Current situation has urged us to publish this announcement.

Abdullah Ocalan, the so called leader of the terrorist, separatist organisation PKK, 
subject of a "Red Bulletin" issued by INTERPOL, was recently "caught", using a false 
passport in Italy.

After his forced exile from Syria and Russia, Abdullah Ocalan alias "Apo", is now being 
held "under custody" in a luxurious private villa near Rome/Italy. It has been rumoured 
that, political asylum for this terrorist was being considered by the Italian Government.

The ongoing propaganda about PKK in Europe is aimed to depict a profile of PKK as 
being the "political organisation" of the Kurdish people, "fighting for the freedom" of 
Kurds in south-east Turkey. This is NOT true.

This brief announcement is to inform fellow radio amateurs in the world that PKK is 
NOT a "liberation army", but a terrorist organisation, responsible for murdering more 
than 20,000 people during last 14 years. Among the victims were, women, children, 
elderly people, government officers, teachers, doctors, workers, soldiers, villagers…etc. 

It is a proved fact that the majority of the murdered Turkish citizens during last 14 
years were of Kurdish origin..(!)  In other words, PKK and it's so called "leader" 
Abdullah Ocalan are directly responsible for killing more than 10,000 people of their 
own. The population of Turkey is about 65,000,000. An estimated ¼ of this population 
is of Kurdish orgin. The propaganda about Kurds being a minority in Turkey is NOT true. 
Former president of the Turkish Republic and the current Speaker of the Parliament, 
together with 25% of the members of Turkish Parliament are of Kurdish origin. 

It is also a proved fact that PKK was -and still is- a drug dealer of international scale, 
responsible for poisoning citizens of European Nations since last 14 years. It is also a 
proved fact that the money raised through international drug traffic was widely used 
for purchasing fire-arms, land-mines, explosives… etc.

The positive attitude adopted towards this international terrorist by the Italian Government, 
is beyond the scope of our comprehension. How can Italy, being one of the thresholds 
of civilisation, welcome a terrorist/murderer/drug trafficker, as a political figure..?

We strongly believe that the honourable people of Italy -fellow radio amateurs being 
part of it- will evaluate the current unfortunate situation correctly and do whatever 
they think is appropriate.…..

ANTRAK, -Ankara Radio Amateurs' Club- extends best regards.
--- thank you for reading this rather unusual announcement---

TA2CIP, president, ANTRAK