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| Basic Info: Probable Kurdistan Wokers Party terrorists
attacked the Mobil exploration site near the city of Batman. Several
non-American workers were wounded.
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| Basic Info: Terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers Party
(PKK) staged a wave of Terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
staged a wave of coordinated attacks in more than 30 cities in six
Western European countries. The attacks consisted primarily of vandalism
against Turkish diplomatic and commercial targets and included the
take-over of one Turkish consulate.
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| Basic Info: Terrorists threw handgrenades at a number of
hotels and restaurants frequented by tourists in the Mediterranean
resort area of Antalya. Twelve foreigners were among the 28 persons
injured. Earlier, on 9th June, PKK leader , Abdallah Oealan, threatened
that his group would start to use violence against tourist facilities in
Western Turkey.
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| Basic Info: In eight separate incidents within this period,
the PKK kidnapped a total of 19 Western tourists travelling in
southeastern Turkey. The hostages, including U.S. citizen Colin Patrick
Starger, were released unharmed after spending several weeks in
captivity.
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| Basic Info: The PKK made a second round of co-ordinated
attacks against Turkish Diplomatic and commercial facilities in Six
Western European countries. The assaults consisted mainly of
firebombings and vandalism, but one person was killed and about 20
people were injured.
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| Basic Info: A bomb detonated in the gardens of the Saint
Sophia Mosque and museum in Istanbul, injuring three tourists: one
German, one Spanish and on Dutch. The Metropole Revenge Tream of the
political wing of the PKK, claimed responsibility.
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| Basic Info: The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed
responsibility for bombing IC Bedesten, the old Bazaar at the Center of
the bazaar complex in Istanbul. Two foreign tourists, one Belgian and
one Spanish were killed and 17 others were injured.
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| Basic Info: In the coastal towns of Fethiye and Marmaris,
bombs killed one foreign national and injured 10 others at tourist
sites. German television stated that the PKK had claimed responsibility
for the attacks.
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| Basic Info: Two Turkish citizens were shot by Kurdish
extremists at a coffeehouse in The Hague. Four men were arrested in
connection with the attack.
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| Basic Info: Kurdish separatists abducted a Japanese tourist
at a rebel checkpoint near Siirt. No demands were made, and the
kidnappers released the hostage unharmed on 17 July. The Kurdistan
Workers' Party is suspected.
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| Basic Info: Assailants threw a molotov cocktail at a
building in Paris that housed a Turkish sporting and cultural
association, injuring six persons and causing minor damage. Witnesses
reported seeing three people flee the scene. The Kurdistan Workers'
Party may be responsible for the attack.
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| Basic Info: Four Kurdish militants occupied a Reuters news
agency office in Vienna and held two employees hostage for several hours
before surrendering. The attackers are suspected Kurdistan Workers'
Party (PKK) sympathizers.
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