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for those who did not advocate Turkey's territorial
integrity.
y.lmaz spoke at his party's' parliame~tary group
meeting. He said that during the terronsm summIt
today, he would remind Parl~ament Speaker Hüsamettm
Cindoruk of his duty m that respect.
Yllmaz said: "If some people who haye be.en
sworn-in in this Parliament, who fulfil theIr duties
according to the Con~titutio~ of ~he Re~ublic of
Turkey, still do not raIse theIr vOlce~as I~noce~t
people are killed in one of Turkey s regIons, If
they do not condemn terrorism, if they do not clearly
show that they are for Turkey's territ?rial integrity,
if we do not take the nece~sary action des.
pite the existence of court ord~rs, If we cannot defend
this in the face of Amenca or Europe, then
we do not have the right to sit in this Parliament."
Yllmaz said he and his colleagues had to solve the
terrorism matter even at the cost of suspending
their contlict with the government. He said that
the state should take the initiative in struggling
against terrOJ'ism. He claimed that th.e state ~as
giving the struggle only 20 percent of Its capacIty.
He proposed that the state should be made to act
in the armed struggle. He accused the government
of not briefing the opposition about happenings.
Ecevit calls for trump card:
Democratic Left Party (DSP) Chairman Bülent
Ecevit said Turkey was not experiencing a "Kurdish
matter" in its southeastern region. Ecevit delivered
a speech at a meeting organized by the
Marmara Group in Istanbul. He sal~ that the existing
situation in the Southeast partially stemmed
from the feudal structure in the region and that it
was an externally backed problem. Noting that the
PKK attacks have recently moved toward Armenia,
Ecevit said Turkey failed to use two of its
trump cards afte~ the Gulf War to ove~come the
economic hardshIp after the war. He said Turkey
remained silent in the face of those attacks.
Referring to some proposals put f~rward .by some
circles that Kurds should establish theIr own
political parties, Ecevit said, as a matter of fact,
that Kurds' having their own parties is not banned
in Turkey. However, establishing a party based on
ethnical roots will not bring democratIzation but
problems. He added that he is against holding local
elections in the Southeast unless the existing
conditions are changed.
Haykal trusts the people:
Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz
Baykal, who spoke at the CHP group, said no
method other than democracy should be introduced
to solve the matter in the Southeast. Baykal
said not the tanks or guns, but the people's preference
would help solve the problem.
Social Democrat People's Party (SHP) Sivas
Deputy Azimet Köylüoglu proposed the founding
of a terrorism crisis center at party headquarters.
He claimed that the government and some media
remained insensitive in the face of the recent terrorist
incidents in the region.
Meanwhile, President Süleyman Demirel, who
delivered a speech during the opening of a business
center in Izmir, said Turkey is a democratic
state and that all Turkish citizens enjoy the same
equal rights. He asked what the fight ISfor.
Karayalçm says no surrender:
Meanwhile, addressing his own party group in
Parliament, Social Democrat People's Party (SHP)
chairman, Deputy Prime Minister Murat Karayalçm,
said his party would adopt neither a "glveand-save-yourself'
nor a "hit-and-save-yourseIr'
option for the Southeast.
"We are for neither of those options. For we neither
have territory to give away nor citizens to
kill. We simply cannot choose either," he said.
Karayalçm added that his party would determinedly
stand up against such approaches to the Southeast
question. "We are the ones to solve the
problem. Through democratic, brotherly, peaceful
debate respectful of human rights, we are going to
solve this problem," Karayalçm affirmed.
The SHP leader said that whatever was within
the borders drawn at the time of the declaration of
the Turkish Republic "is ours," adding "We are
Hürriyet: PKK declares martiallaw
Turkish'Daily News
ANKARA- Despite the recent debate in
Ankara on whether martiallaw is required
for the Southeast, the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK) has already im~sed
it in the region, a Hürriyet report saId on
Tuesday.
"Debate ovet: whether to declare martial
law in the Southeast has intensified, yet
martiallaw in the region is already in force
-- one imposed by the PKK," Koray
Düzgören, one of the newspaper's most reliable
reporte.rs said from the region. "If the
state declares martiallaw, this will only aggravate
the conditions prevalent there. An
exodus from the region seems inevitable
unless life is restored to normal," he wrote.
The following is a translation of
Düz~ören's artIcle that appeared in the
Hümyet on Tuesday:
It appears that unless an appropriate reaction
ISshown, the PKK will impose further
bans, following its bans on the press
and political parties (in thè Southeast]. Perhaps
they will enlarge the scope of the ban
on alcoholic beverages and smoking that
they have declared m. certain parts of the
regIOn.
Joking aside, these bans indicate that the
PKK aims to bring about a state of affairs
where mercy is neIther asked for nor given.
Yet at the end of such an escalation of violence,
the PKK may renew its call for a
cease-fire. At this stage, it is futile to
search for logic in the decisions made. The
fact that its ban on the press and political
parties could backfire does not worry the
PKK much.
Martiallaw favorable to PKK
[The PKK] is determined to increase violence
in the war. So it would welcome
martial law, because this is conducive to
more bloodshed.
In fact, martiallaw imposed by the PKK
on its people has been raging for a long
time. WhaJ is more, unlik..eours, the PKK's
in the Southeast
particular brand of martial law does not
heed certain legal regulations. The Kurds
living in the region have grown sick and
tired of it.
Martiallaw that could be declared by the
state would only aggravate the situation.
The region has been oppressed by declarations
of martiallaw and emergency rule for
12 years. And for the past four to five
years, the PKK's martiallaw has been part
of daily life.
The average Kurd, who wants to lead a
hap'PY life and secure a bright future for his
children, wants the state -- the government
if you like -- to come up with a solution.
Unless this is done. it app'ears inevitable
that half the population Will desert the region
in the near future.
What might happen
• Newspapers cannot. be distributed
through normal channels in such provinces
as Diyarbalm. Batman and Cizre. They are
sold by police in police stations.
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