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Revue de Presse-Press Review-Berhevoka Çapê-Rivista Stampa-Dentro de la Prensa-Baszn Ozeti system and would lead to the DKP closure. In fact, five months after the party was founded the Turkish State Court took action to close down the party and it was finally banned in 1999. Serafattin Elci and several other Kurdish elites decided to form another Kurdish liberal party on the model of DKP. The first step towards the formation of a new political party was taken with a letter of invitation drafted by a six-member conunission that included Lawyer Serafettin EId, the chairman of the now-defunct Democratic Mass Party (DKP), which was closed by order of the Constitutional Court, Abdulmelik Firat, Seyh Sait's grandson and former True Path Party (DYP) deputy and Dr. Mehmet Emin Sever, the former New Democracy Movement (YDH) deputy for Mus. The letter were sent to 900 people living in various parts of the country to attend a two-day meeting scheduled to take place on January 15 and 16. The meeting were held in the convention hall of the Confederation of Turkish Labor Unions (Turk-Is) in Ankara's Yenisehir district. [4] After successive meetings by Kurdish intellectuals and politicians in Ankara on January 16 and 17 a decision was made to form a liberal Kurdish political party. A commission was formed to implement the project. The commission is headed by New Democracy Movement (YDF) of former Deputy Mehmet Emin Sever and is expected to operate for approximately three months before a comprehensive meeting will be held to accelerate the establishment of the party. The DKP was an elitist party. It seems that the new to be established Kurdish liberal party to be elitist as well. The members who are working to form the party are mainly formed of Kurdish intellectuals and politicians who can relate with liberal ideals. Also, the 900 people invited were selected elites. Liberal democratic ideals can be attractive in developed countries. However, in an underdeveloped and poverty stricken region like Kurdistan where majority of people are struggling just to survive it will be unlikely for a Kurdish liberal party to gather a mass following. Eelci is conscious about this fact. He stated that the Kurds were not familiar with liberal democracy. Elci said, "We do not expect a boom in liberal ideals. Kurds have al~ays pursued policies based on Marxist ideals. The iiberal democratic understanding we are currently pursuing is a somewhat unfamiliar to the Kurds." [5] Here are some questions: should the Kurdish elite form an abstract Kurdish political party distinct from the Kurdish masses? Should political parties be formed to incorporate masses or should they be formed to mould the masses? The Kurdish leaders and intellectuals in designing policies have always disregarded the situation of Kurds and their capacity. As a result, they have ended in failure. A new Kurdish liberal party without considering the status of the Kurds and their mentality will face the same fate. Notes: 1. Interview with Seraffetin EId, the leader of the Democratic Mass Party, 15 November 1997, Ankara, Turkey. The author of this article interviewed Serafattin Elci on 15 November 1997. 2. Ibid. 3. Ibid. 4 Turkish Daily News, 5 January 2000. 5 Turkish Daily News, 23 March 2000. This from Israel by way of FI BIS: Ha'aretz (Tel Aviv) 22 Mar 00 by Amnon Barzilay: "The Russian-Israeli Helicopter Sets Out on First Sortie" [FBIS Translated Text] Last summer, at an arms exposition in Ankara, Turkey, a new combat helicopter was presented, bearing the Turkish name Ardogan (Warrior). The Ardogan, however, is none other than the old Russian K50-2 gunship (Black Shark), which the Israel Aircraft Industry [lAI] had upgraded. Several months before that, in June 1999, the helicopter was revealed for the first time in the Russian pavilion at the Le Bourget air salon outside Paris, France. It was presented as a weapon system that is the result of an Israeli-Russian cooperation. Kamov, the Russian helicopter producer, presented the changes made to the helicopter, first produced in 1977, following the association with the lAI. The K50-2 was converted from a single- to a two-seater. This change sparked a professional debate -- should the two crew members sit side by side, like in the Black Hawk gunship, or one behind the other, like in the Cobra and the Apache. 77
Revue de Presse-Press Review-Berhevoka Çapê-Rivista Stampa-Dentro de la Prensa-Bastn Ozeti The' second option was eventually chosen. The Turkish defenseestablishment dec~ded to make this change, along with several others. Over a year ago, the Turks published a $4 billion tender for the purchase of 145 gunships for its ground forces -- one of the largest deals - in the history - of modern military avionics. Yet, contrary to all the earlier forecasts, when the interim results of the bidding were published earlier this month, it appeared that major contenders such as Boeing, the Apache Long-Bow producer, and Aerospecial, the French-German concern that produces the Tiger, were eliminated. Thus, the closing stage of the tender left, in fact, only three producers: the American Bell Textron, which offers the not yet operational. King Cobra; the Italian Agusta, manufacturer of the Agusta A-129, and the Russian Kamov, maker of the K50-2. The committee that is supposed to make the decision comprises the most senior decisionmakers of the Turkish defense establishment, headed by Prime Minister Bulant Ecevit. Still, that committee has political considerations to make, besides the security-related ones. It had to conduct careful negotiations with Russia and the United States while making sure that its process of joining the EU was not harmed. This is why the final stage of the tender has a balanced representation of the United States, Russia, and Europe. What could perhaps tip the scale in .favor of the Israeli-Russian helicopter is the fact that if it wins the tender, it stands to reason that the gunships would be built by the Turkish Aircraft Industries. The lAI stands a good chance of gaining from the bidding in any event: In addition to being involved in building the Russian helicopter, systems made by TAMAM, an lAI subsidiary specializing in night-vision equipment, have been installed on the Italian gunship as well. At the same time, the Russian helicopter involves many more Israeli companies: its modern shape is the product of Lahav, which.also dealt with the integration of all the avionic systems -- all pure Israeli technology. Among the Israeli systems installed on the helicopter are the main computer, a digital map, an electronic warfare system, the internal and external communication systems, and night and day vision systems. Originally, the Russian helicopter was equipped with 12 supersonic antitank VIKHAR rockets and a 23mm gun. Now, although it had hesitated at first, the Israeli Defense Minist.ry agreed to provide the gunships with 12 TV-guided antitank NTD missiles made by RAFA' EL [Israel Armament Authority]. In addition, the helicopters will be armed with US-made air-to-air Stinger missiles. The IAI-Kamov partnership was forged in the mid-1990's, when it turned out that the Russ.ian Army could not purchase any more helicopters. lAI Director General Moshe Qeret held a meeting in Moscow with Sergey Mihiyev, Kamov president and chief planner, and the two examined a cooperative option by which the Russians would provide the platforms and engines, and the Israelis would provide Western avionics. It is believed that Turkey will announce the winner of the tender in the coming weeks. The lAI executives believe that its chances of winning are fifty-fifty. The fact that the proposed American helicopter does not even exist yet, while the K50-2 prototype had already had a demonstration flight in Turkey, will help. Israeli-Turkish relations and. the fact that the lAI is chief contractor in the upgrading of the Turkish Air Force's Phantoms and F-5's will help as well. The real question, however, is whether Turkey really and truly intends to purchase 145 gunships. The tender bidders were told that in the first stage, Turkey would only purchase 50. The next stage is not clear. It is believed that it all depends on domestic and political developments. The procurerrientof helicopters, which will last for many years, is the test case of the Turkish policy concerning the Kurds. The West has been pressuring the Turkish Government to make peace with the large Kurdish minority in its midst and to stop violating civil rights. This is one of the preconditions that Western Europe has made if Turkey wants to join the EU. Cutting down on helicopter procurement is a d~mand that Western European countries may present. This would be their sweet revenge, especially if after France and Germany it would turn out that Italy, and perhaps even the United States, would lose the tender. ****** .78
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