What is Turkey's point of view on developing capacity building measures for the prevention of terrorism?
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Hi there. I am not related into these matters in any way, I am just an IT professional so my knowledge is very limited. Country is suffering mostly from Kurdish terrorists and some fundamentalist Muslim terrorists. As I know some of these measures are:\n\n- Aviation security. I noticed airports are more secure than it was 5-6 years ago. Surveillance cameras, tighter scanning of luggages and passengers, photos at the passport control etc.\n- Stricter control on change of addresses, money transfers, etc.\n- New photo identity cards with microchip is coming soon.\n- Stricter control on the borders of Northern Iraq and Iran.\n- Allowing Kurdish media and language schools.\n- Special security forces to tackle terrorist groups inside the country.\n- Tracking people that are frequently travelling to countries that support terror. Unfortunately there are EU member states in the list.\n- Tracking European media run by terror organisations.\n- Narcotics police is working hard on the drug trafficking issue that is the main financial source for Kurdish terrorists. I guess the fundamentalist Muslims are funded by some Middle Eastern countries run by sheria law.\n\nI am sure a lot going on this issue, but that's all from me :-)
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the term "Terrorism" should be thought of as a marketing term, a generic term for "bad guys": it's used so that the electorate will believe that a problem is being addressed and solved.  In the eighties, the "free world" confronted communism; today, we confront terrorists.\n\nSo, to answer your question, a complex definition would be confusing, but would explain the actual political and economic issues at hand; a simple definition would encourage the masses to actually read the newspaper and rally behind the US.
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As merely an American who is an interested observer, I think Turkey should be allowed to join the EU.  The leadership of the EU, however, like all cumbersome (dare I say Byzantine?) bureaucracies, seems to have a hard time making up its collective mind.  Europeans are also rightly concerned about the rise of fundamentalist Islamic political parties in Turkey.\nKemal Ataturk made the right decision when he turned Turkey into a secular state; personally, I hope it remains one.  Perhaps you are a Turk yourself, and can give us your perspective on the political and social situation in Turkey today.
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One positive benefit is the increased co-operation between various national intelligence agencies in the sharing of information and expertise in order to combat terrorism. This could be seen when a Jemiyah Islamiyah cell in Indonesia linked to Al Qaeda was stopped by information gathered by the US in Afghanistan.
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Turkey is an ally and most friendly Muslim Country to most Western Countries.   So the answer is "YES"!
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I am half Turkish and it needs to stay a Secular democracy, thats what Ataturk founded the Turkish Republic on. Anyone who says other wise needs to read up on history.\n\nTurkey will never be a muslim state. The Military will not allow it.
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In case of anti-terrorist caution... well firstly they must tightened their borders. Then Caution the local law enforcement agencies on such threats...And mainly educate the public on how to respond in case of terrorist threat. In case of threat coming from outside the country...then strict message should be given that such inhumane activities will not be taken lightly... And use necessary force next time there is such a threat.\nIn case the threat is coming from within the country...then the govt. should use force and tactics to subdue the threat and most importantly educate the people on terrorism.
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Are the effects of terrorism a good thing? did you really think this through?
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PREVENTING THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM AND OF CERTAIN FOREIGN REGIMES: EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND EUROPEAN BANKS ...  \n... with the four European Credit Sector Federations (European Banking Federation; European Savings ... 2003, the European Commission agreed to the European credit sector federations ...www.eurunion.org/News/press/2004/20040098.htm - 33k - Cached - More from this site - Save - Block\nEUROPEAN COMMISSION (PDF)  \n... 1. EUROPEAN COMMISSION. Directorate-General for Education and Culture ... "Ministers stress the important role played by the European Credit Transfer System ...www.bologna-bergen2005
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No, the only thing we can do is deter terrorism.  We do this by being a "hard target"... which means making it difficult for terrorists to attack. Being a hard target entails passive and active measures... elevating our defensive posture (extra security at airports, etc) and implementing stringent criteria for foreign visitors/students coming into the US and better coordination between local, state, federal and international intelligence agencies. Perhaps this coordination between agencies is most crucial to successfully deterring terrorism. But, I doubt they will ever all be able to be on "the same sheet of music." As well, we need to maintain an open and active dialog with all nations... we need to better understand them and seek their cooperation in deterring terrorism.\n\nKeep in mind:\n\n- The US has its own "terrorists" organizations which wish to overthrow the government (Anarchists, some militias, etc)... just because someone is foreign does not automatically equate them to being a terrorist.\n\n- During the Revolutionary War...England labeled our soldiers as "terrorists" as well. "One mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter."\n\n- Terrorism comes in many forms (religious, political, social, economic, military, some animal rights and environmental groups).\n\n- Terrorism has been around since the dawn of man. \n\nThe bottom line is we can’t be everywhere...but can make it difficult for a terrorist to attack...by being a "hard target."
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PKK is a Kurdish (declared by the EU and US as) armed terrorist organisation aiming to create a Kurdish communist state on the area that is part of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Armenia. They are mainly based in the northern Iraq no-fly-zone created by the US and UK after the 1990 gulf war, which also created a bargain weapons market. PKK's main source of income is (like other terrorist organisations) drug trafficking in Europe through (Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Greece, Germany, Benelux) about 1 million Kurds (mostly ex Turkish citizens) in Europe, donations, and extortion. \n\nWhenever PKK's activities increase in Turkey, the Turkish army runs a cross border operation to destroy their camps in Iraq. PKK targets Turkey's stability, peace, and international image by creating terror and chaos in the country. Turkish government is currently blaming US for allowing PKK operate freely in north Iraq.\n\nRef: PKK behind minibus bombing that killed 1 British, 1 Irish, 3 Turkish tourists in Kusadasi (near Ephessus, mother Mary's house).\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4690181.stm\n\nTurkish agents captured PKK leader in Greek embassy which was proving shelter to him in Kenya. He was holding Greek-Cypriot passport though he was on Interpol's red list.\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/280622.stm\n\nhttp://internettrash.com/users/pkk/a-trialDAY-2.html\n\nLatest build up at the Iraqi border.\nhttp://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=41571
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It is necessary to make a clear distinction between the Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin and the PKK. Turkish citizens have various ethnic backgrounds. These ethnic backgrounds contribute to Turkish cultural richness. Turkish laws do not discriminate among citizens, there is complete legal equality. Turkey has achieved full equality with respect to the fundamental rights and freedoms, the application of the rule of law, and the participation to political, social and economic life. The problem of PKK is purely of a terrorist nature. Not only law enforcement personnel, but also the civil population, women and children, teachers, doctors, judges, public officials, all constitute potential targets for PKK. It attacks hospitals, trains, buses, touristic facilities, and particularly development projects planned to raise the life standards of the inhabitants of this region. It is therefore the basic duty of the government to guarantee the protection of people’s life and property against the PKK terror organization. This is the State’s raison d’être. \n\nThe PKK is a terror organisation which operates on a Stalinist model along the lines of Shining Path in Peru and Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The extreme violence to which the PKK continuously resorts has not been limited to Turkey. The PKK and its front organizations have also perpetrated acts of violence in many west European countries where they have at times found a conducive environment for their propaganda and subversive activities. They have become a major threat to law and order in Europe. Germany banned the activities of the PKK as well as 35 of its front organizations on November 26, 1993. There was also great public uproar against the PKK violence in France, which resulted in police raids on many of the PKK affiliated associations. 24 people were arrested and the Kurdish Committee and YEK - KOM were banned. These actions have delivered a significant blow to the financial resources of the PKK which funds many of its acts through illegal drug sales. But according to German weekly magazine Der Spiegel’s August 14, 1995 edition, PKK still collects 30 million German Marks a year in Germany alone, mainly through extortion and "protection taxes."\n\nPKK is by no means representative of Kurds living in Turkey. Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin, like all the citizens, elect their representatives to the National Assembly, from their electoral constituency. In a country where all democratic channels are accessible to claims of all citizens, there exist no ground which could justify terrorism. In fact, PKK has tried to prevent newspapers from being distributed in the region, has attempted to ban the opening of offices of mainstream political parties in southeast Turkey, threatened the candidates of political parties running for local elections or tried to impose election boycotts. All these attempts have failed. Democratic processes functioned and the turn out in the last elections was high. \n\nThere are four basic reasons which enable the PKK to continue to exist as a terrorist organization: \n\nThe support given by some neighboring countries \n\nThe income from illicit drug smuggling \n\nThe continuation by the PKK of its activities in some Western European countries by exploiting freedom of expression and other democratic rights; \n\nThe large sums of money forcefully collected from the Turkish citizens living abroad. \n\nTherefore, it is imperative that there is international cooperation against the PKK should be carried out abroad. Important responsibilities fall on the part of the Western Governments, the media and the non-governmental organizations. The final document adopted at the end of the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna in June 1993 states that the acts, methods and practices of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations are activities aimed at the destruction of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democracy, and calls on the internationa
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Oh gosh, look at the map.  Most of Africa, though not all. Most Muslim countries except Malaysia, Indonesia and Turkey. Many Central Asian nations, and there are a two dictatorships incubating in South America. Then Cuba and North Korea.  A great many still in existence.
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The book "Whats So Great About America" has the answers to this question. But in brief, I think education and military force and vigilance are the answers. \n\nWith education, terrorism and fanaticism can be halted in future generations. With miltary strength and vigilance, we can guard against present threats and strike back as well.\n\nWe need Islamic countries as allies, or else we will continually be seen as the Great Satan. But I think we should be allies with a progressive nation like the UAE.
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- there is no terrorist in world if no one intercept others life.\n- terrorism is really propagated by the bad policians of Americans and Europeans by means of hatred other religions particularly by suppressing muslims and the growth of their country.\n- terrorism really has no religion and terrorist activities is not belongs to a particular religion any more.\n- In any way Terrorism is acceptable.\n- The Americans and socalled "christian club"(europeans) alongwith Israel is in the bloody tug-of-war with Islam and creating Islamin terrorist world wide.\n- The Media which entirely controlled by the socalled and Americans and Europeans is portraiting as terrorist whoever talking against them. \n- But the real terrors are gaining their horrified terrorism as legal and legitimising it by cheating and paralysing billions of peoples on the earth.\n- Any Americans and Europeans have the right to use Neuclear power but no muslim countries. If some try to acquire then the country portrayed as "Axis of Evil" nations and spread terrorism.\n- They have rights to kill hundreds of thousands of innocent peoples including Infants, women in the name of war and in the name of spreading democracy.\n- What rights they have to spread their own culture to other nations..?\n- If they really help other nations and their people then no one will intend to raise slogans like "DEATH TO AMERICA".\n- Because the love is the great.\n- The drive towards "war against terror" is actually seems to be planned to spread terrorism worldwide and creating more terrors everywhere.\n- Because, now they got great chances to say and prove that Islam is preaching terrorism and Muslims are terrors, and so they can intrude and occupy any countries, suppress their people and growth in the name of Economic Sanctions and more.\n- They can achieve innocent peoples support through the misleading television media and make them to believe Islam is unrequired danger to the world.\n- Is this activities is not the Terrorism or more than that...?... what do you think.\n- There is really peaceful world when Americans and Europeans stop portraying other religions are harmful and avoiding the tendency to suppress other nations from their technological growth.\n- There is really peaceful world when Americans and Europeans stop intruding and RESPECTING the culture of other nations legitimate rights.\n- I dont want to say more... there is no terrorist and terrirism if Americans and Europeans mind their own business.\n- Why they always Americans and Europeans being the Hidden and Real threat to the Peaceful World...and being the real "Axis of Evil(Satan)"?\n- I never support terrorism.\n- Terrorism cannot be justified at any form.\n- Innocent people, let them be any religion, should not be allowed to suffer at any cost.\n- But remember the real Criminals are they who force innocent people to involve in terrism activities.\n- Let refine their (Americans and Europeans) interest on other nations.\n- Respect them.\n- Dont suppress other nations growth.\n- Dont let them push and force their own culture on other nations.\n- Stop wars on other nations.\n- Stop killing innocent people, children and women in the name of war. And dont create terrorist anymore.\n- Do you still think these activities are not terrorism. \n- And dont forget whoever talking about Americans and Europeans are portrayed as "enemies" "Terrorism breeding nations" and "Axis of Evil countries".... think how stupid the logic behind it... and when ordinary peoples can understand it....?\n-------------------
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Piker ; you are wrong ma frien ; the government is based on democracy and equality...\nif u observed istanbul carefully \nthe people are free about their thougts their reigion.i think u need to examine it carefully...\n-------\nturkey i think a great place and a part europe,\nthe only diffrence is they ar muslims..\nbut they ar acting great harmony of  democracy equality and the religion and freedom,\ni think if the european union is based on equality and freedom on thoughts muslim or christian they must first look freedom, equality ,democracy..\ni think turkey deserves being a modern country...
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First off, not all Islamic leaders have spoken out against it. If all had spoken out, and did not condone terrorism, there would be no place for them to turn, and there clearly is. \n\nSecondly, I know that not all Muslims are terrorists, and not all terroerists are Muslim, however the number of terrorists that are Muslim kind of outweighs the terrorists that aren't.\n\nLastly, one doesn't have to know a thing about Islam to know that the leaders who don't condem terrorism are condoning it.