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Ayvaz Gôkdemir
divided."
Then, he added for a finishing touch: "I dp
not know whether they are proStitutesor not I
am not keeping track of who is ... playing
around with whom in the European circles."
Finally, when he consented to an apology,
his written statement was no more than hillhearted.
"I have learned with regret that some of the
newspaper accounts of the remarks I have
made in response to a citizen's question in
Kilis have created some touchiness," he said.
"If it will make up for their taking offense due
to this misunderstanding, I apologIZe."
Speaking to Milliyet earlier, the minister
maintained that he did not know if they were
prostitutes, but he did not think the term was an
msult.
The apology, such as it was, satisfied
Pauline Green, the leader of the Euro-parliament
Socialists, and Catherine Laluffilere of
European Radical Alliance. However, German
Green Oaudia Roth told Yeni Yuzyil that SÀe
would sue the minister. Female members of the
Republican People's Party (CHP), the junior
coalition partner of the Gökdemir's True Path,
also launcbed their own protest.
"His remarks has not only offended us, the
women of CHP, but all Turkish women,': a
,statementsaid. "Gökdemir should apologize to
tile three female deputies and respectfully
salute those intelligent and modem deputies
who are the pride of Europe." Not every one.,is
an~ about the remarks. A journalist from. a
pnvate TV channel reported that scores of
faxes in support of Gökdemir's remarks were
transmitted to their officts in Ankara and
Istànbul.
'There is no reason for me to resign, and the
prime minister has not asked me for that," said
G~kdemir, who leaves today for Kazakhstan
WIthPresident Süleyman Demirel.
Kurdish politician:
It is not the West's, but
Iraq's interests are supreme
Disillusioned Kurd urges
settlement with Baghdad
Challenge: Iraqi Kurds now
want peace with Saddam;
anyone thinking otherwise
is 'welcome to conduct a poll'
Turkish Daily News
ANKARA-The Iraqi Kurds are fed up with
their warring leaders, are disillusioned with their
democratic experiment and are overwhelmingly
longing for a settlement with. Baghdad tliat
wotild ensure them "a better life instead of slo-
Former Kurdish Minister
Hussein Sinjarl
gäns," a former senior Iraqi Kurdish politician said. .
Hussein Sinjari, a one-time minister in the regional Kurdish
government' and a founding member of Jalal Talabani's
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), who resigned in January
in protest at Kurdish infighting, sai~ the p~sent situation ~as
causing people to look for alternative parues and leadership.
"If we are not careful, this willlead to the rise of national
extremism 'a la PKK' or religious extremism "a la Islamic
fundamentalism.' We should not forget that Islamic Iran is
.n~xt dopr," Sinjari said.
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