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Date: 25 Jul 92 05:54:00 GMT
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ISRAEL CALLS FOR TURKEY TO BE THE PEACE LEADER IN THE REGION

CUMHURIYET, 7/18/92--  The president of Israel, Herzog called
upon Turkey to lead the peace keeper role in the region by
attending the Middle East peace negotiations.  Herzog made his
statement following his meeting with Turkish prime minister
Demirel.

CIGARETTE, TEA AND LIQUOR PRICES INCREASED

HURRIYET, 7/18/92--  Following the price increases in petroleum,
Turkish State Monopolies (Tekel) increased the price of
cigarette, tea and liquor by 20%.

TURKEY PRAISED FOR HER ROLE IN CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS

HURRIYET, 7/20/92--  The general secretary of the European
Community Ministers Council LaLumiere praised the bridge role
Turkey is playing for the Central Asian former Soviet republics.
LaLumiere made her statements following her visit to the
republics with the Turkish foreign minister Hikmet Cetin.  Mr.
Cetin said Turkey's goal was to help the republics in
democratization towards a secular system where human rights and
the right of law were properly implemented.

10 SOLDIERS KILLED IN CUKURCA

SABAH, 7/22/92--  A group of terrorists belonging to the outlawed
Kurdish Marxist Organization, PKK, attacked a border post,
killing 10 soldiers.  An operation conducted in the area by the
Turkish armed forces resulted in several deaths among the PKK
militants.

TURKEY SENT 2 OFFICERS TO NORTHERN IRAQ

MILLIYET, 7/22/92--  Turkey sent two officers to work with the
Rapid deployment force operating in Northern Iraqi town Zakho.
Despite the US pressure not to resume diplomatic relationship
with Iraq, Turkish government decided to send a junior level
diplomat to Baghdad.

TURKISH FIRM WINS THE CONTRACT FOR SYRIAN PIPELINE PROJECT

HURRIYET, 7/22/92--  A Turkish firm won the $25 million dollar
contract from the Syrian government to build a natural gas
pipeline.  This is the first contract won by a Turkish firm in
Syria.

TURKEY CONSIDERS LAND OPERATION TO IRAQ

MILLIYET, 7/23/92--  Following the recent increased attacks by
Kurdish terrorists in southeastern Turkey, it is said that the
civilian and military leaders are discussing a large scale land
attack to northern Iraq where the militants are hiding.  This
issue is expected to be discussed during the National Security
Council meeting.

5 MEMBERS OF A SPECIAL POLICE TEAM MURDERED BY KURDISH TERRORISTS

MILLIYET, 7/23/92--  5 members of a special police team were
murdered by Kurdish terrorists.  In Ankara, 32 members of the
terrorist Kurdish Marxist Group (PKK) were captured.

TURKEY DENIES PRESENCE OF TURKISH OFFICERS IN AZERBAIJAN

HURRIYET, 7/23/92--  Foreign ministry spokeswoman Filiz Dincmen
denied reports on Turkish officers working with the Azeri armed
forces. Dincmen said there were no military personnel in
Azerbaijan other than the military attache at the Turkish
embassy.

TURKEY ESTABLISHES PHONE LINK WITH MACEDONIA

CUMHURIYET, 7/23/92--  Turkey established a 60 line telephone
link with the Macedonian republic.  This link will provide access
from Macedonia to the outside world.

TURKISH NATIONAL JUNIOR SOCCER TEAM IN THE EUROPEAN FINAL

HURRIYET, 7/23/92--  The Turkish national junior soccer team
advanced to the European cup final after defeating Portugal 2-1.

CLASH BETWEEN TURKISH POLICE AND GUERRILLAS LEAVES SIX DEAD

ISTANBUL (JULY 22) - Five policeman and a Kurdish separatist died
late Tuesday in a gunbattle between a Turkish police unit and
guerrillas of the Workers' Party of Kurdistan (PKK) near the
Turkish-Iraqi border, the semi-official Anadolu newspaper
reported Wednesday.

The battle began after PKK guerrillas ambushed a police vehicle
on a road near Nusaybin, the agency said.

TRUCK CARRYING FUNERAL GUESTS PLUNGES DOWN RAVINE IN TURKEY
LEAVING 13 DEAD

ANKARA (JULY 22) - A truck loaded with a group of funeral guests
plunged 500 metres down a ravine in northeastern Turkey late
Tuesday, killing 13 people and injuring six others, the Anadolu
news agency reported Wednesday.

The accident happened near the village of Camili near the border
to Georgia, the agency said.

AZERBAIJANI ATTACK PLANE DOWNED OVER DISPUTED ENCLAVE IN NAGORNO-
KARABAKH

MOSCOW (JULY 22)  - An Azerbaijani attack plane was shot down by
an Armenian missile over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave,
Russian and Armenian reports said Wednesday.

The SU-25 aircraft was allegedly strafing Armenian-inhabited
areas of Nagorno-Karabakh when it was shot down, according to the
Russian Interfax and Itar-Tass news agencies.

The plane had just completed a bombing raid, according to the
Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh self-defense staff.

A growing number of air raids have launched the undeclared war
between Armenians and Azerbaijanis into yet another phase.

The fight over Nagorno-Karabakh in its early stages was marked by
long-distance shelling between opposing forces, sometimes based
in neighboring towns. Recently, land battles involving tanks,
heavy artillery and troop battalions have escalated the war. Now
air raids are becoming more frequent.

The bomber was the second Azerbaijani aircraft shot down this
week, Interfax and Itar-Tass reported, citing the downing of a
military aircraft accused of firing at an Armenian village.

Scores of people have reportedly died in fighting this month,
bringing the death toll to an estimated 2,000 in the protracted
conflict.

Nagorno-Karabakh is within Azerbaijan but its Armenian population
has declared its independence, triggering a fight from Azerbaijan
and help from Armenia.

 TURKEY PLANS TO REOPEN EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD

ISTANBUL (JULY 22) - TURKEY HAS DECIDED TO REOPEN ITS EMBASSY IN
BAGHDAD SOON, LOCAL NEWPAPER "MILLIYET" REPORTED TODAY.

THE PAPER QUOTED UNIDENTIFIED FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS AS
SAYING THAT IRAQI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TARIQ AZIZ ASKED TURKISH
PRIME MINISTER SULEYMAN DEMIREL TO SEND TURKISH AMBASSADOR BACK
TO BAGHDAD, WHEN THEY MET AT THE EARTH SUMMIT IN RIO DE JANEIRO,
BRAZIL, LAST MONTH.

TURKEY DECIDED INSTEAD TO SEND A CHARGE D'AFFAIRES TO BAGHDAD TO
SEE TO THE MATTER. BUT THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION OBJECTED TO THE
MOVE, SAYING THAT IRAQ WAS NOT IMPLEMENTING THE U.N. SECURITY
COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS.

UN SANCTIONS IMPOSED IN AUGUST 1990 BAN ALL IMPORTS BY IRAQ
EXCEPT FOOD AND HUMANITARIAN SUPPLIES.

WESTERN INTELLIGNECE OFFICIALS IN THE AREA HAVE REPORTEDLY SAID
THAT IRAQ HAS IMPORTED QUANTITIES OF BANNED GOODS VIA TURKEY,
IRAN AND SYRIA.

TURKEY CLOSED ITS EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF THE
GULF WAR IN MID-JANUARY 1991.

RUSSIA BEGINS ESTABLISHING BORDER POSTS ALONG BALTIC FRONTIERS

MOSCOW (JULY 22)  - Russia began establishing border posts
Wednesday along its frontiers with the three Baltic republics
while announcing plans to erect border crossings with a fourth
republic, Azerbaijan.

Meanwhile, the Central Asian republic of Tadzhikistan asked for
help manning border stations along its common boundary with
Afghanistan, according to the Khovar news agency in Dushanbe, the
Tadzhik capital.

There have been more than 100 recent attempted illegal crossings
on the Afghanistan-Tadzhikistan border - mostly in an attempt to
smuggle arms and ammunition left over from the Afghan civil war.
There have been shootouts, arrests and confiscation of arms.

But Khovar reported that in addition to weapons, ''a huge
quantity of jihad'' - for Islamic holy war - instruction manuals
also have been found on border violators by frontier guards.

The Commonwealth of Independent States joint forces command has
been largely responsible for protecting former Soviet borders for
the 11 C.I. S. members.

''But border security units have only half the necessary
strength,'' Lt. Gen. Anatoli Martovitski told Khovar. ''The local
youth only unwillingly fulfill the draft conditions of the border
security forces, and some of them desert their units soon after
joining them.''

Russian President Boris Yeltsin announced the deployment Tuesday
of 20 mobile Russian guard units to Russia's border crossings
with the Baltic states.

Russia borders Estonia and Latvia. The Russia enclave of
Kaliningrad, cut off from the rest of the country, borders
Lithuania.

Establishment of the Russian border posts were a response to
decisions by the other countries setting up their own border
checkpoints in the case of the Baltics and, in the case of
Azerbaijan, its decision to abstain from signing a recent customs
accord approved by other C.I.S. members, according to the
independent Interfax news agency.

Lt. Gen. Konstantin Pleshko, commander of Russia's Northwestern
Frontier District, told the Russian state news agency Itar-Tass,
''We do not pursue the aim of erecting a wall before the people
but our duty is to place a reliable barrier across the way of
unlawful transportation of Russian wealth across the borders.''

After initially setting stiff visa fees for those crossing its
border from Russia beginning July 1, Estonia backed down and
lowered the fees this week.

Russia was to establish border posts to the south at the
Azerbaijan frontier later, Interfax said.

The three former Soviet Baltic republics are not C.I.S. members,
and Azerbaijan's new president has indicated that the country may
not ratify its membership.

Other C.I.S. borders are generally open though customs posts may
be established at some locations.

 MILLIYET NEWSPAPER INDICATES TURKEY IS PLANNING OFFENSIVE
AGAINST KURDS

ANKARA (JULY 23)  - The Turkish army is planning a major
offensive against guerrilla positions of the Workers' Party of
Kurdistan (PKK) in northern Iraq, the Milliyet newspaper reported
Thursday.

Quoting government and military sources, the newspaper said the
army was planning to curb the mounting guerrilla attacks on army
outposts and villages loyal to the government.

Since August 1984 the PKK's guerrilla war, aimed at creating a
separate Kurdish state, has claimed the lives of 900 soldiers and
policemen, 1,200 civilians and 1,900 active or suspected Kurdish
separatists.

Northern Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Marzani is expected to
arrive in Ankara on Thursday. Another Kurdish leader, Jalal
Talabani, arrived in Turkey on Wednesday.

Political analysts expect the Turkish government to discuss the
planned offensive with the two leaders. In the past the Iraqi
Kurds have accused Turkey of carrying out its offensives against
the PKK without respect for the civilian population.

IRAN RADIO, TV PLANS COOPERATION WITH TAJIKISTAN

TEHRAN (JULY 23, 1992) - About 80 percent of Tajiks are
interested in the programmes screened by the Iranian television
(Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting - IRIB) especially news
and cultural and arts programmes, announced head of Tajik
broadcast Mirbaba Mir-Rahim here today.

Speaking to reporters Mir-Rahim said that IRIB's educational and
other films and serials as well as children's programmes were
regularly watched by many Tajiks.

He said certain countries, like Uzbekistan, broadcast radio and
television programmes with the intent to interfere in the
internal and political affairs of Tajikistan.

Mir-Rahim noted that 80 percent of Tajikistan's radio and
television facilities and equipment had to be either
reconstructed or renewed for which, he said, budget was needed,
and that countries such as the U.S., Britain and Japan had
expressed readiness.

Since those countries, said he, aimed to capitalize politically
in Tajikistan, Dushanbe had not yet considered their offer.

He expressed hope that his country would benefit from the Islamic
republic's help for reconstruction, and announced Tajik radio and
television's readiness to cooperate with IRIB in cultural,
artistic and educational fields.

Mir-Rahim proposed the unity of the Persian speaking nations like
Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan in a bid to offset the
West's cultural inroad.

>From IRNA in English

TURKISH COMPANY ATTILA DOGAN TO BUILD $25 MILLION GAS PIPELIN IN
SYRIA

LONDON (JULY 24) - Turkey has won its first major construction
contract in Syria, reports the London Financial Times today.
Attila Dogan is to build a $25 million gas pipeline from Palmyra
to Homs for the AlFurst Petroleum company.

ELEVEN KURDISH SEPARATISTS DIE AFTER CLASH WITH TURKISH SECURITY
FORCES

ANKARA (JULY 24)  - Eleven Kurdish separatists have been killed
in fresh clashes between Turkish security forces and guerrillas
of the Kurdish Workers's Party (PKK), police said Friday.

A large quantity of arms, including hand grenades and ammunition,
was seized after the fighting late Thursday near Semdinli in
Hakkari province, the Turkish Anadolu news agency reported.

A further five fighters were killed near Diyadin in the eastern
Anatolian province of Agri when a group of PKK guerrillas
allegedly bound and shot dead five male members of a family after
these had applied for jobs as armed village guards, the agency
said.

The guerrilla war by Kurdish fighters seeking to establish an
autonomous Kurdish state has so far claimed the lives of more
than 900 soldiers and policemen, 1,200 civilians and 1,900 active
or suspected Kurdish seperatists since August 1984.

RUSSIA BECOMES NEWEST PARTNER IN CASPIAN PIPELINE CONSORTIUM

HAMILTON, BERMUDA (JULY 24) - The Russian Federation has agreed
to become a founding member of a consortium established to build
a pipeline to transport oil from the landlocked Caspian region to
world markets, joining the Republics of Kazakhstan and the
Sultanate of Oman in incorporating the venture.  The agreement
was signed here in Bermuda Thursday night.

Azerbaijan also recently signed an agreement to become a founding
member of the consortium, accepting the terms and provisions of
an agreement to establish the consortium signed June 17 in
Muscat, Oman, by Kazakhstan and Oman as the two initial members.
Formal ratification of Azerbaijan's undertaking by the new
government of that country is pending.

Each of the founding members holds an equal interest in Caspian
Pipeline Consortium Limited, which will operate as a limited
liability company incorporated in Bermuda.

The Russian Federation's decision to become the fourth founding
member was announced at the ceremony by Deputy Chairman of the
Government of the Russian Federation Victor S. Chernomyrdin.
Also participating in the ceremony were Kadyr Baikenov, Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Fuel Resources of
Kazakhstan; and His Excellency Said Bin Ahmed Al Shanfari,
Minister of Petroleum and Minerals of the Sultanate of Oman.

Sir John Swan, Prime Minister of Bermuda, and Donald P. Lines,
President and Chief Executive Officer of The Bank of Bermuda,
have agreed to become directors of the company, it was announced.

Oman will arrange all project financing for the pipeline, and
acting through O.O.C. Limited, a company owned by the Ministry of
Petroleum and Minerals, will be Project Manager and Project
Coordinator.  O.O.C. will provide assistance to the pipeline
consortium in conducting feasibility studies, preliminary and
detailed engineering, materials and equipment procurement, access
to technology and technical assistance, petroleum marketing
services, and administrative support.

Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Russia will contribute to the
financing of the project in the form of labor, materials,
equipment, rights of way or other such facilities.

"The coming together of the Russian Federation and the other
partners in the pipeline consortium offers great promise for
further cooperation in a variety of fields.  This is also a sound
business venture that will produce future profits for our
country.  This cooperative effort will bring together the skills,
manpower and resources of the petroleum industries of each member
country, and we will all benefit," said Deputy Chairman
Chernomyrdin.

Route to Black Sea May be Best Option Commented H.E. Minister
Said Bin Ahmed Al Shanfari:  "Russia is a nation of major
importance, so its membership in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium
is especially significant. Russia provides a vital link to the
Black Sea, from which oil can be shipped economically to European
markets.

"Of the eight possible routes identified by the consortium, the
route through Russia via Grozny to the port of Novorossysk on the
Black Sea is the most economically attractive and politically-
stable option," said H.E. the Minister.

"Russia will also be contributing its extensive experience in
constructing and operating oil pipelines and crude oil loading
facilities," H.E. Minister Said Bin Ahmed Al Shanfari noted.

The consortium was established June 17 with the signing of a
pipeline consortium agreement by Oman and Kazakhstan, the two
initial members, in Muscat, Oman.  At that time, it was announced
that possible routes could serve present and future deep-water
terminal facilities in the Gulf, the Mediterranean Sea and the
Black Sea.  The countries which those routes could cross include
Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Iran and
Turkey.  Final route selection will depend upon favorable
political and economic factors, including the market value of oil
at each terminal.

The projected cost of constructing the pipeline system ranges
between US$ 700 million and US$ 1.5 billion, depending upon the
route chosen and the extent to which existing facilities can be
used.

TURKEY OPPOSES ANY KIND OF PRESSURE IN TALKS ON CYPRUS DISPUTE

ISTANBUL (JULY 24)  - Turkish Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel
said Friday Ankara opposed any form of pressure in connection
with talks to resolve the conflict over the Mediterranean island
of Cyprus.

Speaking to reporters in Istanbul, Demirel said it would be a
great relief to Turkey if the conflict could be resolved in
United Nations-brokered talks between President Giorgios
Vassiliou of Cyprus and Rauf Denktash, the leader of the
''Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus'', recognised only by
Turkey.

However, the Turkish side could not be expected to seek a
solution at any cost. There must be solution acceptable to all
sides to ensure a lasting peace between the island's two
different ethnic communities, he added.

Asked about Turkey's stance in case of a possible new military
action against Iraq, Demirel said like in the past Ankara would
comply with decisions by the United Nations.

A possible use of Turkish air bases in a possible international
operation against Iraq was not under consideration, he added.

ISTANBUL POLICE HEADQUARTERS HIT BY ROCKET ATTACK

ISTANBUL (JULY 24)  - A man and a woman fired a rocket at
Istanbul police headquarters Friday, but the missile exploded in
mid-air and only caused material damage, the authorities said.

A flag bearing the emblem of the left-wing guerrilla organisation
Dev Sol was found on the roof of the tax office opposite from
where the two suspects were able to escape.

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