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                    TURKISH  PRESS  REVIEW
                         JUN 9, 1995

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/


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/


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/


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/

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.


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