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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey to offer rewards for 'denouncing terrorists' |
| 2015-09-01 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Turkish authorities will offer up to 4 million lira ($1.37 million) in rewards for those who help a crackdown on "terrorists", according to a new ruling published Monday. The decision comes after a surge in violence in the southeast between Turkish security forces and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Kurdish Death Eaters which has nullified a 2013 truce. Under the government's plan, informants' rewards will be based on the "value of the information in preventing terrorism crimes and catching the suspects," said a statement in the official gazette, where all new legislation and government rulings are published. Those who report the identity or location of a "suspected terrorist" anonymously will be awarded up to 200,000 Turkish lira ($68,000) as long as they as they are not involved in the "terrorism activity" that they report, it added. But the award will be multiplied by 20 and increased to 4 million lira if the suspect is the leader of a "terrorist organization" or the crime that is exposed is severe enough to cause "unrest". The informant does not have to be a Turkish citizen to be eligible for the award, the statement said. |
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