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[:~::~:l~~S] Çiller & Karayalçm celebrate
New Year in DiyarbakIr, boost morale
Turkish Daily News the themes of unity and integrity. After-
ANKARA-The coalition leaders' New Ye- wards, Gen. Güre~ reportedly congratulated
ar's eve with residents and security forces in him on such a sensatIOnal and eXCIting spe-
DiyarbakIr, was an attempt to boost morale echo
after months of fighting in this neighborho- There were more posters of Karayalçm
od. It was an important event which revealed than of Çiller in the square. Upon Karayalthe
si,gnificance attached to the southeastern cin's behest, the SHP Diyarbakir provincial
question. administrators removed them.
However, according to political observers, Çiller also promised to boost economic inalthough
it was a beneficial and timely visit, vestment in southeastern Turkey. She said
the party leaders had managed to address that the government would make $246 millionly
a small group of people due to certain on in investments in 1994, concentrating on
problems they encountered. industrial and housing projects. But she said
On Friday, True Path Party (DYP) Chair- the improvements depended in large part on
man and Pnme Minister Tansu Çiller, Social an end to the Kurdish separatist movement.
Democrat People's Party (SHI5) Chairman Affection was the main theme of Çiller's
Murat Karayalçm, Chief of General Staff address. "The state is like a tent over us and
Gen. Dogan Güre~, ministers from both par- sometimes a soup on our table. It will be alties,
deputies, commanders of the three ar- ways be with you, with all of its affection,"
med forces, some civil servants and journa- she said.
lists flew to DiyarbaJar to spend New Year's Reportedly it was the first time that Çiller
eve there.
was moderate about PKK militants when she
Due to fog, the aircraft departed Ankara's called them deluded young men in the mo-
Esenboga Airport after a three hour delay. untains.
For that reason Çiller and Karayalçm delive- In his column, Fehmi Koru of Zaman dared
their speeches in DiyarbaJar in the dark, i1y said Çill~r:s m~ssage mainly concerned
a situation that created uneasiness among the the peopfe hvma m other parts of Turkey.
security forces. The fact that the 2oo-per- He stressed that the people living in the regison
delegation that accompanied Çiller, Ka- on of southeastern Anatolia were also the cirayalçm
and Güre~ arrived at DiyarbaJar air- tizens of the Turkish Republic. He also said
port after a four hour delay has led to various
speculations. But no matter what the reason
that there was no need to state that Turkey
was a whole and that they should strive to
for the delay was, it was a fact that it resul- maintain their unity and integrity.
ted in a smaller crowd to welcoine the politi- According to the posters they had put up
cians and to listen to their speeches. in the streets, the people in DiyarbakIr wan-
Çiller and Karayalçm saluted the people ted the bloodshed to come to a halt, econohand
in hand. It was Karayalçm who addressed
the people first. He appeared excited as
mic conditions to be improved
to show its concern for them.
and the state
he listed the investments which the govern- "What is important is not to come here on
ment was considering making in Diyarbakir.
In his speech, Karayalçm mamly focused on
New Year or holidays, but not to forget us
throughout the whole year or years," an in-
habitant told reporters.
With their visit, ÇiIIer, Karayalçm and
Güre~ not only boosted the morale of the people
of DiyarbakIr but they also had the opportunity
for three-way discussions on current
problems. During the New Year's Eve
dinner, the three had a long conversation
about terrorism, the situation in the southeast,
and the forthcomin~ local elections.
While Çiller and Karayalçm were talking
about anti-terrorism, Güre~ reportedly interrupted
their speech and urged them to reach
an agreement about the anti-terrorism draft
bill as soon as possible.
ÇiIIer was In a happy mood. With her,
apart froll). Karayalçm and Güre~, was her
husband, Ozer Çlller, and 13 cabmet ministers.
The plane taking the group back to Ankara
in the small hours, had a mechanical
problem, but even this did not ruin Çiller's
mood. One of the airplane's engines failed
due to the gas pedal freezing but the Airbus
co~pleted the trip with the smgle remaining
en~ne.