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A recent surge in outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attacks against civilian targets in urban areas appear to be a response to waning public support in the Kurdish-dominated areas of Turkey, as well as the result of general frustration with the detailed intelligence the police department has on the terrorist group.
Fourteen civilians have been killed and 58 injured in terrorist attacks over the past 18 days. In the latest attack, four young women riding in a van in the southeastern city of Siirt were killed, but what does the PKK want and will they continue attacking ordinary people living in cities?
The state's security forces are now fighting a PKK that knows the end is near, security expert Önder Aytaç said, noting that this often infuriates many segments, both within Turkey and abroad. He said Turkey had access to detailed intelligence about the numbers, identities, duties and locations of every single individual and PKK camp. The PKK is hugely demoralized when we write about all of this. We know everything, he noted.
He also said there were measures ordinary citizens could take at this time. He said civilians should be careful and alert the police at the first inkling of suspicion and anything that looks unusual, be it forgotten luggage or an amorphous box.
Aytaç expressed the opinion that the recent attacks were a panicky response to waning support for the PKK among Kurds, as well as the result of an alliance with what Aytaç calls the deep PKK, the national PKK or the Israelis amongst us, referring to groups within state security units that are working in collusion with the PKK to maintain the status quo. He said the primary target of the increased violence was the new constitution Turkey plans to draft.
Aytaç elaborated on the fading public support for the PKK, saying: There were reactions to the initial Kurdistan Communities' Union [KCK] operations; now you see that that backlash has faded because they [the Kurdish community] see that if they could free themselves from the pressure of the Turkish state, the fascistic tendencies of the PKK would be far worse.
He said the obvious reason behind the increased number of attacks against police targets was the government's announcement in August that the police force was going to gain a greater role in fighting terrorism. Aytaç said although the government has not yet taken the necessary steps to fulfill this promise, those elements inside the state hierarchy or the military that fit his description of the national PKK are unnerved by the prospect of the military's decades-long inadequacy in combating terrorism coming to light once the police force becomes more actively engaged in fighting terrorism. Even if the police continue with their regular jobs, they will do much better than what [the military] has done over the past 26 years. This is one of the reasons they want to keep the status quo in place, he said.
Aytaç predicted that the PKK will continue to attack police targets, but explosions in urban cities will be replaced by attacks on civilian targets -- such as health facilities, education centers or similar agencies -- in rural areas.
He said a main purpose of the recent increase in terrorist attacks, especially on civilians, were attempts of the deep PKK to undermine Hakan Fidan, the undersecretary of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT).
Strategy expert Ali Nihat Özcan also agreed that a more pronounced weakness inside the PKK was a factor, but added that the recent surge in attacks was inherently caused by three factors -- state policies, the international and regional political environment, and the PKK's structure. Özcan noted that terrorist groups had a surprising capacity to adapt to changing circumstances, as opposed to states, as they are not bound by bureaucracy or accountability.
He said the PKK's perception that the government was being unresponsive to its demands had triggered the attacks, agreeing that the obvious reason behind the attacks was the government's announced intention to rely more heavily on the police force. They have received the message [about the police force]. They want to get the upper hand before the police force can start fighting them, Özcan noted.
He said the attacks on the civilians were partly due to the PKK's weakness. They are trying to make the point that if the government doesn't respond to political demands, they will cause more damage. When they think a government is rejecting their demands, terrorist groups try to use methods they think will be more effective in convincing the government.
Society doesn't care as much when a police academy student or a soldier dies, so there is getting that message to society, plus the ensuing controversy -- such as was created by other groups or the state to turn sentiment against the PKK -- surely helps the organization reach its goals as it makes the state appear incapable of protecting its own citizens, Özcan said, adding, So controversy surrounding the attacks undermines confidence in the state.
Over the past few days, Turkey saw a number of attacks on both police and civilian targets. The death of four young women traveling in a van along a road in Siirt on Wednesday and a bomb explosion in Ankara that killed three the previous day -- although the PKK denied responsibility for it -- were the last two attacks. Özcan said nobody had any doubt that the PKK was behind the Ankara attack and they were expected to issue public denials, as killing civilians is highly problematic for the group's international image.
The group has also increased the number of kidnappings in the Southeast. In August, PKK terrorists kidnapped three people, including a civilian health worker, who was freed last month. However, there is still no word from four workers building a dam who were kidnapped in Siirt on Sept. 10. Maşallah Kaz, the father of Orhan Kaz, one of the four workers, spoke to the Cihan news agency on Thursday, demanding to know what the PKK wanted from a poor construction laborer. My son hasn't done anything to anyone. What is his fault, earning his bread? I want my child to be released.
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The Time has come for Syria, Iran, and Turkey to end this Kurdish separatism, we should issue a waring to iraq if it does not clean the Kurdish Region then we will TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS.
Fourteen civilians have been killed and 58 injured in terrorist attacks over the past 18 days. In the latest attack, four young women riding in a van in the southeastern city of Siirt were killed, but what does the PKK want and will they continue attacking ordinary people living in cities?
The state's security forces are now fighting a PKK that knows the end is near, security expert Önder Aytaç said, noting that this often infuriates many segments, both within Turkey and abroad. He said Turkey had access to detailed intelligence about the numbers, identities, duties and locations of every single individual and PKK camp. The PKK is hugely demoralized when we write about all of this. We know everything, he noted.
He also said there were measures ordinary citizens could take at this time. He said civilians should be careful and alert the police at the first inkling of suspicion and anything that looks unusual, be it forgotten luggage or an amorphous box.
Aytaç expressed the opinion that the recent attacks were a panicky response to waning support for the PKK among Kurds, as well as the result of an alliance with what Aytaç calls the deep PKK, the national PKK or the Israelis amongst us, referring to groups within state security units that are working in collusion with the PKK to maintain the status quo. He said the primary target of the increased violence was the new constitution Turkey plans to draft.
Aytaç elaborated on the fading public support for the PKK, saying: There were reactions to the initial Kurdistan Communities' Union [KCK] operations; now you see that that backlash has faded because they [the Kurdish community] see that if they could free themselves from the pressure of the Turkish state, the fascistic tendencies of the PKK would be far worse.
He said the obvious reason behind the increased number of attacks against police targets was the government's announcement in August that the police force was going to gain a greater role in fighting terrorism. Aytaç said although the government has not yet taken the necessary steps to fulfill this promise, those elements inside the state hierarchy or the military that fit his description of the national PKK are unnerved by the prospect of the military's decades-long inadequacy in combating terrorism coming to light once the police force becomes more actively engaged in fighting terrorism. Even if the police continue with their regular jobs, they will do much better than what [the military] has done over the past 26 years. This is one of the reasons they want to keep the status quo in place, he said.
Aytaç predicted that the PKK will continue to attack police targets, but explosions in urban cities will be replaced by attacks on civilian targets -- such as health facilities, education centers or similar agencies -- in rural areas.
He said a main purpose of the recent increase in terrorist attacks, especially on civilians, were attempts of the deep PKK to undermine Hakan Fidan, the undersecretary of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT).
Strategy expert Ali Nihat Özcan also agreed that a more pronounced weakness inside the PKK was a factor, but added that the recent surge in attacks was inherently caused by three factors -- state policies, the international and regional political environment, and the PKK's structure. Özcan noted that terrorist groups had a surprising capacity to adapt to changing circumstances, as opposed to states, as they are not bound by bureaucracy or accountability.
He said the PKK's perception that the government was being unresponsive to its demands had triggered the attacks, agreeing that the obvious reason behind the attacks was the government's announced intention to rely more heavily on the police force. They have received the message [about the police force]. They want to get the upper hand before the police force can start fighting them, Özcan noted.
He said the attacks on the civilians were partly due to the PKK's weakness. They are trying to make the point that if the government doesn't respond to political demands, they will cause more damage. When they think a government is rejecting their demands, terrorist groups try to use methods they think will be more effective in convincing the government.
Society doesn't care as much when a police academy student or a soldier dies, so there is getting that message to society, plus the ensuing controversy -- such as was created by other groups or the state to turn sentiment against the PKK -- surely helps the organization reach its goals as it makes the state appear incapable of protecting its own citizens, Özcan said, adding, So controversy surrounding the attacks undermines confidence in the state.
Over the past few days, Turkey saw a number of attacks on both police and civilian targets. The death of four young women traveling in a van along a road in Siirt on Wednesday and a bomb explosion in Ankara that killed three the previous day -- although the PKK denied responsibility for it -- were the last two attacks. Özcan said nobody had any doubt that the PKK was behind the Ankara attack and they were expected to issue public denials, as killing civilians is highly problematic for the group's international image.
The group has also increased the number of kidnappings in the Southeast. In August, PKK terrorists kidnapped three people, including a civilian health worker, who was freed last month. However, there is still no word from four workers building a dam who were kidnapped in Siirt on Sept. 10. Maşallah Kaz, the father of Orhan Kaz, one of the four workers, spoke to the Cihan news agency on Thursday, demanding to know what the PKK wanted from a poor construction laborer. My son hasn't done anything to anyone. What is his fault, earning his bread? I want my child to be released.
---------- Post added at 09:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:04 PM ----------
The Time has come for Syria, Iran, and Turkey to end this Kurdish separatism, we should issue a waring to iraq if it does not clean the Kurdish Region then we will TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS.
