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Thursday, June 21, 2007

TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE DOMINATES POLITICAL AGENDA

"TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE DOMINATES POLITICAL AGENDA

Istanbul, 21 June (AKI) - With almost 30 Turkish soldiers killed in attacks by separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants this month, the violence in Turkey's southeast is expected to dominate talks scheduled later Thursday between prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and military chief of staff General Yasar Buyukanit. Buyukanit is expected to brief Erdogan about the latest intelligence reports conerning the crossing of militants and weapons from Iraq and both are expected to discuss the measures to be taken."

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