Excerpts from the indictmentThe following are excerpts from the 139-page indictment against Abdullah Ocalan, chieftain of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) separatist gang.Charge"Abdullah Ocalan seriously endangered the ... indivisible unity of the Turkish Republic ... using the (PKK) organization and its members as an intermediary for racial animosity and violence and saw no harm in pushing them to death in the pursuit of an absurd dream."Attacks"The PKK gangs displayed total savagery in their attacks on civilians, killing women, men, old, young or babies indiscriminately. Some citizens died, burning alive in their houses."Foreign support"Countries such as Greece, Syria and Iran have ... given the PKK every kind of support while Western countries have provided facilities."Drug smuggling"It is certain that drug traffickers who gave the PKK a share from the drug trade also received the help of PKK members in the smuggling and selling of drugs."DGM indictment details Ocalan's crimes
Ankara - Turkish Daily News The indictment prepared against terrorist Abdullah Ocalan by Ankara State Security Court (DGM) prosecutors Talat Salk, Nuh Mete Yuksel and Hamza Keles consists of 139 pages divided into six chapters, reported the Anatolia news agency. The first chapter of the indictment details the time following Ocalan's transfer to Turkey including his arrest in accordance with rulings handed down in absentia by both the Ankara No. 2 DGM and the Justice Court in Gaziantep. The indictment explains further that several other court actions brought against Ocalan in various cities have been consolidated into a single case file that will be tried by the Ankara No.2 DGM. These separate violations are taken as a whole to be a violation of Article 125 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK). The second chapter is a broad overview of the PKK terrorist organization: its establishment, goal, program, strategy, structure and actions. This chapter includes the minutes of the PKK's first and subsequent conventions; activities in state prisons; suicide attacks; relationship with the Peoples' Democracy Party (HADEP); illegal actions carried out in large cities and its cooperation with Med TV. The third chapter details operations conducted by the PKK to date. Included are descriptions of raids carried out by the PKK on inhabited centers; urban activities; hold ups on roads; attacks on economic targets; suicide attacks; assassinations of teachers; attacks targeting tourist areas; and attacks on Turkish military installations. The fourth chapter explicates the terrorist acts perpetrated by Ocalan himself; the printed material disseminated by the PKK; statements made during organizational meetings and transcripts of recordings of commands and directives given over the radio, as well as testimony given by captured terrorists. In addition, acts perpetrated by the PKK in cooperation with other illegal crime syndicates and leftist organizations in the Black Sea region and the first raids conducted by the PKK in Eruh and Semdinli are examined in this chapter. Ocalan is responsible for all activitiesIn chapter four, the PKK's illegal operations are considered within the framework of the Constitution, the relevant laws and international agreements. The chapter states that the members of the terrorist PKK were given combat training in camps located in Syria and Iraq, and were ordered by Ocalan to conduct raids in Turkey. Submitted as corroborating evidence are Ocalan's testimony on this issue, decisions taken during PKK conventions and the speeches made by Ocalan on Med TV.The indictment states, "As the leader of an armed terrorist gang, Ocalan is personally responsible for all the illegal actions carried out by this organization," asserting further that every one of these actions committed by the terrorist organization represents a crime as put forth by the Constitution, the TCK and the Law on Terrorism. The report also asserts that provisions similar to those found in Articles 13 and 14 of the Constitution are also included in the European Human Rights Agreement. The period from 1984 to 1999The indictment states that beginning with the Eruh and Semdinli raids, which took place on Aug. 15, 1984, through to Feb. 22, 1999, there were a total of 6,036 attacks staged by the PKK terrorist organization and 8,257 armed clashes between the PKK and the Turkish Security Forces. During this period, there were 3,071 bomb attacks by PKK militants, 388 people were robbed at gunpoint and 1,046 people were kidnapped. As a result of these attacks, 4,472 civilians, 3,874 soldiers, 247 policemen and 1,225 village guards were killed by the PKK, and a total of 16,362 people were injured.In the summary of the indictment it is stated: "It
has been determined beyond any doubt that the defendant Ocalan was the
driving force behind the PKK terrorist organization, which he founded and
organized himself to carve away a piece of land from the sovereignty of
the Turkish Republic through his decisions and directives." The indictment
ends by requesting capital punishment for Ocalan in compliance with Article
125 of the TCK.
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