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

REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RNISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETi
SILENCED: Parliamentarian Leyla Zana (L) is continuously threatened and has survive~ an
assassination attempt. Ya~ar Kaya (R), former chairman of DEP and Zana have .remarned
silent since the Diele takeover but it is generally believed that they support the chairman.
oust him from power or to limit his politi-
.cal authority. Sources say the tension
which has surfaced within the party is
expected to reach its peak during that meeting
and could even lead to the resignation
of several deputies if nothing substantial is
'achieved.
The "moderate flank" within the DEP
believes Dicle's recent st,itements in support
of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers'
Party (PKK), and its recent attacks aime.d
at civilians, were the last straw. There IS
general awareness among the moderates,
andeven among those who elected him to
power, that Dicle's behaviour is becomin'g
Increasingly harmful to the party.
Only last week, while referring to the
PKK's Tuzla train station attack, in which
five people were killed, Diele said the
bombing was "norma]," He thus gave the
green li!!ht to the or!!anization. His refere~c.e
to this e~plosion as :'a.n attack of a
nuhtary nature,' angered nulhons of Turks.
The commonly-held belief now is that
the bombing of the DEP was in retaliation
for the Tuzla incident.
Interior Minister Nahit Mente~e was at
the top of the list of those angered by
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Diéle. 'First, he bra'nded Diele a "traitor"
and, in response to an accusation, said he
would "not answer to traitors."
On Monday, newspapers quoted Mentese
as saying, "The PKK equals the DEP," or
rather, putting both eggs in one basket. The
minister went even further and, referring to
protection measures taken in front of this
party's buildings, said, "Even if they are
bandits we protect them. We also protect
traitors."
Orhan Dogan, ~Imak deputy of the DEP,
is among those within the p~rty ,who ~o not
in any 'way share Dlcle s views.
Interviewed by the TDN, Dogan said he
diqt'rê'f'd with "~n\' acti\'itie~ mmed ~f t~k.
ino human lives, regardless of who instigates
these activities." He added, "It is t~~s
, not important whether the targets are milItary
or civ~lian. "Mili.ta,ry or ~ivilian, we
disagree with any actlVJty agaInst human
lives.
We do not approve of such things. No
one should imagIne that we are clapping
when two or three soldiers are killed. We
don't applaud. We feel sorry, but we also
feel the same sensitivity towards the,
Kurdish youth that is being killed." '
"AlilitalY or civilian, we
disagree with any activity ,
against humllnlives. We
do Ilot approve of these.
No one should imagine
that we are clapping
when two or three
soldiers are killed. We
don't applaud. We feel
sony, but we also feel the
same sensitivity towards
the Kurdish youth tlUIt is
being killed. "
Orhan Dogan
, "I must say this with
celtainty.' The statements
of the chainll11n of DEP
lUJturally concenl the
palty but do not reflect
the p1inciple views of the
palty. No Olle ill this
palty approves of attacks
aimed at innocent people.
This pal1y has 110 intention
of dividing the
country."
Slrn SakIk
Since ihe new yeär, secUrityforces in the
Southeast have reportedly killed at least
350 PKK militants. Recentlv, Chief of
Staff Gen. Dogan Güre~ claiméd 500 militants
were killed in the air strike on Zaleh,
in northern Iraq, But, as always, the PKK is
'keepino a 10WJ" rofile durino the tough winter
mo~ths an getting itseif organized .for
the spring, In the me"ntime, it is also tryIng
to gather support in larg~r cities fo~ terrorist
activities. Activities which Diele, as
chairman of the DEP, insistently refuses to
çondemn. The image he is conveying is
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