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Turkish anti-terror unit dusts off old tactics in new strategy - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review
Turkish anti-terror unit dusts off old tactics in new strategy
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Sevil KÜÇÜKKOŞUM
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News
A new emphasis on old tactics has been proposed as a means to solve the terror problem in Turkey, sparking concerns about how psychological operations will be used and whether they will be effective in combating terrorism.
Terror problems cannot be solved using the current methods, Muammer Güler, the chief of the newly established civilian anti-terror unit, told daily Milliyet in an interview published Monday. Either the terrorist organization must be completely abolished, or the fight must go on without guns.
Gülers Undersecretariat of Public Order and Safety is tasked only with developing anti-terror policies and creating strategies based on the interpretation of intelligence gathered by various security institutions. His planned re-emphasis on psychological and sociological measures comes at a time when the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, has been increasing its deadly attacks in the country.
The establishment of the undersecretariat has caused controversy for seeking to restructure the fight against terrorism by giving more authority to this civilian unit. The main opposition Republican Peoples Party, or CHP, has appealed to the Constitutional Court, asking it to annul the law allowing the formation of the unit. The court has not yet ruled on the matter.
For nearly three decades, the fight against terrorism has been the exclusive domain of the military, which used solely military means to try and eliminate the roots of terror. The ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, initiated its Kurdish opening last year to try and end the bloodshed but failed to make substantial progress.
We will be working more on the strategic type of intelligence. We will be working with problem solvers, tacticians, psychologists, sociologists, retired generals, ambassadors and terror experts. Psychological operations are vital, but [you cannot perform them] in uniform, said Güler, meaning that this task should be primarily conducted by civilians.
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Turkish anti-terror unit dusts off old tactics in new strategy - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review
Turkish anti-terror unit dusts off old tactics in new strategy
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Sevil KÜÇÜKKOŞUM
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News
A new emphasis on old tactics has been proposed as a means to solve the terror problem in Turkey, sparking concerns about how psychological operations will be used and whether they will be effective in combating terrorism.
Terror problems cannot be solved using the current methods, Muammer Güler, the chief of the newly established civilian anti-terror unit, told daily Milliyet in an interview published Monday. Either the terrorist organization must be completely abolished, or the fight must go on without guns.
Gülers Undersecretariat of Public Order and Safety is tasked only with developing anti-terror policies and creating strategies based on the interpretation of intelligence gathered by various security institutions. His planned re-emphasis on psychological and sociological measures comes at a time when the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, has been increasing its deadly attacks in the country.
The establishment of the undersecretariat has caused controversy for seeking to restructure the fight against terrorism by giving more authority to this civilian unit. The main opposition Republican Peoples Party, or CHP, has appealed to the Constitutional Court, asking it to annul the law allowing the formation of the unit. The court has not yet ruled on the matter.
For nearly three decades, the fight against terrorism has been the exclusive domain of the military, which used solely military means to try and eliminate the roots of terror. The ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, initiated its Kurdish opening last year to try and end the bloodshed but failed to make substantial progress.
We will be working more on the strategic type of intelligence. We will be working with problem solvers, tacticians, psychologists, sociologists, retired generals, ambassadors and terror experts. Psychological operations are vital, but [you cannot perform them] in uniform, said Güler, meaning that this task should be primarily conducted by civilians.
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