Turkish Press Review

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               TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 1995

Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press
this morning

PKK SUPPORTER KILLED IN CLASH WITH TURKS IN GERMANY

A supporter of the PKK terrorist organization was killed and
several were injured overnight in clashes between ethnic
Kurds and Turks at Neumuenster in northwest Germany. According
to police, the Kurds, armed with knives, axes, and clubs,
attacked about 15 Turkish customers in a cafe. Fierce fighting
erupted in which a Turk fired a gun. Several Kurds were hit
by bullets and one died later in hospital.

Chairman of the Union of Turkish Emigrants and Hamburg
Parliament Deputy Prof.Dr.Hakki Keskin asked the Turkish people
living in Germany not to succumb to provocations. According to
a statement of Neumuenster police, two PKK supporters were
killed and another two were seriously injured during the
incident. /Cumhuriyet-Hurriyet/

COUNCIL OF EUROPE DISCUSSING TURKEY

The Political Commission of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary
Assembly is discussing Turkey's democratization process in a
series of meetings that began in Paris yesterday. The Commission
is supposed to put Turkey's situation on the agenda of the
Parliamentary Assembly's meeting later this month.

PKK ANTI-SEMITICISM

The latest issue of the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel
carries an article on new PKK anti-semiticism. According to Der
Spiegel, PKK terrorist leader Abdullah "Apo" Ocalan has been
quoted as saying that there are evidences of Jewish involvement
in areas of Turkish activity, both in the past and today.

PKK leader Ocalan has also accused the Jews of secretly
supporting Turkey in operations against Iraqi Kurds.
/Hurriyet/

CUSTOMS UNION MOVES INTENSIFY

Turkey is taking urgent steps towards customs union with the
EU. European Parliament (EP) members have been invited to
Turkey so that they can come to better understand the issues
involved. Prime Minister Tansu Ciller will soon tour the EU
member countries. It has been announced that Ciller will pay
her first visit to Brussels on 5 October and then go on to
Spain, the current term chairman of the EU. Turkish officials
have disclosed that voting for Turkey's customs union membership
will be either in November or December and that both Foreign
Minister Erdal Inonu and Foreign Ministry Undresecretary Onur
Oymen, will pay visits to EU capitals. /Hurriyet/


PKK FREE ZONE PLAN

According to a statement by the Kurdistan Democratic Party
(KDP), the PKK terrorist organization, after having deployed all
of its forces in the Hayirsiz Mountains, was planning to
establish a "free zone" in the Zaho-Duhok region of northern
Iraq. The free zone will be used as a base for the Kurdish
Parliament now in exile, high level KDP officials said. It was
further reported that during the latest clashes between PKK
terrorists and KDP forces in the Mergasor region, the PKK
suffered many casualties. /Cumhuriyet/


20 PKK TERRORISTS KILLED

In a skirmish between Turkish security forces and PKK terrorists
in the Karanlik Mountains to the west of Hakkari, 18 terrorists
were killed. In operations in the province of Mus, another two
PKK terrorists were killed, and two others surrendered to
security forces. /Cumhuriyet/


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