Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RlVISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETÎ<br />
oseE <strong>de</strong>legation wants<br />
DEP MPs to be released<br />
Turkish Daily News<br />
TUESDAY, MAY 2,1995<br />
.'i<br />
TDN Parliament<br />
Bureau<br />
ANKARA- Will Wimmer, lea<strong>de</strong>r of a<br />
<strong>de</strong>legation from the O~gan!zation of<br />
Securit.y and CooperatIOn In Europe<br />
(OSCE), on Mond.ay requested that the<br />
jailed former <strong>de</strong>punes of the now <strong>de</strong>funct<br />
Democracy Party (DEP) be s<strong>et</strong> free.<br />
The <strong>de</strong>legation is on a one week visit to<br />
Tur,key ~t t~e invitation of Speaker<br />
Hüsam<strong>et</strong>tm Cmdoruk.<br />
Cirrdoruk's reply to Wimmer's request<br />
was;' "I cannot relay your request to the<br />
chief judge of the HIgh Appeals Court.<br />
However the press will ens~re ~at your<br />
statement is brought to the Judge s attention.<br />
I don't know wh<strong>et</strong>her your words<br />
will influence him or not but I cannot<br />
intervene in the judiciary." The visiting<br />
OSCE <strong>de</strong>legation also m<strong>et</strong> with the un<strong>de</strong>rsecr<strong>et</strong>ary<br />
of the National Intell}gence<br />
Organization (MIT), DemocratIc L~ft<br />
Party (DSP) Chairman Bülent EcevI.t,<br />
Necm<strong>et</strong>tin Erbakan of the pro-IslamIc<br />
Welfare Party (RP) and main opp~sition<br />
MOtherland Party (ANAP) ChaIrman<br />
Me~ut Yllmaz. They later visited the<br />
Kurdish <strong>de</strong>puties in pnson. .<br />
The OSCE <strong>de</strong>legation wIll today me<strong>et</strong><br />
with the Turkish parliamentarianswho are<br />
OSeE members and later with Hikm<strong>et</strong><br />
Ç<strong>et</strong>in, <strong>de</strong>puty 'pri!lle minis.t~r and chairman<br />
of the Jumor coalItIOn partner<br />
Republica!) Pe6ple's Party (C~J, yekta<br />
Güngör Oz<strong>de</strong>n of the ConstItutIOnal<br />
Court, Foreign Minister Erdal1nön~, State<br />
Minister ~gan Hacal~glu, resP9nsIbl~ for<br />
hU.~.~h nghts, ~nd fmally WIth Pnme<br />
MinIster iansu ÇIl1er.' . .<br />
On 'May 3, the <strong>de</strong>legatIOn l!lembers WIll<br />
go to DiyarbakIr and me<strong>et</strong> WIththe emergency<br />
rule regional governo~, DiyarbakIr<br />
mayor and the chamber of mdustry and<br />
commerce. On May 5, they, willoor<strong>et</strong>urnto<br />
Ankara and me<strong>et</strong> with Yavuz Onen, the<br />
head of the Human Rights Foundation and<br />
former Foreign Minister MümtazSoysal.<br />
After me<strong>et</strong>ing with New Democracy<br />
Movement (YDH) lea<strong>de</strong>r Cern Boyner ~d<br />
Dogu Perinçek of the Labor Party (IP) ill<br />
Istanbul, the OSCE <strong>de</strong>legation willleave<br />
Turkey on May 7.<br />
During their visit to Cindoruk, Wimmer<br />
said he and his colleagues were pleased<br />
with the content of the itinerary prepared<br />
for them, Wimmer, who is also the <strong>de</strong>puty<br />
presi<strong>de</strong>nt of the OSCE Parliamentarian<br />
Assembly started by requesting a me<strong>et</strong>ing<br />
closed to the press, noting that he had<br />
some special remarks to make. C:r&oruk<br />
replied, "We have nothing secr,<strong>et</strong>f~timth~<br />
press. You can say what you lik.elß fI9nt<br />
of them." Wimmer drew attentIon to the<br />
press comme~~sthat .he.anq,his colleagues<br />
,were on "a cntIcal ffilSSIon. "<br />
Wimmer said, "The purpose of our visit<br />
is linked with three issues which caused<br />
the Parliamentarians" Assembly .to focus<br />
its attention on Turkey. The first is the<br />
critical situation in some regions of<br />
Turkey. The second is to emphasize the<br />
utmost im~ortance the Assembly attaches<br />
to Turkey s integrity and protectÙln of its<br />
bor<strong>de</strong>rs. The third is linked with the case<br />
of the imprisoned former <strong>de</strong>puties."<br />
Wimmer said it was not only he and his<br />
colleagues who had concerns about the<br />
j~led <strong>de</strong>p'uties but that some Turkish parlIamentanans<br />
had the same concerns. He<br />
said he and his colleagues did not have<br />
any hi~<strong>de</strong>n agen4a against Turkey i~ ~eir<br />
respectIve countnes. He quoted a ffilnIster<br />
of the Turkish government as saying that<br />
the "state should be tolerant." Wimmer<br />
repeated that he and his colleagues were<br />
ready to give political support for the protection<br />
ofTurkey's bor<strong>de</strong>rs and its integrity.<br />
Wimmer contmue<br />
. d<br />
t<br />
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at t<br />
h'<br />
IS reqUIre<br />
. d<br />
not only military measures but also economic,<br />
social and political measures.<br />
Wimmer said that the sentences given<br />
io former'<br />
•.<br />
' . pärliamentarians in the Turkish courts,<br />
wl1ich he <strong>de</strong>scribed as being the most<br />
active member of OSCE, excee<strong>de</strong>d the<br />
, <strong>de</strong>cisions of the courts in the OSCE member<br />
countries,<br />
','We request that the jail~d p~liamentanans<br />
be sel free. CertaJ.nlyIt WIllbe you<br />
who makes the <strong>de</strong>cision and, as friends,<br />
we hereby express our wish that you will<br />
take this <strong>de</strong>cisIOn,"Wimmer said.<br />
Cindoruk said Turkey is 'â <strong>de</strong>mocratic<br />
country, that it is an open regime and that<br />
there' IS no censorship in the country.<br />
Cindoruk said, "The members of the press<br />
have also heard your request. There are 17<br />
pri vate TV stations which broadcast<br />
nationally.<br />
'<br />
. The rating of the state TV has dropped<br />
to 10 percent. There are more than 2000<br />
radio stations. Citizens inquire why the<br />
OSCE <strong>de</strong>legation has come to Turkey.<br />
Now the press will relay this to them. You<br />
have requested that former PEP <strong>de</strong>puties<br />
be released. The judici'!IY is in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt<br />
in Turkey. I could not have relayed your<br />
request to the chief judge of the High<br />
Appeals Court. Your call will be aired on<br />
TVs. The chief judge of the High Afpeals<br />
Court will also listen. I won<strong>de</strong>r i your<br />
words will have any effect or not but I can<br />
hav~ no influ~pce on the in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt judi-<br />
Ciary in this regard." Cindoruksaid<br />
Greece had put the mufti of Xanthi in<br />
Western Thrace in jail however since he<br />
believed in the in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nce of the judiciary<br />
he could not intervene in, Greece for<br />
the correction of the relevant court ruling.<br />
DSP Chairman Bülent Ecevit, who m<strong>et</strong><br />
with the OSCE <strong>de</strong>legation, stressed that<br />
the National Security Council (MGK) did<br />
not put any pressure on the government. .<br />
Ecevit said be had worked with MGK<br />
when he was in office as prime minister<br />
and that except for the militlll)' eras there<br />
was no pressure involved.' He said there<br />
were similar organizations in other countrles<br />
and that tbe organization of such<br />
nature was in the most respectable position<br />
in the United States.<br />
The OSCE members later visited<br />
~evk<strong>et</strong> Kazan, <strong>de</strong>puty chairman of the RP<br />
parliamentary 8TOUP. In reply to a question,<br />
Kazan SaId, "At present, the southeast<br />
Anatolia, region is not represented in<br />
Parliament.<br />
Sixteen of the 22 vacant seats in<br />
Parliament are in that region. For the past<br />
eight months, we have oeen proposing to<br />
hold an election however our proposals<br />
are not taken into consi<strong>de</strong>ration, No reaction<br />
has comdrom Europe in this regard<br />
because OSCE does not perform its duty."<br />
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