seruriermarshal
06-12-2004, 06:46 PM
Turkey arrests 13 suspected Islamic extremists
ISTANBUL (AFP) Jun 12, 2004
Turkey on Saturday arrested 13 people in a swoop on "terrorist organizations based on religion", ahead of a NATO summit in Istanbul later this month, Anatolia news agency reported.
Several of those arrested by anti-terrorist intelligence agents were suspected of having undergone training in overseas camps.
Turkey has introduced unprecedented security measures ahead of the June 28-29 summit to protect NATO leaders, including US President George W. Bush, and carried out a number of arrests among Islamists, as well as Kurdish and left-wing extremists.
On Tuesday about 30 people employed by Kurdish cultural and press organizations including the news agency Dicle were arrested in Istanbul.
Most of them were later released but two of them were to be tried by a state security court, Dicle journalist Gulbahar Salik told AFP.
From (http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040612140952.pf9vt2ij.html)
ISTANBUL (AFP) Jun 12, 2004
Turkey on Saturday arrested 13 people in a swoop on "terrorist organizations based on religion", ahead of a NATO summit in Istanbul later this month, Anatolia news agency reported.
Several of those arrested by anti-terrorist intelligence agents were suspected of having undergone training in overseas camps.
Turkey has introduced unprecedented security measures ahead of the June 28-29 summit to protect NATO leaders, including US President George W. Bush, and carried out a number of arrests among Islamists, as well as Kurdish and left-wing extremists.
On Tuesday about 30 people employed by Kurdish cultural and press organizations including the news agency Dicle were arrested in Istanbul.
Most of them were later released but two of them were to be tried by a state security court, Dicle journalist Gulbahar Salik told AFP.
From (http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040612140952.pf9vt2ij.html)