‘Turkey can hit PKK'

Head of Turkey's land forces, Gen. İlker Başbuğ, reaffirmed on Saturday that Ankara has the right under international law to send troops to northern Iraq to crush the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) there, reported the daily Hürriyet. “Turkey can always take measures against the terrorist organization if military needs require it,” Başbuğ said in Diyarbakır.

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Justice minister calls on US to apprehend PKK members

Turkish Justice Minister Cemil Çiçek demanded yesterday that the United States apprehend some leading members of the terrorist organization Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) that are sheltering in northern Iraq and hand them over to Turkey, reported the Anatolia news agency. Talking to Kanal 7, Çiçek said the PKK could not have survived without foreign support.

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