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new terror attacks. According to the Security Directorate's
reports, DHKP-C militants like Okan Ünsal, Berna Ünsal,
Ökkeş Karaoğlu and Cemal Keser, who were later killed in an
armed conflict that broke out in Tunceli, had also been
released after being granted special pardons by Sezer.

• Terrorists Hüsamettin Özdem, Keskin Hasan Bölücek,
Abbas Alkan, Cihan Alkan, Enis Aras, Deniz Yıldız, Sakine
Ögeyik, Gülten Özdemir, Özkan Güzel and Mehmet Leylek,
who were seen via camera surveillance during the May 1, 2003
Incidents, had also been pardoned in the same way. And final-
ly, DHKP-C leader Hüseyin Fevzi Tekin, who ordered the

slaughter of Prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, had also been
pardoned during the administration of the 10th President
Sezer.

• On the other hand, granting amnesty to PKK members is
not only humiliating but also violates the dignity and honor of

the Turkish nation.

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