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

REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RIVISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE lA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETi
the coalition forces. Turkish officials also stressed that the
creation of a separate Kurdish state in the region would never
be tolerated by Ankara. . . .
However, al-Qaysi reportedly refraIned from provIdIng a
Tudâsh
Daily News
AN KARA- The foreign investment flow
into the country has amounted to $6~2 million
in the January-September penod of
1993, Anatolia news agency reported, quoting
figures from the Treasury Undersecretariat
Ḟoreign capital investments which were
authorized by the Treasury have increased
radically and reached almost $1 billion in
the last month of 1993. December 1993 witnessed
a 244 percent increase in foreign investment
permissions when compared to the
concrete response to these issues.
The two sides also exchanged information on the upcoming
tripartite talks between Iranian, Syrian and Turkish foreign
mmisters, which is scheduled for Feb. 8.
Foreign investment reaches $682 million in first 9 months of '93
same month in 1992. The Treasury data revealed that Italy
The Treasury authorized foreign capital in- ranked first in terms of capital investment
vestments in the country worth $977.6 mil- permissions in 1993.
lion in December 1993 alone, while the value Last year the Treasury ap.proved Italian inof
total permissions in 1993 reached up to vestments worth $419.2 Inlllion. U.S. invest-
$2.27 billion. ment permissions totaled just below Italy's
This amount totaled only $1.81 billion for with $399.6 million, followed by Japan and
all of 1992. However, only $682 million of France with $237 million and $222.5 million
foreign investments actually entered the' in authorized investments res~ctively. Durcountry
in the first nine months of last year, ing the 1980-1993 period, while the Treasury
according to Treasury data, just a portion of had authorized foreign capital investments of
the $1.1 I billion granted in Treasury permis- over $12.48 billion, only $6.4 billion of forsions
during the same period.
eign capital actually flowed into the country.
Çiller seeks
cooperation
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Asks Britain to step up
measures against the PKK
Turkish Daily News
ANKARA- Prime Minister Tansu Çiller, determined
to present terrorism as an issue to the
NATO summit, said in her speech Monday in
Brussels that cooperation agaInst terrorism was
necessary among the allies.
"Terrorism is a threat against democracy and
human rights," Çiller told NATO members' heads
of slate. "Those who support it fall vietims
lu Il ~ùUi1(;r or latl:•. Tllus, CùOperàlionagainsl
terrorism is necessary among the allies.
"The territorial Inte~ity of each NATO
member is sacred for us,' Çiller continued, "We
expectthe same from our allies." She also brought
up the issue of terrorism in her meeting
with British Prime Minister John M~or Monday
morning in the Belgian capital. yiller called
0n London to lake tougher measures against
PKK (outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party) activities
in Britain.
Çiller, providing a detailed account of PKK activities
in the Middle East and Europe, said Turkey
was "closely monitoring" the steps Britain
wa~ taking against the PKK. She reportedly asked
Major to extend those measures. 'I have askèd
Britain to use its influence in the Middle East against
terrorism," Çiller said. "1 have observed that
!he Briti~h attitude t?w~rd. terrorism. r,articularly
In the MIddle East. IS simIlar to ours. ' Major in
turn, said Britain had taken the necessary prec~u-
tions'-against the organization and was particularly
aware.of the PKK's drug tr.afficking.
Major also thanked Çlller for extending the
mandate of Operation Provide Comfort for another
six months. the Anatolia news aoencv reported.
~ .
Ciller replied that the decision had been made
by I>arliamentafter an extensive debate. "The force
(whose airborne units are stationed in Turkey
to protect the Kurds from the Iraqi government) is
a means, not an end," Çiller was quoted as saying.
She stressed to Major the importance of mamtalning
Iraqi territorial integrity.
The Turkish PM said that Major had also invited
her to Britain.
"I did not find him too determined on carrying
out an air operation in Bosnia-Herzegovina," she
said.
Diplomatie sources said lhat, during the NATO
meetmg, Çiller supported President Bill Clinton's
proposal to include the words "use of force if necessary"
in the final document.
Çiller said in her speech in the summit that Tur-
{ey, an associate member of the Western European
Union, should be a full member.
She also noted that Russia should respect the
sovereignty of its neighbors. "The independence
of the countries of the former Soviet Union should
be strengthened by the international community,"
Çiller saId.
Brief meeting with Clinton
Çiller also held a brief meeting with U.S. President
Bill Clinton but was due to meet him for more
extensive talks later in the course of the summit.
The two leaders left the first sitting of NATO
together. "President Clinton asked me what I thought
about the flourishing of Turco-U.S. relations
and I expressed my pleasure. However, 1said there
were a few things to be discussed and he responded
that he knew what they were and we would
tackle these before dinner," Çiller told the
Anatolia news agency. "I offered hIm my condolences
on the death of his mother," Çiller said.
"We also swapped memories of Brussels because
it appeared that we had both been in the city as
students."
Batman prison warden killed
Turkish Daily News the past two years. He extended
ANKARA- Ahmet tlyasoglu, 42, hi.s condolences to Ilyasoglu's
the .ward~n of the Bat!TIanhigh se- wIfe.
cunty ~nson, was killed by two In the Cizre town of ~Irnak,
unidentIfied gunmen on Monday. three terrorists were killed in a
Justice Minister Seyfi Oktay clash with the security forces. Also
~aid in a statement foHowing the five inhabitants lost their lives
mciden.t that there was a big in- when a mortar launched by the tercrease
m the number of detaInees rorists hit their house.
and convicts who were !ncar~erat- In a separ~te development on
ed on charges. of terronst cnmes .. ~onday, polIce arrested 44 indi-
Oktay e~phaslled, that th~ number vlduals on the grounds that they
of detamees and convIcts who were members of a separatist orwere
imprisoned for terrorism in- ganization. They are also accused
t:reased from 900 to 6,000 within of killing two people.
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