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tolia is now spreading towards the west, to big cities and even the
biggest universities in Turkey. Patriotic students in Istanbul, Izmir
and other western cities are martyred by the PKK in full view, and
terrorist organization's banners are carried with impunity at ODTÜ,
Istanbul and Ankara Universities.

It is a known fact that as the so-called Solution Process was going
on, particularly in Southeastern Anatolia, the members of the terror-
ist organization accumulated significant wealth in numerous eco-

nomic fields, particularly in construction, health-care, textile, agricul-
ture and the entertainment industries, and that they have monopo-
lized these industries. This is explained as follows in the Special
st
Diyarbakır Report of the 21 Century Turkey Institute:
It is safe to say that armed activities of the PKK, lobbying by the

KCK, illicit money originating from drug trafficking under con-
trol of the organization and the fact that municipalities use law

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