Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RlVISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZET;<br />
Monday. October 18. 1993<br />
turkish daily news<br />
Eight-month tra<strong>de</strong> gap at $9.29 bn.<br />
• Exports stand at $9.45 billion while imports reach<br />
$18.75 billion in the January-August period of 1993<br />
• Export-import ratio down to 50.4 percent<br />
Turkish Daily News months rose,slightly to $9.45 billion<br />
ANKARA- Turkey's foreign compared to last year's $9.27 biltra<strong>de</strong><br />
<strong>de</strong>ficit wi<strong>de</strong>ned by 83.9 per- lion, a very small increase of 1.9<br />
cent to a record high $9.29 billion in percent. On the other hand, Turkish<br />
the first eight months of the year Imports went up from $14.33 billion<br />
compared to the same period of last last year to $18.75 billion, repreyear,<br />
official figures revealed on senting a consi<strong>de</strong>rable jump of 30.9<br />
. Friday. percent. The economy's export-<br />
The <strong>de</strong>ficit, already on a sharp import ratio <strong>de</strong>clined from 64.7 perrise<br />
since early this year, climbed cent last year to 50.4 percent this<br />
radically from $5.56 billion last year in the January-August period.<br />
year in the January-August period to The DIE also revealed that<br />
$9.29 billion in the corresponding Turkish foreign tra<strong>de</strong> volume in the<br />
period this year, according to the same period rose to $28.2 billion<br />
State <strong>Institut</strong>e of Statistics (DIE). from $23.6 billion of 1992.<br />
Turkish exports in the first eight In addition, Turkish exports in<br />
August <strong>de</strong>clined by 7 percent while<br />
imports rose by a high of 39.1 percent<br />
compared to the same month of<br />
last year. Exports in August<br />
dropped from last year's $1.2 billion<br />
to $1.12 billion this year, while<br />
August imports went up froni $1.86<br />
billion last year to $2.59 billion.<br />
The tra<strong>de</strong> <strong>de</strong>ficit in this month<br />
wi<strong>de</strong>ned by a high of 123.5 percent<br />
and reached $1.47 billion when<br />
compared to last August' s tra<strong>de</strong><br />
<strong>de</strong>ficit of $660 million. .<br />
DIE figures disclosed that exports<br />
grew in the industrial sectors while<br />
they <strong>de</strong>creased in the agricultural<br />
sectors. Industrial exports rose by<br />
2.9 percent in this penod compared<br />
to last year's corresponding period,<br />
while agricultural exports dropped<br />
by 1.8 percent. The largest share in<br />
Turkish exports in the January-<br />
August period again .belonged to the<br />
industrial sectors with $7.78 billion.<br />
which represents 84.7 percent of the<br />
total Turkish exports.<br />
However, agricultural exports,<br />
which rank second in whole exports<br />
by 13.7 percent, <strong>de</strong>creased from last<br />
year's $1.31 billion to $1.29 billion<br />
this' year, a <strong>de</strong>crease of 1.8 percent.<br />
Besi<strong>de</strong>s, mining and quarrymg sectors<br />
exports dropped from last<br />
year's $174.7 million to $151.5 million<br />
this year, producing a larger<br />
<strong>de</strong>crease of 13.3 percent. Mining<br />
and quarrying exports represented<br />
1.6 percent of the total exports in<br />
the first eight months of 1993,<br />
according to DIE reports.<br />
As the situation g<strong>et</strong>s out of hand...<br />
WASHINGTON<br />
The clan<strong>de</strong>stine Kurdistan Workers<br />
Party (PKK)seems to be clearly<br />
dominating the domestic agenda<br />
in more than one way os it<br />
continues to terrorize everyone in eastern<br />
and southeastern Turkey with special<br />
emphasis on Diyarbakir, the provincial<br />
capitol of the region.<br />
Very recently the PKKhod threatened<br />
oll the local provincial chairmen of Turkish<br />
political parties and <strong>de</strong>man<strong>de</strong>d their<br />
resignations. Later, the PKKbanned the<br />
distribution of oll moss circulation Turkish<br />
newspapers in the area and was so<br />
successful that in the end, newspaper<br />
vendors were compl<strong>et</strong>ely intimidated<br />
and in many places no one dared to sell<br />
any publication. .. The latest PKK<br />
publicity stunt again concerns Turkish<br />
publications The PKKhas <strong>de</strong>man<strong>de</strong>d the<br />
resignation of oll the representatives of<br />
Turkishnewspapers and periodicals in the<br />
region and the closing down of the<br />
bureaus.<br />
It is of course one thing making 0<br />
threat and another thing actually carrying<br />
out that thrèat. Y<strong>et</strong>, we sow from the<br />
example of the halting of the distribution<br />
of newspapers in the area that the PKK<br />
intimidation campaign in southeastern<br />
Turkey is very successful.<br />
Of course oll these examples<br />
immediately bring to mind the crucial<br />
question: What has happened to the<br />
'3ffectiveness of the State in this region?<br />
The State, unfortunately, has lost the<br />
confi<strong>de</strong>nce of the people in southeastern<br />
and eastern Turkey. The mosses no longer<br />
oelieve in the ability of the State forces to<br />
protect them against the militants so no<br />
one dare~ adopt 0 <strong>de</strong>fiant mood against.<br />
the PKK..<br />
If the PKKcon make 0 threat and corry<br />
it out, then the effectiveness of the State<br />
will of course be questioned. If Prime<br />
Minister Tansu Çiller, os the chief<br />
executive of our c9untry. and Presi<strong>de</strong>nt<br />
Süleyman Demirel os weil os Chief of Staff<br />
General Dagon Güre$ really wont to<br />
overcome the PKKproblem in Turkey,<br />
they hove to come to terms with the<br />
realities and realize that the firstpriority<br />
has to be to restore confi<strong>de</strong>nce of the<br />
mosses: That the State con and will<br />
protect them and that certain èvil forces<br />
outsi<strong>de</strong> the PKKwill not work un<strong>de</strong>r<br />
various disguises like the counter-guerrilla<br />
ilnur Çevik<br />
EDITORIAL<br />
or special crock teams.to harass the<br />
people ...<br />
L<strong>et</strong> us make no mistake that the<br />
problem is in our country and the<br />
remedies hove to be found there.<br />
Creating alibis like 'outsi<strong>de</strong> interference'<br />
con only buy time but will never stick.<br />
Çiller told lJS at 0 press conference here<br />
early Sunday that her men ore now<br />
working on measures to hold safe<br />
local elections in the Southeast in March<br />
7994,,, Y<strong>et</strong>. she seems to forg<strong>et</strong> that if<br />
the State cannot even create the<br />
conditions for the safe distribution of<br />
newspapers in 0 region. how con it talk<br />
about the security of elections and fair<br />
ploy?<br />
We feel the prime minister and for that<br />
matter the presi<strong>de</strong>nt should be b<strong>et</strong>ter<br />
informed about the true picture in<br />
southeastern Turkey and the rapidly<br />
<strong>de</strong>teriorating situation. Or else, day<br />
dreaming will g<strong>et</strong> us no where.<br />
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