French police continues its investigation to catch the aggressors. French media outlets report that many pro-PKK rallies have been organized across France in cities including Nantes, Rennes, Marseille and Paris over the past weeks.
PKK`s propaganda rallies and meetings, as well as its financial activities are largely being tolerated by officials in various European countries, mainly due to a distorted view on the organization being promoted as one that promotes the rights of Kurds.
Recently, a Belgian court ruled that the PKK is continuing an `armed struggle` and not terrorist activities in a scandalous verdict, defying the EU`s recognition of PKK as a terrorist organization.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slammed EU officials for their facilitating attitude towards the militants and supporters of the PKK on Sunday at a ceremony he attended in Istanbul. He also pointed to the increasing Western-made weaponry being seized in counter-terror operations against the group.
PKK – also listed as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and NATO – resumed its 30-year armed campaign in July 2015 after a two-year-long ceasefire period, and hundreds of members of the security forces and civilians have been killed in terrorist attacks ever since.
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