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

THURSDAY. JUNE 8. 1995
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been considering.writing a letter'to Alliin
Juppe stating that Turkey would like to be
included in the Cannes summit, but it is not
.clear whether she will send such a letter or
s~pl¥ raise ~e issu~ during her visit in Paris. .
Ills possIble (Oli the part of the European
'Union) to extend'aninvitation toTurkey. We
,have already send out f~lers in thatdirec-
. tion," a senior TurkisQ diplomat said.
. Ankara has so far concealed itsdisap~int-
. ment over not having received an invitaUOnto
.the summit" which marks the end of the
French presidèncy.. ,: , , '.', '
''What is important for us at this' point is to complete our obligations '
and realize the customs union, which provides a cornerstonein our aim
of full membership, and thereby join in the 1996 conference, where
important decisions will be made," Foreign Ministry's deputy
spoKesman Nurettin Nurkan told a press conference last week. '
Asked what Turkey thought of the fact that Il nonmembers, in:clud-•
ing Central and Easteni European states, Cyprus and Malta, were invited,
Nurkan replied: ','This is not a new development but a,reflection of
, their enlargement perspective." , '
Inönü told Brussels that Turkey regarded the customs union as a step'
toward full membership. He sounded confident on the customs union,
, telling van den Broek that the Turkish government believes jt will have'
done enough by October to persuade the European Parliament to
approve Ankara forming a customs union with the EU next y.ear.
Inönü said he ho~ the documents on constitutional reform would
be ready at the end of this month. He added that his government, bol-,
stered by weekend Jocal el~tions, w9uld press ahead wit!?a pac~age of
reformmeasures Withthe aIm of puttmg tliem to the Turkish Parliament
by the end of this month. "I am quite hopeful that all these procedures
, will be finalized on time and that Turkey will become a member of the
customs union by Jan. I, 1996," he said. Van den Broek's spokesman
said Inönü ,had told the commissioner his country was on the right track
to satisfy both the European Union and the European p'arliament.
"The Commissioner was very encouraged by the news from the foreign
minister," he said. "He underlined that the EU and Turkey had the
common goal of forming the customs union."
US report calls PKK real
,threat to Americaninterests
Turkish Daily News
ANKARA-TheU.S. "19!14 Global.
, Terrorism Report" issued by the State
, Department in Â~ril includes the Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK) -in a list of-organiZations
that threaten U.S. i'nterests, the
Anatolian news agency reported on
Wednesday. ' ,
The Department' s 1994 report had not
included tlie PKK among groups that pose a
danger for U.S interests.
,~'ThePKK employs the tactics of international
terrorism m itscampaign to setup a '
s,epara.te state in the Southeastern part of
Turkey," this year:s report stated, saying
that this constituted a threat to Amencan
interests.
The report also said that the PKK had
spread its terrorist activities to Western
Europe, thus causing disturbances in the
West. It mentioned that the political wing of
the PKK - the ERNK - had opened
bureaus in Italy and Greece last year. '
The re{lO.~pointed ~ut that ~~ PKK's tl:!-
ronst activIties targetmg tounstIc resorts m
Turkey had declinedin 1994. However, it
stlltedthat PKK operations targeting the
government and economic sources in
Turkey were dangerous both for Turks and
foreigners in the country.
The report, which describes the terrorist
activities in the world during 1994, also
mentioned the Islamic terrorists organizations
in Turkey for the first time.
The daily Cumhuriyet quoted the report
as saying "the fu'ndamentalist ISlamic
gro~ps. organized' attacks on, secular st~te
msbtutlOns."
,The daily said the report had named ,
Islamic Jihad, (Islami Cibad) the Islamic
Movement Organization and the Great
Eastern Islamic Raiders- Front (IBDA-C)
among Islamic terrorist organizations:
The report also highlIghted that these
Islamic organizations had carried out their '
attacks with the aim of establishing Sharia
or Islamic law. These'Islamic organizations
was described as anti-West in the report. .
Another terrorist orgaiùzation the report
described as a threat was the Revolutionary
Left (Dev Sol) in Turkey. The feJlC?rt stated
thu. Dev-Sol was still a potenbal danger
both for U.S interests and for Americans
working in Turkey, despite the internal divisions
which have weakened Dev-Sol.
The report accused Iran of supporting
international terrorism and said that this
country participated in terrorist activities
directly. ' , .
Iraq is the other country ,the report links
with terrorism. It siated that the Iraqi gov- ,
ernment was providing, logistic facihties
and shelters for the terrorist organiZations.
The report also said that although there is
no evidence of Syria's direct support of
international terronsm since 1986, it stated
that Syrian administration was providing
logistic supports and shelters for many terrorist
or:gamzations~including the PKK.
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