Strong security measures for the two Israeli missions in Turkey
Turkey, Politics, 1/28/2000

The Turkish Anadulia news agency said on Wednesday that the Turkish authorities have reinforced security measures for the two Israeli diplomatic missions in Ankara and Istanbul after the two missions said they had received threatens.

The Turkish news agency said that the Israeli embassy in Ankara informed the Turkish authorities that it has very serious information indicate that its diplomats in Turkey will be exposed to dangers, but without clarifying the possible side behind it.

It added that extra security measures were taken around the two Israeli missions and houses of the Israeli diplomats as a result.

This information comes at a time when the Turkish security forces are launching a large scale operation against the secret extremist Turkish Hizbullah party. The Israeli embassy did not confirm nor deny this news.

The spokesman for the Israel embassy Gelad Cohen said we do not want to comment on questions relating to security.

The Turkish police found in several main Turkish cities bodies of 33 victims of the Turkish Hizbullah party which is not linked to the extremist organization which bears the same name in Lebanon.

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