Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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REVUE DE PRESSE, PRESS REVIEW,BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ~RNISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA,BASlN ÖZETi<br />
nounced by the Chief of Staffs o!fice. Using<br />
its anniversary as a pr<strong>et</strong>ext, It wIll <strong>de</strong>clare a<br />
cease fire to cover up th~ fac~that it is ~~sing<br />
its ability to maneuver In WInter condItions.<br />
It finds itself in need to prepare for t~e<br />
spring. It will <strong>de</strong>clare .a cease fire ~nd halt ItS<br />
actions to have a relatIvely easy' WInter.<br />
"I do not think the State wIll fall for this<br />
ploy. But the military will also not move .fo~ward<br />
much because of the need to hmlt<br />
bloodshed. In fact if you look at the last 8-9<br />
months of this year, the security f~rces have<br />
begun withdrawing as f~ back as ISacceptable.<br />
All the military statIons that have come<br />
un<strong>de</strong>r PKKattack have been closed one by<br />
one. Not one soldiers dares walk out of his<br />
barracks after 5 p~m." . . .<br />
The <strong>de</strong>puty said thIS IS how the WInter<br />
months would pass, and only after March<br />
would things llIow ur again and spread.<br />
"First of all there wil be the March local<br />
elections. These will be follow on March .21<br />
by Nevroz (the Shiite spring f~stival whIch<br />
has in recent years been turned mto an occasion<br />
for separatist propaganda by the ~KK).<br />
PKK attacks can be expected to mtenslfy before<br />
the local elections and peak during Nevroz."<br />
Asking how local elections ca~ be held<br />
in an environment, "where events wIll spread<br />
and corpses will cover the stre<strong>et</strong>s?" the <strong>de</strong>puty<br />
won<strong>de</strong>red what the state was p'roposing to<br />
do to provi<strong>de</strong> the necessary secunty. . .<br />
"However, according to the ConstItutIon<br />
the elections must take place. They could be<br />
brought forward, but unClerno circumstances<br />
can they be postponed. If we go ahead with<br />
the elections then this could lead to two alter-<br />
. natives. Either the PKKtells the people to<br />
boycott the election~, and in doing so sec~res<br />
itself a referendum In a manner of speaking,<br />
or it will not boycott the elections and put<br />
forward several in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt caildidate~ ' telling<br />
the people to support these .candld~tes.<br />
The PKK will come out the WInner eIther<br />
way" the <strong>de</strong>puty said.<br />
And whife all this is going on, the-<strong>de</strong>puty<br />
ad<strong>de</strong>d, 'peoplè living outsi<strong>de</strong> the region will<br />
start thinking:" Enough is enough, l<strong>et</strong>'s give<br />
the region over to them, and rid ourselves of<br />
trouble." He ad<strong>de</strong>d that this sentiment would<br />
go on spreading. However, no civilian gov~<br />
ernment can take the <strong>de</strong>cision for autonomy;<br />
which is, in effect, the first step toward secession,<br />
since any government that takes t,his<br />
step will be accUsed of "treachery" and of<br />
"wanting to divi<strong>de</strong> the country," he said.<br />
"A parliamentary coup to<br />
counter a militarycoup<br />
The <strong>de</strong>puty also indicated that it is apparent<br />
that the United States and Great Britain<br />
are <strong>de</strong>tennined to have a Kurdistan s<strong>et</strong> up in<br />
Southeast Anatolia by citing the fact _that<br />
even the Palestinians and Israel have managed<br />
to arrive at an agreement. Maintaining<br />
that these countries "needtocreate a new area<br />
of conflict in the region," the <strong>de</strong>puty said,<br />
"although there is already an autonomous<br />
Kurdistan in Northern Iraq, nobody takes it<br />
seriously because it is a regIOn in poverty."<br />
" However if a real Kurdistan is going to<br />
be s<strong>et</strong> up and ma<strong>de</strong> viable, it has to be in<br />
Southeastern Turkey. Because the most mo<strong>de</strong>m,<br />
most <strong>de</strong>veloped and richest part of Kur<br />
distan that lies on the territory of four countries,<br />
is in Turkey" he said. "The road to an<br />
in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt Kurdistan passes through autonomy.<br />
No civilian government can consi<strong>de</strong>r<br />
this. But we have the examples from the past.<br />
When things that no civilian government can<br />
dare to un<strong>de</strong>rtake come on the agenda, there<br />
is a U.S.-backed military coup, and the military<br />
is ma<strong>de</strong> to do the dIrty work" the <strong>de</strong>puty<br />
said. -<br />
."The military government after the Sept.<br />
12 military coup ISthe best example of thIS.<br />
For example, tile US admiflistratlOn as part<br />
of its "Green Belt theory," inclu<strong>de</strong>d Turkey<br />
in the ".Belt," and, being prepared to make<br />
concessIOns from the pnnclples of Atatürk,<br />
had the Constitution stipulate that religious<br />
classes in schools are compulsory."<br />
Questioning "which civilian government.<br />
would have dared do such a thing?" the <strong>de</strong>puty<br />
.argued' that another example supporting<br />
his argument was the lifting of the Turkish<br />
v<strong>et</strong>o allowing Greece back mto the military<br />
. wings of the NATO alliance.<br />
"For years we've had rightist governments<br />
an~ leftIst governments, but none ma<strong>de</strong> such<br />
a concession. The U.S. managed to g<strong>et</strong> the<br />
military do what it could not g<strong>et</strong> the civilians<br />
to dO.Now we fear that it may g<strong>et</strong> a military<br />
administration to <strong>de</strong>al with the question of<br />
'autonomy for the southeast that no civilian<br />
administration would touch. We fear that an<br />
environment is being prepared for those who<br />
can <strong>de</strong>liver what the CIvilians can not to<br />
come to power." - '<br />
The <strong>de</strong>puty indicated that he was referring<br />
to the prospect of a military coup.<br />
"The road to this is the cancellation of the<br />
M~rch local elections on the pr<strong>et</strong>ext of a lack<br />
'ofsecurity. If this happens, we will leave<br />
asi<strong>de</strong> our party interests and try to prompt all<br />
the <strong>de</strong>puties into action to stage a<br />
'parliamentary coup' and establish a Government<br />
of NatIonal Consensus that will prevent<br />
a military coup." -<br />
The DYP <strong>de</strong>puty ad<strong>de</strong>d that he believes<br />
that if the electIOns do not take place, and<br />
such a government is not formed, then the<br />
country will head toward chaos. He also said<br />
that the conditions for a military coup could<br />
be <strong>de</strong>veloped easily.<br />
"With the extension of the Chief of General<br />
Staffs term in office by one year, the renewal<br />
of all command ranks in the Military<br />
by August 1994 has been enabled. Beware of<br />
this," the <strong>de</strong>puty said.<br />
ILice flop leads to Cabin<strong>et</strong> reshuffle I<br />
Turkish Daily News<br />
ANKARA- Prime Minister Tansu Çiller, un<strong>de</strong>r fire for<br />
her government's inability to curb seI>aratist violence in<br />
eastern and southeastern Turkey, was forced to announce<br />
aCabin<strong>et</strong> reshuffle during which she replaced Interior Minister<br />
Mehm<strong>et</strong> Gazioglu.<br />
. Education Minister Nahit Mente~e became interior minister<br />
while Gazio~lu was relegated to a Cabin<strong>et</strong> portfolio<br />
as state minIster. State Minister Mehm<strong>et</strong> Gölhanwas named<br />
as <strong>de</strong>fense minister while Defense MinisterNevzat<br />
Ayaz was named education minister. .<br />
Presi<strong>de</strong>nt Süleyman Demirel approved the appointin.ents.<br />
Gölhan, soon after the announcement, said the government<br />
in close cooperation with the Armed Forces will<br />
do "everything ~ecessary for peace and tranq~~li!y in the<br />
country.' GazlOglu has come un<strong>de</strong>r strong cntIClsm ever ,<br />
since the Çiller government came to power.<br />
The situation gotout of hand after separatist terrorists,<br />
killed General Bahtiyar Aydm during violent inci<strong>de</strong>nts in<br />
the Lice township of Diyarba1or. State Minister Necm<strong>et</strong>tin<br />
Cevheri announced after the Cabin<strong>et</strong> me<strong>et</strong>ing that there<br />
would be no more changes in the government. Answering<br />
questions for the Anatolian News, Agency about wh<strong>et</strong>her<br />
there would be any further changes apart from the four<br />
ministers, Cevheri said, "there are only these four. There<br />
are no other changes. And the cha~es ~eci<strong>de</strong>d on have<br />
been endorsed -and sent to the ufficlal Gaz<strong>et</strong>te for<br />
publication." Asked if Sundays Cabin<strong>et</strong> reshufflewas<br />
planned beforehand Cevheri respon<strong>de</strong>d that he did not<br />
know. He merely stated that Sunday's <strong>de</strong>cision was Prime<br />
Minister Çil1er's. Cevheri ad<strong>de</strong>d that the Prime Minister<br />
wouldpossibly make a statement about the need for the<br />
reshuffle.<br />
_<br />
"But this is merely a change of jobs b<strong>et</strong>ween friends<br />
and as such there is no need for long explanations às to<br />
why this <strong>de</strong>cision was taken" Cèvheri ad<strong>de</strong>d.<br />
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