Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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Revue <strong>de</strong> Presse-Prèss Review-Berhevoka Çapê-Rivista Stampa-Dentro <strong>de</strong> la Prensa-Baszn Öz<strong>et</strong>i<br />
The PDK has supporteci the Ankara regime since 1997 in its campaign against the Turkistan Workers Party (PKK)<br />
and the Turkish military frequently mounts operations against PKK units in the north of Iraq.<br />
The PKK en<strong>de</strong>d its armed conflict against Turkey in 1999 and r<strong>et</strong>reated to northern Iraq. But Turkey has played<br />
down the peace bid as a ploy, urging the rebels either to surren<strong>de</strong>r or face the army. Turkish authorities had long<br />
accused the PUl< of supporting the Workers Party, but the PUl< cited recent clashes b<strong>et</strong>ween PKK resistance fighters<br />
and its own guerrillas to <strong>de</strong>ny this.<br />
The skirmishes come after a long period of close ties b<strong>et</strong>ween the PUl< and the PKK, which has waged a IS-year<br />
armed campaign against Turkey for Kurdish self-rule in the country's southeast.<br />
The PUl< has accused the PKK rebels of attacking its positions in a bid to <strong>de</strong>stabilise the Kurdish-held<br />
enclave.<br />
On Sunday, Ecevit confirmed that Turkish troops had led an incursion into northern Iraq to provi<strong>de</strong> technical help<br />
for the PŒ and PDK in its efforts to fight Pl