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Cablegate: Meaning of "Pkk"

R 081524Z AUG 94
FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
TO FBIS NICOSIA CY
SECSTATE WASHDC 1333

UNCLAS ANKARA 009784


DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/P AND NEA/P

E.O. 12356:N/A
TAGS: PTER TU
SUBJECT: MEANING OF "PKK"

REF: (A) STATE 208922; (B) FBIS NICOSIA 051822Z AUG 94;
(C) 93 ANKARA 9566

EMBASSY REMINDS ADDRESSEES THAT THE TERM "PKK" STANDS
FOR "KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY" ("PARTIYA KERKERAN
KURDISTAN" IN KURDISH), NOT/NOT "KURDISH WORKERS
PARTY." THE DIFFERENCE IS MORE THAN SYNTACTICAL.


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