Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇÄPÊ-RlVISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETi<br />
ing and turn down. any aid with these con~tions<br />
attached. CongressIOnal sources say that this year<br />
the conditional amount could be as low as ten or as<br />
high as nin<strong>et</strong>y percent.<br />
.The ilea of "four tranches" was reportedly fust<br />
suggestd by some Congressional staffers to com-<br />
the State Department to come up with a<br />
stronger report thai1 the initial drafts indicated. "It<br />
was a' posturing maneuver:' a TON source said,<br />
But there are inilications that the i<strong>de</strong>a might eventually<br />
be adopted by the relevant committees since<br />
some members of Congress believe that the fmal<br />
report did not criticize the human rights violations<br />
in Turkey as much as it should ..<br />
o pel<br />
Watch for Porter<br />
Another possibility is for Rep. John Porter (R-<br />
IL) to push for eliminating all direct loans to<br />
Turkey even without WaIting for the end of<br />
financial year 1996 when the F-16 project, and<br />
thus the whole FMF program, comes to an automaticend.<br />
The House International Committee's currently<br />
recommen<strong>de</strong>d level of $320 million for Turkey in<br />
financial year 1996 "compl<strong>et</strong>es the commitment of<br />
the United Slates for funding of Peace Onyx I/Il, a<br />
joint F-16 fighter aircraft program for the<br />
Turkish Air Force," according to the committee<br />
report on HR 1561 ( on which <strong>de</strong>bate resumes this<br />
week).<br />
Porter, a vocal critic of human rights violations<br />
in Turkey, wears two hats on the committee that is<br />
important as far as assistance to Turkey is concerned:<br />
the House Appro'priations committee.<br />
Porter is the ranking majority member of the<br />
Foreign Operations subcommIttee and he also<br />
serves as the chairman of the Labor, Health and<br />
Human Services and Education subcommittee.<br />
The Foreign Operations subcommittee is chaired<br />
by Sonny Callahan of Alabama, an affable legislator<br />
who is believed to be sympath<strong>et</strong>ic to TurIœy's<br />
c~ncerns. His private me<strong>et</strong>ing with Prime Minister<br />
Ciller's top aI<strong>de</strong>, Professor Emre Gönensay, on<br />
Çapitol.Hill in February ,reportedly ma<strong>de</strong> a good<br />
Impr7ssIOn on him concermng the importance of<br />
Tu~kish-U.S. relations. So he might be expe