Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris

REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RNISTA STAMPA-DENTRODE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETi
rit Y forces had yet been made for th'e declaration of martial
law. "There is nothing you can't do under emergency rule
that you can do under martiallaw. True that martlallaw
legal measure. If conditions necessitate its declaration;
is a
it is
resorted to. Yet for now, it is nut of the question and no demand
has been made as yet," Demirel told Hümyet. Demirel
also argued that the "coordination
rism" was his "responsibility."
of the fight against
.
terro-
"There is a widespread Insurgency in the Southeast. The
responsibility for the fight against such an attempt is. not of
the governmem, but of the state. Hence, as head of the state,
it is my responsibility," Demirel said.
Voicing his opposition to martiallaw, Parliament Speaker
HüsamettIn Cindoruk said there "vas "no need for martlallaw.
when emergency rule is in effect in the Southeast."
"If need be, Parliament wiII extend emergency rule," he added.
Prime Minister Tansu ÇiHer, currently in the United States
on an official visit, maintained that the government would
ensure the safety of voters in the upcoming local elections
and that debate over the imposition of martiallaw was unnecessary
"at this stage. " .
Deputy Prime Minister Murat KarayalçIn on Tuesday said
his party was opposed to a declaration of martiallaw. "We do
.~ot be~i~ve that co~ditions have arisen that would justify the
ImposItIon of martlallaw, the Southeast and the East Inclu,
ded," he said.. .
. "I declare openly that my party shaH oppose
unless conditions necessitate it," he added.
martiallaw
.
Welfare
Republican
Party (RP) leader Necmettin Erbakan, People's
Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal, Democra-
ti~ LeftParty (DSP) Chilirman Bölent"Ecevit,.and pro-Kurdish
Democracy Party (DEP) deputies have aII voiced their
strong reaction to martiallaw. .
'Xet desp!t~ such strong opposition, some politicians in i~e
semor. ~oalttIon partner True Path Party (DYP) and the maIn
OppOSItIonMotherland Party (ANAP) demand martial before
.the upcoming local elections of March 27, 1994.
Ismail Käse, DYP head of Parliament's Internal Affairs
Committee, is one such politician demanding martiallaw be-
(pre the local elections. ~adi Pehhvano,glu and Hüseyin
Ozalp, two ANAP deputies, last Friday askeMor the formation
of a "government of national alliance," which wi1\ suspend
priorities of political parties, decree martiallaw if necessary,
and defer the tocal elections of March 1994 to 1996,
when general elections wiII be held. Claiming that some Social
Democrat People's Party (SHP) members' demand for the
annulment of laws that ban debate on discussing the division
of.the c?~ntry would p~eve~t an end to terrorist activity, they
saId a clVll war was ragmg m the country.
In another development, military officials have said that
th~ Turki~h Army w!H not de~and martiallaw at the upco-
,rrnng NatIOnal Secunty CouncIl (MGK) meeting of Oct. 25.
"The emergenèy rule that is in effect in the region and martial
law exhibit great similarities, the only difference being that
the exec~ti.v~ power .lies with ciyilian a!lthority in emergency
rule. If clVlhan offiCIais use theIr power to the fuH, there wiII
be no need for martiallaw," the daily MiIIiyet quoted senior
officials from the Office of the Turkish ChIef of Staff as saying
on Tuesday. .
Minister urges lall out resistance'
• Fails to give assuraness on security and admits no
Journalist in the southesst had asked for polies protection
Turkish Daily News .
ANKARA- Political parties and the media
must get involved in an ail out struggle against
the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party
(PKK), in order to defeat its campaign in the
east to close down political party and news-.
paper offices, Turkish minister for the interior
Mehmet Gazio~lu said here on Tuesday.
Commenting on the decision by newspaper
offices in DiyarbaIar, and party headquarters
in Tunceli, to suspend their activities
after receiving PKK threats, Gaziotlu said at
a press conference that it was not possible
for him to look on these "withdrawals" favorabl.
.. .
"As the government, we think that not be
intimidated by such threats and to act bravely
instead is absolutely necessary for the
solution of this problem", he said.
"We are ready to give every kind of protection
to foreign or Turkish journalis,ts who
.want to work in that re~ion" Gazio~lu added
referring to the east ana the southeast.
Gazioglu added !hat a meeting had ~een
organized QY the Dlyarbalm based ReglOn~1
Governor, Unal Erkan, with the local bureau
chiefs of the national papers that had been
threatened. He added that the same offer had
been made to them, but th~t "unfortunately" .
no journalist form the regIOn had asked for
poltce protection so far. .
Asked by a reporter whether he himself
would have applied for protection if he was
a journalist in the regi~n, whe~e state se~urit
y forces give the ImpressIOn of belOg
unable to protecl school teachers, gendélfillerie
stations as weIl as themselves, GazlOglu
said he would have applied for protection.
"Because whoever goes to that region for reporting
knows the circumstances there.
That's why we are saying that all of us face a
threat there. There is no doubt thatthe PKK
is a terrorist organization," Gazio~lu said.
"They (the-PKK) are talkino a60ut human
, rights, but killing people. VIe are establishing
schools in that region, they are setting
them to fire. We are laying an infrastructure
there, they are destroying it. They want to
say that they are strong in the region and can
dictate to everyone what they must do."
"Now if we take a step back, they will reach
their goal", he said, emphasizing that there
would be no change in the tactics of the security
forces in struggling with the PKK.
Gazioglu said that in the military field the
PKK had reverted to its position of 1984,
when it. first launched its armed campaign
for an independent Kurdish state in the region,
carvea out of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and
Syria.
"For the last two months the PKK has not.
been able to engage in a clash with the security
forces", the interior minister said. "They
only àmbush and raid remote points. In addition
to the forces already there, 1,000 people
under special training In Mentese (western
Turkey) wi1\ be sent to the region in three
.months" Gazioglu said.
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