Prometheus 6

Actually, yes.

Turkish leaders are concerned that Iraq's Kurds want Kirkuk's oil revenue to fund a bid for independence that could encourage separatist Kurdish guerrillas in Turkey who have been fighting for autonomy since 1984. The conflict has killed 37,000 people.

Turkey has not ruled out military incursions into Iraq to hunt separatist Kurds, despite warnings from the United States, which fears that such moves could lead to tensions with the Iraqi Kurdish groups allied with Washington.

Turks Charge Kurd With Inciting Hatred
Politician Made Remarks About Iraq
Associated Press
Saturday, February 24, 2007; A12

ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 23 -- A politician was charged Friday with inciting hatred and threatening public safety after suggesting that fellow Kurds would rise against the state and fight if Turkey ever attacked their Kurdish brethren in neighboring Iraq.

Police detained Hilmi Aydogdu, leader of the Democratic Society Party's branch in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, as he left a conference and questioned him over the remarks, said Nazmi Gur, a party spokesman.

Prosecutors later formally arrested Aydogdu and charged him with threatening public safety by inciting racial enmity and hatred. The charge carries a maximum three-year prison sentence.