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HU11UlnRights 'minister' resigns<br />
'Un<strong>de</strong>r these circumstances, there is no use in my staying'<br />
Turkish Daily News<br />
ANKARA- Turkey's State<br />
Minister in charge of human rights,<br />
Mehm<strong>et</strong> Kahraman, resigned on<br />
Saturday from his government post<br />
. and the -Social Democrat Peoples'<br />
. Party (SHP) in protest of efforts to .<br />
prevent the creation of a Human<br />
Rights Ministry. Kahraman said<br />
Saturday that he shown patience in<br />
trying to create the orgaruzation of a<br />
human rights ministry as planned by<br />
the True Path Party (DYP)-SHP<br />
coalition.<br />
"Until today I had hope," he said,<br />
adding that the reason for his resig- .<br />
nation was "the negative attitu<strong>de</strong> the DYP group has t~en<br />
on the issue of passing the law with regard to ilie foundmg<br />
of a human rights ministry."Kahraman sai~.in his resignation<br />
that he believed that un<strong>de</strong>r these conditions, there was<br />
no value in him attempting to stay ~n as a minist~r and t~at .<br />
it had become impossible to estabhsh a human nghts mmistry.<br />
Kahraman also sent a l<strong>et</strong>ter to the SHP, announcing his<br />
resignation from his position as <strong>de</strong>puty secr<strong>et</strong>ary general of<br />
the party. . .<br />
Sunday, June 26, /994<br />
turkish daily news<br />
PKK attacks idil town before<br />
Presi<strong>de</strong>nt Demirel's visit<br />
Turkish Daily News<br />
DIYARBAKIR- Militants of the<br />
'Outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party<br />
(PKK) staged a night-long attack on<br />
the Idiltown of ~Irnak on Fdday<br />
prior to Presi<strong>de</strong>nt Süleyman<br />
Demirel's scheduled visit to the city .<br />
center on Saturday.<br />
Witnesses said over 100 militants<br />
armed with rock<strong>et</strong> launchers and<br />
machine guns opened fire on govem- .<br />
ment buildings m the town at around<br />
10 pm Friday night. A clash with<br />
local security forces continued until<br />
Saturday morning when officials<br />
<strong>de</strong>clared a full cerfew and banned all<br />
entrance and exist from the town.<br />
Sources said security forces regained<br />
controlover the s<strong>et</strong>tlement m the<br />
early hours of the momina.<br />
Initial reports had it t~at at least .<br />
six policemen were killed in the<br />
fighting while 15 others were.<br />
woun<strong>de</strong>d.<br />
Many houses and shops were<br />
reportedly damaged.Local officials<br />
had prevIOusly announced a major<br />
success in the anti-terrorist operation<br />
on Mt.Gabar which has been continuing<br />
for two months. They had said<br />
the 1>KK was compl<strong>et</strong>ely crushed on<br />
the mountain.<br />
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FRA0210 4 I 0265 IRA /AFP-OC18<br />
Iran~Kur<strong>de</strong>s-Irak<br />
Vislte d'un émissaire <strong>de</strong> M. Barzani à Téhéran<br />
TEHERAN, 28 juin (AFP) - Une délégation du parti démocratique du<br />
Kurdistan (PDK, <strong>de</strong> Massoud Barzani) d'Irak se trouve à Téhéran pour <strong>de</strong>s<br />
entr<strong>et</strong>iens "sur une médiation <strong>de</strong> l'Iran en vue <strong>de</strong> m<strong>et</strong>tre fin aux hostilités<br />
au Kurdistan irakien", a indiqué mardi l'agence officielle IRNA.<br />
C<strong>et</strong>te délégation, dirigée par M. Nichridan Barzani, doit avoir <strong>de</strong>s<br />
entr<strong>et</strong>iens avec <strong>de</strong>s responsables iraniens sur "les moyens <strong>de</strong> m<strong>et</strong>tre fin aux<br />
différends entre le PDK <strong>et</strong> l'Union patriotique du Kurdistan" (UPK, <strong>de</strong> Jalal<br />
Talabani), selon IRNA.<br />
MM. Barzani <strong>et</strong> Talabani s'étaient rencontrés lundi à Erbil, dans le nord<br />
<strong>de</strong> l'Irak sous contrôle kur<strong>de</strong>, pour examiner les moyens <strong>de</strong> consoli<strong>de</strong>r la<br />
trêve entre leurs formations respectives, selon un communiqué du Congrès<br />
national irakien (CNI), coalition d'opposants au régime <strong>de</strong> Bagdad.<br />
Les combats entre ces <strong>de</strong>ux formations dans les régions qui échappent à<br />
l'autorité <strong>de</strong> Bagdad <strong>de</strong>puis l'insurrection kur<strong>de</strong> qui avait suivi la guerre<br />
du Golfe (janvier-février 1991), ont fait plus d'une centaine <strong>de</strong> morts<br />
<strong>de</strong>puis le mois <strong>de</strong> mai <strong>de</strong>rnier, selon <strong>de</strong>s sources indépendantes dans le<br />
Kurdistan irakien.<br />
Selon le CNI, ces combats auxquels <strong>de</strong>s Kur<strong>de</strong>s pro-iraniens avaient<br />
également participé sporadiquement, ont fait six cents morts.<br />
Le quotidien iranien Kayhan avait affirmé, fin mai, que l'UPK <strong>et</strong> le PDK<br />
avaient <strong>de</strong>mandé aux dirigeants iraniens d'entreprendre une médiation pour<br />
m<strong>et</strong>tre fin aux sanglants affrontements les m<strong>et</strong>tant aux prises, ce que ces<br />
<strong>de</strong>ux formations avaient démenti.<br />
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