Left-Extremist Endeavours

Already shortly after his arrest, and also during and after the end
of his trial, a large variety of current news was disseminated, in
particular, by "Kurdistan Informations-Zentrum" (KIZ - Kurdistan
Information Centre) in Germany and by "Koerdistan Informatie-
Centrum" (KIC - Kurdistan Information Centre) with headquarters
in Amsterdam. The information offered by KIZ on the Internet includes
statements by ÖCALAN, by the "Presidential Council" of the
PKK and by leading representatives of the organization.
In the course of the judicial proceedings against ÖCALAN, a number
of Internet sites were introduced, which dealt exclusively with
the trial. The most comprehensive information source on this
subject was the Internet site entitled "The ÖCALAN Trial" which is
supposed to be operated by ÖCALAN’s lawyers.
The Internet offer of the European information bureau of the
"Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front" (DHKP/C) was
continuously expanded. Its homepage disseminated, inter alia,
political situation assessments and topical press statements
which ranged from admissions of responsibility for bomb attacks
in Turkey to appeals to continue the Kurdish resistance fight. In
addition, the DHKP-C continued its polemics via the Internet
against the ban imposed on it under the German Act regulating
the Law of Public Associations [Vereinsgesetz] in 1998.
Islamistic organizations, too, increasingly use the Internet for
promoting their public image. In addition, sympathizers not involved
in those organizations in many instances also supported
the Islamists’ objectives with their own Internet sites.
The "Islamische Gemeinschaft Milli Görüs e.V." (IGMG - " Islamic
Community Milli Görüs (reg'd)"), until October, edited its Internet
offers only on a limited scale. The Information available was updated
only to an insignificant extent, or with major delays. However,
intensive use was made of the forum, offered on its homepage,
for mutual exchanges of information. Since mid-October,
the IGMG has been restructuring its Internet offers. The intention
is to increase the volume of information offered and to present it
in several languages. Great importance is to be attached to the
further development of the forum and to providing opportunities
for the use of chat rooms (real-time dialogues by typing messages
to one another).
The Internet homepage of the "Caliphate State" ("Association/
Union of Islamic Clubs and Communities (reg'd), Cologne") offers
extensive information on the Association. The offer comprises
statements on its conception of itself, responses to topical issues,
extracts from the Association's newspaper "Ümmet-i Mohammed"
("Muhammad’s Community"), and references to books, brochures
and the Association’s television station "HAKK-TV". The focus of
current affairs reporting was on the arrest of the spiritual leader of
the "Caliphate State", Metin KAPLAN. At regular intervals, appeals
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