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to have the opportunity for forming private educational institutions and courses." Within the scope of individual
rights, mentioned by NU. Baykal, the obstacles in front of ma.1ci..'1g Kurdish broadcasts on private radio stations and
TV channels should also be lifted.A short-time ago, Ankara had remoy.ed_the_expressk>n,~l~guage forbidden by
law" from the Constitution, in order to bring a freedom of "TV and radip broadcasts in a native tongue". Inthe EU
circles, it is said that this was done just before the Laeken Summit, with the objective of deceiving. Such an attitude
is not befitting Tllrkey. From this aspect, I am hopeful that the necessary changes in the ,RTUKlaw will be made
and that it will open the way for Kurdish broadcasts.;
Dear readers. Moscow hasstopped being an external threat for Turkey. It wants to become a member,of the NATO
and itconsiders cooperation with Turkey to be in line with its national interests. Other than this, we have an army
With a strength that can cope with all the states, which could constitute a potentialexternal threat. This army displayed
great success in breaking the back of the armed forces of thePKK. '
From this aspect, nothing can be as nonsensical as to oppose requests within the scope of individual cultural rights,
by asserting reasons such as that they would constitute a threat from the aspect of the territorial integrity and the
political union of our country.In this connection, let us stress that to consider the ,use of the right to petition,
expressed in Article 74 of our Constitution, which is a qniversal individual right, as a crime -~ven if it is used as
an instrument for a political campaign- is a violation of a constitutional right.
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Turkey summons Belgian envoy over MPs' meeting with rebel Kurd official
BBCMonitoring Service February 7, 2002
Jan Matthysen, the Belgian ambassador to Turkey, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry related with the meeting
of the three Belgian dep~ties with Osman Ocalan [brother of jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party leader Abdullah
Ocalan] in norptern Iraq.
Sources said on Wednesday [6 February] that Foreign Ministry Intelligence and Research General Director Cenk
Duatepe met with Matthysen. The sources noted that the views and reactions of Ankara regarding the issue were
conveyed toMatthysen.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Huseyin Dirioz, responding to a questio~ if the ministry had launched an initiative
regarding this issue during the weekly press conference, said: "We have launched an initiative. Our views have
been conveyed to not only in Brussels, but also in Ankara."
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History brochure sparks tension between Turkey and Sweden
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02-Feb-2002 AFP
ANKARA, F~b 2 (AFP) - Turkey's foreign ministry Saturday summoned Sweden's number two diplomat and formally
protested at i'l controversiÇlISwedish bro~hure about Turkish history, distributed at a bilateral meeting in
western Turkey.
The brochure, published in Sweden with a preface by Prime Minister Goeran Persson, said the word "Turk" did
not signify a people or a nation, but a linguistic group" according to ,Turkish media reports. It said 1.5 million
Armenians were massacred by Ottoman military,units, comprised mainly of Kurds, during the dissloution years
of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900s and the Turks then turned agajnstthe Kurds, killing about 800,000 of
them, fearing Kurdish separatism, according to Milliyet daily.
The foreign ministry saidthe brochure's
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conten~s were una'cceptable( adding that the .swedish ambassador to
Turkey, Anne Dismorr, would also be summoned once she returned to Ankara from Izmir, wher~ the brochure was
circulated on Friday. The small document, penned by a diplomat who has ~erved in,Turkey, was distributed by
Swedish embassy officials at a so-called "SwedishBusiness Culture, Day" gathering,~organized by local businessmen
and attended by the' Swedish ambassador. ",
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