Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RwISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETÎ<br />
Ocalan and work out a formula to diffuse the<br />
current tension in the Southeast.<br />
The committee, the sources said, has been<br />
trying to raise awareness in Turkey that the current<br />
Kurdish crisis can not be solved thrpugh<br />
military means, but only through <strong>de</strong>mocratic<br />
m<strong>et</strong>hods.<br />
These m<strong>et</strong>hods, they say, also inclu<strong>de</strong>s negotiatin~<br />
with the PKK lea<strong>de</strong>rship.<br />
"Their aim is to raise awareness that the<br />
Kurdish crisis, which is intensifying daily and<br />
claiming the lives of dozens of people, can not<br />
be solved through current m<strong>et</strong>hods. They also<br />
aim atcreating the environment for another<br />
cease-fire, and are seeking a contact with the<br />
PKK lea<strong>de</strong>rship for a peaceful solution to the<br />
crisis in the southeast" a well-informed source<br />
told the TDN on Thursday.<br />
According to rumors in Ankara the committee<br />
also comprises some well-known intellectuals,<br />
aca<strong>de</strong>miCS, and officials from Turkey's<br />
state-run Religious Affairs Directorate.<br />
PKK bans parties in Southeast<br />
• ARGK kidnaps SHP provincial chairman Kahraman<br />
• Spokesman tells TON 'historic changes' expected<br />
Turkish Daily News<br />
ANKARA-A week after bannin$ the activities of<br />
national and foreign news agencies in the region,<br />
the Kurdistan Worlœrs Party (PKK) announced on<br />
Friday the organization had imposed a general ban<br />
on all political parties in the Southeast. ..<br />
A spokesman for PKK lea<strong>de</strong>r Abdullah Ocalan<br />
told the TDN in a telephone interview that all politicians<br />
"aiming at foohng the masses will be r<strong>et</strong>aliated<br />
against.".<br />
Kani Yllmaz, contacted in a European country,<br />
said those party officials who did not abi<strong>de</strong> by the<br />
PKK ban would be placed among "the targ<strong>et</strong>s of our<br />
struggle for national liberation."<br />
Noting that there would be "changes of historic<br />
importance" in the days ahead, Yllmaz said the organization<br />
would take even further steps to emphasize<br />
its control in the region. .<br />
"There will be very, very important <strong>de</strong>velopments<br />
in the near future," he said without elaborating.<br />
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Yllmaz's statement on political parties coinci<strong>de</strong>d<br />
with an announcement by the PKK's armed force<br />
ARG!