TRKNWS-L NEWS

[kurdeng at aps.nl]

u, 17 Aug 1995 22:59:41 -0800


PKK ACTIVITY IN KAZAKHSTAN. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which
has been waging a bloody campaign against the Turkish state in the name
of Kurdish rights if not independence, is ensconced in Kazakhstan,
according to a 16 August report in Yeni Yuzyil. The paper noted that
"PKK militants" appeared in the republic in 1992 and "divided" the local
Kurdish population; reportedly the PKK has its own publishing organ and
is heavily involved in certain markets, notably for fruit, vegetables,
and automobiles. The Kurdish population in Kazakhstan, originally exiled
to the republic by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, is also said to have
strong connections with local Meshketian Turks. The paper speculated
that the prospects of bringing an end to PKK activity in Kazakhstan are
nil. -- Lowell Bezanis, OMRI, Inc.


FSB CLAIMS TURKISH INTELLIGENCE SUPPORTS DUDAYEV.

Monitor  16 08 95 -- The spokesman of the Federal Security Service
(FSB)  Administration in Daghestan claimed to the August 15
Kommersant-Daily that Turkey's Intelligence Service (MIT)  is using
the territory of  Azerbaijan to infiltrate  Daghestan, and to make it
into a base for its operations  in Chechnya. The spokesman claimed
that the MIT has set  up a liaison office with satellite
communications  equipment at Dzhokhar Dudayev's  headquarters. But as
evidence he was able to cite only  the case of the  hapless Turk,
Izhak Kasap, whom the FSB recently expelled  to Turkey, as
evidence. FSB believes that the MIT seeks  to turn North Caucasus into
an "Islamic sanitary  cordon" against Russia, the spokesman said.


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