61.   Turkey has long been criticized for human rights abuses stemming from its campaign against Kurdish separatists.

62.   Turkey is accused of razing villages and forcing evacuations in its fight against Kurdish separatists in southeast Turkey.

63.   Turkish troops are currently conducting a search and destroy mission against Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq.

64.   Turkish troops move against Kurdish separatists in southeastern Turkey to bolster the military offensive launched two weeks ago against guerrilla camps in northern Iraq.

65.   Turkey has been often criticized for its handling of Kurdish separatists in its southeastern regions.

66.   Turkish forces are trying to wipe out camps used by Kurdish separatists in the invasion that began four weeks ago.

67.   Various terrorist groups, including Kurdish separatists and leftist extremists, have been active for years in Istanbul.

68.   German police initially suspected Kurdish separatists of carrying out the firebombings, but said Alawites might be responsible for the latest attacks.

69.   He reminded them the situation in Kurdish regions of Turkey remained very tense amid clashes between Kurdish separatists and security forces.

70.   However, he has never elaborated on this idea, and it has apparently left the Kurdish separatists cold.