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    MHP's Bahceli warns government on Ocalan retrial

    Thursday, May 5, 2005

    DOMESTIC

    The possibility of PKK leader Ocalan's retrial will cause upheaval
    in Turkey, says the leader of the MHP

    ANKARA - Turkish Daily News

    Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bah§eli said
    on Wednesday that if the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party
    (PKK/Kongra-Gel), Abdullah Ocalan, is to be retired, it would cause
    a public outcry, adding that the domestic supporters of terrorism
    would try to incite ethnic provocation.

    Speaking at MHP headquarters, Bahceli accused the government of
    creating false crises in order to hide the truth.

    He said it appeared the European Court of Human Rights would call for
    Ocalan's retrial, adding: "The retrial of this murderer will explode
    like a bomb. The government needs to announce that itwon't permit
    this murderer to initiate a provocativecampaign under the guise of a
    retrial. If not, Turkey will enter a serious period of tension. The
    heavy cost of this burden will fall on the Justice and Development
    Party (AKP) government."

    "The traitors who are trying to set up traps will fail to provoke
    Turkish nationalists. No force will be able to cause nationalists
    to flood the streets. We will not permit the children of the country
    to arm themselves. Our fight against those who are trying to envelop
    Turkey in flames will be carried out on democratic platforms."

    EU siege caused Armenian issue:

    Bahceli said the recent Armenian problems were caused by the pressure
    applied toTurkey by the European Union, adding that they were worried
    about Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's public dialogue with the
    Armenian president.

    He said the trap Turkey was being pushed into would start causing more
    trouble in the future and that separatists, who were becoming bolder,
    would cause serious tension.

    --Boundary_(ID_X8avEk4h//wgjSV7ZERwLg)--
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