TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review

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Subject: TRKNWS-L  Turkish Press Review


                            TURKISH  PRESS  REVIEW
                                 MAR 8, 1995

        ANSWERS TO CHARGES OF DEP PARTY MEMBERS

        The Turkish government has sent an answer to  the  charges  of
        the  DEP party members sentenced in Turkey for their political
        affiliation with the terrorist PKK organization.

        The DEP party members have long since applied to the  European
        Council  Human  Rights Commission to examine their their case,
        and now Turkey has sent a 33 page-reply to the claims  of  the
        imprisoned DEP party members.

        The statement of the government claims that the DEP party  was
        prepared  to  use  violence  to  reach  its target of creating
        terror and division in Turkey.  Another way of achieving  this
        was  to  be  through  the  political  arm  of the PKK, also an
        instrument to be used in the creation of an independent state.
        The  statement adds that the DEP members misused parliamentary
        privileges in pursuit of  their  aims.   Also  the  government
        defence  says that the DEP parliamentarians are not beyond the
        reach  of  the  law  and  must  be  dealt  with   accordingly.
        /Milliyet/


        GERMANY APPROVES WEAPON EXPORTS TO TURKEY

        The German government yesterday  approved  weapon  exports  to
        Turkey.   A  spokesman  from  the German Foreign Ministry said
        that two frigates for Turkey will be  constructed  in  Germany
        and  that  Turkey  will  also  profit  from  a  DM 150 million
        financial aid package.   German  Prime  Minister  Helmut  Kohl
        promised  the  financial  aid  to Turkish Prime Minister Tansu
        Ciller on September 20, 1994.  /All papers/

--- APS (Newsdesk)