Germany’s domestic intelligence unit, the Federal Constitutional Protection Organization (BfV), gave extensive coverage to the terrorist organization PKK in its 2021 report. In the report, which was announced at the press conference held in the capital Berlin, it was emphasized that the PKK was not removed from the list of terrorist organizations and that it continues to carry out its activities.
16 MILLION 700 THOUSAND EURO COLLECTED IN GERMANY IN 2021
Emphasizing that the PKK is carrying out propaganda activities in Germany with the “claim to be the sole representative of the Kurdish people”, the report stated that it collected an estimated 16 million 700 thousand euros in 2021 under the name of donation campaign, more tribute than a year ago. In his statement, BfV President Thomas Haldenwang stated that the amount of tribute the terrorist organization collected across Europe is estimated to exceed 30 million euros, and stated that the PKK used the money it collected to finance terrorism in Turkey.
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In the report, which states that the PKK’s threat of actions against Turkish targets in Germany continues, 295 people from Germany went to the Middle East countries to join the PKK ranks from 2013 to the present, 30 died in these regions, and 150 returned to Germany. transferred.
HOW MANY PKK GUESTS ARE IN GERMANY?
In the report, it was stated that the PKK is divided into 4 areas, 9 states and 31 regions in Germany, and that there is a leader among them, stating that it has 14,500 members in Germany, and that it has the highest number of members among the extremist foreign organizations in Germany.
STRATEGIES VIOLENCE
While the report stated that violence continues to be a strategic option in the PKK ideology, the main activities of the PKK in Germany were summarized as providing logistical and financial support to the organization, gaining new members and organizing rallies and events for propaganda purposes.
Emphasis on the Fight Against TERRORIST
German Interior Minister Nancy Feaser, on the other hand, used the phrase “PKK is an international terrorist organization” and stated that the fight against the terrorist organization will continue. (UAV)