

The pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, or BDP, held a press conference Monday in Iğdır to protest the arrests of BDP mayors in the region, including Iğdır’s mayor, Mehmet Nuri Güneş, and the closure of the Democratic Society Party, or DTP.

The conference was also attended by Pervin Buldan, Iğdır’s deputy for the BDP. Read the rest of this entry »

Police have detained around 60 people in operations in four provinces targeting separatists, a local official said.

Police raided the homes and offices of suspects in Istanbul, the southeastern provinces of Batman and Diyarbakır as well as the eastern province of Van and the eastern city of Iğdır, the governor’s office in Batman said in a statement.

Accusations against the suspects include being members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, aiding and abetting PKK separatists and encouraging people to join the organization and participate in its armed campaign, the statement said. Read the rest of this entry »

Iranian security forces handed over two female terror suspects to Turkish authorities Monday morning at the Esendere border crossing, Doğan news agency reported.

The two were arrested in Iran and are accused of being members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which has been fighting the Turkish military in the country’s Southeast since the 1980s.

The two Turkish nationals, who were detained by Iranian forces, have been taken to the Yüksekova gendarmerie headquarters for questioning. 

Source:Hurriyet Daily News
URL: www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=iran-hands-over-two-turkish-women-arrested-for-pkk-links-2010-01-18

One soldier has died and another one has been injured in a conflict with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in the southeastern province of Batman, news agencies reported.

The military operation against the PKK was conducted around the Sason district, the General Staff disclosed on its Web site. The injured soldier was taken for treatment to the military hospital in the nearby province of Diyarbakır.

There was no information available about whether there were any PKK deaths in the conflict.

The PKK conflict with the state has been ongoing for approximately 30 years and has cost some 30,000 lives. The current Turkish government has initiated efforts to solve the Kurdish issue, prompting both supportive and negative reactions from various segments of society.

Source: Hurriyet Daily News
URL: www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=one-soldier-dead-another-hurt-in-shootout-with-pkk-2010-01-17

One PKK member, who was a part of the group that surrendered at the Habur border on October 19th, has been arrested.

Gulbahar Cicekci, one of the eight PKK members who left the Kandil Mountain to return to Turkey was trying to fly to Ankara from Diyarbakir in the evening hours yesterday accompanied by M. Serif Gencdal, who was also one of the eight returnees. Gulbahar Cicekci was detained by officials following an identification check at the airport. Read the rest of this entry »

Eighteen students at Van’s Yüzüncü Yıl University were detained Monday for allegedly attempting to coerce other students into participating in demonstrations and activities in support of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK.

Police kept the 18 students under observation as part of a two-month operation looking into the activities of the PKK’s urban wing. The students were detained for allegedly attempting to force others to take part in PKK activities by issuing threats, leading some peers to drop out of school because of the intimidation.

Searches conducted in the student dormitory and in off-site houses resulted in the confiscation of PKK documents and computers. Read the rest of this entry »

A member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, who surrendered at the Habur border gate in October was detained Monday at Van’s airport in relation to an earlier speech.

Nurettin Turgut was held at Ferin Melen Airport in the southeastern district of Van for a period of time before being transferred to the police department. Police said a search warrant had been issued for Turgut due to a speech he delivered in the Doğubayazıt district of Ağrı.

Turgut is the second member of the October group to be detained by police. Gülbahar Çiçekçi was en route to Ankara with another returnee, Şerif Gençdal, when she was stopped by officials checking her identification in Diyarbakır on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

News reports say Kurdish protesters threw stones and firebombs at police in Istanbul and southeast Turkey as tensions escalated over the arrest of dozens of Kurds on charges of links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK.

Police dispersed dozens of protesters in Istanbul’s largely Kurdish Gazi district on Sunday.

More clashes erupted between Kurdish demonstrators and anti-riot police in southeastern Turkey on Sunday, the second day of violent protests. In Yüksekova and Hakkari police used water canons and tear gas against demonstrators. According to the Associated Press, at least Read the rest of this entry »