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Turkish Press Stories
These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkeyâs press on December 24, 2003. MEDDLESOME POLICEMAN CAUSES PANIC A head of police station and police commissioner who caused leakage of uncertain tip-off that a bomb attack would be staged against Akmerkez, a shopping mall in Istanbul, were removed from office. Police sent the tip-off to security units of Akmerkez by mistake. The warning was transmitted on the internet and the concerned were removed from office. The tip-off said, ââmilitants bound to Habib Aktas, who planned the former suicide attacks, came from Syria for a third attack. Akmerkez is one of the possible targets.ââ This tip-off was transmitted on the internet. Citizens learned about the tip-off and panicked. Istanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah said, ââit is an uncertain tip-off. Our internal message about measures to be taken as sent to other places. We removed director of special security department and police commissioner from office.ââ Fired their asses. SPECIAL SHIELD FOR ERDOGAN The system which saved Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf from a bomb attack ten days ago will also protect the prime minister. As tip-offs that an attack will be staged against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, extraordinary security measures was taken to protect Erdogan. The first measure is the security shield which gives magnetic waves. This shield had saved life of Pakistani President Musharraf in an attack on December 14. The bomb placed on the route of Musharraf and his convoy exploded after the convoy passed that place. This is the ECM system which is supposed to block radio signals used to remote detonate bombs. Guess itâll be on the Christmas wish list of every head of state. IBDA/C IN TERRORIST LIST, ââNEW PKKââ STILL OUT OF LIST European Union (EU) is including IBDA/C in its list of terrorist organizations in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Istanbul. EU is expected to add IBDA/C to its updated list of terrorist organizations which will officially be unveiled today. Turkey had notified names of ten terrorist organizations to Brussels to be included in the list after the September 11th terrorist attacks against the United States. Bulent Ecevit, then the prime minister, gave place to the name of IBDA/C in the list he sent to EU Commission President Romano Prodi on November 22, 2001. But, EU only added PKK and DHKP/C in its lists. However, new derivatives of PKK, which had changed its name as KADEK firstly and then as Kurdistan Peopleâs Congress (KHK), are not included in the list. Sigh Posted by: Steve 2003-12-24 |
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