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-Baszn Öz<strong>et</strong>i<br />
Turkish Daily News SATURDAY. MARCH 15.1991<br />
Turkey to buy IPLA\VK missiles<br />
from France instead of Belgium -<br />
The purchase was <strong>de</strong>termined to have been ma<strong>de</strong><br />
during the Turkish and French Defense Industries<br />
Cooperation Me<strong>et</strong>ing held last month in <strong>Paris</strong><br />
METEHAN DEMIR held last mo.nth in <strong>Paris</strong>. The <strong>de</strong>ci-<br />
Ankara! Turkish Dally News<br />
.<br />
sian came just after. an anno.uncement<br />
from the Belç1Um Defense<br />
• Turkey is to.buy middle-range Ministry to.freeze Its plans to sell<br />
IHA WK missiles fro.m the French the HAWK missiles, kno.wn as<br />
Land Farces in a direct procure- surface-to-air missiles, thro.ugh<br />
ment through the French firm . the co.mmercial <strong>de</strong>fense interme-<br />
Tho.mso.n-CSF. Un<strong>de</strong>r the <strong>de</strong>al, 8 diary Tho.mso.n-CSF to.Turkey,<br />
!HAWK batteries will be <strong>de</strong>liv- partly due to.increased tensio.n<br />
ered to.Turkey fro.m French' s sur- o.verCyprus. The IHAWKS are<br />
plus arms, the Turkish Daily manufactured by the U.S. firm<br />
News has learned.<br />
Raytheo.n. The <strong>de</strong>fense firm<br />
The purchase was <strong>de</strong>termined Tho.mso.n-CSF has lo.ng been tryto.have<br />
been ma<strong>de</strong> during the ing to.pro.vi<strong>de</strong> the missiles fro.m<br />
Turkish and French Defense surplus arms o.fBelgium and the<br />
Industries Cooperatio.n Me<strong>et</strong>ing N<strong>et</strong>herlands to.sell to.Turkey. The<br />
Belgian and the Dutch Defense<br />
Ministries had no.tbeen in direct<br />
nego.tiatio.nsfar the <strong>de</strong>al with<br />
Turkey. The Belgium Defense<br />
Ministry earlier co.nfirmed same<br />
media reports that the negotiatio.ns<br />
were co.ntinuing over the sale o.f<br />
the HAWKS to.Turkey but later,<br />
the ministry cancelled its plans .<br />
Earlier, there were repo.rtnhat<br />
Belgium previo.usly saId o.ther<br />
surplus <strong>de</strong>fense equipment<br />
thro.ugh commercial intermediaries.<br />
In 1995, Belgium <strong>de</strong>fense<br />
firm Sabca upgra<strong>de</strong>d and sold to<br />
Chile 20 Mirage j<strong>et</strong> fighters it<br />
bo.ught fro.mthe air farce.<br />
The talks relating to.Belgium<br />
selling.so.me of its missil~s had<br />
started two.years ago.,un<strong>de</strong>r the<br />
previo.us go.vernment.<br />
Turkish Daily News SATURDAY.MARCH 15.1991<br />
'Freedom of expression' on the stre<strong>et</strong>s<br />
Istanbul-<br />
Turkish Dally News<br />
1STANBUL- The Istanbul<br />
Branch o.fthe Human Rights<br />
Associatio.n (lHD) has inaugurated<br />
a camfaign to.secure the .<br />
release a 140 political prisoners<br />
who. have been p,ro.secutedfo.r<br />
their "tho.ughts. '<br />
There has been increasing criticism<br />
and irritatio.n among the<br />
Turkish so.ci<strong>et</strong>y against the prosecutio.n<br />
o.fthe writers, intellectuals,<br />
jo.urnalists and stu<strong>de</strong>nts, who.,no.rmally,<br />
would be expected to.be<br />
the driving fo.rce o.fa civilized<br />
soci<strong>et</strong>y. Writers have been.<br />
dragged fro.m.o.neState Security<br />
Co.urtto. anOther fo.t'<strong>de</strong>cadès'îh<br />
rapidly increasing numbers every<br />
year. The prosecutio.n o.fthe<br />
mtellectuals has reached a level<br />
that the soci<strong>et</strong>y can no.tto.lerate<br />
anymo.re.<br />
As a protest against the vio.latio.n<br />
of freedo.m o.ftho.ught by<br />
pro.secuting bo.o.ks,writers and<br />
Jo.urnalists, o.ver o.ne tho.usand<br />
intellectuals have signed the boo.k<br />
"Freedo.m to.Tho.ug~t" to.be prosecuted<br />
within the same file in case<br />
o.fprosecutio.n. A graul' fro.m<br />
PEN (Internatio.nal Wnters<br />
.Associatio.ns) from vario.us parts<br />
o.fthe wo.rld have alSo.gathered in<br />
Istanbul early this week to.express<br />
their suppo.rtfar the signers o.fthe<br />
book "Freedo.m fo.rTho.ught."<br />
Writers su.chas Vice Presi<strong>de</strong>nts o.f<br />
Swe<strong>de</strong>n's PEN Lars Erik<br />
Blo.mo.vist,USA's PEN Jo.anne<br />
Leedo.m and the Presi<strong>de</strong>nt o.f<br />
Russia's PEN Alexan<strong>de</strong>r<br />
Tkachenko. and many o.ther writ-<br />
. ers and PEN members fro.m<br />
Sco.tland, England, Germany,<br />
Palestine; Finland, N<strong>et</strong>herlands,<br />
Israel; "Canatla and Mexico. were<br />
present in Istanbul to file suits<br />
against themselves to.be pro.secuted<br />
alo.ng with their Turkish co.unterparts<br />
who. have signed the<br />
boo.k.<br />
'<br />
The applicatio.n o.fguest writers<br />
. have been rejected by the State<br />
Security Co.urts. The writers<br />
wanted to.attend the panel discussio.ns<br />
o.rganized by the lecturers<br />
and the stu<strong>de</strong>nts o.fthe Istanbul<br />
. University, but they were sto.pped<br />
by the palice and they were reJected<br />
admissio.n by the presi<strong>de</strong>nt o.f<br />
the university, The Israeli writer<br />
Avraham Heffner, co.mmenting o.n<br />
the police existence at the university,<br />
said, "L<strong>et</strong> them enter the university.<br />
L<strong>et</strong> them in yo.ur lectures,<br />
. so.they can learn abo.ut the atmo.sphere<br />
o.fkno.wledge, they will <strong>de</strong>fmitely<br />
learn sam<strong>et</strong>hing." .<br />
As the first activity o.fthe campaign,<br />
lHD Istanbul Branch put<br />
up posters aro.und Taksim Square<br />
an Friday. The group inclu<strong>de</strong>d<br />
vo.lunteer human rights activists<br />
and the board members o.f!HO.<br />
The 'gtoup .put aut posters o.f<br />
writer Ismail Besikci, who.has<br />
been sentenced to. 103 years far<br />
his articles and boo.ks. .<br />
The campaign starled with visiting<br />
Ismail Besikci in Bursa<br />
Priso.n o.nMarch 6. The campaign<br />
also.inclu<strong>de</strong>s panels, discussio.ns<br />
and a signature campaign to.<br />
be submitted to.the Speaker o.fthe<br />
Parliament Mustafa. Kalemli.<br />
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