Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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Revue <strong>de</strong> Presse-Press Review-Berhevoka Çapê-Rivista Stampa-Dentro <strong>de</strong> la Prensa-Basm Öz<strong>et</strong>i<br />
aware as Kinkel keeps insisting, that there is<br />
no early EU membership for Ankara. But they<br />
questlun the wisdom of continually ":1bbmg<br />
this in " one European diplomat told the<br />
Turki;h Daily News. Other El! dip,lomats c~ution<br />
Turkey against "ove~ctmg to wh~t IS<br />
perceived as German blocking of Ankara s EU<br />
path. They recall that France for years v<strong>et</strong>oed<br />
Great Britain's membership in the European<br />
Economic Community, and that Germany and<br />
France were less than keen on Spanish,<br />
Portuguese and Greek membership initially<br />
only to change their minds radically in time.<br />
Another senior EU source conce<strong>de</strong>s that the<br />
principle German concern is that of "free circulation<br />
ofTurkish labor." "No Germ~ government<br />
can appear to be keen on Turkish EU<br />
membership at a time of growin~ une~ployment<br />
and social unrest at home, he Saldo<br />
'The argument that by the time Turkey is<br />
eligible for membership, Its economy will be<br />
sound enough to attract Turks back from<br />
Europe and not release Turks to Europe is too<br />
sophisticated for the average German who<br />
feels insecure due to immediate social conditions,"<br />
he ad<strong>de</strong>d.<br />
'This is why Germany is not in a position<br />
to come up with unequivocally enthusiastic<br />
remarks about Thrkey in Europe at the present<br />
time," he said.<br />
This, in turn, is what leads many on the<br />
Turkish si<strong>de</strong> to believe that Germany's raising<br />
of the human rights, Kurdish and Cyprus<br />
issues vis-a-vis Thrkey's EU bid, is in fact an<br />
exercise in "distracting attention from its real<br />
concern." "If these problems did not exist for<br />
Turkey today, it is very likely that Bonn would<br />
still be equally unenthusiastic about Ankara's<br />
EU membership, with the only exception that<br />
it would have to be more honest about its reasons,"<br />
one official said.<br />
Dust and storm over<br />
MGK <strong>de</strong>cisions persist<br />
Çiller visits KaradaYl<br />
as Erez challenges RP,<br />
vows that the DYP i~<br />
<strong>de</strong>termined to implement<br />
the <strong>de</strong>cisions 'at the<br />
risk of bringing the<br />
government to an end'<br />
AYIA GANioGLU<br />
Ânkara- Turkisl, Daily News<br />
• The crisis caused by the<br />
Welfare Parly's (RP) reluclancc<br />
to implement the anti-fundamentalist<br />
measures adopted at<br />
the Feb. 28 me<strong>et</strong>ing of the<br />
National Security Council<br />
(MGK) is continuing.<br />
Deputy Prime Minister and<br />
Forei~n Minister Tansu Çiller<br />
on Friday visited Chief of<br />
General Staff Gen. lsmail<br />
Hakkl KaradaYI and later<br />
plunged into talks with Prime<br />
Minister Necm<strong>et</strong>tin Erbakan,<br />
while Industry Minister Yahm<br />
Erez (DYP) issued an open<br />
challenge saying the DYP wanted<br />
implementation of the <strong>de</strong>cisions<br />
of the MGK.<br />
"The MGK <strong>de</strong>cisions will be<br />
implemented without any<br />
chanfl.e as long as the DYP<br />
rema\1\S a partner in this government,<br />
even at the risk of<br />
hrin~ing the govcrnment to an<br />
cnd, ' Ercl said. DYP Deputy<br />
Chairlllé1n Hayri KOlakclO~lu.<br />
Industry Minister Yahm Erez<br />
on the other hand, said the government<br />
would continue.<br />
Democratic Left ~arty (DSP)<br />
lea<strong>de</strong>r BüIent Ecevll said the<br />
RP did not intend to implement<br />
the MGK <strong>de</strong>cisions; <strong>de</strong>liberate-.<br />
ly escalating the tension.<br />
The RP's coalition partner,<br />
the True Path Party (DYP), held<br />
the key for formation of an<br />
alternative government before<br />
Turkish Daily News<br />
SATURDAY,MARCH29,l997<br />
the <strong>de</strong>velopments turn into a<br />
serious crisis of the regime, hc<br />
warned. nt is ups<strong>et</strong> by the failure<br />
to implement the MGK<br />
<strong>de</strong>cisions"<br />
Opposition Republi~ People's<br />
Party (CHP) lea<strong>de</strong>r De~ Baykal<br />
called for an early election. A<br />
spokesman for the main opposition<br />
Motherland Party (ANAP) said the government<br />
would "go" because of the public<br />
wave of reaction against it. DSP<br />
lea<strong>de</strong>r Ecevit urged all parties, other than<br />
the RP, to come tog<strong>et</strong>her for a "solution<br />
government" before it was too late, that<br />
is before the country is faced with a<br />
s~rious "regime crisis." He told a press<br />
conference the senior partner of the<br />
coalition was <strong>de</strong>liberately escalating the<br />
tension, and an alternative to the present<br />
government should be found before<br />
<strong>de</strong>velopments turned into a serious<br />
regime crisis.<br />
Stressing that the junior partner of the<br />
coalition, the DYP, hel~ the key to the<br />
formation of an alternative government,<br />
Ecevit said: "If the DYP executives and<br />
<strong>de</strong>puties act with <strong>de</strong>termination, the door<br />
which (DYP lea<strong>de</strong>r Tansu) Çiller keeps<br />
closed for the time being, can be opened.<br />
They can thus contribute ~ffec~vely ~o<br />
the country's leaving be~d this regune<br />
crisis." He stressed that if the DYP .<br />
<strong>de</strong>puties fail to achieve that, they will be<br />
domg great harm nol only to their own<br />
party but also to the country. Noting that<br />
the RP wing of the coalition obviously<br />
does not intend .to ~p~ement the MGK<br />
<strong>de</strong>cisions EceVit SaIdIt was a scandal<br />
unpreced~nted in world political history<br />
that Erbakan is now <strong>de</strong>nying that he<br />
signed the MGK <strong>de</strong>cisions.<br />
Ecevit noted that until recently the RP<br />
had been ruling out.a general election<br />
"until the year 2000." But now it seems<br />
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