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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