Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris

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mainlyin the vicinity of UrumJye
province. Western diplomats say that
under pressj.lre from Turkey and northern
Iraqi Kurds, PKK militants have
transferred at least one major training
camp into Iran.
Iranian sources, on the other hand,
point out that they are fully willing to
cooperate with Turkey on this issue,
because that country faces its own problems
with the KurdIstan Democrat Party
of Iran. Despite Tehran's news blackout
on security developments, regional
sources say the KDP-I is increasingly
bothering the Iranian' regime. .
Of the three other countries involved ,
in supporting Kurdish separatism,
Armenta is at the top of Turkey's list,
especially since recent massacres in the
Eastern region are believed to have been '
conducted by Armenian militants along
with Kurds. On one hand there is
increased pressure on the government,
from withIn its own ranks as well as
from the opposition, to Jùt PKK camps
in that country. On the other, in a recent
press conference in Moscow, the Kurds
of the Commonwealth of Independent
States have declared full support for the
PKK, showing how dangerous the situation
is.
"These countries have to decide
whether they are friends with us or not,"
Prime Minister Tansu Çiller said after a
meeting of her security summit in
Ankara on Thursday. She was also
referring to Syria and Iraq.
"If they are aiding the terrorists of
their own accord," she added, "they
should not do so. If this is happening
against their will, we will then help
them to solve this issue."
Çiller stressed that "Turkey has no
patience. We have been patient for a
long time, but after this we will not turn
a blind eye to this."
The Turkish government is currently
acting according to the "advice" of a
meetmg of the National Security
Council (MGK) on Monday, and is to
implement another major operation in
northern Iraq in the near future.
To place more pressure on Patriotic
Union of Kurdistan (PUK) leader Jalal
Talabani, Turkish television has recently
targeted him asa "liar" saying that he
was supporting the PKK. Unknown to
the melita, two senior commanders of
the PUK and the Kurdistan Democrat
Party (KDP) are currently in Ankara to
plan the operation.
As for Syria, talk of using "the water
card" agaInst that country, and even
going to the extent of cutting the water
supply there, is underway. As part of a
deterrent move, Turkey may soon build
up traöps on its borders both with
Armenia and Syria.
Meanwhile, serious measures are also
being implemented to deal with separatism
within the country's borders. This
week, after a PKK attack, the town of
Lice in DiyarbakIr was tom apart with
gunfire, Pro-Kurdish activists claim it
was Turkish forces that did this to retaliate
- just like the attack on ~tmak city
center In August 1992.
As part of the MGK's decisions,
Ankara has now issued orders not to
reconstruct or restore schools in the
Southeast which are attacked by the
PKK. It will keep them closed. A num-
Ankara counts on
Western understanding
to repress uprising,
sources say investments,
incentives to Southeast
being stopped
ber of teachers are being withdrawn as a
result of the PKK's gunning down of 54
teachers up till now.
Parliament sources say that since
Ciller returned from her visit to the
Ûnited States last week, there has been a
major decline in incentives is~uedfor
the Southeast region, and all:all~ations'
for new investments are also beIng halted.
Speculation is that Ankarà has
decided against plans for regional eco.
nomic i~provemen( - for the. time
8 die in custody
under Çiller rule
Turkish Daily News
ANKARA- Eight people have
died while in police or gendarmerie
custody in Turkey since
Prime Minister Tansu Çiller
took office, Turkish human
rights sources said on Friday.
She came into power in June
1993, and her Cabinet was approved
in July.
According to the records of
the Ankara-basedHuman Rights
Foundationof Turkey, six of the
deaths took place in July and
August.
being - despite Çiller' s earlier promises
for the regIOn. '
If this takes place, a wartime economy
will be taking shape for the Southeast.
At the same time, wartime regulations
and laws are to be introduced under the
guise of special steps against terrorism.
This will include a blackout on the
reporting of the crisis as well as
increased penalties and fines.
State officials agree that the campaign
to be put underway is a mobilization of
aU forces, including the press and ,the
Foreign Ministry. Thus Turkey will
begin a propaganda effort in foreign
countries to curb PKK existence there,
~.ven in the form of legal associations.
Ozkök claimed Friday that Ankara had
reached an agreement with a renowned
international justice expert who was
now preparing a Turkish case against
the PKK to be used abroad.
There is also speculation that Turkey
wants to complain of the PKK to the
CSCE, although a counter-argument is
that this would be a mistake, giving the
impression that the PKK is a counterpart
of the Ankara government.
What everyone is asking now is when
this expected crackdown will begin,
how far it will go, and what kind of an
impact it wiU have on the future the
government. Çiller and Demirel are
often at odds WItheach other on what to
do to combat terrorism.
Meanwhile, both parties in the coali-
, tion are distancing themselves from,
each other, as their leaders are engulfed
in efforts to maintain part unity. These
differences are also bound to have an
impact on Turkey's upcoming anti-PKK
strategy.
Human rights sources speculate
that the deaths might be a
result of torture or mistreatment
the detainees may have suffered
during their interrogations.They
are:
- RIla Ürün, die,ç1on July 2 in
Ankara. - Sldlka Oncü, died on
July 8 in the Çmar township of
DiyarbakIr. - Hacl Ramazan
SIßJg.died on July 21 in the fdil
townShipot
~Imak. - ¥ücel Dolan, died
on AuS. 2 in the Hazro township
of Dlyarbaklf. - Selahaltin
Dörtbu'dak, died on Aug. 3 in
the Nizip township of
Gaziantep. - Baki Erdogan,
died on Aug. 21 in Aydm. -
Serif Kaplan, died on Sept. 8 in
the ~i~an township of ,
Blths. - Hacl $ansak, died on
Oct. 3 in ~Imak. In addition to
this list, Harun Çetin died in Istanbulon
Sept. 6, allegedly because of
torture he suffered while in police
custody in Istanbul in
March 1993.
According to the TIHY figures
with the latest deaths, a total
of 36 people have died while
in police or gendarmerie custody
10 Turkey since the True Path
Pany (D¥P) - Social Democratic
People's Pany coalition came
to power in November 1991.
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