Information on Dev-Yol: the history of the movement, attitude of the religious communities, its current organizational structure, its membership and current leadership, the attitude of the government towards the movement, its current political involvement, the relations between Dev-Yol and other left wing groups [TUR21247.E]

For information on the above-mentioned subjects, please consult Responses to Information Requests TUR18925.E of 12 December 1994, TUR16561.E of 11 February 1994, TUR12572 of 2 February 1993, TUR13098 of 22 February 1993, TUR12821 of 21 January 1993, TUR6213 of 25 July 1990, TUR2295 of 19 October. For further information on Del-Sol, please refer to the attached documents.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Attachments


Agence France Presse (AFP). 21 January 1995. "Dev-Sol Militants Arrested in Ankara." (NEXIS)

Middle East International [London]. 31 March 1995. No. 497. Nicole Pope. "Three Days of Riots," p. 13.

Reuters. 13 January 1995. BC Cycle. "Fresh Violence Sweeps Southeast Turkey." (NEXIS)