While referring to "members of terrorist organisations" in general, the legislation is aimed mainly at an estimated over 4,500 PKK rebels believed to have taken refuge across the border in northern Iraq following the ceasefire declared in September 1999 on the orders of the party's leader, Abdullah Ocalan, who was captured in Kenya the same year.
I dok se uopćeno odnosi "na članove terorističkih organizacija", zakon se u biti najviše odnosi na preko 4,500 pobunjenika PKK koji su, kako se vjeruje, potražili utočište duž granice u sjevernom Iraku nakon primirja proglasenog 1999. godine po naredbi čelnika stranke Abdullaha Ocalana iste godine uhićenog u Keniji.