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Re:British journalist held by police at Luton airport for fi... by whimsicalism on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @03:45PM (#37589102)
That's a stretch to say linked to terrorism, unless the Belgian supreme court is as well.

Source on PKK targeting non-paramilitary/police/military civilians in the last 20 years?

e: I can find this from 1987 (a time when the Turkish state was also actively involved in massacring civilians) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%B1narc%C4%B1k_massacre

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Re:British journalist held by police at Luton airport for fi... by lessname on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @04:55PM (#37590062)
To name a few:

* December 2016 Istanbul car bombing / suicide bombing near a football stadium, killing 44 people

* October 2016 Istanbul bombing - injuring 10 civilians

* June 2016 Istanbul bombing / killing 6 civilians

* March 2016 Ankara car bombing killing 37 people

* June 2006 Manavgat (in the province Antalya, a popular region for tourists) detonation of a bomb in a tourist site, killing four people

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2016_Istanbul_bombing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2016_Istanbul_bombing

https://www.dni.gov/nctc/ftos/pkk_fto.html

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Re:British journalist held by police at Luton airport for fi... by whimsicalism on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @05:10PM (#37590229)
> * December 2016 Istanbul car bombing / suicide bombing near a football stadium, killing 44 people

TAK != PKK, TAK claimed responsibility. 39 of those killed were police officers. Turkish military also kills civilians while targeting opposing militia groups.

> * June 2014 Istanbul bombing / killing 6 civilians

Link? Did this happen?

> March 2016 Ankara car bombing

TAK not PKK, again.

> * June 2006 Manavgat

Yet again, TAK.

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2016_Istanbul_bombing

Not intentional targeting civilians, accidental premature explosion of bomb. Only one of the attacks you've mentioned that was by the actual PKK and actually killed civilians.

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Re:British journalist held by police at Luton airport for fi... by DoItToMe81 on Thursday September 21, 2023 @01:22AM (#37593491)
To his defence, the TAK is often claimed to be a militant wing of the PKK, that handles affairs that might damage the reputation of the main organization. Like how the Provisional IRA formed fake splinter groups to pin sectarian counterattacks on.
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