Jo urnal of Turkish Weekly
October 29, 2007
Relations between Armenia and PKK Terrorism
Source:By Tetedeturc

*** By Tetedeturc ***

Changing their tactics after the ’80s as they encountered adverse
reactions from the world [sic]. Now, it was time for PKK to carry on
the mission. Their first terrorist act started at Eruh and Semdimli in
1984 while the ASALA-Armenian terror receded to the background. Some
of the tangible proofs of the ties between Armenians and PKK are the
following:

The terrorist organisation PKK announced the period from 21 to 28
April 1980 as the "Red Week" and started to organise meetings on April
24 as the anniversary of the alleged genocide against Armenians.

The PKK and ASALA terror organisations held a joint press conference
on 8 April 1980 at the City of Sidon in Lebanon where they issued a
declaration. Since this drew a considerable reaction, they decided
that their relations should be maintained on a clandestine basis. The
responsibility of the attacks launched against the Turkish Consulate
General in Strasbourg on 9 November 1980 and the Turkish Airline
office in Rome on 19 November 1980 were undertaken jointly by the
ASALA and PKK. Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the separatist terror
organisation, was elected to the honorary membership of the Armenian
Authors’ Association for "his contributions to the idea of Greater
Armenia". A Kurdistan Committee was formed within the Armenian Popular
Movement like in many European countries.

On 4 June 1993, a meeting was held at the headquarters of PKK
terrorist organisation at West Beyrouth with the participation of
representatives from the Armenian Hinchak Party, ASALA and PKK.

Another striking example of the Armenian-PKK ties are the following
resolutions adopted in meetings held at two separate churches from 6
to 9 September 1993 with the participation of Lebanese Armenian
Orthodox Archbishop, officials of the Armenian Party and about 150
youth leaders :

A somewhat sedate attitude should be reserved toward Turkey for the
time being. The Armenian community is on the way to growth and better
economic strength. The propaganda activities have started to make the
genocide claims better understood in the rest of the world. The newly
founded Armenian State with a constantly growing territory will
definitely avenge the ancestors of its citizens. The Western powers
and particularly the United States side with and favour the Armenians
in the combat for Nagorno Karabakh. This opportunity should be well
exploited as more and more Armenian young men join the ranks in this
fight. The perpetual terrorist attacks in Turkey (meaning the PKK’s
actions) will continue and eventually collapse the country’s economy,
leading to an uprising by the entire population. Turkey will be
abolish and a Kurdish State will be formed. Armenians will hold good
relations with the Kurds and support their fight. Territories
presently held by the Turks will the Armenian’s tomorrow.

PUBLICATION ORGANS OF TERRORIST ORGANISATION PKK IN ARMENIA

The newspapers Reya Taze and Bota Redaksiyon are published in Armenia
in Cyrillic alphabet under the control of terrorist organisation PKK
with the help of PKK members coming from Turkey and Europe and carries
out propaganda for the PKK.

PKK-ASALA RELATIONS

The Armenian terrorism at international first started basis in 1973
and began to gain impetus after the 1974 Cyprus Peace Operation with
attacks or terrorist nature against Turks and Turkish representations
abroad with sabotages and outright assaults.

Upon resurrection of the Kurdish terrorist movement that began to show
itself in a variety of legal political entities from ’70s onward, the
Armenian terror organisation ASALA ceded its place in 1984 to the PKK
that killed without distinction of Turk or Kurd in a bloodthirsty
manner under the guidance of Abdullah Öcalan.

Yet in prior to that date, of the co-operation between terrorist
organisations ASALA and PKK was known manifesting in the training of
ASALA militants at PKK’s trannie camps, the joint operations and
declamations by them both and training support provided at the PKK
camps by Armenian experts, not to mention the organic ties between the
terrorist organisation PKK and Armenian Tashnak Sutyun Party.

The common goal of the co-operation between the terrorist
organisations PKK and ASALA is to establish States in Turkey’s
Southeastern and Eastern under the Marxist-Leninist ideology. Since,
however, an overview of the areas on which both organisations had
schemes, it may be deduced that one of these organisations acts as the
other’s mercenaries.

An examination of the discovered documents revealed that the militants
of ASALA and PKK terrorist organisations underwent training at the
Bekaa and Zeli camps.

1987 AGREEMENT BETWEEN PKK AND ARMENIANS

An agreement was concluded between the separatist terror organisation
PKK and Armenians in 1987. Following are the highlights of this
agreement:

1. Armenians will be involved in training activities within the PKK
terror organisation.

2. Five thousand American Dollars per annum will be paid to the PKK
terror organisation per capita by the Armenian side.

3. The Armenians will participate in the small-scale operations.

As the Armenian component began to acquire a significantly elevated
position within the organisation as a result of this agreement, the
following resolutions were adopted in a meeting held on 18 April 1990
with a person named Hermes Samurai, reported to be the official
responsible for the PKK-ASALA relations:

1. The PKK and ASALA terrorist organisations will be under a joint
command from that date on.

2. The Armenians will undertake intelligence work on the Turkish
security forces.

3. Territories gained through the expected revolution will be equally
shared between the parties.

4. Seventy-five percent of training camp expenses will be borne by the
Armenians.

5. Operations will be conducted at the metropolitan cities in Turkey.
The terrorist organisation PKK that moved its bases into Northern Iraq
after because of very heavy blows dealt in the transborder operations
and lost all possibilities of sheltering there is known to have
entered into arrangements for shifting some of its cadres to Iran and
Armenia where it started an active subversive operation toward Turkey.

It has also been learned that a group of European representatives of
the terrorist organisation PKK paid a visit to Armenia where they
concluded an agreement with the Armenian leaders for the unhindered
ingress to and egress from Kars region by their militants, that
Armenia offered sheltering, monetary and equipment support to the
Kurdish settlements in that country following the dissolution of the
Soviet Union and the formal proclamation of the Armenian Republic.
Similarly, a group of militants of the terrorist organisation PKK left
Urmiah for Armenia on three vehicles on 19 and 20 May 1992 for
fighting against Azerite Turks together with the Armenians.