Turkish Press Review

[kurdeng at aps.nl]

       id VT21302; Sun, 01 Oct 1995 16:46:41 -0800


               THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 1995
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Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press
this morning


NURKAN: ZANA DOES NOT MERIT NOBEL

Leyla Zana, a former Democracy Party (DEP) deputy sentenced to
imprisonment for her alleged links with the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK), does not merit the Nobel Prize, Foreign
Ministry Deputy Spokesman Nurettin Nurkan said. "I do not
think that Leyla Zana has any international effort or success
that would necessitate her candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize"
Nurkan said. "Such candidacies are caused by political aims
of certian circles" Nurkan said, adding that Turkey was
expressing its views to the "relevant institutions".
/Milliyet/

ANKARA DISPLEASED WITH OSLO OVER KURDISH CONFERENCE

The Turkish Foreign Ministry declared yesterday that it had
expressed its displeasure to Norway over the three-day long
Conference on Human Rights in Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria
held in that country, mainly dealing with issues relating
to the problems of the Kurds, but said no measures against
Norway were in the offing. "We have expressed our views and
reservations about this conference to Oslo. We also informed
them, in due time, that we would not participate in that
conference" FM Deputy Spokesman Nurettin Nurkan said.
However, he added that Turkey envisaged no measures nor
sanctions against Norway, which is already on the "red-list"
that brands a country as an "unreliable partner" in terms of
defence industry cooperation and prevents exports and imports
to and from that country. "It is clear that such initiatives
(that aim to abuse the Kurdish problem on international
platforms) are bound to fail" Nurkan said, "In our view, the
meeting is one that would yield no results". /Milliyet/



PORTUGAL SUPPORTS TURKEY FOR CUSTOMS UNION

Portuguese President Mario Soares, who came to Turkey for
a private visit, met with President Suleyman Demirel and
Deputy Prime Minister Hikmet Cetin. Soares gave a full
support message to Turkey for the customs union. /Cumhuriyet/


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