PKK/DHKP-C Active In Northern Turke

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From: Arm The Spirit <ats at locust.etext.org>
Subject: PKK/DHKP-C Active In Northern Turkey

Troops Chase Kurdish Rebels In North Turkey 

     TUNCELI, Turkey, Sept 8 (Reuter) - Thousands of Turkish
troops are pursuing Kurdish separatist rebels in northern Turkey,
where the guerrillas have begun to operate for the first time in
13 years of conflict, security officials said on Monday.
     "Up to 4,000 troops and around 300 members of the crack
police unit launched an operation three days ago in a triangle of
territory where the provinces of Sivas, Tokat, and Ordu meet," an
official told Reuters.
     The troops were chasing about 50 members of the rebel
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) who had originally been based in
the eastern province of Tunceli [Dersim], he said.
     Anatolian news agency said the Kurdish guerrillas were
reported to have penetrated into the area after coming under
attack in the mainly Kurdish southeast, where the group has been
fighting for autonomy or independence.
     The PKK has not been active before in the northern
provinces, some of which border the Black Sea. But the rebels
have attacked security officials in the area in recent weeks in
collaboration with far-left guerrillas. Anatolian said troops
were also looking for 11 members of the leftist Revolutionary
Peoples' Liberation Party-Front [DHKP-C] in the north.
     More than 26,000 people have died in southeast Turkey and
northern Iraq in the conflict between troops and the PKK.

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