Topic: voa Subject: GERMANY/TURKEY (L) [2] By DAGMAR BREITENBACH / BONN From: "Demetrios E. Paneras" DATE=4/3/95 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-176499 TITLE= GERMANY/TURKEY (L) BYLINE= DAGMAR BREITENBACH DATELINE= BONN CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: ON A TOUR OF WESTERN CAPITALS, TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER ERDAL INONU HELD TALKS IN BONN MONDAY, AMID GROWING CRITICISM OF TURKEY'S OFFENSIVE AGAINST REBEL KURDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ. FROM BONN, V-O-A'S DAGMAR BREITENBACH REPORTS THE TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER REMAINED VAGUE ABOUT EXACTLY WHEN HIS COUNTRY WOULD WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS FROM IRAQ. TEXT: FOREIGN MINISTER INONU SAYS TURKEY WILL RECALL ITS TROOPS FROM NORTHERN IRAQ ONCE ALL CAMPS AND WEAPONS ARSENALS OF THE SEPARATIST KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY, THE P-K-K, HAVE BEEN DESTROYED THERE. THE TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER DID NOT GIVE A DATE, OR SAY HOW LONG THE OPERATION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE. GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER KLAUS KINKEL URGED TURKEY TO WITHDRAW THE 35-THOUSAND TROOPS THAT CROSSED THE IRAQI BORDER TWO WEEKS AGO. WE WANT TO MAINTAIN GOOD RELATIONS WITH TURKEY, MR. KINKEL SAID, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO SAY CLEARLY THAT WE THINK THE OPERATION IN IRAQ MUST END AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, TOMORROW IF POSSIBLE. BUT MR. INONU DEFENDED HIS GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO SEND TROOPS TO IRAQ, SAYING TURKEY IS NOT GOING TO OCCUPY THE AREA, BUT WANTS TO, IN HIS WORDS, CREATE A SECURITY SITUATION IN WHICH THE P-K-K CAN NOT ATTACK TURKEY FROM NORTHERN IRAQ. THE P-K- K HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR AN INDEPENDENT HOMELAND IN SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS. MR. KINKEL CALLED ON TURKEY TO SEEK A POLITICAL SOLUTION TO ITS CONFLICT WITH THE KURDS, SUGGESTING SOME FORM OF CULTURAL AUTONOMY. HOWEVER, MR. INONU MAINTAINED TURKEY IS AND WILL REMAIN A UNITED STATE. THE GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAID ANKARA HAS THE RIGHT TO PUT AN END TO THE P-K-K'S TERROR. MR. KINKEL ADDED, THE TURKISH ARMY IS TRYING NOT TO VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS, BUT, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, SOME CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED. IN VIEW OF THE TURKISH TROOP INCURSION INTO IRAQ, GERMANY CANCELLED A SHIPMENT OF MILITARY HARDWARE TO ITS MOST EASTERN NATO PARTNER, AND FROZE MORE THAN 100 MILLION DOLLARS IN SUBSIDIES TO SHIPYARDS BUILDING TWO FRIGATES FOR TURKEY. MR. KINKEL ALSO EXPRESSED REGRET ABOUT A RECENT SERIES OF FIREBOMBINGS AGAINST TURKISH BUSINESSES IN GERMANY, WHICH HAVE BEEN BLAMED ON KURDISH SEPARATISTS. MR. INONU SAID THE ATTACKS EMPHASISED THE NECESSITY OF TAKING A HARD LINE AGAINST EXTREMISTS. BEFORE CONTINUING HIS TRIP TO WASHINGTON AND PARIS TUESDAY, MR. INONU IS SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC LEADER RUDOLF SCHARPING AND PRESIDENT OF PARLIAMENT RITA SUESSMUTH. (SIGNED) NEB/DB/MH/BG 03-Apr-95 10:07 AM EDT (1407 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America ------------------------------------------------------------------------------