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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

TURKEY: FAMILIES OF MARTYR POLICEMEN RETURN U.S. SCHOLAR FUND

"TURKEY: FAMILIES OF MARTYR POLICEMEN RETURN U.S. SCHOLAR FUND

Istanbul, 19 Sept. (AKI) - The parents of 30 policemen who died in clashes with militants from the outlawed PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) have said they are returning a 10,000 dollar scholarship for the dead policemen's children to the United States government. The dead policemen's parents believe Washington gives secret support to the PKK - whose militant wing has carried out numerous terror attacks in its decades-long armed campaign for a Kurdish homeland in southeastern Turkey."

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