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HIGH TOLL:
[PKK] Terror cost the lives of 36,345 in 31 years

The PKK is
treacherous
and murde-
rous.
Beyond
these, it is a
structure
that appro-
ves and le-
gitimizes all
sorts of
depravity
within it-
Milliyet, 28.08.2015 self.

most fundamental attribute is its being ruthless, treacherous and mur-
derous. Moreover, 18,000 people who raised objections to, resisted or re-
fused to support the organization were killed through
intra-organizational executions. In just the second half of 2015, over 200
innocent soldiers, police officers, village guards, and civilians were per-
fidiously martyred by the PKK.
The PKK is also the biggest branch of Asia-Europe drug trafficking
in the Middle East. The control of this drug trafficking is the largest
source of revenue for the organization. Regarding the subject, the US
Department of State gives the following information:
In February 2012, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned supporters of
the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) who ran significant drug trafficking
networks based in Moldova and Romania, and in July, an estimated 1700
Turkish police and soldiers participated in a major crackdown on drug