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Revue <strong>de</strong> Presse-Press Review-Berhevoka Çapê-Rivista Stampa-Dentro<br />
Turkey drives hard bargain<br />
over bases for US forces<br />
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C'l possible war. After several weeks of inten- "This is not a carp<strong>et</strong> shop<br />
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leather goods into the mix, of- on Sunday that Ankara would pected to become Turkish<br />
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complex multibillion dollar start of any military action also have political, military<br />
compensation package. since US congressional ap- and social dimensions ..Amer-<br />
Helena Smith inAnkara "We're down to discussing proval for the aid package ica is our friend':<br />
.p~pniesand dollars,"admitted could take weeks.<br />
Few would haveguessed that<br />
Thrkeywants USguarantees<br />
the price of war against Iraq one western diplomat. "There "Every Thrk feels he or she that, post-war, it will not allow<br />
would boil down to a bizarre is a lot of back and forth. was robbed because ofbrokeli arms to fall into the hands of<br />
Ottoman-style carp<strong>et</strong> shop Amongst the maze of agree- promises after the first Gulf Kurdish rebels bent on <strong>de</strong>clarhaggle.<br />
. ments being discussed are a war," said another western ing in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nce in northern .<br />
Iby the Thrkish parliament to- such as Turkish shoes and may provoke unrest among its<br />
But ahead of a crucial vote<br />
possible reduction on quotas .. ----------------------- Iraq '- a prospect Ankara fears .<br />
'EveryTurkfeels he<br />
leather goods as part of an ex-<br />
own Kurdish minority.<br />
..was robbed by<br />
be based here, negotiators rep- trial [free] zones for textiles." ..broken promises should provi<strong>de</strong> Thrkey with<br />
resenting George Bush have. Washington has offered up<br />
legal assurances of any <strong>de</strong>al.<br />
after the Gulf war'<br />
.day on wh<strong>et</strong>her to allow thousands<br />
of US combat troops to. pansion of qualifying indus- Mr Erdogan said the US<br />
been engaged injust that. to $l5bn (£9.4bn) in grants "That way,"said Saban Disli,<br />
~ .yesterday, as Washington: and loans to cushion its Nato ----------------------- one of his chief ai<strong>de</strong>s, "there.<br />
~ <strong>de</strong>sperately tried to secure ally's fragile economy in the diplomat "But this time round will be no surprises either dur- .<br />
Thrkey's support in launching event ofwar. they're proving to be the ing or after the war."<br />
a northern front that would But, aware of their strategic toughest of negotiators." The government says it has<br />
make any conflict both swifter importance to a successful At home the shameless bar- to g<strong>et</strong> the best possible <strong>de</strong>al so.<br />
and lessbloody,it continued to campaign, the Thrks have tering has gone down a treat. that it can sell it to sceptical<br />
come up against the Thrks' for- driven the har<strong>de</strong>st ofbargains. . Thrkey has barely recovered MPs.secr<strong>et</strong>ly, Thrkey's lea<strong>de</strong>rs<br />
midable negotiating skills. The package, say members of from its worst economic <strong>de</strong>- are praying MPs stick by Uncle.<br />
While Ankara's MPs m<strong>et</strong> in the ruling Islamic.-tinged Jus- pression since 1945, a crisis Sam. "Ifwe're going to be damspecial<br />
session, negotiators tice and Development party, blamed on the last Gulfwar. aged by a war against our<br />
were still bartering over a must be swe<strong>et</strong> enough to pla- But as the high-wire bar- neighbour;' said one, "it's b<strong>et</strong>-<br />
"Illaze of agr~,ements."in ex- cate Thrkey's overwhelming gaining haS mounted, so have ter to be on th~ right sid~.".<br />
L'installation <strong>de</strong> 62 000 soldats américains<br />
en Turquie soumis au Parlement .d'Ankara<br />
Le débat s'annonce houleux, alors que l'ai<strong>de</strong> financière qui serait<br />
octroyée au pays avoisinerait les 16 milliards <strong>de</strong> dollars<br />
ISTANBUL.<br />
. <strong>de</strong> notre correspondante<br />
Cédant à la pression <strong>de</strong> Washington;<br />
le gouvernement turc a<br />
finalement soumis à l'Assemblée<br />
nationale une motion requérant<br />
l'autorisation <strong>de</strong> stationner pour<br />
6i 000 soldats américains sur son<br />
soÎpendant sixmois. Levote pourrait<br />
avoir lieu dès mercredi, pour<br />
autant que les négociateurs turcs<br />
<strong>et</strong>àinéricains, qui continuent '<strong>de</strong><br />
travailler nuit <strong>et</strong> jour, parviennent<br />
à finaliser les <strong>de</strong>rniers détails <strong>de</strong><br />
leur coopération politique, militaire<br />
<strong>et</strong> économique.<br />
Selon la presse turque, environ<br />
2S000 <strong>de</strong>s soldats américains seraient<br />
envoyés au nord <strong>de</strong> l'Irak<br />
alôrs .que le reste du contingent,<br />
st~ti()imé dans divers villages <strong>de</strong><br />
tënte.s' disséminés dans le Sud-<br />
$$1l:,.,atolien, fournirait l'appui<br />
l~que en Turquie. Quelque<br />
~5.5'äv1ons<strong>de</strong> çombat <strong>et</strong> 6S hélicoptères<br />
américains seraient égalemeQtdéployés<br />
en Turquie pour<br />
participér à l'offensive contre Bag- <strong>et</strong> 10 milliards <strong>de</strong> lignes <strong>de</strong> crédit<br />
dad. -Plusieurs navires <strong>de</strong> guerre pour compenser ses pertes, mais<br />
américains, ancrés <strong>de</strong>puis plu- Ankara s'oppose à ce que le.versesieurs<br />
jours au large dU'port d'Is- ment <strong>de</strong> ces sommes soit soumis<br />
ken<strong>de</strong>run, atten<strong>de</strong>nt la décision au contrôle du Fonds monétaire<br />
du Parlement pour décharger leur international. Une partie <strong>de</strong>s dons<br />
équipement.<br />
pourrait être versée dès le début<br />
Pour protéger ses intérêts au. <strong>de</strong>s combats, sous forme d'un prêt<br />
nord <strong>de</strong> l'Irak, le cabin<strong>et</strong> a égale- temporaire en attendant l'accord<br />
ment <strong>de</strong>mandé aux législateurs. du Congrès américain.<br />
d'autoriser l'envoi <strong>de</strong> soldats turcs - Mais le débat s'annonce houleux<br />
- dont le nombre n'a pas été pré- au seind'un Parlementturc très divicisé<br />
- à l'étranger: Selon les médias sé sur la coopération avec les Etatsturcs,<br />
les modalités du déploiement Unis.Ce n'est qu'à l'issue d'une réuturc<br />
au nord <strong>de</strong> l'Irak <strong>et</strong> son rôle nion du cabin<strong>et</strong> qui a duré plus <strong>de</strong><br />
précis,ainsi que la distribution d'ar- six heures ,!~e le premier minis~e,<br />
.mes notamment <strong>de</strong> batteries anti- Abdullah GuI, est parvenu, lundi, à<br />
aéri~nnes,aux Kur<strong>de</strong>sirakiensfigu- convaincre tou~ ~esministres d'aprent<br />
parmi les contentieux. Les fac- puyer c<strong>et</strong>te déCISIon.De nombreux<br />
tions kur<strong>de</strong>s irakiennes, qui ont ,<strong>de</strong>s ministres étaient réticents, a explirelations<br />
tendues avec Ankara, ont . qué le vice-premierministre Abduldéjà<br />
averti que la présence turque latif Sener, mais en définitive, ont<br />
dans leur région risquait <strong>de</strong> mener «appuyé à l'unanimité » la dédsion<br />
à <strong>de</strong>s affrontements.<br />
<strong>de</strong> soum<strong>et</strong>tre la motion au Parle-<br />
Les <strong>de</strong>rniers chiffres cités indi- ment. RecepTayyipErdogan,lediriquent<br />
que la Turquie pourrait rece- géant du Partj