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The raids were carried out at two properties in Athens Thursday against alleged members of Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C, a group that is considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States, and the European Union. Eleven people were arrested in the operation that involved the anti-terrorism division of the police and the National Intelligence Service, authorities said. They were charged Friday with terrorism-linked offenses. Their lawyers said the suspects denied the charges. At one raided site, police said they found a makeshift underground storage room and tunnel, spanning a total length of 47 meters (154 feet) that...

A radical Marxist suspected of belonging to a left-wing extremist group accused of terrorism by Turkey has been arrested in Germany, judicial sources said on Saturday. The 55-year-old citizen of the Netherlands, whose name was given as Musa A., was arrested in Hamburg, Germany’s federal prosecutor said. The man is thought to be a “leader” of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP-C) — a radical Marxist group outlawed by Ankara after allegedly staging several attacks and assassinations against police, the security services and US interests in Turkey. …

Turkish news reports say an explosion in front of the U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara has injured several people.

DHA photo A suspected suicide bombing has occurred in front of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, causing at least two deaths. Two people, including the suspected assailant, as well as a security guard, were killed in the explosion while two others were injured, according to initial reports. The explosion occurred at the entrance used by the embassy personnel and their visitors, CNNTürk reported. A security guard at the X-ray machine at the entrance was killed in the explosion that occurred as the suspected suicide bomber was passing through the machine, the report said. Bomb experts are at the scene of...

Washington (CNN) -- A final meeting with the president. A farewell address to the State Department staff. A terrorist attack at the U.S. Embassy in Turkey. Hillary Clinton's last day as secretary of state on Friday seemed to be a microcosm of her four globe-trotting years as America's top diplomat. The former first lady had a full schedule, as usual, meeting in private with President Barack Obama at the White House and then attending the send-off ceremony with clapping, cheering workers at the agency she led. Those events were clouded by a suicide bombing earlier in the day in Ankara...

... a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in Ankara, Turkey right outside the U.S. embassy, killing himself and an embassy guard. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the attack happened at 1:13 p.m. local time, and that they were “working closely with the Turkish national police to make a full assessment of the damage and the casualties, and to begin an investigation.”

Turkish officials say a suicide bomber belonging to a radical leftist organization blew himself up just outside the U.S. Embassy in Ankara on Friday. ...... Istanbul police identified the bomber as Ecevit Shanli, a member of DHKP-C, a Marxist Leninist terror group. .....

Note: The following text SNIPPET is a quote: Travel Alert U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs This information is current as of today, Sat Mar 20 2010 03:32:03 GMT-0700 (PDT). Turkey March 19, 2010 The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to evolving security concerns in Turkey, and reminds them of the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against U.S. citizens and interests. This Travel Alert dated March 19, 2010, expires on April 30, 2010. U.S. citizens in Turkey should be particularly vigilant in light of the ongoing "Get Out America, This is Our Country" campaign and...

STANBUL, April 2 (Reuters) - Police in five European states detained 63 people in raids against a Turkish far-left militant group, an official said on Friday, in a security sweep Turkish media reports said was linked to a NATO summit in June. Istanbul will host leaders of the Atlantic alliance, including U.S. President George W. Bush, on June 28-29 and some newspapers said authorities wanted to rein in militant groups before then. Police and interior ministry officials were not immediately available to comment on the reports. The group targeted in Thursday's raids, the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), is known...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey, Italy, and Belgium arrested 53 militants in a coordinated crackdown Thursday on a Turkish Marxist group considered a terrorist organization by Washington, Turkey's Interior Ministry said. Police in Istanbul arrested 37 suspects of the Marxist Revolutionary People's Liberation Army-Front, or DHKP-C, while security forces Italy and Belgium detained 16, an Interior Ministry official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Turkish and German police have been preparing for the crackdown for the past year, while the Italian police became involved more recently, the official said. German and Italian police discovered during their investigations that the group...

ITALIAN POLICE SWOOP ON TERROR SUSPECTS Italian police have arrested several people suspected of international terrorism in an early morning raid in Perugia, central Italy."A huge operation coordinated by the Perugia prosecutor is under way regarding crimes that have the aim of international terrorism," a police spokesman told Reuters. The police had made "many" arrests, the spokesman said, without giving details. The town has a university for foreigners and was recently identified by the interior ministry as one of five Italian cities at risk from attack by militant Islamists. Italy has been on a state of alert since the March...

BERLIN (AP) — A 27-year-old Turkish woman was charged in Germany Friday with belonging to an outlawed terrorist organization dedicated to toppling Turkey's government, German prosecutors said. The woman, identified only as Sebil K., is believed to be a leader in Germany of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Front, also known as DHKP-C, which aims to turn Turkey into a Marxist state. The group has claimed responsibility for the assassinations of generals, policemen and government officials and has targeted U.S. military and diplomatic missions. DHKP-C was banned as a terrorist organization in Germany in 1998. At the time, prosecutors said they...

No US concession to the PKK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The U.S. State Department has announced that the terrorist organization, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) would not be rescued from being tracked by changing its name, and added that the United State would continually pursue terrorist organizations. Secretary State spokesman, Richard Boucher, told reporters that terrorist organizations changed their names from time to time for various reasons, but added that the U.S. authorities were monitoring such developments closely and did not allow terrorists to gain an advantage with such steps. "Such organizations sometimes change their names. However, we monitor them closely and determine...