US embassy cable - 04ADANA40

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SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY APRIL 9, 2004

Identifier: 04ADANA40
Wikileaks: View 04ADANA40 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Consulate Adana
Created: 2004-04-12 05:25:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA Press Summaries
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS ADANA 000040 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, PINS, PGOV, PHUM, IZ, TU, ADANA, Press Summaries 
SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY APRIL 9, 2004 
 
 
1.      This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 9, 
2004.  Please note that Turkish press reports often contain 
errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for 
the accuracy of the reports summarized here. 
 
 
POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 
 
 
2.      Hurriyet, Milliyet / In Omerli, Mardin province, a 
thirteen year old girl allegedly was sexually abused by several 
people, including some government officials.  A school deputy 
manager's name is also included in the reports.  Fourteen people 
were arrested and the police are questioning 10 people in 
relation to the incident. 
 
 
3.      Zaman, Ekspres, Bolge / Two Adana Yuregir Municipality 
Council members, Sami Durmus and Celal Turan were attacked in 
front of the municipality building by three unidentified young 
men after their first council meeting. 
 
 
4.      Sabah / In Kiziltepe, Mardin province, five police, 
including a female police officer, allegedly raped a woman 
during the time she was in detention. Mardin Public prosecutors 
refused the case, stressing the point that it is impossible for 
a woman to rape another woman. 
 
 
5.      Ulkede Gundem / The Turkish Interior Ministry announced 
that 92,186 people returned to their evacuated villages in 12 
cities in year 2003. 
 
 
6.      Ulkede Gundem / The Turkish army started operations around 
the Gabar Mountains in Sirnak province on April 8, 2004. It is 
reported that approximately 100 village guards supported the 
operations.  Two HPG guerillas are reported to have died during 
the operations. 
 
 
CULTURE and TOURISM 
 
 
7.      Cumhuriyet / The Culture and Tourism Ministry applied the 
court to display the Zeugma mosaics in Istanbul during the NATO 
Summit.  The Gaziantep Courts decided that the mosaics should 
continue to be under the protection of the Gaziantep Museum 
until the end of the court deliberations. 

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