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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...

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...