HADEP undertakes the mission of ending the armed conflict between the PKK
and PUK and calls on both sides to end the dispute. HADEP Deputy Chairman
Yazar, who met representatives of the PUK and KDP in Turkey, wants their help
to end the dispute
 

Dec 23, 2000
Mert Gozde

Ankara - Turkish Daily News

The People's Democracy Party (HADEP) has undertaken the role of mediator in
order to stop the ongoing conflict between the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and
the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).

While HADEP's Women's Branch Chairwoman called on both sides to end the
clashes, a delegation of party members under the direction of the party's deputy
chairman, Feridun Yazar, who is responsible for foreign policies, paid a visit to the
PUK's representative in Ankara, Sehzar Sait, and called for an end to the dispute.

Yazar and HADEP administrators, voiced their anxieties on the PUK-PKK clash
which has been continuing in northern Iraq for months to Sait, stating that war would
solve nothing and that problems could be addressed by establishing communication.

Yazar and his friends, who stated that the HADEP was opposed to the fighting
between the two brother Kurdish groups, wanted their message directed towards
ending clashes to be conveyed to PUK leader Dr. Celal Talabani.

The delegation under the direction of Yazar visited Kurdistan Democratic Party's
(KDP) Turkey office and met representative Safein Dizai.

Yazar and his friends wanted assistance also from the KDP on the issue of ending
the armed conflict.

Medya TV's claim

Meanwhile, according to a news broadcast on Medya TV, the Turkish Armed Forces
(TSK) have entered northern Iraq.

During the news broadcast, it was claimed that the TSK had been deployed around
the city of Erbil. The daily Yeni Gundem claimed that the Turkish government had
provided $15 million in aid to the PUK which has been clashing with the PKK. The
news claimed that the TSK had entered northern Iraq in an operation against the PKK
and that this operation would have air and heavy-gun support.
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