Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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Revue <strong>de</strong> Presse-Press Review-BerhevokaÇapê-Rivista Stampa-Dentro <strong>de</strong> la Prensa-Basm öz<strong>et</strong>i-i<br />
Turkish Daily News<br />
l'RIDAY,MARCH2I,I997<br />
European Parliamentary<br />
<strong>de</strong>legation visits Turkey<br />
M.AKIF HEld<br />
Istanbul- Turkish Daily News<br />
• A European Parliament <strong>de</strong>legation,<br />
led by Socialist Grou{JChainnan<br />
Pauline Green, is paymg a visit to<br />
Turkey to increase the dialogue<br />
b<strong>et</strong>ween Western European states<br />
and Ankara. "We aim to observe<br />
<strong>de</strong>velopments in Turkish-European<br />
Parliament relations," Green told<br />
reporters in Istanbul on Thursday.<br />
The <strong>de</strong>legation m<strong>et</strong> with representa-:<br />
tives ofmany .<br />
nongovernmental organizations,<br />
including human rights groups, in<br />
IstanbuL Prime Minister Necm<strong>et</strong>tin.<br />
Erbakan and other ministers will<br />
receive the <strong>de</strong>legation on Friday.<br />
The same <strong>de</strong>legation last )'ear visited<br />
the South East to investigate the<br />
ongoing bloody conflict b<strong>et</strong>ween<br />
Turkish armed forces and the separatist<br />
Kurdistan Workers' Party<br />
(PKK). "We are making periodic<br />
yisits to closely observe <strong>de</strong>velop-<br />
. ments in the human rights issue, and<br />
the <strong>de</strong>mocratization process. This<br />
year we are visiting only the western<br />
cities, such as Istanbul and Ankara,"<br />
said a member of <strong>de</strong>legation.<br />
The <strong>de</strong>legation later visited the<br />
Turkish Industrialists' and<br />
Businessmen's Association<br />
(TÜSIAD), and the left-wing<br />
Progressive Labor Unions<br />
Confe<strong>de</strong>ration (DISK'). Then it m<strong>et</strong><br />
with editors of manymedia establishments;<br />
The <strong>de</strong>legation leaves Turkey on<br />
Saturday after holding me<strong>et</strong>,ings<br />
with representatives of civic initiatives<br />
and political circles through<br />
three days in Istanbul and Ankara.<br />
Turkish Daily News<br />
FRIDAY.MARCH2I,l997<br />
Dutch parliamentarians:<br />
Turkey an important EU partner<br />
Ankara- Turkish Daily News<br />
• Apparently supporting Turkey's<br />
continuing bid to gain full membership<br />
in the European Union (EU),<br />
Dutch parliamentarian Gijs De Vries<br />
affinned on Thursday, "Turkey is a<br />
very important partner of the EU."<br />
Chairman of the European<br />
Parliament's Liberal Group <strong>de</strong> Vries<br />
and another member of that group,<br />
Alexan<strong>de</strong>r Beels, arrived in the capital<br />
on Wednesday to evaluate'the<br />
customs union situation and said<br />
.they were pleased with the positive .<br />
outcome of the recent EU ministers'<br />
me<strong>et</strong>ing in Apeld,?orn, the Anatolia<br />
news agency reported. ..<br />
The Dutch parliamentarians also<br />
pointed out Turkey's importance as<br />
a stable factor in the Middle East,<br />
along with Israel. De Vries m<strong>et</strong> in<br />
Ankara Thursday with the Foreign<br />
Ministry Un<strong>de</strong>rsecr<strong>et</strong>ary Onur<br />
Öymen, lnal Batu, who is responsible<br />
for Greek Cyprus <strong>de</strong>partment,<br />
and leftist party parliamentarians<br />
Murat Karayalçm and lsmail Cern.<br />
He will also be me<strong>et</strong>ing main<br />
opposition Motherland Party lea<strong>de</strong>r<br />
Mesut Y11maz,the much-discussed<br />
Deputy Chief of General Staff Gen.<br />
Çevik Bir and Gök.han Çapoglu,<br />
who faces disciplinary questions in<br />
his Democratic Left PartY.(DSP).<br />
De Vries and Beels will continue<br />
talks in Istanbul following ~ official<br />
welcome by Prime minister<br />
Necm<strong>et</strong>tin Erbakan and Foreign<br />
Minister Tansu Çiller in Ankara.<br />
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