Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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REVUE DE PRESSE~PRESS REVIEW~BERHEVOKAÇAPÊ~RNISTA STAMPA~DENTRO DE LA PRENSA~BASIN ÖZET;<br />
Turkey accused of expelling<br />
Iraqi and Iranian refugees<br />
World Refugee survey cites teachers mur<strong>de</strong>red by PKK<br />
Turkish Daily News<br />
those Iranians applying for refugee status<br />
WASHINGTON-According to a World were approved.<br />
Refugee survey released bj' the U.S. But government officials said that<br />
Committee for Refugees (USCR), Turkey ITanians said "they were not involved in<br />
is expelling Iranians and Iraqis after inad- any crime or politIcal associations in Iran,<br />
equate refugee screening. that they diël not fear persecution if<br />
The report also focused on those "inter- r<strong>et</strong>urned to Iran and they Just did not like<br />
nally displaced" as a result of the military the Iranian regime and wished to travel<br />
operations against the outlawed Kurdistan abroad to Western countries."<br />
Workers' Party (PKK.) "The population "No country would grant asylum on the<br />
of the city of Siirt has grown from 70,000 b.asis of such statements," the Turkish<br />
to 130,000; DiyartiakIr has swelled from officials claimed.<br />
300,000 to 900,000; Adana from 900,000 "In early January, Amnesty<br />
to 1.5 million;, and Mersin's population International reported that [Turkish]<br />
had increased from 550,000 to police took to the bor<strong>de</strong>r and expelled to<br />
1,000,000," the report noted. Iran two Iranian asylum seekers who had<br />
"Some portion of the internally dis- sought UNHCR/rotection in Turkey. In<br />
placed have also fled from threats and ter- an apparent qui i pro quo, in March, Iran<br />
rorist acts committed by the PKK, particu- reportedly turnea over four members of<br />
larly its campaign of assassination of the PKK to Turkey," the report said.<br />
political opponents and schoolteachers," Iraqi refugees also complained about<br />
the report SaId. similar lowrates of acceptance by Turkey.<br />
"Accusing teachers of promoting "In 1994, 2,414 persons approached the<br />
Turkish I>ropaganda and culture, the PKK UNHCR office seeking recognition as<br />
has killeô hunëlreds in recent years, caus- refugees ... At the end of the year only 444<br />
ing an estimated4,000 schools to close remained in Turkey."<br />
anël other teachers to flee the area ... It USCR said to the Turkish government,<br />
appears that many of the displaced are "we would like to support efforts to<br />
noncombatants fleeing both si<strong>de</strong>s, particu. encourage other governments, such as our<br />
larly persons who are pressured to Join the own, to n~~<strong>et</strong>tlemore refugees currently in<br />
government-sponsored village guards." Turkey. '<br />
However, if your government moves<br />
Iran and Iraq unilaterally to forcibly r<strong>et</strong>urn refugees,<br />
As to Iranian refugees in Turkey, the international support for Turkey is not<br />
report noted that only 46.5 percent of likely to be forthcoming."<br />
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, nINE 1, 1995<br />
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Turkey Bans Arms From Denmark<br />
ANKARA - Turkey said Wednesday that it had banned arms.<br />
and military equipment purchases from Denmark, a NATO ally,<br />
lifter Copenhagen halted sales to Ankara .<br />
Nur<strong>et</strong>tin Nurkan, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, said that<br />
penmark had "lost the quality of being a reliable partner in<br />
.nilitary procurements.<br />
Denmark stopped the sales this month because of Turkey's sixweek<br />
military operation in northern Iraq against separatist rebe!<br />
Kurds. Turkey en<strong>de</strong>d the incursion on May 2. (Reuters)<br />
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