PKK, silah dolandırıcılığı ve Ukraynalı tutsaklar - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Mar 30, 2021

Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels man a security checkpoint on Oct. 28, 2009 near a PKK base in the Qandil mountains, near Rania province, in northern Iraq. — Kandil Dağı yakınlarındaki bir güvenlik noktasında nöbet tutan PKK’lılar, Kuzey Irak’a bağlı Ranya kenti yakınları, 28 Ekim 2009 — MUSTAFA OZER/AFP via Getty Images

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KİEV — Ukrayna’nın başkenti Kiev’deki Şevçenko Parkı’nda, koyu güneş gözlüklü, siyah giyimli, uzun boylu bir adam, altın sarısı filtresiyle hemen göze çarpan Sobranie marka sigarasından çekerek kalabalığı süzüyor… Manzara Soğuk Savaş’a ait casus filmlerini andırıyor. Ukraynalı adamın başından geçenler de filmleri aratmayacak cinsten.

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