TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (June 9, 1995)
Subject: TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (June 9, 1995)
CONTENTS
[01] DEMIREL: "IF EUROPE UNDERSTANDS US, THEN THERE IS NO PROBLEM"
[02] TURKISH PARLIAMENT ISSUES SEVERE WARNING TO GREECE
[03] PARLIAMENT ADOPTS DUAL CITIZENSHIP LAW
[04] INONU SAYS TERRORISM HAS DELAYED REFORMS
[05] SEVEN VILLAGERS KILLED IN TERRORIST ATTACKS
[06] US DEFENCE DEPARTMENT "DEEPLY CONCERNED" ABOUT GREEK-TURKISH TENSION
[07] FOURTEEN MILITANTS KILLED IN SOUTHEAST
[08] MILITARY EXERCISE BEGINS IN BLACK SEA
[09] MOGULTAY: "TURKEY WILL REACH ILO STANDARDS"
[10] FOREIGN INVESTMENT PERMITS UP 47.3 % IN FIRST 5 MONTHS
[11] OIL CONSORTIUM MEETS IN BAKU
[12] TURKEY OPENS NEW DOORS TO GEORGIA
[13] TURCO-SWISS RELATIONS
[14] CUSTOMS UNION AUTHORITY
[15] TURKISH VILLAGE IN JAPAN
[16] EUROPE SUPPORTS TURKISH MINORITY RIGHTS
[17] INONU IN BRUSSELS
[18] GREECE WARNED ABOUT TWELVE MILE LIMIT
[19] NATO CHECKING TURKEY-GREECE SITUATION
[20] GOLHAN: "NATO RESPONSE TO SERBS SHOULD BE IN LANGUAGE THEY UNDERSTAND"
[21] TURKEY LOBBIES FOR INVITATION TO EU'S CANNES SUMMIT
[22] JEWISH PROFESSOR SURVIVES CAR-BOMB
[23] OFFICIAL SAYS "LABOR CIRCLES" HAVE ULTERIOR MOTIVES
[24] TURKISH LABOUR IN GERMANY MADE EASIER
[25] AUSTRIAN DEPUTIES ARRIVE TO DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHT ISSUES
[26] SEVEN MILITANTS KILLED, TWO CAPTURED, ONE SURRENDERED
[27] GEORGIAN FM CHIKVAIDZE DUE IN ANKARA
[28] PESSIMISTIC CYPRUS REPORT
[29] TERRORISTS KILLED IN IRAN
[30] TURKISH ARCHITECT GETS RUSSIAN AWARD
[31] PRESS AND INFORMATION CELEBRATES 75 YEARS
[32] 75,000 PART-TIME GUERRILLAS SUPPORT PKK
WITH THE COMPLIMENT OF
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF PRESS AND INFORMATION
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
JUN 9, 1995
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish
press this morning
[01] DEMIREL: "IF EUROPE UNDERSTANDS US, THEN THERE IS NO
PROBLEM"
President Suleyman Demirel told a businessmen's delegation
yesterday that if Europe can understand Turkey's terrorism
problem, then there is no problem between Turkey and Europe.
Demirel, who received the delegation, which included Kemal
Sahin, Chairman of the Turkish Businessmen's and
Industrialists' Association, at the presidential palace, also
said that Turkey is a peaceful country and that Europe needs
to understand Turkey well. Demirel said that Turkey is
working hard to improve ties but that unfortunately there are
enemies of Turkey in Europe, an apparent reference to the
presence of the PKK terrorist organization, which is fighting
a separatist war in southeastern Turkey. Demirel added that
on the other hand, most people in Europe know about Turkey's
importance. Demirel said, in a reference to recent European
criticism, that Turkey has no problem of democracy because
there is a Parliament in Turkey which was elected and there is
a president who was elected by the Parliament. He added that
Turkey is a secular, democratic and stable country and will
always be one with Europe. /Cumhuriyet/
[02] TURKISH PARLIAMENT ISSUES SEVERE WARNING TO GREECE
Parliament passed unexpectedly a communique yesterday that
says that Parliament has empowered the government to take all
measures, including military ones, if Greece extended its
territorial waters beyond six miles. The communique, adopted
amid applause in a verbal vote, was presented by the main
opposition Motherland Party. /Hurriyet/
[03] PARLIAMENT ADOPTS DUAL CITIZENSHIP LAW
Parliament passed yesterday a bill, known as "dual
citizenship", which regulates conditions for giving up Turkish
citizenship. Under the new law, which will become effective
after it is published in the Official Gazette, applicants will
no longer be required to have completed military service
before they seek permission to give up Turkish citizenship.
When the law comes into force, people who have given up their
Turkish citizenship will be able to benefit from the rights
granted to Turkish citizens in terms of residence, travel,
employment and acquiring movable and immovable assets on the
condition that the provisions regarding Turkey's national
security and public order are not violated. The law has been
prepared for people living in Austria, Denmark, Sweden and
particularly those in Germany where nearly 2.5 million Turkish
people live, who have had to give up their Turkish citizenship
in order to acquire the citizenship of the country where they
live. The law will be published in the Official Gazette after
its ratification by President Suleyman Demirel. /All papers/
[04] INONU SAYS TERRORISM HAS DELAYED REFORMS
Foreign Minister Erdal Inonu was quoted yesterday as saying
that separatist terrorism against the Turkish state has caused
a delay in government-planned democratization reforms. In an
interview with the Brussels-based daily France Liberation,
Inonu said Turkey was, however, determined to realize the
reforms, adding he believed major steps would be taken before
the end of June. Turkey and the EU agreed in principle in
March for Ankara's planned customs union with the EU next
year. But the European Parliament, the body which will take a
final decision on the issue, urges Turkey to democratize its
regime first. Inonu also said Turkey was using military
methods only against the PKK terrorist organization, not
targeting civilians in the country's troubled southeast where
the PKK is waging a separatist war. /Cumhuriyet/
[05] SEVEN VILLAGERS KILLED IN TERRORIST ATTACKS
Militants of the PKK terrorist organization have killed seven
villagers in raids in southeastern Turkey. Security officials
said a group of militants attacked Doseme village near Egil
town in Diyarbakir province on Wednesday night and killed five
villagers, injured four soldiers and two village guards.
Diyarbakir Governor Dogan Hatipoglu said that military
operations are continuing to catch militants in the region.
Two more villagers were killed in attacks on Tasgedik and
Ikipinar villages in Mardin's Omerli district. Unal Erkan,
governor of the state of emergency, went to Doseme village to
investigate the attacks. PKK militants often attack villages
whose men have joined the ranks of government-paid village
guards. They say the guards, also local Kurds, are traitors
to the separatist cause. /All papers/
[06] US DEFENCE DEPARTMENT "DEEPLY CONCERNED" ABOUT
GREEK-TURKISH
TENSION
A new report released yesterday by the US Defence Department
(Pentagon) warned about the chances of a confrontation between
Greece and Turkey. The 38-page report titled "US Security
Strategy for Europe and NATO", prepared by the Pentagon's
Office of International Security Affairs headed by Assistant
Secretary of Defence Joseph Nye, said, "We are deeply
concerned about growing tensions between Greece and Turkey.
The US worries that the contiuning dispute over air and sea
sovereignty in the Aegean and unresolved problems in Cyprus
could spark a confrontation that would seriously disrupt the
(NATO) Alliance". The Pentagon report noted that "the
stability of these two nations is critical to the region, and
to broader US and allied interests". The report also warned
that the war in Bosnia could spread. "The potential for the
Balkan war to spread is well-known" it said. "The risk of a
wider war is particularly dangerous to sensitive relationships
in Southern Europe and cooperation between strategic NATO
allies (i.e., Greece and Turkey)". The Pentagon emphasized
Turkey's and Greece's roles in relation to the spread of
"Islamic extremism" in North Africa. "As the ongoing
Operation Provide Comfort II demonstrates, Turkey is a
formidable American ally and staunch NATO member in the region
that is a cross-roads of cultures and continents".
/Milliyet-Hurriyet/
[07] FOURTEEN MILITANTS KILLED IN SOUTHEAST
Fourteen militants of the PKK terrorist organization were
killed during the operations in Sirnak, Bingol, Mardin and
Batman. Officials in the state of emergency region said that
eight militants were killed in Sirnak's Guclukonak district,
three in Bingol's Genc district, two in Mardin's Derik
district and one in Batman's Sason district. Sixteen
automatic guns, two bazookas, 8 mines, 4 hand grenades,
bullets and two tons of food were confiscated during military
operations in Adiyaman, Bitlis, Diyarbakir, Mardin, Hakkari
and Sirnak. /Cumhuriyet/
[08] MILITARY EXERCISE BEGINS IN BLACK SEA
The military execise "Cooperative Rescue '95" started in
Romanian territorial waters in the Black Sea, the Anatolia
news agency reported yesterday. Four NATO member countries,
Greece, Turkey, the Netherlands and Italy, as well as Romania
and Bulgaria, are taking part in the operation. "Cooperative
'95" will continue for six days and a total of 1,200 soldiers
will participate, the agency reported.
[09] MOGULTAY: "TURKEY WILL REACH ILO STANDARDS"
Justice Minister Mehmet Mogultay, who has been appointed
Acting Labour and Social Security Minister, said at a meeting
of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva that
Turkey will reach international labour standards, the Anatolia
news agency reported yesterday. Mogultay also met with Michel
Hansenne, general director of the ILO and relations between
Turkey and the ILO were discussed at the meeting.
[10] FOREIGN INVESTMENT PERMITS UP 47.3 % IN FIRST 5 MONTHS
In the first five months of 1995 foreign investment permits
issued soared 47.3 % over the same period last year, reaching
$776.8 million, Treasury officials said yesterday. During the
mentioned period permits were granted to 118 firms, with
approximately half granted to Japanese, German and Dutch
firms. The doors have been thrown open to foreign investment
and capital. In moves to beef up the economy, bureau- cratic
obstacles have been removed, and the way cleared for foreign
investors to bring their their foreign currency to Turkey.
New proposals dealing with the economy in real terms have been
put to the cabinet, and these will be brought into effect as
soon as possible to revive the economy especially in the area
of foreign capital investment. /Hurriyet/
[11] OIL CONSORTIUM MEETS IN BAKU
Members of an international consortium, formed to develop
Azerbaijan's rich oil fields in the Caspian Sea, met in Baku
yesterday mainly to discuss possible routes to export early
petrol output. The options include a pipeline route from Baku
to Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. Another option,
backed by Ankara, proposes a combined railway-pipeline route
across Georgia to the Black Sea port of Subsa. The
consortium's decision is expected to be announced before
September.
[12] TURKEY OPENS NEW DOORS TO GEORGIA
Kutluay Oktem, governor of the Northeastern province of
Ardahan, said that two new border gates, Turkgozu and Aktas,
which open to Georgia would begin operating in July, the
Anatolia news agency reported yesterday. Oktem said the
construction of the facilities at the border gates had been
completed. Oktem also said that economy and trade relations
would develop in the region, the agency reported.
[13] TURCO-SWISS RELATIONS
A conference on "Swiss-Turco Economic Relations" organized by
the European Turkish Academicians Union (EATA) will be held in
Zurich on 16 June. The integration of the Turkish economy
with the European economy and investment opportunities in
Turkey are the subjects that will be analyzed during the
meeting. /Hurriyet/
[14] CUSTOMS UNION AUTHORITY
The Turkish government is working to bring into full effect
new laws that will pave the way for Turkey's full customs
union with the European Union (EU) in October this year. The
Council of Ministers will then be able to make changes in the
patent laws, geographical signs, industrial projects, trade in
fresh vegetables and fruit, wholesale markets, Chambers of
Trade and Industry, Chambers of Commerce, Chambers of
Industry, Chambers of Maritime Trade, Turkish Union of
Chambers and Stock Exchanges, Agricultural Credits Cooperative
Stores and Unions and matters relating with food and the
application of Turkish Commercial Law, Capital Market, Turkish
Union of Hotel Management and Tourism Administrators and the
Customs Law. Prime Minister Ciller also attended the
negotiations regarding these new laws in the General Council
yesterday. /Hurriyet/
[15] TURKISH VILLAGE IN JAPAN
Four big investors will build a "Turkish culture village" in
Kashiwazaki, the tourism centre of Japan. The complex that
will be established in Kashiwazaki will be like a typical
small Turkish community with shopping centres along the lines
of the Kapalicarsi, traditional Safranbolu houses, a Trojan
horse, mosques and hotels. The Turkish village's foundation
has been laid by Necati Utkan, Turkish Ambassador to Japan.
It is planned to complete the village by the summer of 1997.
Japanese investors who have invested in the project, estimated
to cost 4 billion Japan yen, believe that the village project
will yield high returns once it is opened to the public on a
purely commercial basis. Turkish-made goods will be sold in
the shopping centres that will be established in the facility
and the unequalled Turkish cuisine will be promoted to the
Japanese in the village restaurants. /Hurriyet/
[16] EUROPE SUPPORTS TURKISH MINORITY RIGHTS
The Greek description of the Turkish minority in Western
Thrace as a "Turkish minority" instead of a "Moslem minority"
has been accepted as an infringement of "Freedom of thought"
by the European Human Rights Commission. A complaint about
Greece regarding this issue by Dr.Sadik Ahmet who is one of
the Turkish leaders in Western Thrace, has been accepted by
the European Human Rights Commission and it has been decided
that Greece has in this instance abused human rights.
Dr.Ahmet was inprisoned for 18 months because of saying that
the minority in Western Thrace was a Turkish minority during
election campaigns in Greece in October, 1989 and applied to
the European Human Rights Commission regarding this issue in
1991. /Hurriyet/
JUNE 8, 1995
[17] INONU IN BRUSSELS
Foreign Minister Erdal Inonu is continuing with making
contact with leading European Union (EU) officials. One of
the main points that he is making is that Turkey "is already
a European country."
During his visit to Brussels, Inonu is detailing Turkey's
fight against PKK terrorism and seeking a lasting solution
to the Cyprus problem among the EU politicians. However,
the biggest issue confronting Inonu and his EU counterparts
is the question of whether or not Turkey really will make it
into full customs union with the EU member countries this
coming October.
Forign Minister Inonu is being constantly bom- barded with
questions on this issue by all the parties represented in
the EU parliament, especially in regard to the reforms that
the EU wants to see the Turkish government make prior to the
final formalities. Inonu has told his questioners that "we
are optimistic" that the desired reforms will be made in
time. /Milliyet-Cumhuriyet/
[18] GREECE WARNED ABOUT TWELVE MILE LIMIT
The Turkish parliament has sent a plainly-worded warning to
Greece about pressing its claim to a twelve mile coastal
limit around its islands in the Aegean Sea.
The Greek parliament has agreed that Greece should press for
legal action to have the island limits extended, despite
Turkey's clearly stated opposit- ion to the move. Ankara
has now again warned Greece that serious action to impose a
new limit to Greek islands in the Aegean Sea could lead to
military confrontation. /Milliyet/
[19] NATO CHECKING TURKEY-GREECE SITUATION
NATO officials are taking a fresh look at the sit- uation
between Turkey and Greece, two NATO member countries that
are divided by continuing issues that disrupt the harmony of
the NATO union.
One of the main issues facing NATO officials con- cerns the
budgets alloted to Greece and Turkey, and NATO
Secretary-General Willy Claes wants to present a revised
package to the two sides in the hope that some sort of
compromise can be made. /Milliyet/
[20] GOLHAN: "NATO RESPONSE TO SERBS SHOULD BE IN LANGUAGE THEY
UNDERSTAND"
Turkish Defence Minister Mehmet Golhan has called on NATO to
respond to aggression in Bosnia, "in the only language they
understand." Pointing out that it was no longer enough just
to feel sorry or issue condemnations about the tragedy
taking place in Europe for over three years now, Golhan said
the Serbian side in Bosnia had openly declared the United
Nations the enemy, thereby affirming its position as
"aggressor." Golhan, answering questions for reporters just
prior to flying off to Brussels for a meeting of NATO's
Defence Planning Committe (DPC) and Nuclear Planning
Committee (NPC), said the world must not remain indifferent
in the face of such defiance. The "rapid reaction force"
for Bosnia is expected to be one of the key items of the DPC
meeting. Turkey, already participating in the peacekeeping
effort in Bosnia, is expected to renew its offer to
participate in the rapid reaction force if there is a
request to this effect. Indicating that the expansion of
NATO to include former Warsaw Pact members would also be
discussed at the DPC meeting, Golhan said Turkey favoured
such an expansion. He cautioned, however, that this
expansion must take place without creating new walls and
tensions in Europe and must be well thought-out in terms of
timing and dimension. /All papers/
[21] TURKEY LOBBIES FOR INVITATION TO EU'S CANNES SUMMIT
Ankara, which initially played down the fact that it was not
invited to the European Union's summit in Cannes, has
stepped up efforts to get itself added to the list of 11
invited nonmembers. Both Prime Minister Tansu Ciller and
Foreign Minister Erdal Inonu are involved in this
initiative, directed at the European Union's executive
commission and French term presidency. Foreign Minister
Erdal Inonu told the European Union that Ankara, struggling
to achieve customs union with Turkey, hoped to be invited to
the Union's summit in Cannes on June 26 and 27. "Inonu
stressed that the customs union was seen by Ankara as a
first step to membership in the EU, and said that in that
light he hoped Turkey would be invited along with the nine
countries of East and Central Europe and Malta and Cyprus to
the EU's summit in Cannes (on June 26 and 27)", a spokesman
for EU Foreign Affairs Commissioner, Hans Van Den Broek
said, after the Inonu- Van Den Broek meeting in Brussels. A
similar request is expected to be put to the French
Presidency during Prime Minister Tansu Ciller's visit to
Paris to attend a Western European Union Meeting. Ciller,
who is expected to be received by her French counterpart
Alain Juppe, and possibly President Jacques Chirac, will
express again Turkey's desire to attend the Cannes summit.
/All papers/
[22] JEWISH PROFESSOR SURVIVES CAR-BOMB
Dr.Yuda Yurum, a scientist and the leader of Ankara's small
Jewish community, survived with only slight injuries a
powerful bomb blast on Wednesday which wrecked his car in
the high-class Ankara residential district of Cankaya. The
bomb went off as Prof.Yurum, head of the chemistry
department at Hacettepe University, opened the door of his
car to drive to work, the police said. The professor,
thrown back by the force of the blast, suffered scratches
and burns. He was kept under medical observation for
possible complications but was declared out of danger.
Police said the bomb, believed to be a plastic explosive of
the C-4 type used in the murder of journalist Ugur Mumcu in
January, 1993, left a 30-centimeter-deep crater underneath
the vehicle, front of which was completely destroyed. Three
other cars and several buildings were also damaged, the
police said. Initial suspicions focused on radical Muslim
terrorist groups also blamed for the murder of Mumcu, a
prominent defender of Turkey's secularism. A previously
unheard of group calling itself the "Turkish Idealist Sharia
Commando Army" (TUSKU) claimed responsibility for the attack
but police said they were treating all claims with caution.
Professor Yurum had sought police protection because of
earlier threats, but had withdrawn his request about a year
ago. Yurum, who came to Ankara from the United States in
1987, was an acclaimed and popular scientist well-liked by
his colleagues and students, reports said. The Israeli
Embassy in Ankara also denounced the car-bomb attack against
the leader of the Turkish capital's small Jewish company.
/All papers/
[23] OFFICIAL SAYS "LABOR CIRCLES" HAVE ULTERIOR MOTIVES
Kubilay Atasayar, secretary general of the Turkish Employers
Union, who is in Switzerland to attend the 82nd general
assembly of the International Labour Organization (ILO),
said that several labour circles were trying to exploit the
ILO meeting for personal gain. Atasayar claimed that these
"circles," without naming them, would fail in their attempt.
/All papers/
[24] TURKISH LABOUR IN GERMANY MADE EASIER
Turkey and Germany signed an agreement clarifying the
"exceptional" status of Turkish Workers employed by Turkish
companies in Germany, the Anatolia news agency reported
yesterday. The agreement should facilitate employment by
reducing insurance fees from DM 4,000 to DM 2,000 per
person.
[25] AUSTRIAN DEPUTIES ARRIVE TO DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHT ISSUES
A delegation of six Austrian deputies arrived in Ankara
yesterday to hold talks on and investigate the human rights
situation in Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported. The
delegation paid a visit to the deputies of the now-defunct
pro Kurdish Democracy Party (DEP) in jail. The Austrian
deputies, who were later received by Parliament Speaker
Husamettin Cindoruk, are also to visit the southeastern
province of Diyarbakir. In an other development, a German
delegation, headed by the German Social Democrat Party,
Ludwig Fellermeier, was received by the deputy chairman of
Republican People's Party (CHP), Ertoz Vahit Suicmez.
Fellermeier said they were in favour of Turkey's acceptance
into the EU customs union but that Turkey should make
progress as regards democratization and its human rights
record. The delegation will hold a press conference in
Ankara today. /Cumhuriyet/
[26] SEVEN MILITANTS KILLED, TWO CAPTURED, ONE SURRENDERED
Seven militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party
(PKK) were killed, two militants were captured and one
surrendered in the Southeast, the Anatolia news agency
reported yesterday. Officials from the state of emergency
said that four militants had been killed in the Sirnak's
Guneycam district and one militant had been killed in
Diyarbakir's Kulp district, one in Mardin's Nusaybin
district and one in Hakkari's Alanduz district. Two
militants were captured in Tunceli, and the Bitlis Tatvan
district, and one militant surrendered in Sirnak's Cizre
district, the agency reported.
[27] GEORGIAN FM CHIKVAIDZE DUE IN ANKARA
Georgian Foreign Minister Alexander Chikvaidze is due to pay
an official visit to Turkey on June 12 and 13, the Foreign
Ministry said yesterday. Ministry Spokesman Nurettin Nurkan
told that Turkey and Georgia would discuss "bilateral issues
and regional and international developments" during
Chikvaidze's talks in Ankara. He did not elaborate.
Visiting Turkey as the official guest of Foreign Minister
Erdal Inonu, Chikvaidze is also expected to meet with
President Suleyman Demirel and Prime Minister Tansu Ciller.
Demirel visited Tbilisi last year upon the invitation of
Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze. /All papers/
[28] PESSIMISTIC CYPRUS REPORT
During the last meetings of the UN Security Council, rather
pessimistic reports about the Cyprus sit- uation have been
presented to the Council members. UN Special Envoy for
Cyprus, Joe Clark, has reported that the sides involved have
shown less positive inclinations to reach a compromise over
some of the more sensitive issues. /Sabah/
[29] TERRORISTS KILLED IN IRAN
News from Tehran says that four PKK terrorists crossing from
Turkey into Iran were killed by Iranian security forces
sometime during Wednesday evening. /Sabah/
[30] TURKISH ARCHITECT GETS RUSSIAN AWARD
Russian President, Boris Yeltsin, yesterday pre- sented
Turkish architect Yuksel Erdemir with the Russian 1995 State
Award for Architecture, after his project came first out of
two hundred other entries.
The award was presented at the Moscow Kremlin, in
recognition of Erdemir's outstanding presen- tation for a
development project in Moscow. /Hurriyet/
[31] PRESS AND INFORMATION CELEBRATES 75 YEARS
Attached to the Prime Ministry, the Directorate of Press and
Information yesterday celebrated 75 years of operation,
promoting the interests of Turkey in the press both at home
and abroad.
In a message to the Directorate, Prime Minister Ciller said
that following its foundation in 1920, the Directorate had
done important work in a number of vital areas. Ciller also
noted that the Press and Information Office had developed
into a contemporary institution that employed the latest
technology to further its services in Turkey and other
countries. /Sabah/
[32] 75,000 PART-TIME GUERRILLAS SUPPORT PKK
In the US government "1995 Global Terrorism Report"
commenting on 1994, it is stated that besides approximately
15,000 members, 75,000 part-time guerillas give support to
the PKK terrorist organization. It is also stated that
Iran, Syria and Iraq are "free zones" for the PKK. Iran's
position as the country giving the most support to the
extreme Islamic and Palestinian groups by providing them
with money, weapons and training facilities is stressed in
the terrorism report. PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan is
reported as living in Syria at least during certain times.
Thousands of PKK members are shown to be active in Turkey.
The report says there is no clue regarding the direct
participation of Syrian officials in the planning and
realization of terrorist attacks since 1986. Although
giving support to terrorist organizations including the PKK,
Syria has promised to participate in the Middle East peace
process and has taken some measures to limit the
international activities of terrorist organizations. The
PKK terrorist organization is apparently continuing training
activities in the Bekaa Valley. Iran, by not agreeing to
conciliation with Israel, is also thought to be forming
connections with terrorist organizations like the Hamas and
Hizbullah groups against the agreement signed between Israel
and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Iran is
also reported to be continuing to allow the PKK to use
Tehran as a free zone, and giving logistic support to many
terrorist organizations. Iraqi terrorist activities in
northern Iraq are discussed at length in the report.
Stressing that there were many international terrorist
incidents in Greece last year, the unstable attitude of
Greece regarding terrorism is als
[TRKNWS-L editor's note: We are aware of the fact that the end of this
file is missing, that is the way it was transmitted to us.]
END
HTML by the HR-Net Group / Hellenic Resources Institute
news2html v2.09c run on Tuesday, 13 June 1995 - 21:43:38