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Southeastern mayors sign petition for cease-fire
Turkish Daily News
ANKARA- In a written petition, 27 southeastern
mayors representing four provinces
and 23 townships in the troubled
Kurdish-populated southeastern part of
Turkey, have asked for a cease-fire in the
region.
The one-page document called on the
gove;i,ment to take all measures to provide
a peaceful atmosphere in the region.
"We, the undersigned mayors of this region,
demand all necessary measures be taken
in order to bring an end to the shedding
of our brother's blood," the communique
said.
Saying that the existence of a Kurdish
problem in Turkey is an unquestionable
reality, the communique stated that the
l5-year-old military and emergency rule
had shown that the Kurdish problem co-
Will security concerns
delay municipal polls
in Southeast Turkey?
• SMC members raise security question
about local elections in areas hit by
Kurdish separatist terrorism
By Hayri Birler
Turkish Daily News
ANKARA- Authorities started debating
how to hold secure elections in southeastern
and some parts of eastern
Turkey when the country holds nationwide
municipal elections in March
next year.
According to informed sources who
asked not to be named, such concerns
were aired by members of the National
Security Council, and questions were
raised whether the elections could be
postponed in these troubled regions.
The sources said the issue was raised
at the recent SMC meeting held in Istanbul.
Commanders attending the meeting
reportedly chatted with C~binet
mimsters for awhile on the terronst attacks
in Southeast Turkey and counter
measures being taken.
At that point one minister was heard
saying, "We will have local elections
in March, but how can we have them
under these conditions in the Southeast?"
The commanders reportedly asked
whether, if conditions were not sa.
tisfactory elections in one region could
be post~ned. They were told it was
not legally possible becausè there ..yas
no aruc1e in the Constitution allOWIng
such a postponement for nationwide
local elections, and that parliamentary
elections could only be delayed .under
war conditions for a one-year penod by
Parliament.
The' commanders reportedly said,
"We will finish off the PKK in a year,
so we will not have to bother about un-
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1'1;:> AN KARA- Iraqi Kurdishguerrillas
!.~lleti an Iranian soldier andcaptured fo-
~~4uringan Iranian ioo\!Sion against opi(lq.sition
exiles in northern Iraq about two
~ks ag? ~ K~sb.sp.c>kès1l131l said on
iMôöday... ..< •.•' ... .......
'. eenDizaYee,~repni5e1ltative
Kurdish DemOCratic PartY. told
èî's Iranian forêts pllsbedstx kin (fo-
'es) into Iraq and bad tried to set up
~ Olwarta, a~0\Yn 'northeast of
t~idàitnaniya.> ·..» .....
It;.'fhê tar~etof theattac~ was the ~xîle
'mocratlc Party of Iraman KurdIstan
J()~lranacKnowledged for tb~ frrst
~on Sunday that its forces bave pur.
"counter-revolutionaries" and "ban-
"into northern Iraq.
. Iraqi ~ovemmen~inSagbdad }ost
of Iraqi Kurdistan after the 1991
uld not be solved through military methods.
The said petition was signed by the
provincial mayors of Hakkari, Van, Siirt
and Bingöl, as well as the mayors ofTatvan,
Esentepe, Kozluk, Baykan: Muradiye,
Bayazgt, Onbirnisan, Lice, Gökçedag,
Sil van, Rü stemgedik, Yagplar, Patnos,
çatak, Yüksekova, Gevas, Ozalp, Sagma-
Ii, Yoalan, Hizan, Aydmlar, Bahçesaray
and Erois townships,.
safe elections." This discussion was
heard immediately by the politicians
and triggered a debate.
OfficIaIs of parties in Parliament said
the situation in southeastern Turkey
was a source of deep concern,' but
stressed it was unacceptable to delay
the polls because of such reasons. Social
Democrat People's Party (SHP) Erzu~m.
deputy Ah Ib~ahim Tutu said
the InCIdents In the regIon are of coùrse
rather sad but added the government
has to create the conditions for safe
elections."We just cannot delay the local
elections, œcause if we do we will
have appointed mayors and municipal
officiaIs instead of elected people."
True Path Party (DYP) Hatay deputy
Best~mi Teke made a statement sa~ing
electIOns cannot be held under 'just
any condition." He said the DYP executive
board will meet in September
and decide on a party policy.
~!raqiKyrçj~~illirania(l
:,soldier. and capture four-
,.-,' :t '
Gulf War, Dizayee said Iraniâllexiles'
had been based there for about a )'ear,
"The PDKI bas not posed anJ threat te)
the Iranians," besaid. "It hasnoteDlbart.
ked on cross-border activities: ..1t doeS<
not bave the military power tpoperate
against Iran." . . .
Dizayee saidt~PDKl !1adt()ld.lraq,<
Kurdish leaders it was ready tQinQY~;
away from border areas "if it beêame à
burden." "It seems the PDKl understands
our situation muchbetter thanthe PKI('
does," Dizayee a.dded, referring tothè
Kurdistan Workers' Party, wlûch used
bases in Iraqi border areas for attacks ili+
to Turkey until Iraqi Kurds joined fo~s
with Turkey last year to drive theI11 out,<
He said Iranian artillery has been she};;
ling across the border since the ground
attack, drivilig sorne 2,000 dvi~ans froni" .
their homes.
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