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

REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RwISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETÎ
Ocalan and work out a formula to diffuse the
current tension in the Southeast.
The committee, the sources said, has been
trying to raise awareness in Turkey that the current
Kurdish crisis can not be solved thrpugh
military means, but only through democratic
methods.
These methods, they say, also includes negotiatin~
with the PKK leadership.
"Their aim is to raise awareness that the
Kurdish crisis, which is intensifying daily and
claiming the lives of dozens of people, can not
be solved through current methods. They also
aim atcreating the environment for another
cease-fire, and are seeking a contact with the
PKK leadership for a peaceful solution to the
crisis in the southeast" a well-informed source
told the TDN on Thursday.
According to rumors in Ankara the committee
also comprises some well-known intellectuals,
academiCS, and officials from Turkey's
state-run Religious Affairs Directorate.
PKK bans parties in Southeast
• ARGK kidnaps SHP provincial chairman Kahraman
• Spokesman tells TON 'historic changes' expected
Turkish Daily News
ANKARA-A week after bannin$ the activities of
national and foreign news agencies in the region,
the Kurdistan Worlœrs Party (PKK) announced on
Friday the organization had imposed a general ban
on all political parties in the Southeast. ..
A spokesman for PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan
told the TDN in a telephone interview that all politicians
"aiming at foohng the masses will be retaliated
against.".
Kani Yllmaz, contacted in a European country,
said those party officials who did not abide by the
PKK ban would be placed among "the targets of our
struggle for national liberation."
Noting that there would be "changes of historic
importance" in the days ahead, Yllmaz said the organization
would take even further steps to emphasize
its control in the region. .
"There will be very, very important developments
in the near future," he said without elaborating.
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Yllmaz's statement on political parties coincided
with an announcement by the PKK's armed force
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