71.  Bitter fighting between rival Kurds in northern Iraq has been fuelled by severe economic hardship, long-standing internal differences and regional hostility to an independent Kurdish state.

72.  Conservative, Islamic and nationalist circles in Turkey say the force is intent on facilitating the creation of an independent Kurdish state, which Ankara opposes.

73.  Ciller said Turkey will open the zone on the Iraqi side of their border to keep out separatists fighting for a Kurdish state in Turkey.

74.  The PKK is fighting to set up an independent Kurdish state in southeastern Turkey.

75.  The PKK and its subsidiaries are fighting for a separate Kurdish state in eastern Turkey.

76.  The PKK has been fighting for over a decade to set up a separate Kurdish state in southeast Turkey.

77.  The restrictions have partly stemmed from an ongoing separatist uprising for an independent Kurdish state in southeastern Turkey.

78.  These were that the equipment could fall into the hands of the PKK which wishes to create a separate Kurdish state in south-eastern Turkey.

79.  They are campaigning to create an independent Kurdish state in south-east Anatolia near the border with Syria, Iraq and Iran.

80.  They fear that if the region continues to be under Kurdish control it could lead to the creation of an independent Kurdish state on their doorstep.