(DIP) TURKEY'S EU NEGOTIATOR ON EU COUNCIL'S UPDATED LIST OF TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.ANKARA, Jun 17, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkey's Chief EU Negotiator said on Wednesday that certain parties still could not call PKK PKK Player-Killer Killer (multiplayer gaming) PKK Partiya Karker Kurdistan (Kurdistan Worker's Party) PKK Kudistan Isci Partisi (formerly Kurdistan Workers Party, now KADEK) a "terrorist organization" while the European Union continued to describe it so. Speaking to A.A regarding EU Council's keeping PKK, IBDA-C Noun 1. IBDA-C - a Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul; a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO Islamic Great Eastern Raiders-Front , DHKP-C DHKP-C Devrimci Halk Kurtulus Partisi-Cephesi (Turkey terrorists, Revolutionist, Savior Party of People) and TAK in its updated "Terrorist Organizations List", Turkish State Minister and Chief Negotiator for EU talks Egemen Bagis said that PKK's name remained in the union's list of terrorist organizations thanks to Turkey's determined efforts. "Council of the European Union Council of the European Union, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) that has the final vote on legislation proposed by the European Commission and deliberated by the European Parliament. made public the updated version of its list of terrorist organizations yesterday. The terrorist organizations that concern us, which are PKK, DHKP-C, TAK and IBDA-C, are still in this list," Bagis said. "EU continues to consider PKK a terrorist organization while certain circles still cannot describe it so," he added. Commenting on Roj-TV issue as well, Bagis said that Turkey carried out an extensive cooperation with Danish authorities. "We will carry on with our fight against terrorism in a determined way," he said. Adopting a Common Position paper on June 15, the EU Council updated its list of persons, groups and entities involved in terrorist acts. Accordingly, the council concluded that terrorist organizations PKK, IBDA-C and DHKP-C, as well as TAK, which is an armed branch of PKK, shall continue to remain in the list. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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