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 />
Saib, PUK's representative to<br />
Ankara and Kadir Hacl Ali. The<br />
KDP will be represented at the.me<strong>et</strong>ing<br />
by Sami Abdurrahman, Arif<br />
Teyfur and Azad Mirani. While the<br />
Turkmen Front <strong>de</strong>legation will bé<br />
fronted by Sinan Çelebi.<br />
Friction b<strong>et</strong>ween the PUK and the<br />
KDP has increased lately with both<br />
si<strong>de</strong>s trading insults. Former U.S.<br />
Assistant Secr<strong>et</strong>ary of State Robert<br />
Pell<strong>et</strong>reau had invited the lea<strong>de</strong>rs of<br />
the two parties to come tog<strong>et</strong>her and<br />
when this attempt failed, Kosrat<br />
Rasul and NechiIvan Barzani, sec-<br />
:ond in charge of the PUK and KDP<br />
respectively, ~ere invited to me<strong>et</strong>.<br />
This attempt also failed. Rasul him- to the Turkish Daily Newssaid .<br />
selfwas accusedof.attempting to.,<br />
assassinate a high-level KOP officIal<br />
Deutsch's aim would be to speed up<br />
the peace implementation process. .<br />
recently. The PUK.<strong>de</strong>!ly.the ac 7 usa- Deutsch will leave Ankara on<br />
tion, saying the KOP ISJust trymg to Wednesday.<br />
blacken the name of the man who . Who will succeed Pell<strong>et</strong>reau<br />
stood up to KOP and Iraqi forces fR be<br />
when they attacked the town of Erbil Since the r<strong>et</strong>irement 0 0 rt<br />
Pell<strong>et</strong>reau, the man who was seen as.<br />
last August the {>rimepusher of t?e northern. .<br />
Deutsch to visit Ankara<br />
iraqI peace process, unplementabOn<br />
of the Ankara agreement has been<br />
Meanwhile on Monday, the U.S.<br />
State Department director of the<br />
seen as slowing down. As to who.<br />
will take bis place, the name Marnn<br />
northern Gulf affairs, Robert lndyk, currently U.S. ~bassador to<br />
Deutsch arrived in Ankara Monday Tel Aviv, has been bandied a~ut<br />
to have ~onsultations with Turkish, but, as official sour.cesemphasIze,<br />
British, PUK, KOP and Turkmen he would first ha~e go tlu:ough U.S.<br />
officials, Diplomatic sources talking Senate confirmatIon heanngs.<br />
Turkish Daily News WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12,1997<br />
Erbakan: Hit PKK and fundamentalists<br />
but show Kurds and believers compassion<br />
The prime minister says parties<br />
not represented in Parliament,<br />
excepting his own Welfare Party,<br />
had been upholding <strong>de</strong>mocracy<br />
but those in the Parliament had<br />
failed the <strong>de</strong>mocracy test<br />
Ankara-<br />
TDN Parliament Bureau<br />
• Prime Minister Necm<strong>et</strong>tiri Erbakan said<br />
'the political <strong>de</strong>velopments of the past<br />
weeks had been nest for <strong>de</strong>mocracy and<br />
that Ûleop'position parties in Parliament<br />
had all fa<strong>de</strong>d the examination.<br />
: Erbakan pointed out that Ûleaffection<br />
shown toward the Kurdish population,<br />
while at the same time fighting separatist<br />
terrorism, should be exten<strong>de</strong>d to <strong>de</strong>vout<br />
believers, while combating "reactionary"<br />
movements. . ,.<br />
In his speech at a WeifareParty (RP)<br />
parliamentary group me<strong>et</strong>ing, Erbakan<br />
said his party wanted peace, hannony and<br />
reconciliation to prevail in the country,<br />
and pointed out they were aware the greatest<br />
responsibility in this respect lay with<br />
the !!overnrncnt.<br />
"Secularism is to act in the light of science<br />
and rationality, whereas being reactionary<br />
is being dogmatic and ignorant. In<br />
our country there are also secularist reactionaries.<br />
Tpey will not allow anyone to talk and<br />
PM Erbakan wants 'kid gloves' against Kurds and<br />
the <strong>de</strong>vout. .<br />
they impose Ûleir will, Erbakan said. "We<br />
call Ûlese people fascist secularists but<br />
they are in fact anti-secularists. Secularism<br />
<strong>de</strong>mands acting in the light of science and<br />
rationality and that laws be ma<strong>de</strong> in<br />
Parliament." He said the country had gone<br />
through political turmoil in the past weeks<br />
but pointed out that this turmoil had heen<br />
useful to see who were truly <strong>de</strong>mocratic<br />
and who were not.<br />
Erbakan said the parties not represented<br />
in Parliament had been<br />
upholding <strong>de</strong>mocracy but those in<br />
Parliament had failed the <strong>de</strong>mocracy<br />
test and remarked: "T~rkey wil,l,<br />
<strong>de</strong>finitely corne out of thiS frenzy, .<br />
Erbakal{ said there were also leftist<br />
reactionaries in the country and<br />
n:lIlarked that those who wanted to<br />
bring Stalinist rule should also be<br />
consi<strong>de</strong>red reactionaries. He said .<br />
reactionary movements had to be<br />
combatted because those people<br />
forced their will on soci<strong>et</strong>y and did<br />
not know religion. "But we must .<br />
show the.utmost respect to <strong>de</strong>vout<br />
believers," the prime minister said.<br />
Erbakan said the stu<strong>de</strong>nts who<br />
raised red nags dunng protests at<br />
universities wanted to stir trouble<br />
and Ûley were preparing to abuse.<br />
Newroz, the KurdIsh spring festival.<br />
He ad<strong>de</strong>d that <strong>de</strong>vout and<br />
moral youth should be brought up<br />
against corrununism and that the<br />
importance of spirituality should<br />
not be disregar<strong>de</strong>d. .<br />
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