ANKARA - A web-site was prepared to explain massacres committed by terrorist organization PKK/KADEK, foreign supporters of the terrorist organization and Turkish Armed Forces' struggle against it. The web-site includes more than 300 photographs.
The web-site ''www.kadek.org'' reminds its readers that Turkey had been exposed to terrorism for long years that had never been experienced before in any country, thousands of innocent people lost their lives in terrorists attacks while thousands of others were maimed, and the country had suffered an economic loss of billions of U.S. dollars.
The site stresses that the terrorist organization KADEK had caused more pains and losses than the other terrorist organizations in Turkey.
''Since 1984, as a result of the terrorist acts, the terrorist organization KADEK has conducted against civil population without any discrimination to children, babies, women and the elders, as well as against those who were mostly teachers, religious officials and state officials who served the people living in the region, over 30 thousand citizens in total were wounded or killed, 11 thousand 483 of whom were civilians (5 thousand 415 were killed and 6 thousand 68 were wounded) and as well as 17 thousand 875 members of the security forces (5 thousand 871 were killed and 12 thousand 4 were wounded). Furthermore, a total of 2 thousand facilities, including 250 schools, 110 mosques and 50 medical facilities that served for the public were destroyed,'' it says.
The web-site says, ''it is now estimated that around 150 billion U.S. dollars have been spent in the struggle against the terrorist organization.''
''KADEK took its place amongst the top 30 terrorist organizations since 1997 in the 'Foreign Terrorist Organizations List' of the U.S. State Department's report, and it has also been listed in a report issued after the September 11 attacks. Also it has been included in 'Terrorist Organization List' of European Union (EU) with the name PKK,'' it notes.
According to the web-site, the terrorist organization still receives support in various forms especially from some neighboring and western European countries. It is possible to sum up the support given to the KADEK terrorist organization by these countries in following titles; determining policy and to map out a strategy for the organization, providing shelter for the senior level leaders of the organization, supplying logistic materials (arms and ammunitions), allocating training, providing training, providing financial support, providing fake identification cards and passports, providing medical treatment, facilitating drug trafficking and human smuggling, providing intelligence through their secret services to the members of the terrorist organization planning terrorist attacks.
''KADEK also deals with drug trafficking and human smuggling through those centers, committees, unions and associations. The report of the U.S. Bureau of International Narcotics proves that drug trafficking cartels in Europe are controlled by KADEK members. In a similar way, the report once again emphasized the fact that KADEK uses heroin production and trafficking to support its terrorist activities. On the other hand, money has been raised through usurp and blackmail from our citizens living in Europe. Kidnapping and arms trafficking have been conducted by the KADEK terrorist organization,'' it says.
The web-site adds, ''Turkey will struggle against the terrorist organization and its supporters, disregarding its name.''
Meanwhile, the site displays more than 300 photographs of massacres committed by KADEK, one of the most gory terrorist organizations in the world, devastation caused by the organization, international support given to KADEK and Turkey's long-standing struggle against the organizations.
The first section of photographs explains terrorist acts of the organizations between January 22, 19867 and March 14, 1999 with 251 photographs.
(UK-AÖ) 13.08.2003