 During the Turkey-PKK war, a photograph showing PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan with M. Yohanna, the Syriac Orthodox bishop of Aleppo, was used by two Turkish newspapers "Tercüman" and "Sabah" in 1994 to try to prove that Turkey's Armenian community and church were openly supporting and collaborating with the PKK.In May 1994, the newspaper "Özgür Ülke" (Free Country; the successor of the pro-Kurdish publication "Özgür Gündem") released the correct information regarding the photograph and stated that it was taken during an open March 1993 meeting between Yohanna and the PKK, which was covered by the Kurdish news agency "Kurdha" and the magazine "Özgür Halk" (Free People).They said that it was found by Turkish security forces during a search in the rooms of the agency "Özgür Gündem".