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Suspected PKK leader arrested in Germany
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September 3,
2014
BERLIN,— German prosecutors say
they've arrested a 45-year-old Turkish-Kurdish man
on suspicion he was a regional leader of the banned
Kurdish separatist group of the Kurdistan Workers'
Party PKK.
The federal prosecutors' office said Wednesday that
Mehmet D., whose last name wasn't released in
accordance with German privacy laws, was arrested
Aug. 29 on charges of membership in a foreign
terrorist organization. He's accused of leading the
PKK's operations in central Germany since January
2013 under the pseudonym Kahraman, and its northern
German operations since later that year.
Prosecutors say his responsibilities included
coordinating fundraising, business activities and
propaganda.
PKK, which still considered as 'terrorist' organization by
Ankara and U.S. The PKK continues to be on the
blacklist list in EU despite court ruling which
overturned a decision
to place the Kurdish rebel group PKK and its
political wing on the European Union's terror list.
Since it was established in 1984 the PKK has been
fighting the Turkish state, which still denies the constitutional existence of
Kurdswww.Ekurd.net
who make up around
22.5 million
of the country's 75-million population,www.Ekurd.net
with the aim of creating an independent Kurdish state, but now limited
its demands to to establish an autonomous Kurdish region and more cultural rights for
ethnic Kurds.
The PKK declared a ceasefire in March last year
but the process has come to a standstill after the
rebels suspended their retreat from Turkish soil,
accusing Ankara of failure to move on promised
reforms.
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