Cablegate: Meaning of "Pkk"
R 081524Z AUG 94
FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
TO FBIS NICOSIA CY
SECSTATE WASHDC 1333
UNCLAS ANKARA 009784
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/P AND NEA/P
E.O. 12356:N/A
TAGS: PTER TU
SUBJECT: MEANING OF "PKK"
REF: (A) STATE 208922; (B) FBIS NICOSIA 051822Z AUG 94;
(C) 93 ANKARA 9566
EMBASSY REMINDS ADDRESSEES THAT THE TERM "PKK" STANDS
FOR "KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY" ("PARTIYA KERKERAN
KURDISTAN" IN KURDISH), NOT/NOT "KURDISH WORKERS
PARTY." THE DIFFERENCE IS MORE THAN SYNTACTICAL.
BARKLEY