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

REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RWISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETi
Monday, December 27,1993
turkish daily news
PKK activities increase
by two.fold this year
Separatist attacks reach record mark
Civilians killed increases 100 percent
Turkish Daily News
ANKARA- Despite official statements
that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers'
Party (PKK) received a major blow in
1993, official figures show a twofold increase
in terrorist activities during the first
11 months of the year in comparison to
the same period in 1992. .
According to official figures provided
by Turkish security sources and the Interior
Ministry, the number of civilians killed
this Jear increa~ed by ~00 percent
compare to last year s statistics.
Official data shows that in all of 1992
there were 1,920 PKK-related incidents
throughout Turkey while this figure reached
3,901 in only the first II months of
this year. Meanwhile, the civilian death
toll was recorded at 1,249 as of Nov. 30,
1993, representing an increase of about
100 percent from 1992's year-end figure
of 6[8.
During the same period in 1993, a total
of 676 security officials, including tem-
porary village guards, soldiers and policemen,
were killed. Last year, this figure
stood at 634. Official figures, provided in
writin~ to the Turkish Daily News, revealed
an mcrease in PKK casualties and injuries
in .1993 with 1,552 terrorists killed
and 121 wounded, in contrast to last year's
figures of 1,228 killed and 52 wounded.
.
However, the number of alleged terrorists
caught by security forces so far in
1993 was 7,640, lower than the 7,908 terrorists
caught in 1992.
While 853 civilians were wounded in
1992, the figure rose to 1,389 in 1993.
The number of wounded security personnel
also increased in this year's figures.
During the first Il months of 1993, securit):
forces confiscated 3,02810ng-range
nfles, 1,221 guns, 2,164 bombs and
463,378 bullets. In all of 1992, security
forces had managed to seize 3,109longrange
rifles, 1,290 guns, 2,368 bombs
and 352,959 bullets.
;
AydJnhk claims regional
countries will clamp down
on Kurds in January
Turkish Daily News
ANKARA- The Turkish Daily Aydmhk claimed on
Sunday that Turkey, along with Iran and Syria, was preparing
to clamp down on separatist Kurdish movements
on a set date.
The Aydmhk report said the joint operation would be
launched on Jan. 15 and would target Kurdish secessionist
movements in all of the three countries as well
as in northern Iraq. It said the tripartite summit between
foreign ministers of Syria, Turkey and Iran would be
held before the operatIOn was launched. Quoting unidentified
sources m the Foreign Ministry, Aydmhk said
a secret agreement had been signed between the three
countries and that all had aßreed on dealing with the
Kurds. The report said that uamascus insisted on Turkey
signing a formal agreement by Dec. 31 at the latest,
and solving the regional water issue before the operation
was launched. According to the newspaper,lraqi
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) representative to
Ankara. Safeen Dizai held a meeting witb Gendarmerie
Operation director Gen. Yusuf Soyba~ on Dec.22, and
that the Iraqi Kurds would also participate inan operation.
Under a separate headline, the paper said the Iraqi
Kurds were preparing to crack down on the outlawed
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq.
ÇiIler: TL 400 trillion allotted to Army for '94
PM warns against frustrating Anny, calls for support for security forces fighting in the Southeast
Turkish Daily News against terrorism because the success of Turkish
ANKARA- Prime Minister Tansu Çiller has re- economy is contingent upon it," the prime minister
vea!ed that TL 400 trillion, 5.6 percent of the said.
Gross National Product, would be spooned out to Admitting that tourism had been dealt a heavy
the Turkish Armed Forces in 1994 for its moderni- blow by increasing acts of terrorism, Çiller said
zation and to finance the fight againstterrorism. In that in the southern resort city of Antalya alone, a
an exclusive interview with the rightist daily Tur- seasonalloss if $1.5 million had been reported.
kiye, Çiller warned against attempts to frustrate Çiller added that Operation Provide Comfort was
the Turkish military, and demanded support "for a bulwark against the threat posed by Saddam
those who are bravely fighting against terrorism in Hussein, and that it was only the outlawed Kurdithe
Southeast." stan Workers' Party (PKK) that did not the opera-.
"Turkey must emerge victorious from its fight tion.
134