TURKISH PRESS REVIEW

[kurdeng at aps.nl]

From: tabe at newsdesk.aps.nl
Subject: TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
Reply-To: kurdeng at aps.nl

    id VT5568; Tue, 23 May 1995 14:27:49 -0800



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


  
         US DELEGATION TO VISIT ANKARA

         A high-level delegation from the US will arrive  in  Turkey  at
         the  end  of  the month to take up a number of issues including
         the future of an allied force stationed in Turkey, according to
         a report yesterday by the Anatolia news agency from Washington.
         The agency reported that the delegation would be headed by Mark
         Parris,  Near  East  Adviser  to the National Security Council.
         Members of the State Department will also be in the delegation.
         The  visit takes place following a suggestion by Prime Minister
         Tansu Ciller to US President Bill Clinton  that  the  shape  of
         Operation  Poised  Hammer  -the  popular  name  for  an  allied
         coalition force based in Turkey to  maintain  the  no-fly  zone
         over northern Iraq- must be changed.

  
         MONETARY AID TO NORTHERN IRAQ

         Monetary aid is to be extended  to  Northern  Iraqi  Kurds  who
         suffered losses during the "Steel Operations" undertaken by the
         Turkish Armed Forces.  Payment will  be  made  by  the  Turkish
         Ministry  of  Defence  at  a  ceremony  in  Silopi  on  24 May.
         /Cumhuriyet/


         THIRTEEN PKK TERRORISTS KILLED

         Thirteen PKK terrorists  have  been  killed  in  the  conflicts
         between  the  security  forces  and terrorists in operations in
         Southeast Anatolia.  During  the  conflicts  in  the  Cudi  and
         Kupeli  mountains  of Sirnak, 10 PKK terrorists were killed and
         one wounded.  Additionally three terrorists were killed  in  in
         conflicts  in  Siirt's  Baykan,  Bitlis  Kavakdibi and Mardin's
         Nusaybin districts.  During the search conducted in Nusaybin, a
         large   cache  of  weapons  was  unearthed.   In  an  operation
         undertaken in the center of Mus province,  25  members  of  the
         illegal  "Hizbullah" organization have been taken into custody.
         Meanwhile, another operation has been started to search for PKK
         terrorists   responsible   for  razing,  a  trailer  and  lorry
         belonging  to  the  Rural  Services  Directorate  in  Karincali
         village in Mus Malazgirt district.

 * Origin: APS Amsterdam (aps.nl), bbs +31-20-6842147 (16:31/2.0)