Turkish Press Review

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PKK MILITANTS KILL SEVEN PEOPLE

The militants of the PKK terrorist organization  killed  seven
people  including  four  village  guards in attacks in eastern
Turkey,  government  officials  said  yesterday.    Government
troops killed 10 PKK militants in clashes in Bingol and Igdir,
the emergency rule governor's office in Diyarbakir said.   PKK
militants  firing  rockets and assault rifles killed a village
guard and two watchmen at an iron  ore  mine  in  the  eastern
province  of  Malatya on Tuesday night, the Malatya provincial
governor's office said in a statement.   The  statement  added
that  the militants then killed three other village guards and
a night watchman at a  nearby  state-owned  telecommunications
station.   Meanwhile,  the  Iraqi  Kurdistan  Democratic Party
(IKDP) led by Mesud Barzani disclosed that  86  PKK  militants
were  killed  in  clashes during a recent 36 hour period.  The
IKDP sources said:  "More than 400  PKK  militants  have  been
killed  and  500  injured  since  August.   Some  PKK  members
surrendered".  /Hurriyet-Cumhuriyet-Sabah/

NEW IRAQ DEAL IN OFFING

Following up on US initiatives, Ankara has announced that  new
agreements  on  preserving  the integrity of Iraqi territories
are in the offing.  Government officials said  yesterday  that
efforts to secure a peace between the warring Kurdish factions
in northern Iraq, were moving  towards  a  written  agreement.
One  of  the articles in the agreement could well call for the
protection  and  preservation   of   Iraqi   sovereignty   and
territorial integrity, said officials.  /Cumhuriyet/


CILLER:  "TERRORISM IS CRUSHED"

Prime Minister Tansu Ciller,  in  an  interview  she  gave  to
Leaders  magazine,  said:  "One of the great victories Turkish
society has achieved over  the  last  20  years  is  that  the
terrorist  challenge  has  been crushed.  Compare Istanbul and
Ankara today with 15, 16 or even five years ago, and you  will
see  that  terrorism  is  disappearing.   Even in southeastern
Turkey, where  we  face  an  especially  brutal  and  ruthless
movement,  the  terrorists  have  largely  lost their grip and
their power is waning steadily.  But, unfortunately, terrorism
is  one  of the realities of modern life".  Also commenting on
the advantages she enjoys as  a  female  prime  minister,  she
said:  "As a housewife and a mother myself, there are things I
understand  about  ordinary  people  and   their   needs   and
aspirations  that  I think male politicians are less aware of.
I reached this position on my own merits and  that's  the  way
things  are  now that I am prime minister.  There are probably
many people in Turkey, particularly women, who find  having  a
woman prime minister a refreshing change".


TWELVE PKK MILITANTS KILLED, ONE CAPTURED IN SOUTHEAST

Twelve male militants of the PKK terrorist  organization  were
killed  and  a  female  militant  was  captured injured during
military operations in  the  Southeast.   Officials  from  the
Diyarbakir-based  emergency  rule  region  said  that  six PKK
militants  were  killed  in  Diyarbakir's  Silvan   and   Lice
districts,  three  in Batman's Sason district, two in Sirnak's
Guclukonak district and one in  Mus  Haskoy  district,  and  a
Syrian  woman  militant  was captured injured in Sirnak's Idil
district.  A temporary village guard was killed in action  and
another  village guard was injured during clashes.  Meanwhile,
some PKK terrorists who raided  Van-Catak  district's  Sirmali
Village  yesterday  night,  massacred one mother and a 4 month
old-baby.  Three  people  including  one  village  guard  were
injured in the attack.  /Hurriyet/


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