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that the PKK should be removed from the terror list. So much so that,
photos of militants of this group, which has been martyring Turkish
soldiers and Kurdish people for about 40 years in sinister and cow-
ardly attacks, stroking a bear cub came to the fore in the media with
the headline: "Turkey still thinks that this guy holding a baby bear is a ter-
rorist. Is he really?" 74

French comedian Djamel
Debbouze, who was seen
with Abdullah Öcalan
posters in his hand at the
Communist Party's
traditional Fete de
l'Humanite (Humanity Day)
event that is held annually
apologized to the Turkish
associations. Through
perception operations,
introducing terrorism and
terrorists as if they were
heroes is today's one of
the biggest problems.

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