YASAR BUYUKANIT SUPPOSED TO BE TARGET OF ANKARA BLAST

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.05.2007 14:10 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Leading Turkish newspapers Hurriyet and Radikal said
that the blast in Ankara took place shortly before senior military
commanders, including armed forces chief of General Staff, General
Yasar Buyukanit were due to pass the area to go to a reception held
within the framework of IDEF-2007, International Defense Industry Fair.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the A-4 plastic
explosives believed used in the blast pointed to the outlawed
separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a security source and
newspapers said.

General Yasar Buyukanit did not rule out new blasts by Kurdish rebels.

Turkish army leadership is holding Wednesday extra meetings to consider
security measures throughout the country, specifically sea resorts.

The violence could be caused by a large-scale operation against
PPK troops at the Iraqi border, barring the pro-Kurdish Party of
Democratic Society to take part in the parliamentary election due
July 22 as well as the PPK’s wish to destabilize political situation
on the threshold of the elections, Cumhurriyet reports.