REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA.ÇAPÊ-RwISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASlN ÖZETi A.f.P. - A~rnceFrancePre~se-' A.F.P. - A~enceFrancePre)se -A.F.P. - A~elll'eFrancePrM - A.F.P. - A~enc('FrancePre)\e FRA0225 4 GI 0094 FRA /AFP-V033 Turquie-Kur<strong>de</strong>s-France Interpellation d'environ . 150 manlfestants kur<strong>de</strong>s <strong>de</strong>vant l'ambassa<strong>de</strong> <strong>de</strong> Turquie à <strong>Paris</strong> PARIS 26 oct
for those who did not advocate Turkey's territorial integrity. y.lmaz spoke at his party's' parliame~tary group me<strong>et</strong>ing. He said that during the terronsm summIt today, he would remind Parl~ament Speaker Hüsam<strong>et</strong>tm Cindoruk of his duty m that respect. Yllmaz said: "If some people who haye be.en sworn-in in this Parliament, who fulfil theIr duties according to the Con~titutio~ of ~he Re~ublic of Turkey, still do not raIse theIr vOlce~as I~noce~t people are killed in one of Turkey s regIons, If they do not con<strong>de</strong>mn terrorism, if they do not clearly show that they are for Turkey's territ?rial integrity, if we do not take the nece~sary action <strong>de</strong>s. pite the existence of court ord~rs, If we cannot <strong>de</strong>fend this in the face of Amenca or Europe, then we do not have the right to sit in this Parliament." Yllmaz said he and his colleagues had to solve the terrorism matter even at the cost of suspending their contlict with the government. He said that the state should take the initiative in struggling against terrOJ'ism. He claimed that th.e state ~as giving the struggle only 20 percent of Its capacIty. He proposed that the state should be ma<strong>de</strong> to act in the armed struggle. He accused the government of not briefing the opposition about happenings. Ecevit calls for trump card: Democratic Left Party (DSP) Chairman Bülent Ecevit said Turkey was not experiencing a "Kurdish matter" in its southeastern region. Ecevit <strong>de</strong>livered a speech at a me<strong>et</strong>ing organized by the Marmara Group in Istanbul. He sal~ that the existing situation in the Southeast partially stemmed from the feudal structure in the region and that it was an externally backed problem. Noting that the PKK attacks have recently moved toward Armenia, Ecevit said Turkey failed to use two of its trump cards afte~ the Gulf War to ove~come the economic hardshIp after the war. He said Turkey remained silent in the face of those attacks. Referring to some proposals put f~rward .by some circles that Kurds should establish theIr own political parties, Ecevit said, as a matter of fact, that Kurds' having their own parties is not banned in Turkey. However, establishing a party based on <strong>et</strong>hnical roots will not bring <strong>de</strong>mocratIzation but problems. He ad<strong>de</strong>d that he is against holding local elections in the Southeast unless the existing conditions are changed. Haykal trusts the people: Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal, who spoke at the CHP group, said no m<strong>et</strong>hod other than <strong>de</strong>mocracy should be introduced to solve the matter in the Southeast. Baykal said not the tanks or guns, but the people's preference would help solve the problem. Social Democrat People's Party (SHP) Sivas Deputy Azim<strong>et</strong> Köylüoglu proposed the founding of a terrorism crisis center at party headquarters. He claimed that the government and some media remained insensitive in the face of the recent terrorist inci<strong>de</strong>nts in the region. Meanwhile, Presi<strong>de</strong>nt Süleyman Demirel, who <strong>de</strong>livered a speech during the opening of a business center in Izmir, said Turkey is a <strong>de</strong>mocratic state and that all Turkish citizens enjoy the same equal rights. He asked what the fight ISfor. Karayalçm says no surren<strong>de</strong>r: Meanwhile, addressing his own party group in Parliament, Social Democrat People's Party (SHP) chairman, Deputy Prime Minister Murat Karayalçm, said his party would adopt neither a "glveand-save-yourself' nor a "hit-and-save-yourseIr' option for the Southeast. "We are for neither of those options. For we neither have territory to give away nor citizens to kill. We simply cannot choose either," he said. Karayalçm ad<strong>de</strong>d that his party would <strong>de</strong>terminedly stand up against such approaches to the Southeast question. "We are the ones to solve the problem. Through <strong>de</strong>mocratic, brotherly, peaceful <strong>de</strong>bate respectful of human rights, we are going to solve this problem," Karayalçm affirmed. The SHP lea<strong>de</strong>r said that whatever was within the bor<strong>de</strong>rs drawn at the time of the <strong>de</strong>claration of the Turkish Republic "is ours," adding "We are Hürriy<strong>et</strong>: PKK <strong>de</strong>clares martiallaw Turkish'Daily News ANKARA- Despite the recent <strong>de</strong>bate in Ankara on wh<strong>et</strong>her martiallaw is required for the Southeast, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has already im~sed it in the region, a Hürriy<strong>et</strong> report saId on Tuesday. "Debate ov<strong>et</strong>: wh<strong>et</strong>her to <strong>de</strong>clare martial law in the Southeast has intensified, y<strong>et</strong> martiallaw in the region is already in force -- one imposed by the PKK," Koray Düzgören, one of the newspaper's most reliable reporte.rs said from the region. "If the state <strong>de</strong>clares martiallaw, this will only aggravate the conditions prevalent there. An exodus from the region seems inevitable unless life is restored to normal," he wrote. The following is a translation of Düz~ören's artIcle that appeared in the Hümy<strong>et</strong> on Tuesday: It appears that unless an appropriate reaction ISshown, the PKK will impose further bans, following its bans on the press and political parties (in thè Southeast]. Perhaps they will enlarge the scope of the ban on alcoholic beverages and smoking that they have <strong>de</strong>clared m. certain parts of the regIOn. Joking asi<strong>de</strong>, these bans indicate that the PKK aims to bring about a state of affairs where mercy is neIther asked for nor given. Y<strong>et</strong> at the end of such an escalation of violence, the PKK may renew its call for a cease-fire. At this stage, it is futile to search for logic in the <strong>de</strong>cisions ma<strong>de</strong>. The fact that its ban on the press and political parties could backfire does not worry the PKK much. Martiallaw favorable to PKK [The PKK] is <strong>de</strong>termined to increase violence in the war. So it would welcome martial law, because this is conducive to more bloodshed. In fact, martiallaw imposed by the PKK on its people has been raging for a long time. WhaJ is more, unlik..eours, the PKK's in the Southeast particular brand of martial law does not heed certain legal regulations. The Kurds living in the region have grown sick and tired of it. Martiallaw that could be <strong>de</strong>clared by the state would only aggravate the situation. The region has been oppressed by <strong>de</strong>clarations of martiallaw and emergency rule for 12 years. And for the past four to five years, the PKK's martiallaw has been part of daily life. The average Kurd, who wants to lead a hap'PY life and secure a bright future for his children, wants the state -- the government if you like -- to come up with a solution. Unless this is done. it app'ears inevitable that half the population Will <strong>de</strong>sert the region in the near future. What might happen • Newspapers cannot. be distributed through normal channels in such provinces as Diyarbalm. Batman and Cizre. They are sold by police in police stations. 129
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