Turkish press bullshit

[kurdeng at aps.nl]

 Fri, 13 Oct 1995 14:27:52 -0800


TURKEY URGES AMSTERDAM TO CURB  PKK  ACTIVITY  ON  NETHERLANDS
SOIL

Turkey has urged the Netherlands to extend its cooperation  in
the  prevention  of terrorist activity and drug trafficking by
the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)  and  Dev-Sol,  an
ultra-  left urban terrorist group.  Turkish Interior Minister
Nahit Mentese,  who  met  with  his  Dutch  counterpart,  Hans
F.Dijkstaal,   yesterday,   said   that   Turkey   wanted  the
finalization of a Security Cooperation Agreement  between  the
two  countries.   The  accord  was  presented  to Amsterdam by
Ankara in 1993.  "It is impossible for nations to fight  alone
against  organized  crimes  such  as terrorism and against its
financial source, drug trafficking"  Mentese  told  Dijkstaal.
"The need for international cooperation against such crimes is
very clear" he said.   Mentese  cited  the  PKK,  Dev-Sol  and
various  ultra-rightist  groups  as  the  centres of organized
crime.  /Cumhuriyet/


ANKARA SAYS OPERATION INTO N.IRAQ WAS 'LIMITED'

Ankara said yesterday that the weekend cross-border  operation
into  northern Iraq was over.  Foreign Ministry Spokesman Omer
Akbel confirmed that  an  incursion  into  northern  Iraq  had
indeed  taken  place.   "The  operation  to prevent a group of
terrorists from infiltrating into Turkish territory  to  stage
attacks against Turkish targets was very limited in scope.  As
far as I know, it is now over" Akbel said.  Akbel denied  that
any  civilians  had  been killed, wounded or suffered material
damage during the operation.  /Hurriyet/

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