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

Revue de Presse-Press Review-Berhevoka Çapê-Rivista Stampa-Dentro de la Prensa-BaSln Özeti
so loyal to Atatürk, how come you plOmb- colors, as if in some Kurdish cities, Ûle
ited a holiday the celebrations of which he traffic lamps were not changed for this rea- participate in the celebrations there. 1c~
participated as early as 1922", or "how son, these three colors have also been foresee what Çiller will be doing in Igdrr.
come you forgot for so long to celebrate Turkified. She probably will take with her the . .
such a significant nationalist occasion," Look up to the posters prepared by the .Minister of Interior Meral ~ener who IS
could only be those enemies of Atatürk or Ministry of Culture which dress the streets nicknamed "Asena" among Ulkücü cirthose
who conspire against our national recently, stating "Nevruz is Love, Nevruz cles, to the celebrations. If she had not
unity and integrity! . is Unity, Nevruz is Fertility." The only. thought of this 1strongly advise her to take
If only this unprecedented nationaliza- thing possibly missing in this Nevruz men- Ak~ener there since ~ener would fit in
tion operation by a government who tality could be a Mehter (the Ottoman very well with the Ergenekon legend. And
declared itself the champion of privatiza- Army Band ubiquitously employed recent- I can foresee this couple (Çiller and
tion were limited to Newroz ... there are ly in pro-Islamic occasions) show, but Ak~ener) jumping over the Nevruz fire, for
some colors to it. Yes, colors; with thanks to the Minister of Culture who it is the tradition, and chanting at the same
Newroz, Some colors too have been ordered Mehter Band shows in the Nevruz time ''Nevruz is Turkish and will remain
nationalized. celebrations we will not miss anything. It Turkish." As 1wain the two lady minis-
As if the tricolor yellow-red-green has is officially declared that Tansu Çiller, . ters, "do be careful; do not let your skirts
not been forbidden in this country for . who staunchly forbade Newroz celebra- catch fire," 1hereby declare that, personalmany
years, as if the Kurdish deputy Leyla tions in het time at the office as the Prime ly, 1shall participate in the Newroz cele-
Zana was not imprisoned with her col- Minister, saying "I shall not tolerate losing brations in Istanbul. Happy Newroz (or .
leagues for wearing a hair band in these .a peb~!e of Turkey," will go to Igdir to Nevruz) to you all. .
Turkish DailyNews SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1997
Russia to develop
big Iraqi oilfields
Moscow supports lifting all curbs on Iraqi
oil exports and hopes Baghdad would be
able to repay debts worth billions of dollars
Baghdad-Reuters
• Russia will sign a deal with Iraq in a few weeks to develop a
big Iraqi oilfield west of al-Qurana in southern Iraq, visiting
Russian Fuel and Energy Minister Pyote Rodionov said. He was
speaking during the s,gning a protocol of cooperation with Iraqi
Oil Minister Amir Muhammad Rasheed.
Rasheed said the ':Oostimportant item in the protocol was the
.oilfield project which could produce up to 600,000 barrels per
day (bpd).
l:Ie said Russia would also develop an oilfield north of
Rumala near the southern Iraqi port of Basra.
Both ministers said they had agreed to set up a joint oil
drilling company to undertake oil excavation in various parts of
. Iraq. .. '
~ ."W~.hav~.~~r~~d.~o.set up 10?~itenn o~~"i~~u~~3;r~d~W"
cultural projects," said RodioJ:}ov,who arnvcihn Baghrl;ld on
Monday along with six .
Russian ministry undersecretaries. He said after three days of
mecüngs they had prepared several project contracts that would
be signed in the near future.
An agreement to boost cultural and scientific cooperation
was also signed by Iraq's foreign ministry undersecretary,
A~ul-Jabbar al-Douri, and Russian deputy foreign minister
VIctor Posuvalyuk .
Roidonov said many ways were discussed about how to
finance these projects, but he gave no figures on their cost or
when they might begin. .
Ira9. is u~der stringe~t U.N. trade sanctions imposed after its
1990 JOva'ilon of KUWait.The curbs include a ban on oil exports
but the U.N. ha'i allowed Iraq to pump $2 billion worth of oil
over six months to international markets on humanitarian
Turkish Daily News SATURDAY, MARCH 22,1997 .. . •
Newroz celebrated In peace
Ankara-Turkis/lDsily News . sponsored arid state-controlled, security.ln DiyarbaJar, nearly Officials
In of~c!~1 cedlebbrathionswhicthh 20'101OOd peloPble~ttended stat~-con- celebrate "Nevruz"
• Newroz 1997 was celebrated were InItiate y testate, e tro e ce e ratIons. The nelgh- M t rf" . I d' Pei
throughout the country with no officials emphasized the meaning boring city of Batman was anoth. M?s. Pt0 INlclanst't~ncEublakng me
Outbreaks of violence that has f th d fi th" t T ki h . 'hi h' ed h InIS er ecme JO ran,
o Ide"a
y °drd' ~ greah ur fSfi er cllt y w c wlt~ess t e two issued statements on the occasion
marred previous years. Some of ~or . I na. Itlon to t ese 0 1- sty es 0 f celebratIOns. of "Nevruz."
the cities in southeast witnessed clally sponsored events, ot~ers Erbakan, in his message, said
two sorts of celebrations: state- celebrated Newroz under tight that Nevruz had deep historical
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