Turkish Press Review

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                       MONDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 1995
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Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press
this morning

TURKEY DEALS HEAVY BLOW TO PKK
In a major blow to the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party
(PKK), Turkish security forces killed 51 rebels and captured
four others after a two-day battle, local officials said on
Friday. The statement said that beside the slain militants,
34 PKK members or sympathizers had been rounded up in the
southeastern and eastern provinces during the past few days.
Apart from Turkey, the PKK has been locked in combat with the
Iraqi Kurds in their Western-protected enclave in northern
Iraq since last month./All Papers/

GERMAN ECONOMY MINISTER: "WE SUPPORT TURKEY FOR
CUSTOMS UNION"
ATIAD (Turkish Businessmen and Industrialists Association in
Europe) visited German Economy Minister Gunter Rexrodt in Bonn.
Rexrodt stated that they will give full support for Turkey's
admittance in the customs union. He said he admired the
performance of Turkish investors in Germany, and added that
Turkish businessmen play a very important role in the German
economy's industrial, trade and high-tech sectors. He added that
they are for a liberal economy, and are willing to integrate the
Turkish market into the customs union./All Papers/

PUK AND KDP FAIL TO AGREE ON IMPLEMENTING KURDISH PEACE ACCORD
Rival Iraqi Kurd factions meeting in Dublin failed to agree on
implementing a peace accord because of differences over sharing
customs revenues, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) said on
Saturday.
The PUK and its rival Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) meeting
in the Irish capital since Tuesday to try and implement a US and
Turkish-backed peace accord-reached in August in the Irish town
of Drogheda.
The main sticking-point was sharing out customs levied by the
KDP on Iraqi oil transported by truck to Turkey through
Kurdish-held northern Iraq. The oil deliveries are the Kurds
main revenue, amounting to $ 100,00-150,000 a day.
They agreed last month on sharing the revenue. But Barham Salah,
the PUK spokesman, said the KDP gave no commitment in Dublin
to share the money that has been exacted for the last 18 months
or so. Salah said no date had been set for another meeting, at
which the US Statement Department, Turkey  and the Iraqi
National Congress opposition coalition would also have been
represented./All Papers/

BOMB EXPLOSION IN IZMIR
A bomb left in a street rubbish bin exploded killing four people
and injuring 28 others in the Gaziemir district of Izmir on
Sunday. Although no known terror groups have claimed
responsibility, officials say that initial investigations point
to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
The bomb was left in a rubbish bin outside a shopping area which
was full of people from all over Izmir. After the bomb went off
at 9:45 in the morning the area was littered with body parts
and looked like a battle-ground. After examining the wreckage
and destruction, experts said that the method used was one
previously utilized by the PKK terror organization. Government
leaders and local officials have all condemned the attack, and
vowed that the terrorists will be found. /All papers/


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