Cablegate: Southeast Turkey Press Summary for June 06, 2005

This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

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TAGS: PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 06, 2005

Consulate Adana is providing this press scan for June 6. Please
note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or
exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy
of the reports summarized here.

-Egitim-Sen members who are also affiliated with KESK
(Confederation of Public Employee Unions ) staged a protest
meeting over the weekend in Istanbul and Diyarbakir against
shutting down decision of the union. People chanted reported
pro-Ocalan slogans in Diyarbakir. Fourteen people who
reportedly refused to abide by the orders of the security
officails were taken into custody. On Saturday, a protest was
reporteldy staged in Adana as well. A big banner read "Shut down
Incirlik Airbase, not Egitim-Sen."

-Four soldiers died in the rural of Cicekli village in Tunceli
when they engaged in a conflict with the PKK terrorists.

-A delegation comprised of DEHAP, HRA and Mazlum-Der members
conducted studies in Ceylanpinar of Sanliurfa about the
incidence of an alleged killing of a villager by the guards of
the TIGEM (Agricultural Exploitations General Directorate) and
private security officials.

-A 4.6-magnitude earthquake shook the city center at 6 am in the
morning in Hakkari.

-Diyarbakir Culture and Arts Festival ended.

-Greenpeace called on government officials to take action to
rehabilitate the Sofulu landfill in Yuregir district of Adana.

-Chairperson of ATSO (Antakya Chamber of Commece and Industry)
ensured that the government as well as the opposition party
members are taking a unified action about the issue of
constructing an airport in Hatay.

-The award ceremony of 12th Adana Film Festival was held in the
theater hall of Adana Municipality and the festival ended.

-Cumhuriyet notes that the EU may demand from Turkey during the
EU negotiation process to issue a general amnesty for Abdullah
Ocalan, to enable the international management of the Tigris and
Euphrate rivers and related infrastructure projects, to decrease
the wide influence of Turkish Armed Forces in Turkey and alleged
presence in northern Iraq.

-Adana Street Children Association launched a project called
"From streets to the Future" to enable the return of the street
children to healthy social life. The project aims to provide
vocational education to 172 children.

REID

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