"Turkey seeks US action against PKK
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Turkey seeks close NATO ally the United States to take non-military measures against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) members based in northern Iraq, the Anatolia news agency reported yesterday.
Among the steps Ankara expected from Washington were capturing leading PKK members in the neighboring region and handing them over to Turkey, the agency said, quoting Turkish sources based in Washington. The United States says it cannot take any military action to root out the PKK bases from the mountains of northern Iraq due to the heavy security problems it faces in Iraq.
Anatolia said Turkey also wants a camp in Makhmur that Turkey views as a shelter for PKK members to be closed down. "
Turkish Daily News
