Germany bans PKK’s propaganda outlets

BERLIN (AA) – Germany has banned two major propaganda outlets controlled by the PKK terrorist organization, the country's interior ministry announced on Tuesday. </p> <p>The Mesopotamia publishing house and the MIR multimedia company were banned and dissolved as they were functioning as sub-organizations of the PKK terrorist group, the ministry said in a statement. </p> <p>The PKK has been banned in Germany since 1993 but it is still active with nearly 14,500 followers. </p> <p>Officially known as the “Mezopotamien Verlag”, the Germany-based publishing house has been a major propaganda outlet of the terrorist organization. It has published books of the PKK’s jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan and other propaganda materials of the terrorist group. <br> </p> <p>MIR was spreading PKK’s propaganda by preparing multimedia content, organizing music concerts and cultural events. </p> <p>Turkey has long urged German authorities to take stricter measures against the propaganda, recruitment and fundraising activities of the group. <br> </p> <p>The PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU, waged a terror campaign against Turkey for more than 30 years and has been responsible for the death of nearly 40,000 people.