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Netherlands: BVD "criminalises" Turkish activists

01 July 1996

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A turkish group has criticised an apparent attempt by the Dutch Binnenlandse Veiligheids Dienst (BVD,Internal Security Service) to "criminalise" it's activities in the Netherlands. The Annual Report of the BVD singled out the DHKC (Revolutionary Peoples Liberation Front) as the probable owners of a large haul of semtex explosives that was found in a Turkish bank in Amsterdam. The DHKC has condemned the accusation as "intolerable". The DHKC is a left wing group that admits to being involved in an armed struggle against the turkish government. However they state that their main activity in the Netherlands is the spreading of information against the Turkish government and about the activities of the DHKC. They emphasise that they have no intention or desire to carry out violent activities on Dutch soil. The explosives caused a great deal of commotion in Holland when they were originally found. No one has been arrested in connection with the semtex. The DHKC points the finger at the Turkish government, claiming that"the Turkish state is using this as a means to force the Dutch government to attack organisations such as ours that are uncomfortable to it". Ravage, 31.5.96.

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