Topic: voa Subject: TURKEY / KURDS (S) By AL PESSIN /ANKARA From: "Demetrios E. Paneras" DATE=3/29/95 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-176246 TITLE=TURKEY / KURDS (S) BYLINE=AL PESSIN DATELINE=ANKARA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE 10TH DAY OF TURKEY'S OFFENSIVE AGAINST KURDISH GUERRILLAS IN NORTHERN IRAQ WAS MARKED BY MORE MOVEMENT OF REFUGEES OUT OF THE BATTLE ZONE. V-O-A'S AL PESSIN IN ANKARA ALSO REPORTS THERE ARE INDICATIONS FROM TURKISH OFFICIALS THAT THE OPERATION MIGHT NOT LAST AS LONG AS SOME OF TURKEY'S WESTERN ALLIES HAVE FEARED. TEXT: RELIEF WORKERS FROM THE UNITED NATIONS MOVED ABOUT 200 MORE TURKISH KURDS AWAY FROM THE FIGHTING. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, 15-HUNDRED IRAQI KURDS ALSO MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THE REFUGEES SAY THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED BY THE TURKISH INCURSION, AND THEY FEAR THEY COULD BECOME TARGETS OF THE TURKISH TROOPS IF THEY ARE SUSPECTED OF SYMPATHIZING WITH THE GUERRILLAS. SEVERAL HUNDRED MORE REFUGEES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH ON THURSDAY. THERE ARE FRESH INDICATIONS THAT TURKEY IS CONCERNED ABOUT FOREIGN CRITICISM OF THE INCURSION. PRIME MINISTER TANSU CILLER AGAIN IMPLIED A SHORT TIME PERIOD, SAYING THE TROOPS WILL BE WITHDRAWN AS SOON AS THE OPERATION IS COMPLETED. AT THE SAME TIME, THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE OPERATION SAID ALL ITS MAIN GOALS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACHIEVED. TURKEY'S WESTERN ALLIES WERE INITIALLY UNDERSTANDING OF THE INCURSION. BUT HINTS THAT IT MIGHT LAST UP TO A YEAR DREW A SUSPENSION OF MILITARY AID FROM GERMANY AND REPEATED WARNINGS FROM THE UNITED STATES TO KEEP THE OPERATION AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. (SIGNED) NEB/AWP/MH/JWH 29-Mar-95 11:56 AM EST (1656 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America ------------------------------------------------------------------------------