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séparatistes, l'armée, soutenue par des hélicoptères a abattu neuf
rebelles et l'opération se poursuit, précise-t-on de même source. Le
porte parole des forces armées n'a pas précisé si l'armée avait subi des
pertes.
Plus de 23.000. personnes ont trouvé la mort dans les violences qui
secouent depUIs 1984 le sud-est de la Turquie, où le PKK lutte pour
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INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRmUNE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1997
rlsrael
Finds a Friend inTurkey,~
Thanks to the Generals
By Steph~n Kinzer
Over the past two years, Turkey neighbors. TOday both countnes
and Israel have quietly forged a re- count Syria and Iraq, together with and œyond politics, stepped in.
N~w York TI"'~s StrvIC~ markable programof military co- Iran, as threats to their security. Publicly and privately, com-
ISTANBUL _ When the fiery operation; in the process, they have Turkey's military planners por- manders lectured Mr. Erbakan on
Islamic politician Necmettin established what is now the most tray their country as caught inside a the security value of Turkish-Israeh
Erbakan took office as Turkey's po.werful military friendship in the B~rmudaTriangleofc~aos,withthe ties:~oshow,theworldtha~theyhad
prime minister last June, it was 10- Middle East: . .. ,. Middle East on one Side, the Cau- convmced him, the sen~or comgical
to expect that he would tone The rel,anonsh.lp IScontlnul,ng to ~asus ?n ano~er and .~e Balk~ns, mander. General KaradaYI, flew to
downhispassionatedenunciationsof develop, In~provlng thesec.unty of Includmg therr ~adltl?nal nval Tel Aviv in,February and pledged
"Zionistlmperialism" and stopcall-: both countnes even asrelatlO~s. be- Gre~ce, on the thrrd. Like the h- Ankara'sJq.endship. .
ing for ajihad, or holy war, to liberate twee1,1Israel and the PlI:lestml~ns r~hs, they feel the need for a strong Not suftjJlisingly,nearby countries
Jerusalem. But few expected to see deteno~ate. and as the en~lre regl~n fnend nearby. . . have been sharply critical of Turkey.
him sitting down for a friendly chat sees a nse In fundamentahst IslamiC These c~ld strategic ~alcul~~lon~ In February leaders of Syria, Egypt
with the Israeli foreign minister. .moveme~ts. ., are ~e ba:'ls for a ~rowm~ ~Tllhtaryand Saudi Arabia issued a joint ap-
That improbable meeting took.. In particular, ~e relationship can relat1O~shl~. Israeh tech~lc,lans are peal urging Turkey to reco~ider. Irplace
a week ago at the Foreign only make Israeh leaders more con- now directing a $600 mIlhon pro- an and Greece also complamed. The
Ministry in Ankara. True to form, a ~~ent t~at the>:can t,ake tO';lghpo- gram to modernize Turkish fighter Turkish Foreign Ministry responded
group of protesters assembled in slt~ons m deahn~ With ~err Arab jets. Israeli pilots are practicing ma- tartly that the wave of protest "does
Istanbul to bum an Israeli flag and neighbors. An alhance With Turkey neuvers in Turkey' s vast airspace - not concern us at alL"
declare the visiting dignitary, David cO';lI~go a !01,1gway to.ward.~c:ut- and, according to the International Many Turks, with the exception of
Levy, persona non grata. rahzlng Syna In any ~aJo~ CnsIS; It Institute for Strate,ic Studies, arepan-Islamists in Mr. Erbakan's
What was remarkable was notthe also co~ld, make Syna think tWI~e "almost certainly' flying recon- party, seem to support their counprotest
but the fact that Mr. Erbakan, about stlmng up trou\>le to Israel s naissance missions aimed at nearbytry's embrace of Israel. Despite
who a yearago might have led it, ,north, ho~ever p~occupied Israel countries such as Syria and Iraq. widespread anger here at Israel's
was now its target. may be w~t~quelhng unrest among Turkish and Israeli cadets and of- treatment of Palestinians, they ap-
During his visit, Mr. Levy met the PlI:lest~mans. ficers attend each other's military pear to believe that the friendship is
:with several high-ranking Turkish Sohdarity, between Turks and academies, Naval units hold ma- m their national interest. .
officials in addition to the prime Jews s.tems ln part ~om their com- neuvers off each other's coasts. . Evidently Mr. Erbakan agrees,
mini~ter, discussing civilian cooper- mon history of conflict with Arabs. Some analysts predicted that ~hich sug~ests that his Turkish naation
and ways to increase trade.l;Jut Tu~ks ~led much of Arabi~ until these arrangements would collapse tion~is":l. IS stronger th~n his .I s -
i.mdoubtedly his most substantive early ln thiS cen~, wh~n therr ~le after Mr. Erba1can t?Ok office last lamlc ~htancy. H~ also I~ ~wI~.g
meeting was with the chief of the~as overthrown I~ a senes of Bnt. year. If he had re~c:ct faithful !O;to a reahty of. Turkish pohtlcal. hfe
Turkish general staff, General Is- Ish-backed rebelhons; Israel has the oratory he used ln hiS 30 years ln .that has remalned unchanged Since
mail Hakki Karadayi. They re- . opposition, they might have. ,the fo~nding of the modeT? Turkish
viewed the rapidly expanding Turk- . NEWS ANALYSIS But after he~. some anti-Israel.repu~hc 74 ye~s ago: In Imp?!1ant
ish-Israeli security relationship and statementsearlymhisterm,the Turk- secunty questions, the mlhtary
agreed to deepen it. ,liyed it~ whole nationallif~ in con~ ish mili~, which views itself as the 'makes key decisions, and the govfllct
With s~lDe.oLall of ItsAr.a.bcountry s long-term ~an above ernment follows.
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