81. They are mainly used to try Kurdish separatists and Islamic fundamentalists accused of terrorism. 82. Thirty Kurdish separatists were killed in overnight clashes with Turkish soliders in southeastern Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday. 83. There is also Saudi interest in Cougar helicopters which have been sold to Turkey, where they are used against Kurdish separatists. 84. Turkey has also been locked in an armed conflict with Kurdish separatists while Qatar is among the first Gulf Arab countries to seek normal ties with Israel. 85. Turkey will end its military offensive against Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq within weeks, a government spokesman said here Friday. 86. Turkish authorities have charged a German man with abetting Kurdish separatists but have released a German woman arrested with him, the Anatolia news agency reported Tuesday. 87. Turkish businesses are often targets of acts of violence that are generally attributed to Kurdish separatists. 88. Turkish fighter aircraft bombed a rebel Kurdish camp in northern Iraq killing a number of suspected Kurdish separatists, a military communique said Thursday. 89. Turkey deported a left-wing German journalist Thursday because she cooperated with Kurdish separatists, Turkish government officials said. 90. Turkish Kurds in exile charged Monday that Turkey was in collusion with Iraq in the drive against Kurdish separatists. |