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Revue de Presse-Press Review-Berhevoka Çapê-Rivista Stampa-Dentro de la Prensa-Baszn Özeti
Deputy Prime Minister Tansu Ciller, meeting the press Friday, says her party won 't pull out of the coalition.
detënnination to rid Turkey ofthe'."ai1ti-.
secular" threat.
Late last week, Brigadier General Osman
Ozbek lashed out at Mr. Erbakan,.
'criticized his pilgrimage to Mecca, ançt.
vowed to fight against Islamic radicals
as fervently as he fights against Kurdish
separatists in southeastern Turkey. ,.,
. Referring to the Kurdish Workers
Party, General Ozbek was quoted as
saying, "Just as I have struggled with
the PKK for 13 years, I will struggle
again)'t, th~se.;' Islamic radicals. '.
Mi; FrbaKan's Islamist justice minister.Sev.ket.Kaza9,an!lOlmc.po
that he;
'had 'launél1ed fln investigation of the
general, whose words, he said, "contained
elements of insult. "
The general staff, however, has tacitly
backed the. general, and Defense Minister
Turhan Tayan later said the Justice
Ministry had no authority to prosecute
military personnel.
The military, which is the constitutional
guarantor of Turkey's modem
secular heritage. has taken power three
times since 1960.
Mr. Erbakan's .coalition partner;
Deputy Prime Minister Tansu Ciller,
;who heads the pro-secular Tnie' Pàth
'Party, denied Friday that she would pull
out of the coalition. .
Mrs. Ciller has made tentative moves
.toward implementation of the SecuritY.
'Council's recommendations. Her interi~
or minister. Meral Aksener, gave in~
structions to provincial governors last
week to dismiss known Islamist activists
working in state offices and to strictly
enforce dress codes in public buildings ..
Mrs. Ciller also announced this week
an overhaul of the education system that
would discourage students from attending
rehgious middle and high schools ..
•Le Monde - samedi, 26 avril 1997 •Le Monde - samedi,26 avril 1997
lricu~pationd'un militant
des droits de l'homme en Turquie
ISTANBUL Appréhendé à l'aéroport d'Istanbul, le 16 avril, à son re~
tour d:un voyag~ en AJlemagne,le compositeur et militant des droits
de l'homme' Sanar--Yurdàùpan' a ei:é 6ffidéIlemeni: iriculpé, jeudi.
24 avril, par la Cour de sfireté de l'Etat d'Istanbul, et accusé d'avoir'
« abrité et aidé des membres d'une organisation illégale »et de leur avoir.
fourni des faux papiers. Sanar Yurdatapan, qui fait campagne en Thrquie
pour la liberté d'expression et une solution pacifique au problème
kurde, avait vécu plusieurs années en Allemagne après le coup d'Etat
de 1980 et obtem~la nationalité allemande. fi avait déjà été détenu en
automne 1996 pour avoir composé la musique d'un programme diffusé
sur la chaîne de télévision pr9-kurd~ Med-TY:.-:: (Corresp.)
M. Kinkel: l'adhésion à l'UE de la Turquie pas prévisibl~
dans un proche avenir
ANKARA, 26 mars (AFP) - L'adhésion dela Turquie à l'Union
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