Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris

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