GERMANY / TURKS (S ONLY) BY DAGMAR BREITENBACH/BONN
DATE=7/26/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-182562
TITLE=GERMANY / TURKS (S ONLY)
BYLINE=DAGMAR BREITENBACH
DATELINE=BONN
CONTENT=
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INTRO: ARSONISTS HAVE FIREBOMBED THREE MORE TURKISH PROPERTIES
IN GERMANY AFTER SEVEN SIMILAR ATTACKS THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.
V-O-A'S DAGMAR BREITENBACH IN BONN REPORTS INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT
KURDISH ACTIVISTS ARE PROBABLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ARSON.
TEXT: UNKNOWN ARSONISTS FIREBOMBED THE BUILDING OF A TURKISH
NEWS AGENT, A CULTURAL CENTER, AND A GROCERY STORE OVERNIGHT IN
DIFFERENT CITIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GERMANY.
REGIONAL INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CIRCUMSTANCES POINT TO THE
KURDISTAN WORKERS' PARTY -- THE P-K-K -- WHICH IS BANNED IN
TURKEY AND IN GERMANY. NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE ATTACKS.
SIMILARLY, NO ONE WAS HURT IN SEVEN FIRE-BOMBINGS OF TURKISH
SHOPS AND OFFICES THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. INVESTIGATORS ALSO BELIEVE
THE P-K-K WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EARLIER ATTACKS.
IN A MORE-PEACEFUL EFFORT TO PROTEST THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT'S
CRACKDOWN ON KURDISH ACTIVISTS IN SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY, KURDS IN
MANY CITIES THROUGHOUT GERMANY HAVE GONE ON HUNGER STRIKES AND
STAGED DEMONSTRATIONS.
THE PARTY HAS BEEN FIGHTING THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT SINCE 1984 FOR
AN INDEPENDENT HOMELAND IN SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY. THE KURDISH
MILITANTS HAVE TAKEN THEIR STRUGGLE ABROAD. GERMANY HAS A LARGE
TURKISH COMMUNITY OF ALMOST TWO MILLION PEOPLE. (SIGNED)
NEB/DB/JWH
26-Jul-95 7:00 AM EDT (1100 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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