SABAH has acquired details on the PKK terrorist organization's concentration of attacks in Hakkâri's Şemdinli district. According to intelligence sources, the true objective behind the attacks on Şemdinli are to exert pressure on Turkey through terrorism so the government eases up on the Bashar Assad administration as well as to ensure the Turkish Armed Forces is otherwise engaged.
The PKK also aims to establish the Şemdinli-Çukurcu as an 'independent zone" and therefore they are staging attacks with an excessive number of militants to ensure the highest number of losses in the Turkish military thereby creating the perception that there is a debility in the fight against terrorism.
Behind this extensive plan once again is the PKK's armed wing leader Syrian national Fehman Hüseyin aka Doktor Bahoz. Over the past three months, Hüseyin has been moving troops to the Hakkâri-Şırnak region and is supposedly in direct contact with commanders from troops led by Maher Assad, Bashar Assad's brother.
200 TERRORISTS INFILTRATE BORDER
Over the past three months, 200 PKK terrorists have supposedly crossed into the Turkish border. Members of the PKK have even set up landmines in certain crossing points. Their intentions are to stage high risk attacks in Şemdinli unlike any they have ever done before. Their perspective is that it doesn't matter how many members they lose, so long as the military suffers greatly. According to the information received, orders have been made for attacks to be staged in urban areas, and therefore weapons with silencers are being delivered to the terrorist group.
TAF IS WELL AWARE OF PKK PLAN
Turkish security forces are now on full alarm in order to combat the PKK's latest endeavors. While the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) has intensified its presence in the area, the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has also designated the Şemdinli-Çukurca rural regions as a 'sensitive tracking zone'. In addition, a high number of gendarmerie command teams and Special Police Forces have been positioned in the Şemdinli district.
Responding to the European Parliament resolution condemning the police crackdown on protests sparked by redevelopment plans for Gezi Park, Prime Minister Erdoğan stated “They are confused. They have no fidelity,” and added that European politicians and institutions instantly laid down their masks in order to provoke events.
One man’s passive defiance by way of standing in place in Taksim Square and looking straight at the Atatürk Culture Center, quickly turned into a social media phenomenon last night.
Infuriating Germans, Green Party Co-Chair Roth was subjected to pepper spray in Istanbul. Commenting on the incident, German nationals say, “It turns out Erdoğan was right in saying that there are foreign forces triggering Taksim, and Roth’s presence is now proof.” Other comments include, “If Abdullah Gül showed up at Occupy Frankfurt of if Erdoğan was involved in the Stuttgart 21 demonstrations, the ground would shake!”
The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has been working continuously since last night on clearing and landscaping Taksim Square and Gezi Park.
Explaining that the Gezi Park protests were planned six months ago, EU Minister Bağış states, “These protests are an attempt to trigger a move which will end in regime change in Turkey.” Bağış also discussed Prime Minister Erdoğan’s style with the Wall Street Journal.
They came by land, they came by sea, and they came to hear their Prime Minister speak. Yesterday’s Kazlıçeşme rally in support of Prime Minister Erdoğan saw over a million supporters come out to the square with AK Party and Turkish flags in hand, giving true sentiment to the figures of Erdoğan’s support rate.
Istanbul Governor Mutlu is calling on protesters to refrain from responding to calls on social media to gather in Taksim because he says; peace has been established once again in Istanbul.
Nearly a million Istanbul residents flocked out to see Prime Minister Erdoğan speak at an AK Party rally in Kazlıçeşme on Sunday. Istanbul residents want the vandalism of protesters destroying and setting the city on fire to come to an end as soon as possible. Meanwhile, they also support Erdoğan’s referendum proposal.
On the first presidential visit to Ardahan in 18 years, President Gül had the chance to comment on the European Parliament’s resolution vote on Thursday by stating, “When reacting they need to have enough information to realize what is what.”
The number one suspect accused of planning and staging the twin bombings in the Hatay town of Reyhanlı, which killed 52 people, Nasır Eskiocak as well as three other perpetrators were arrested on Friday.
Istanbul Governor Mutlu held discussions with protesters which started late Thursday night and went on into the early morning hours of Friday. There was no lapse in respect during the talks that were both peaceful and spirited. The main questioned asked was who ordered the use of disproportionate force.
After deliberations between Prime Minister Erdoğan and other government officials with a delegation representing the Gezi Park protesters which went on into the morning hours of Friday, a decision was reached to respect judicial rulings and citizens’ opinions. Bringing the Gezi Park protests to a close with a series of artistic events is also now on the agenda.
Foreign Minister Davutoğlu says the European Parliament resolution adopted on Thursday is unacceptable and should they notify Turkey of the resolution, then Turkey will instantly return the gesture.
At 2 pm on Thursday afternoon, a Turkish youth activist group ‘Bizim Çocuklar’ (Our Youth) orchestrated a protest of what they view as the double standard exhibited by western media outside the BBC’s Turkey Office in Istanbul’s prestigious Nisantaş neighbourhood.