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

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REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RwISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETÎ<br />

,<br />

L'Etat turc<br />

"pris <strong>de</strong><br />

panique" face<br />

à la rébellion<br />

kur<strong>de</strong>, selon<br />

le lea<strong>de</strong>r<br />

du PKK<br />

Lelea<strong>de</strong>r du PKK, Abdullah Ocalan,<br />

dit "Apo", n'est pas d'accord<br />

, avec les récents communiqués<br />

, <strong>de</strong> personnalités militaires el'<br />

politiques turques pronostiquant la fin'<br />

imminente <strong>de</strong> son organisation. Et<br />

inutile <strong>de</strong> dire que son an?lyse est diamétralement<br />

opposée: l'Etat turc a été<br />

"pris <strong>de</strong> panique" dans sa lutte contre<br />

le PKK, aurait-il ainsi déclaré <strong>de</strong>rnièrement,<br />

selon le journal pro-kur<strong>de</strong><br />

"Ozgur Ulke" qui le citait dans son édition<br />

<strong>de</strong> lundi. '<br />

turkish daily news<br />

Talabani:<br />

'Don'tfear<br />

PKKlink'<br />

KDP and PUK express<br />

hopeafter Silopi talks<br />

TDN with wire dispatches<br />

ANKARA- JaIaI Talabani, the lea<strong>de</strong>r of<br />

the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK),<br />

one of the key Kurdish groups in Northern<br />

Iraq, has exten<strong>de</strong>d an "olive branch" to<br />

Turkey by complementing Ankara on its<br />

efforts to end the current fighting b<strong>et</strong>ween<br />

his group and the rival Kurdistan<br />

Democratic Party (KDP) led by Massoud<br />

Barzani. "<br />

Talking to Reuters in Damascus, where<br />

he has been since the fighting in Northern<br />

Iraq began on May 1, and clearly wishing<br />

10<br />

1er JUIN 1994<br />

"L.:Étatturc est paniqué face<br />

au PK,K. Les <strong>de</strong>rnières opérations <strong>de</strong><br />

l'armée en sont <strong>de</strong>s signes" aurait-il<br />

'affirmé dans sa déclaration à l'agence<br />

ge presse kur<strong>de</strong> KURD-HA, basée en<br />

Allemagne. "Nous allons intensifier<br />

nos activités sur le plan militaire, polio,<br />

tique <strong>et</strong> diplomatique", ajoute le lea<strong>de</strong>r<br />

du PKK, qui entend ainsi apporter Uri<br />

démenti aux communiqués triompha-<br />

,listes <strong>de</strong> l'armée turque, selon laquelle<br />

I~ PKK ne serait plus en mesure <strong>de</strong><br />

s'opposer aux opérations <strong>de</strong>s forces<br />

armées turques <strong>et</strong> se verrait contraint<br />

<strong>de</strong> renoncer à la lutte armée au profit<br />

<strong>de</strong> l'action diplomatique.<br />

L.:état <strong>de</strong> "panique" prêté à<br />

Il'armée turque se traduit en tout cas<br />

<strong>de</strong>puis mars par un renforcement <strong>de</strong><br />

ses opérations militaires dans le su<strong>de</strong>st<br />

anatolien, frontalier avec la Syrie,<br />

l'Irak, <strong>et</strong> l'Iran, tuant selon les autorilés,<br />

plus <strong>de</strong> 1 500 maquisards kur<strong>de</strong>s<br />

'<strong>de</strong>puis le début <strong>de</strong> l'année. Dans le<br />

même temps, le PKK a ralenti le rythme<br />

<strong>de</strong> se~ attaques.<br />

to curry favout with the Syrian lea<strong>de</strong>rship<br />

as well, Talabani said both Syria and<br />

Turkey "were good mediators who wanted<br />

to put ~ end to the fighting.",<br />

He saJd he un<strong>de</strong>rstood Turkish sensitivities<br />

about Kurdish relations with the<br />

Kur~stan Workers' Party (PKK), which is<br />

fightmg a <strong>de</strong>adly war for a separate state in<br />

eastern Turkey, but said Ankara should not<br />

fear these ties.<br />

Officials i~ Turk~y have often felt<br />

that Talabam s pOSItIOnon the PKK,<br />

which in Turkey is consi<strong>de</strong>red a terrorist<br />

organization and is outlawed, has<br />

!reen ambivalent and that there' was,<br />

some evi<strong>de</strong>nce to suggestthatthe PUK<br />

llnd the PKK could easily shift to a<br />

,"~ooperation mo<strong>de</strong>" given the right<br />

circumstances.<br />

The fear in Ankara has been that the<br />

~Iashes b<strong>et</strong>ween the KDP, which has<br />

.Iillle love for the PKK, and the PUK<br />

may provi<strong>de</strong> just the necessary circumstances<br />

for such cooperation.<br />

"It is natural that our Turkish friends<br />

are sensitive about any relationship<br />

b<strong>et</strong>ween the PKK and any Iraqi movement.<br />

We un<strong>de</strong>rstand this but since the '<br />

PKK is not interfering in the internal<br />

affairs there should be no Turkish<br />

fear," Talabani said in a clear attempt<br />

to allay Turkish doubts. '<br />

Mais pour "Apo", les déclara-,<br />

, tions du chef d'état major général <strong>de</strong>;<br />

l'armée turque Dagan Gures, ne sont<br />

,que fanfaronna<strong>de</strong>s <strong>et</strong> trahissent le'<br />

malaise <strong>de</strong> l'armée: elles constituent<br />

une "gran<strong>de</strong> menace" <strong>et</strong> "montrent<br />

'également que l'État turc est coincé"<br />

dans une mauvaise situation, a poursuivi<br />

le lea<strong>de</strong>r du PKK. A la mi-mai, le<br />

général Gures avait lancé un "<strong>de</strong>rnier<br />

'avertissement" aux rebelles du PKK<br />

pour qu'ils "se rençjent à la justice", Ii<br />

a~ait affirmé que l'Etat n'avait pas utilise<br />

toutes ses capacités" <strong>et</strong>, si néces- '<br />

saire, qu'il les "mobiliserait". "Vous<br />

serez anéantis au bout <strong>de</strong> trois ou<br />

quatre mois, venez vous rendre, sinon<br />

se sera dommage pour vous", avait<br />

c?nclu le chef d'état-major, dont il faut<br />

Signaler que le départ à la r<strong>et</strong>raite<br />

coïnci<strong>de</strong> avec ces "trois ou quatre<br />

mois" <strong>de</strong> survie qu'il accor<strong>de</strong> au PKK,<br />

Ce genre <strong>de</strong> propos ont été<br />

repris par <strong>de</strong> nombreuses personnalités<br />

turques qui affirment <strong>de</strong>puis la mimai<br />

être sur le point d'en finir sur le;<br />

terrain avec la rébellion kur<strong>de</strong> <strong>et</strong> <strong>de</strong>,<br />

perm<strong>et</strong>tre ainsi au Premier ministre<br />

Mme Tansu Ciller, <strong>de</strong> respecter so~<br />

engagement d"'éradiquer le PKK".<br />

Wednesday, June 1,1994/<br />

But Talabani went on to accuse 'Iran<br />

o,f "interfering to support the revolutlOna,ry<br />

Hezbollah party and the<br />

IslamICmovement in Iraqi Kurdistan". ,<br />

1'he PUK and the "Kurdish '<br />

Hezbollah" were involved in fierce,<br />

clashes earlierin the year with some<br />

accounts pUlling the <strong>de</strong>ath toll as high<br />

, :ISseveral thousand. '<br />

The Islamic groups were subse- ,<br />

quently <strong>de</strong>featedand had to withdraw<br />

to bor<strong>de</strong>ring Iran from where they<br />

have been trying to continue resisting<br />

thePUK.<br />

Referring to an agreement reached<br />

, on Tuesday in Turkey b<strong>et</strong>ween PUK<br />

and KDP representatives, Talabani<br />

said this accord aimed "not only to put<br />

an end to fighting but to r<strong>et</strong>urn things<br />

to normal."<br />

"The me<strong>et</strong>ing was very successful. '<br />

We reached agreement for.a permanent<br />

cease-fire and agreed to solve all<br />

problems in a peaceful way and<br />

through negotiatIOns" Talabani told<br />

Reuters after the Monday talks.<br />

Talabani said that talks were held<br />

b<strong>et</strong>ween PUK representative Kamal<br />

Fou'ad and Nechirwan Barzani<br />

nephew of the KDP lea<strong>de</strong>r, in th~<br />

Turkish bor<strong>de</strong>r town of Silopi.<br />

He said that all thq~e .wbo ,took part<br />

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