' Intervention In Iraq ' Claims Of New York Times

ANKARA, Feb 1 (A.A) - National Defense Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu, speaking about the allegations of New York times journalist William Safire that the Turkish tanks would intervene in Iraq together with the U.S. special teams, said, ''I don't have such an information. I also read it in the newspaper today.''
When a journalist recalled that, ''according to the news reports which appeared in the U.S. media, an agreement was reached pertaining to intervention in Iraq during the visit of Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit to the U.S. There are news reports that the Turkish tanks would also enter Iraq,'' and asked if this was right, Cakmakoglu said, ''I don't have such an information. I also read it in the newspaper. We don't have any further information apart from the statements of Prime Minister.''
When journalists said, ''it was reported that some Belgian parliamentarians talked with terrorists in Northern Iraq. Turkey has been launching initiatives in this respect for a long time,'' and asked about his views, Cakmakoglu said he did not have any information on the issue.