Bahceli: No One Should Expect Turkey To Display Weakness Against Separatism And Terrorism

ISTANBUL (A.A) - 11.05.2002 - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Devlet Bahceli, the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), said on Saturday, ''no one should expect Turkey to display weakness against separatism and terrorism.''
Speaking at a meeting of the MHP, Bahceli said, ''we are in favor of becoming a full member of the European Union (EU) at the same time with a Cyprus of two states and communities. Turkish nation wants a solution based on justice and fairness. Briefly, Turkey is in favor of a fair and lasting solution on the island. It will resist any kind of pressure except for it. No one should expect Turkey to display weakness against separatism and terrorism. If Europe thinks once again over the possible dangers in relations between Turkey and the EU during the capture process of Abdullah Ocalan, the head of terrorist organization PKK, it will catch a more realistic perspective.''
''I want to mention that we find some attitudes displayed both in Turkey and in Europe about inclusion of separatist and destructive terrorist organizations in the EU's list of terrorist organizations very strange. Undoubtedly, the new arangement in this list is a starting point and the first step. However, this situation could not remove the question marks like why this change was made so late and how the implementation will be,'' he said.
''I especially stress that inclusion of two terrorist organizations in the EU's list is not a kindness of Europe towards Turkey. The EU has fulfilled its responsibility towards Turkey. However, the EU should make clear its real target by including the false PKK instead of real PKK which changed its name as KADEK,'' he added.