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Turkey and the PKK

SUMMARY

The U.S. must strike a delicate balance in its support of Turkey: It aids Turkey’s internal struggle against the PKK, or the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, while trying to dissuade Turkey from attacking the PKK’s presence across the Turkish border in Iraq. NSA signals intelligence support to Turkey includes tracking PKK members’ handsets while in Turkey and helping to track PKK financiers. 

DOCUMENT’S DATE

Dec 20, 2005

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

Mar 01, 2018

TAGS

Turkey