MGK: Extreme-right is no more a threat in Turkey!

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The Army and the Government agreed:

Extreme-right is 
no more a threat in Turkey!

The National Security Council (MGK) gathered after a two-month break on
October 24, 2005, and agreed on the new National Security Politics
Document
(MGSB) that is popularly known as "the secret constitution" of the Turkish
Republic.

This document including repressive and bellicose measures had been opposed
by the government at the Council's preceding meeting, but this time the
government too agreed on all these measures.

The MGK composed of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and some ministers,
Chief
of Staff General Özkök and the commanders of the land, air, naval and
gendarmerie forces, met under the chair of the President of the Republic
Ahmet Necdet Sezer.

The daily Cumhuriyet of October 25, 2005, re****ted the information under
the
title "The will of the Turkish Armed Forces was agreed ­ The government
stepped back."

One of the shocking results of this meeting has been the fact that the
threat of the "extreme right" was, for the first time, removed from the
National Security Political Document.  According to Cumhuriyet, the mafia
and crime organizations set up on the pretext of defending national
interests were also excluded from the list of the priority menaces

When it was first accepted in 1997, the MGSB identified extreme right and
nationalistic factions in Turkey as a threat to national security and
well-being of the people.

The Extreme Right is characterized in Turkey by the following convictions
and aims: the superiority of Turkish race, the reunification of all
Turkish-speaking communities in the World (mainly Central Asia, Caucasus
as
well as the Western countries employing Turkish migrant workers) under the
leader****p of the Republic of Turkey, the consideration of all neighboring
countries as well as many European countries as the enemies of the Turkish
nation and the discrimination of all ethnic and non-Moslem communities in
the country.

In the renewed version of the MGSB, it is only the extreme left,
reactionary
and separatist groups that remain identified as a threat to Turkish
national
security. New space has been given in the MGSB to "terror groups using
religious motifs," a clear reference to groups like Al Qaeda.

The document also notes that missionary groups distributed many Bibles and
Torahs in the Eastern Anatolian region during the reconstruction process
of
the region and asks that measures must be taken immediately against them.

The new document including Turkey's domestic and foreign security
strategies
notes that terrorism has reached the top of the list of threats in the
region. It claims that the Workers' Party of Kurdistan (PKK) is in search
of
a political ground in the country and that some groups sup****t this
organization.

The MGSB also emphasized that Turkish Armed Forces are fully authorized to
carry out necessary operations in the fight against all these domestic
threats.

On the relations with Greece, the new document confirming the Turkish
State's bellicose policy declared that it will be considered as Casus
Belli
if Greece attempts to extend its territorial waters up to 12 miles in
Aegean
Sea. The military, according to the daily Hürriyet, justified this
bellicose
policy by reminding that Greece had adopted resolutions hostile to Turkey
such as the recognition of the Armenian Genocide (1994), the Pontus
Genocide
(1996) and the Minor Asia Genocide (1998).

As for the relations with the European Union, the MGK emphasized the
im****tance of "considering national benefits" in the negotiations of
member****p.

According to the MGK's final communiqué, "measures to be taken for the
efficient use of our water resources in irrigation of our agricultural
fields, meeting the demand of water of the cities and industrial plants
and
for the use of the whole technical and economic potential in the
production
of hydroelectricity until 2023 as well as the necessity of immediate
completion of the dams over the waters beyond the borders were
emphasized."

This declaration constitues a preliminary answer to the UE that demands a
just utilisation of Turkey's natural water resources for the good of all
countries and peoples of the region. (Info-Turk, October 25, 2005)


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The National Security Council (MGK) gathered after a two-month break on
Oct=
ober 24, 2005, and agreed on the new National Security Politics Document
(MG=
SB) that is popularly known as &quot;the secret constitution&quot; of the
Tu=
rkish Republic.<BR>
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This document including repressive and bellicose measures had been opposed
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by the government at the Council's preceding meeting, but this time the
gove=
rnment too agreed on all these measures.<BR>
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The MGK composed of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and some ministers,
Chief=
 of Staff General &Ouml;zk&ouml;k and the commanders of the land, air,
naval=
 and gendarmerie forces, met under the chair of the President of the
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The daily Cumhuriyet of October 25, 2005, re****ted the information under
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e title &quot;The will of the Turkish Armed Forces was agreed &#8211; The
go=
vernment stepped back.&quot;<BR>
<BR>
One of the shocking results of this meeting has been the fact that the
thre=
at of the &quot;extreme right&quot; was, for the first time, removed from
th=
e National Security Political Document. &nbsp;According to Cumhuriyet, the
m=
afia and crime organizations set up on the pretext of defending national
int=
erests were also excluded from the list of the priority menaces<BR>
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When it was first accepted in 1997, the MGSB identified extreme right and
n=
ationalistic factions in Turkey as a threat to national security and
well-be=
ing of the people.<BR>
<BR>
The Extreme Right is characterized in Turkey by the following convictions
a=
nd aims: the superiority of Turkish race, the reunification of all
Turkish-s=
peaking communities in the World (mainly Central Asia, Caucasus as well as
t=
he Western countries employing Turkish migrant workers) under the
leader****p=
 of the Republic of Turkey, the consideration of all neighboring countries
a=
s well as many European countries as the enemies of the Turkish nation and
t=
he discrimination of all ethnic and non-Moslem communities in the
country.<B=
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In the renewed version of the MGSB, it is only the extreme left,
reactionar=
y and separatist groups that remain identified as a threat to Turkish
nation=
al security. New space has been given in the MGSB to &quot;terror groups
usi=
ng religious motifs,&quot; a clear reference to groups like Al Qaeda.<BR>
<BR>
The document also notes that missionary groups distributed many Bibles and
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Torahs in the Eastern Anatolian region during the reconstruction process
of =
the region and asks that measures must be taken immediately against
them.<BR=
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The new document including Turkey's domestic and foreign security
strategie=
s notes that terrorism has reached the top of the list of threats in the
reg=
ion. It claims that the Workers' Party of Kurdistan (PKK) is in search of
a =
political ground in the country and that some groups sup****t this
organizati=
on.<BR>
<BR>
The MGSB also emphasized that Turkish Armed Forces are fully authorized to
=
carry out necessary operations in the fight against all these domestic
threa=
ts.<BR>
<BR>
On the relations with Greece, the new document confirming the Turkish
State=
's bellicose policy declared that it will be considered as Casus Belli if
Gr=
eece attempts to extend its territorial waters up to 12 miles in Aegean
Sea.=
 The military, according to the daily H&uuml;rriyet, justified this
bellicos=
e policy by reminding that Greece had adopted resolutions hostile to
Turkey =
such as the recognition of the Armenian Genocide (1994), the Pontus
Genocide=
 (1996) and the Minor Asia Genocide (1998).<BR>
<BR>
As for the relations with the European Union, the MGK emphasized the
im****t=
ance of &quot;considering national benefits&quot; in the negotiations of
mem=
ber****p.<BR>
<BR>
According to the MGK's final communiqu&eacute;, &quot;measures to be taken
=
for the efficient use of our water resources in irrigation of our
agricultur=
al fields, meeting the demand of water of the cities and industrial plants
a=
nd for the use of the whole technical and economic potential in the
producti=
on of hydroelectricity until 2023 as well as the necessity of immediate
comp=
letion of the dams over the waters beyond the borders were
emphasized.&quot;=
<BR>
<BR>
This declaration constitues a preliminary answer to the UE that demands a
j=
ust utilisation of Turkey's natural water resources for the good of all
coun=
tries and peoples of the region. (Info-Turk, October 25, 2005) <BR>
<BR>
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<B>Droits de l'Homme / Human Rights <BR>
</B><BR>
Arrest warrent for Eren Keskin accused of insulting the Army<BR>
Incidents &agrave; la reprise du proc&egrave;s-test de quatre
policiers<BR>
IHD Calls for Respect for Prisoners' Dignity<BR>
Cinq ans de gr&egrave;ves de la faim dans les prisons turques: 120
morts<BR=
>
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l'Homme<=
BR>
CEDH: la Turquie condamn&eacute;e pour traitements inhumains<BR>
Deux ex-chefs des renseignements turcs menac&eacute;s d'une enqu&ecirc;te
j=
udiciare<BR>
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Turkish troops kill three Maoist militants in eastern Turkey<BR>
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grave;res<BR>
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europ&e=
acute;enne<BR>
European mission unearths torture claims in Turkey<BR>
Putschist generals are scandalously honored by Turkish leaders<BR>
Des g&eacute;n&eacute;raux putschistes scandaleusement honor&eacute;s par
l=
es dirigeants turcs<BR>
Draft of Anti-Terrorism Law to Lead to Martial Law<BR>
New Anti-Terror Law Carries heavier penalties to thought and
expression<BR>
La Turquie condamn&eacute;e &agrave; Strasbourg pour traitement
inhumain<BR=
>
Un manifestant kurde tu&eacute; par la police &agrave; Istanbul<BR>
<BR>
<B>Pression sur les m&eacute;dias / Pressure on the Media</B> <BR>
<BR>
Un journaliste va passer neuf mois sous les verrous pour &quot;insulte par
=
voie de presse&quot;<BR>
Pamuk: je persiste et signe, mais je n'ai jamais parl&eacute; de
g&eacute;n=
ocide<BR>
Pamuk's new comments on his remarks relating to Armenian massacre<BR>
Turkey in 98th rank on the RSF Press Freedom Index<BR>
Le quotidien &Ouml;zg&uuml;r Politika autoris&eacute; &agrave;
repara&icirc=
;tre en Allemagne<BR>
La cour d'Istanbul justifie la sentence du journaliste Hrant Dink<BR>
Newspaper refuses to pay fine for a re****t on torturers<BR>
Hrant Dink a fait appel de sa condamnation &agrave; 6 mois de prison<BR>
Salman Rushdie's solidarity with Orhan Pamuk in Turkey<BR>
CPJ Protests Against Sentencing of Hrant Dink<BR>
Mobilisation en faveur de l'&eacute;crivain Orhan Pamuk<BR>
Un message de Zarakolu sur ses proc&egrave;s en Turquie<BR>
Appel &agrave; la solidarit&eacute; avec le quotidien Ozgur Politika
interd=
it en Allemagne<BR>
&quot;I Came as a Madame, I'm Leaving as a Woman!&quot;<BR>
Journaliste arm&eacute;nien Hrant Dink condamn&eacute; &agrave; six mois
de=
 prison<BR>
L'&eacute;diteur Ragip Zarakolu interdit de sortir du territoire de
Turquie=
<BR>
Olli Rehn rencontre &agrave; Istanbul l'&eacute;crivain Orhan Pamuk qui
ser=
a jug&eacute;<BR>
La Turquie condamn&eacute;e &agrave; Strasbourg pour violation de la
libert=
&eacute; d'expression<BR>
Sortie en France du roman d&#8217;Orhan Pamuk &quot;Neige&quot;<BR>
<BR>
<B>Kurdish Question / Question kurde <BR>
</B><BR>
Kurdish demonstrators fined for using characters Q, W in placards<BR>
Les menaces d'Erdogan &agrave; propos des gu&eacute;rillas du PKK en
Irak<B=
R>
Students signing a petition for Kurdish education punished<BR>
Pr&eacute;nom kurde non reconnu par la Turquie<BR>
Un groupe kurde revendique un attentat contre une station-service
d'Istanbu=
l<BR>
Rights Activists Confirm Gross Violations in Kurdish provinces<BR>
Cinq soldats tu&eacute;s dans un accrochage avec des militants kurdes<BR>
Les gu&eacute;rillas kurdes enl&egrave;vent un policier en Turquie<BR>
DEHAP member sentenced for saying 'good-day' in Kurdish<BR>
Le PKK prononce la fin de son cessez-le-feu unilat&eacute;ral<BR>
La Turquie condamn&eacute;e pour des enqu&ecirc;tes b&acirc;cl&eacute;es
&a=
grave; Diyarbakir<BR>
<BR>
<B>Minorit&eacute;s / Minorities<BR>
</B><BR>
Le racisme anti-arm&eacute;nien reste vivace en Turquie<BR>
Plainte contre Deutsche Bank et Victoria de descendants du g&eacute;nocide
=
arm&eacute;nien<BR>
L'incarc&eacute;ration en raison d'un guide o&ugrave; le g&eacute;nocide
ar=
m&eacute;nien est reconnu<BR>
Barroso demande la reconnaissance du g&eacute;nocide arm&eacute;nien et la
=
lev&eacute;e du blocus<BR>
Axa, partenaire des militaires turcs, sous la pression d'Ankara<BR>
La Gr&egrave;ce d&eacute;fend l'oecum&eacute;nisme du patriarcat orthodoxe
=
face &agrave; la Turquie<BR>
Call for a Decision on the Minorities Re****t<BR>
Conf&eacute;rence d&eacute;bat avec Hrant Dink &agrave; Paris<BR>
Une mosqu&eacute;e remplace une &eacute;glise arm&eacute;nienne en
Turquie<=
BR>
Nouvelle agression anti-arm&eacute;nienne &agrave; Valence<BR>
Le pr&eacute;sident du PE exige la reconnaissance du g&eacute;nocide des
Ar=
m&eacute;niens<BR>
San Paolo Parliament's resolution on the genocide of Armenians<BR>
TIME publie une lettre en pleine page sur le DVD n&eacute;gationniste<BR>
Nouveau scandale relatif au g&eacute;nocide arm&eacute;nien:
L&#8217;affair=
e Halil Berktay<BR>
Axa indemnise les descendants de victimes du g&eacute;nocide
arm&eacute;nie=
n<BR>
Le chef de l'Eglise orthodoxe grecque redoute une &quot;turquisation&quot;
=
de l'UE<BR>
Une rencontre europ&eacute;enne avec les repr&eacute;sentants des
minorit&e=
acute;s en Turquie<BR>
AFP: &quot;Les Arm&eacute;niens de Paris se sentent trahis par
l'Europe&quo=
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