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REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RNISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETÎ
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Turkish Probe October 5, 1993
1987,the PKK's main targetswere military installations,
patrols and village guards. The aim was to
mainly recruit new guerillas and train them, while
building the image that the organization could cope
with Turkish forces. In this period of "strategic defense"
as it is put in guerilla jargon, the target was to
recruit from among "the revolutionary people"
(meaning poor peasants), the unemployed and
those who in one way or anothe.r were in conflict
with the state apparatus.
In its second stage of warfare from 1987 to 1990,
the PKK's main target was the "non-revolutionary"
masses. It targeted the village
guards with full steam,
often killing off whole families,
including women and
children. The aim was to
terrorize the "collaborators"
but also to send a message
to those still on the fence
as to what their fate would
be -- if they sided with Turkey.
As of 1990, the PKK became
more and more dependent
on shifting the vio-
, lence -- from its own hands
to that of local security forces
-- and what it has tried
to do since that year is to
convert the local masses,
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by provoking the security
forces to attack the "undecided,"
and even those who are pro-state. And, it
has succeeded. During the weekend, the pro-Kurdish
Özgür Gündem reported an attack by troops on
the town of Yüksekova in Hakkari and claimed that
at least four people were killed.
The newspaper said troops continued firing until
Friday morning and all entrances to the town were
blocked. On Monday, the same newspaper said
troops opened artillery fire on the Altinova district of
Hasköy, Mu~, killing nine people including seven
children. For the masses who matter, the propaganda'mechanism
works skillfully.
The previous week, there was an attack in the
Dogubeyazlt town of Agrl during which the house of
an ANAP deputy was blasted with tank fire. Last
month, there were similar incidents in Dargeçit, Mardin,
Ferhend, Kayadere and Kelekçi, Dicle. The
Turkish Oaily News is in possession of photographs
showing destroyed houses and burned down buildings.
The PKK is succeeding, ifits aim now in this new
stage is to flush out any sympathy for the Turkish
regime in the region. Security forces have been
forced to face the people and more and more are
joining the organization.
What tactics does the PKK pursue in doing this?
Recent incidents haveshown that attacks on civilian
settlements almost always follow a PKK attack either
on the same settlement or on local government
buildings.
Either the PKK enters several houses and starts
shooting at them, forcing troops to reply en masse,
-r :. "oe:: the troops directly.
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