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PKK no threat to Turkish democracy, DECO
Turkish Daily News
ANKARA-
A senior official from
the 24-member Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development
(OECD) said that the separatIst
terrorist organization, the Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK), repr~se~ts no
threat to Turkey's democratIc Image
abroad. "Turkey's general credlt~
worthiness among the developed
group of nations is indisputably
strong. The terrorist PKK cannottarnish
this image," Werner Flandorffer
OECD director of the Turkey
Co~sortium, has told Anatolia news '
agency. He commented that the
PKK is a burden on the shoulders of
Turkeyand the international community
today is fullyaware of the
fact tliat this organization has truly
terrorist aspirations. "The PKK cannot
cast doubts on the legitimacv of
Turkish democracy. It cannot
change favorable i~temat}on~1opinion
of Turkey, whIch, wIth ItS economic
and political might, is an element
of peace in its region," Flandorffer
told Anatolia. He noted t~at
Turkey is strong enough to.solve ItS
economic problems despIte so~e
chronic difficulties. ''Turkey's rapId
,economic growth is the best indication
of this."
FROM THE COLUMNS
Atrocity
on record
From an Oct. 8 article titled "Films of Atrocity
in Vienna Today" by MtLLtVET's Valçm
Dogan. ,
The r~cent village raids, the vicious massacre
of children, old folk, and women. The beastly
burning of children (yet to call them beasts is an
insult to animals): So many murders, attacks.
Video recordings of such Incidents are being
taken by Prime Minister Tansu Çiller to Vienna
today, to be submitted to the prime ministers of
about 30 European Council member cOllntries.
A first-ever summit of state heads and prime
ministers of European Council member countries
is being convened in Vienna today.
Why is it.that the European Council decided to
hold such hlgh-Ieveltalks?
The recent developments in Europe, the questions
posed by the establishment of democratic
regimes in East European countries following the'
collapse of the SovIet Union, consideration of
new applications for membership to the council,
solutions to problems of increasing xenophobia
and racism In Europe are among issues to be
debated at the summit. '
Another important issue in Vienna is,
"Protection of Minority Rights." With draft resolutions,
Austria, the Netherlands, and perhaps
Germany are planning to put Turkey in a tight
spot regarding the Kurdish question.
Turkey, Bntain, France, and Greece are against
such resolutions.
'
Austrian tricks
Tu~key is, ~~epared for Vienna becaus.e
Austnan authontIes seem to have reverted.to theIr
old ways as regards the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK) activity [in their country].
For instance, the Austrian government is said to
allow the PKKto stage a demonstration in front
of the venue for the summit. There is another
official says
,scandalous~ermission granted [to thePKK by the
Austrian government]. ,
,Some tIme ago, the European representative of
theERNK, the PKK's popular front organization,
held a press meeting In Vienna. And where in
Vienna? At the Austrian Association of
Journalists and Writers.
Usually, the headquarters of this assöciation is
the sceneof press meetings by Cabinet members,
political party representatives, prominent names
In art and bUSinesscircles ..
Though an autonomous organization formally,
the Austrian government exerts considerable
behind-the-scenes influence on the association.
The Turkish ambassador asks the association
for an explanation of their conduct. '
"Wehave previously informed the Interior
Ministry of the press meeting.
, They told us that the activities of the said organization
were allowed in Austria," was the
an~wer. What's more, the building that organizations
affiliated with t~e PKK occupy is the prop-
~rty of the SocialistParty, which .is currently in
poWer. Which means Austria an~ the' baby-murdering
monster are walking arm in'arm.
The atrocity shall be made public
Although the summit is scheduled to debate a
number of issues concerning member countries,
discussion of "minority TIghts" could leave
Ankara face to face with provocation of every
imaginable sort.'
As.a preventive measure, PKK atrocities have
beendocumented on film. Turkey is determined
to prove that' no connection exists between the
concept of "minority rights" and such barbarity:
If the iss,ueis brought up at the summit, Prime
Minist~r Çiller is expected to submit the records
of PKK atrocities to Europe's leaders, in ordér to
smack in the face those that keep crYIng for
human rights. When they see the visual proof of '
the beastly atrocities committed by the,PKK, one
wonders whether they will still manage to justify
terrorism and violence:
PKK atrocities continue:
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.Militants gun down 4 teachers
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More than 20 die in one day
Turkish DailyNelvs " .
ANKARA- Militants of the outlawed Kurdh,
stan Workers' Party (PKK), which killed. more
than 60 people, including women and chIldren
in three separate raids thIS week, gu~ned dow.n
four teachers in ,the Southeast regIOn on Fnday.
Officials said the PKK raided an elementary
school housina complex in the Pirinçli village
of Pertek, Tu;celi, on Friday and sprayed t~e'
teachers with bullets, Four were killed whIle
another was seriously wounded, they said.
Eariiër this week, the PKKcommand for
Tunceli issued a statement demanding that all
teaèhers resign from their positions and all
schools close down. The statement said those
who refused would be placed ~mo~g the "reyolutionary
target~" of the orgamzatlOn, meaning
they would be kIlled. , .
Along with the teachers killed in Tunceli; the
death toll in the Southeast for Friday was more
than 20 again, as in previous days. '
Officials said three children died in Senova, ,
~Irn,ak,while playing with' a rocket that had apparently
landed in a field but failed to explode.
In the çatak district' of the eastern province
of Van, officials said a late ni~ht attack ~y
PKK militants on the Oveclk ana KIYlcak vIIlag~s,
as well as. the Büyükagaç gendarm~rie
statIOn, resulted In the death of etght soldIers
and four village guards.
Officials said three soldiers and three villagers
wounded in the attacks were removed In,
military helicopters and had been treated at a
rriilitary hospital in Van.
ln the Güngüs district of DiyarbakIr, officiaIs
said the militants raided a house and
killed three people.
, They reportedly entered the house, ordered
Ibrahim Akme~e and his twosons outside, and
gunned them down. After setting the house on
fire, the terrorists escaped.
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