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de la Prensa-Basm Özeti
Jeudi, le PKK a aimoncé l'ouverture à Athènes d'une représentation officielle, lors d'une réception en
présence d'une dizaine de députés grecs dans un grand hôtel. "Il s'agit de la première représentation de ce
type en Europe", a déclaré à l'AFP sa responsable, Semsi Kilç, dite "Dilan".
Un message du chef du PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, a été lu sous un poster le représentant au côté du héros
grec de la guerre d'indépendance contre les Ottomans Théodore Kolokotronis, et des drapeaux grecs et du
PKK.
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Dans une autre déclaration et sans jamais citer le PKK, M. Reppas a condamné "le terrorisme et l'utilisation
de la violence" assurant que "ni maintenant, ni dans l'avenir, la Grèce permettra le fonctionnement de
groupes qui développent une activité armée qui se tourne contre des gouvernements d'autres pays. Toutes
les mesures ont été prises dans ce sens".
"En Grèce, a cependant ajouté M. Reppas, comme dans beaucoup d'autres pays de l'VE (Italie, Espagne,
Finlande, Autriche, Norvège, Suède, Danemark), il existe des bureaux politiques d'organisations kurdes
Turkish troops push on against Kurd rebels
By Ferit Demir Thursday April 30 4:53 PM EDT
TUNCELI, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish military officials said thousands of troops were engaged Thursday
in one of the country's biggest offensives against Kurdish separatists in the rugged mountains of the
southeast.
They said troops killed a further 39 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas in fierce clashes in a remote
triangle of the towns of Kulp, Hani and Gene, north of the regional capital Diyarbakir.
Security officials said that brought the death toll to 74 rebels in the latest campaign.
"This is one of the biggest PKK strongholds in the region. The Turkish armed forces are staging the most
extensive operation in the area to date. With support from the air a great success has been won," one of the
officials told Reuters.
"This operation is the biggest we have carried out so far," said another.
Up to 40,000 Turkish troops, along with fighter planes and attack helicopters,
the rebels at the weekend. Three soldiers have been killed in the clashes.
launched the assault against
More than 28,000 people have been killed since the conflict began in 1984.
Officials said clear, sunny weather was working to the advantage of troops who were able to deploy at will
by helicopter on the mountain peaks in a sweeping pursuit of the rebels who were fleeing to the north.
Turkish F-16 jets and U.S.-made Super Cobra helicopters had heavily bombed suspected guerrilla
positions throughout the day, the officials said.
Large amounts of ammunition, food and guns were captured in overrun rebel hide-outs, they said.
State-run Anatolian news agency quoted army field officers as saying the guerrillas had split into small
groups in an effort to escape encircling troops. "We madecalls to them to surrender," it quoted a senior
officer as saying.
: • Turkish security forces staged a similar operation earlier this month to hit the PKK as they renewed their
I . fight for Kurdish self-rule with the onset of spring.
A senior member of the PKK said Thursday the group would intensify its armed campaign unless Ankara
accepted a political solution.
"Ifthere is no solution in view, then operations will intensify," Simsi Kilic Dilan, the new chief Balkans
representative for the PKK told a news conference in Athens.
Greece, a traditional enemy of Turkey, has often been accused by Ankara of sheltering and training PKK
guerrillas, something that Athens has repeatedly denied.
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