From: trh@jack.sns.com (Al Trh)
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Subject: haberler / news--Part 1
Date: 22 Aug 92 03:15:00 GMT
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    The following news is collected from various news
    sources. None of them are written by the TRH volunteers
    except those that has "TRH" after the date. Murat Erder
    and Murat Sonmez have translated the news items from
    a daily summary of Turkish papers we get here in
    California. Our radio broadcasts usually include all of
    the articles from Turkish papers and/or some of the
    articles that follow the Turkish papers section.

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    TURKEY TO ASSUME GERMANY'S ROLE IN NATO STRATEGY

        08/15/92, TERCUMAN-- Belgian daily "Le Soir" said
    following the gulf war, and the dismantling of the
    Soviet Union, Turkey's role within Nato was shifted as a
    "regional power", as well as an important geopolitical
    role. The article said Turkey assumed these roles in a
    rational and dynamic fashion.

    BLOOD SHED IN THE CAUCAUSUS IMMINENT
        08/17/92, GUNAYDIN-- Caucasian Federations president
    Yuri Semibov said Georgia was trying to turn the region
    into a blood shed by attacking Abhazya.  He cautioned if
    the Gerogian troops did not retreat they would have to
    fight the entire Caucasian military forces.

    GALATASARY WINS TURKISH SOCCER CUP

        08/17/92-- Galatasaray won the Turkish soccer cup
    after defeating Besiktas and Fenerbahce 3-2 in both
    games.

    PKK TERRORISTS MURDERED 7 SOLDIERS
        08/18/92, HURRIYET-- Kurdish Marxist Party (PKK)
    terrorists attacked a support unit of soldiers
    dispatched to the area following an attack by PKK in the
    Lice town of Diyarbakir province.  In the attack, 7
    soldiers were murdered, and 3 were wounded.  In Adana
    province, operations continued to find the PKK
    terrorists who killed 4 people after barricading the
    highway. In Antalya province, 149 people are being
    interrogated.

    UN OFFICIALLY DECLARES GENOCIDE IN BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA
    AGAINST MUSLIMS
        08/18/92, HURRIYET-- Following intense diplomacy by
    Turkey, the UN Human Rights Commission officially
    declared genocide  was taking place against the Muslim
    population in Bosnia Herzegovina.

    TURKEY TO ACT AS CHAIRMAN OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION
    CONFERENCE FOR BOSNIA
        08/19/92, HURRIYET-- Turkey, as chair of the Islamic
    Cooperation Conference (ICC) will use its post to call
    for a meeting of the UN General Assembly to discuss the
    issues on Bosnia Herzegovina.  This was announced
    following a meeting of the 47 ICC countries.

    US URGES KURDS TO COOPERATE WITH TURKEY AGAINST PKK
        08/19/92, MEYDAN-- During a visit of Kurdish leaders
    Talabani and Barzani to Washington, the US government
    stated their desire for the Northern Iraqi Kurdish
    people to join and support Turkey against the Kurdish
    terrorist organization PKK.

    PKK ATTACKS SIRNAK - A HIGH NUMBER OF CASUALTIES
    EXPECTED
        08/20/92, SABAH-- 300 militants of the Kurdish
    terrorist organization PKK attacked the Sirnak province
    last night.  The terrorists first blew up the power
    station, cutting power to the city, and
    telecommunications with the outside world.  The mortar
    and grenade attacks continued on the military station,
    security building, city building and several other
    buildings in the city. Fighting continued throughout the
    night with terrorists hiding in houses early in the
    morning.  Turkish military forces cordoned the city and
    a curfew was imposed.  Fighting is still said to
    continue and a high number of casulties is expected.

    DENKTAS BACK FROM UN SPONSORED MEETINGS ON CYPRUS
        08/20/92, MILLIYET-- The president of the Turkish
    Republic of Northern Cyprus, Mr, Rauf Denktas arrived in
    Istanbul  following his meeting with the UN secretary
    general and the leader of the Greek Cypriots.  Mr.
    Denktas characterized the meetings as flexible and
    aiming towards peace, but cautioned results would not be
    achieved during the October 26 round of meetings unless
    the Greek side changed their attitude.

    TURKISH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT VISITS RUSSIA
        08/20/92, MILLIYET-- Turkish National Assembly
    president Mr. Cindoruk met the Russian president Boris
    Yeltsin, and discussed increased economic cooperation
    between Turkey and Russia.  Mr. Cindoruk said he was
    pleased with the meeting, and that no serious problems
    existed between the two countries.

    TURKEY WILL NOT ALLOW THE USE OF ITS BASES AGAINST AN
    ATTACK TO SOUTHERN IRAQ
        08/20/92, CUMHURIYET--  Turkish government informed
    the United States, Britain and France that it would not
    allow the Incirlik base to be used against an attack to
    Southern Iraq.  The rapid deployment force protecting
    the northern Iraq is currently stationed in Incirlik.

    TURKISH BUSINESSMAN WINS ANOTHER LARGE CONTRACT FROM
    KIRGHIZISTAN
        08/20/92, HURRIYET-- Mr. Ali Riza Bozkurt, who was
    in the headlines following his win for a large scale
    contract with Kazakhistan, won another large contract
    from Kirghizistan, worth 70 billion Turkish Liras.
    10,000 Turkish engineers and workers are expected to be
    employed in the two countries for the two projects.

 TURKISH SECURITY FORCES FIRE ON PROTESTING 
 KURDS
 ANKARA (AUG. 15) - A total of 18 people 
 were hurt, three of them seriously, Saturday when 
 Turkish security forces opened fire on Kurds 
 staging a protest in the southeast province of 
 Mardin, according to reports by Turkish 
 journalists
 Saturday marked the eight anniversary of the 
 start of the guerrilla war against Turkish 
 authorities by the Kurdish Workers's Party PKK 
 which seeks to establish an independent Kurdistan.
 So far some 4,200 people have been killed in 
 the conflict which began on August 15, 1984 when 
 PKK guerrillas attacked the towns of Eruh and 
 Semdinli in Hakkari province.
 More than 30 people were arrested in Viransehir 
 in Sanliurfa Saturday after Kurds staged an 
 illegal demonstration.
 Most shops businesses in the province remained 
 shut Saturday after the PKK and its ''armed 
 propagand units'' threatened violence if trading 
 took place on the anniversary, the semi-official 
 Anadolu news agency reported.
 
   BERLIN OLYMPIC BID MUST BE PRIVATELY FUNDED
 BERLIN (AUG. 15) - The city of Berlin 
 received a setback in its effort to land the 2000 
 Summer Olympics, as Germany's finance minister 
 said no government money will be available to host 
 the Games.
 Bidding against Berlin for the 2000 Games are 
 Beijing, China; Brasilia, Brazil; Istanbul, 
 Turkey; Manchester, England; Milan, Italy; Sydney, 
 Australia; and Tashkent of the Uzbekistan 
 Republic, which was part of the former Soviet 
 Union.
 The International Olympic Committee will 
 announce the choice at a meeting in Monte Carlo in 
 September 1993.
 
   VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY AS 
 KURDS MARK ANNIVERSARY
 ANKARA (AUG. 16) - A Kurd was shot dead 
 Sunday in Malazgirt, in Mus province, when Turkish 
 security forces opened fire during a demonstration 
 attended by 400 Kurds, the semi-official Anadolu 
 news agency reported.
 Turkish newspapers said the militant Kurdish 
 Workers Party (PKK) forced shopkeepers in about 40 
 cities to keep their premises closed to mark the 
 beginning of its guerrilla struggle against the 
 government eight years ago.
 Eight people had been killed Saturday during 
 pro-PKK demonstrations, the pro-Kurdish newspaper 
 Ozgur Gundem said.
 Another report by Anadolu accused suspected PKK 
 members of killing three Kurds Saturday in a 
 village in Diyarbakir province in southeastern 
 Turkey.
 The three men, who had been picked by Turkish 
 authorities for posts as village guards, were 
 forced by the PKK members to enter a house which 
 was then taken under fire, Anadolu said.
 According to official figures Turkey has about 
 33,000 mostly Kurdish village guards in remote 
 regions who are paid and armed by the government 
 to protect villagers against PKK attacks.
 Some 4,200 people are believed to have been 
 killed since the beginning of the PKK's guerrilla 
 offensive on August 15, 1984.
 
   INTENSE FIGHTING BETWEEN AZERBAIJAN, 
 ARMENIANS SEEN IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH
 MOSCOW (AUG. 16) - Fighting over the 
 disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave killed 44 people 
 Sunday as Azerbaijan reportedly bombed one town 
 while Armenians turned back ground forces at other 
 sites and the two sides shelled each other, 
 according to reports from the region.
 The heaviest casualties stemmed from tank 
 battles and shelling in eastern Nagorno-Karabakh, 
 the province of Azerbaijan where the Armenian 
 majority has declared independence.
 The Karabakh news agency, which is Armenian, 
 said the fighting killed 30 Azerbaijanis and 14 
 Armenians and wounded more than two dozen.
 The independent Interfax news agency said 
 dozens of Azerbaijani soldiers died in heavy 
 fighting.
 Russian Itar-Tass news agency reports from the 
 Armenian capital Yerevan said an Azerbaijani 
 fighter bombed Gadrut in southeastern Nagorno-
 Karabakh.
 Provincial authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh last 
 week declared martial law in the province and 
 ordered a full mobilization.
 Azerbaijan alleged that shelling also was going 
 on far from the embattled province with towns in 
 northwestern Azerbaijan coming under fire from 
 Armenians across the border, according to 
 Interfax.
 The fight over control of the province has 
 killed more than 2,000 people. The conflict has 
 dragged two neighboring former Soviet republics - 
 Christian Armenia and Muslim Azerbaijan - into an 
 undeclared war fought largely in and around the 
 Azerbaijani province, but occasionally in border 
 areass.
 
   KURDISH SEPARATISTS REPORTEDLY STEP UP 
 ATTACKS IN SOUTHERN TURKEY
 ANKARA, TURKEY (AUG. 17) - Kurdish 
 separatist guerrillas stepped up attacks on 
 security forces and civilians in southern Turkey 
 as demonstrators in one city raised slogans in 
 favor of the rebels, the state radio reported 
 Monday.
 Gunmen believed to be members of the Kurdish 
 Workers Party, or PKK, attacked two inter-city 
 coaches and a truck in Adana province late Sunday, 
 killing six people, including three paramilitary 
 policemen.
 The state radio said a 13-member group of 
 rebels, all masked, took part in the incident, 
 stopping a bus and a truck on the highway and 
 spraying them with submachine-gun fire. A second 
 bus which happened by was also hit by gunfire.
 Another six people were reported killed in PKK 
 attacks during the weekend at Diyarbakir, Mardin 
 and Mus.
 The incident on the highway between Adana and 
 Gaziantep occurred hours after some 200 people 
 demonstrated in the streets of Antalya, about 240 
 milessouthwest of Ankara, raising slogans in favor 
 of the PKK.
 The radio said police fired into the air above 
 the demonstrators, but eight people were injured, 
 and about 150 protesters were arrested.
 The Antalya demonstrations were reminiscent of 
 those in several southeastern Kurdish towns in 
 March this year, when the Kurds were celebrating 
 Now Ruz, the traditional New Year, and at least 45 
 people were killed in clashes wsecurity 
 forces.
 Sunday's demonstrations were seen as a bid to 
 mark the 8th anniversary of the start of PKK 
 attacks on security forces in August 1984, and 
 came as officials said the separatists had changed 
 tactics after recent setbacks in southeastern 
 Turkey.
 The PKK, a Marxist group seeking to set up an 
 independent state for Turkey's estimated 10 
 million Kurds, was reported to have launched a 
 plan to step up its attacks in areas outside its 
 usual operational region in southeastern Turkey.
 The Istanbul newspaper Hurriyet said the 
 paramilitary police in Istanbul thwarted a planned 
 PKK attack it refused to respond to a false alarm 
 of a fire in Kilyos, a suburb in the metropolis.
 Hurriyet said the police had received advance 
 information that it would be called out to 
 extinguish a fire in one of its depots and that a 
 PKK force would ambush and attack the police as 
 they rushed to the area.
 The rural policemen stayed in their post, and 
 groups of men believed to be PKK gunmen were later 
 seen leaving the area in a hurry, the newspaper 
 said.
 
   RUSSIAN ENERGY OFFICIALS PUSH FOR FOREIGN OIL 
 INVESTMENT
 MOSCOW (AUG. 17) - Russian energy officials 
 said Monday that Western help was an integral part 
 of plans to jump start their once-mighty oil 
 industry, which has been on a down-hill slide 
 since before the break-up of the Soviet Union.
 The Kremlin's energy ministry envisions 
 international auctions of oil reserves  foreign 
 ventures to rehabilitate old wells that have 
 stopped producing, and a big trade fair in the 
 heart of Russia's oil-producing region to pump up 
 interest in the Russian oil industry, officials 
 told a news conference.
 ''One of the biggest problems for us is to 
 prevent the further downfall of production,'' said 
 Andrey Konoplyanik, deputy minister of energy.
 Russia has been unable to stop the production 
 slide and so the ministry faces one key question, 
 Konoplyanik said, ''How can foreign investment 
 help us?''
 Although a smattering of Western firms have 
 worked out deals to help the Russian oil industry 
 and a handful of others are exploring ways to get 
 involved, Russia still faces an uphill battle 
 convincing these companies to sink billions of 
 dollars in the Russian oil industry - or, for that 
 matter, any of Russia's faltering economic 
 sectors.
 ''As of July 1, 1992, overall, some 1,600 
 (foreign) enterprises have penetrated the Russian 
 market, not just the oil market, but the Russian 
 market as a whole, with total capital of $1.5 
 billion,'' said Alexander Gorokholinsky of the 
 Russian state committee on foreign investments.
 ''For our country these figures are not very 
 impressive,'' he said. By way of comparison, he 
 pointed to another emerging capitalist East Bloc 
 country. ''In Hungary at the beginning of 1992, 
 they have 12,000 enterprises and $3.5 billion 
 worth of investment.''
 But Russia's oil sector ''provides the main 
 export potential of the country,'' Gorokholinsky 
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