content tagged with Aktütün Assault

PKK Confirms The General Staff

PKK Confirms The General Staff

The Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) corroborates the report by the General Staff regarding the Aktütün assault that there was no neglect, but denies that they were not successful.

31 October 2008

The General Staff Admits No Fault In Aktütün Assault

Commander of the 2nd Army Koşaner announced that the Armed Forces had no fault in the Aktütün assault of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK), in which 17 soldiers were killed. Koşaner repeated the claim that the pictures that appeared in the media were incorrect.

27 October 2008

The General Staff Denies The Authenticity Of The Photographs In Daily Taraf

The General Staff Denies The Authenticity Of The Photographs In Daily Taraf

The General Staff announced that the photographs published in daily Taraf in connection with PKK’s Aktütün assault did not belong to the assault area. Taraf had claimed they had showed that the assault was known ahead of time.

17 October 2008

Military Prosecutor Bans News About Aktütün Assault “Just In Case”

The General Staff Military Court has placed a ban on publishing news about the Aktütün assault on the grounds that there was an investigation for those who leaked confidential documents and such activities “might violate the secrecy of the investigation.”

16 October 2008

Ahmet Insel Says The Government Must Step Up To The Responsibility

Ahmet Insel Says The Government Must Step Up To The Responsibility

Professor Ahmet Insel says government’s stepping aside and letting the General Staff face the public and the media is not an acceptable behavior in democracies.

16 October 2008 Erhan Üstündağ

DTP Deputies Give Their Support To Banned Newspaper Azadiya Welat

The Democratic Society Party deputies show their support for the newspaper Azadiya Welat, closed by a court order for one month.

15 October 2008

Chief Of Staff Attacks The Media

Chief Of Staff Attacks The Media

Chief of Staff İlker Başbuğ critized the media about the news they have been publishing regarding the Aktütün assault of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK). He told everyone to be on the right side.

15 October 2008