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February 15 marked the second anniversary of the arrest of Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish rebel leader, by the Turkish authorities.

"Ocalan is giving orders for war," say the Turkish press while Ocalan tells the world from his prison cell that he "felt uneasy about the style and manner in which his comments were reflected in the press."

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Longings Become Serhalden ( The Kurdish Observer )


Turkey Key in the U.S. Iraq Policy (The Kurdish Observer )


Turkish Mafia Growing ( The Kurdish Observer )


This government is far from solutions says Ocalan. ( The Kurdish Observer )


Do not fall for their games warns Ocalan. (The Kurdish Observer )


Open the path to democratic politics stresses Ocalan ( The Kurdish Observer )


The second anniversary of Ocalan's abduction: democracry, the individual, the nation, friends and loyalty. ( Kurdish Media )


Armenians, Turks, and Resolutions: The Historical Context Matters ( Kurdish Media )


Turkey urges Balkan countries to take strict measures against the PKK ( Turkish Daily News )



From The UK



Analysis: Turkey's Ocalan dilemma - From the BBC Posted Janaury 12, 2000 ( BBC )


Full horror of jails revealed ( The Guardian )


IMF puts Turkey on L7B trial ( The Guardian )



From the USA



Arming Repression: U.S. Arms Sales to Turkey During the Clinton Administration ( Federation of American Scientists )


Human Rights Violations in Turkey with US Weaponry ( Federation of American Scientists )


US Arms Sales to Turkey 1999 ( FAS )



The Historical Context...


The Kurds' Suffering is Rooted in Past Betrayals From May-June 1991 ( The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs)



Invading Iraq


Turkish Incursion into Iraq "Draining the Sea to Catch the Fish." From June 1995 ( The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs)



The Syrian Side of the Equation


What's Behind the Turkish-Syrian Crisis? From December 1998 ( The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs )



And the Israeli Input


Capture of Kurdish Rebel Leader Ocalan Recalls Mossad Collaboration with Both Turkey, Kurds ( The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs )


The Turkish-Israeli Alliance is a New Destabilizing Factor in the Middle East and Southern Europe ( The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs )



The New Approach in Turkey


Turkey's Kurds Look Forward to Enhanced Cultural Rights as Turkey Moves Forward to EU Membership ( The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs )




Iraq


As US Bombing begins anew in Iraq... ( Voices in the Wilderness )





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