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REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RNISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASlN ÖZETi
.Öcalan says US and Europe party to 'Southeast war'
.Al !Jayat: Russian Foreign Ministry emphasizes 'political solution'; Kurdish expert encourages better relations.
between the PKK and Iraqi Kurds; Ambassador Chernishev's explanation not satisfactory;says Demirel
Turkish Daily News
ANKARA- ~n a letter he sent to a three-day Kurdish conference
held In Moscow, outlawed Kurdistan Workers' .
Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öca!an placed the United
States and European countries amon~ his organization's tar-
~ets, saying they were a party to 'the war" in Southeast
Iurkey.
. Th~ confe~ence, ~ponsored by two PKK front organizations
In RUSSia,continued on Wednesday as Ankara awaited
Moscow's explanation for this controversial gathering.
The /\rablc-language AI Hayat, quoting a Russian
Foreign Ministry official on Thursday, said Moscow's attitude
with regard to Turkey had not changed but that the
Russians were calling for "a political solution" to the problems
of this country
AI Hayat said the first official response to Ankara had
come from a ministry official in charge of Turkish affairs
but did not name him.
The official was quoted as saying that "allowing thISco~ference
to be organized by some pro-PKK groups Iß.
Moscow does not relleet any change in Russia> pos.ltion.;
This country denounces terror and supports the integrity of
Turkey." He added that Moscow's position was based on
.preserving the integrity b~th of. Iraq and Turkey. B~t, he
said, "Russia calls lor dealing With Ihe prohk~ls politlcallv
and on the basis of respect for hum.a~rig~ts." . .'
He also said that the participation of Vladimir
Shimshirov, Deputy Minister~f ~atio?ality Affairs, was
. due to "the mimster' sinterest m I1stenm8 to t~e vle;.ys of
experts and academics on how to solve natlOnall~sues.
In hisletter to the conference, which was read m the fonn
of an opening speech, Öcalan wa~ quote~ saying ~hat
"Turkey is playing the role of a policeman .10 the 'reglo~ ..
with American and Western support, attemptmg to commit
genocide against the Kurds." .
"This is why.we eonsid~r these weste,:" c~untne~ as ha~ing
indirectly participated in the war, whIch ISnow ImpOSSIble
to stop," he added.
Monday, February 28,.1994
During Wednesday's meeting, Professor
Michael Lazarof, a leading Russian expert
on Kurdish affairs, delivered a paper in .
which he emphasized the need to maintain .
relations between the PKK and Iraqi Kurds.
The Russian academic called on all
Turkish parties to "get rid of the old cliches
and stop attacking things like imperialism
and colonialism,"
He called on the PKK to avoid attempts
to distance them from the "Irbil authorities"
in northern Iraq.. .
One of the interesting points of his
speech was that he claimed the United
States did not sueport Ankara's current policy
towards Turkish Kurds.
. On Wednesday, as Ankara waited for further
news from Moscow, President
Süleyman Demirel told journalisls that
RUSSianAmbassador Albert Chernishev's
explanation at the Foreign Ministry on
Tuesday was not satisfactory. "We are
expecting a more detailed explanation from
Moscow," he said. He also stressed that terrorism
was a problem which greatly disturbed
Turkey and recalled that, until today,
Russia was very aware of the fact.
"Our people are very sensitive on this
issue. An additional explanation is neces-,
sary to prevent them from getting the
impression that Russia is supporting terrorism,"
he said.
turkish daily news
..
Democracy Party withdraws from
earlyelections, ail eyes on the PKK
DEP decision pits the PKK against the State in Southeastern Turkey
By Sinan y,lmaz
Turkish Daily News'
ANKARA- The decision by the pro-
Kurdish Democracy Party (DEP) to withdraw
from the local electlOris on March 27
has turned public attention to the outlawed
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The DEP
move, which amounts. to a virtual boycott of
the local elections, will further complicate
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the situation in Southeastern Turkey where
the safety of the polls are being questioned.
Many of the candidates from the other parlies
will reportedly feelloca,l pressure to
withdraw.
The DEP decision to quit the elections did
not come easy. The inner party oppositi~n,
which was expected to concentrate Its
.efforts ,to oust party chainnan Hatip Diele
during three days of deliberations, in fact
tried to influence the decision on whether or
not the party should participate in the elections.
At first the advisory council of DEP
convened on Jan. 23. Then the party assembly
met for two days when party officials
and. 4~p'u~es.d~!>élte~the ,boycott decis~on.,
While some members wantedan outnght:
boycott of the polls there were others who