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EU role in new PKK steps is discussed 
*MGK to discuss politicization of PKK 
Mar 28, 2002
Turkish Daily News 

The National Security Council (MGK) will discuss the politicization efforts of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in its monthly meeting to be held on March 29, security sources have said. 

Representatives from the related units of the State met on Tuesday at the MHK to prepare the meeting's agenda. 

The organization's name change, from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to the People's Freedom Party, and its attempts to become more politicized were broadly discussed by the experts. 

The influence of certain EU States on the policy carried out by the PKK was also reportedly raised at the meeting. 

Ankara is looking ahead to the reported shift in the policy carried out by the PKK. 

Another topic to be discussed at the MGK meeting, is Kurdish broadcasting. State Minister Yilmaz Karakoyunlu will reportedly make a presentation at the meeting. A change in the Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTUK) is required for radio/TV broadcasting in Kurdish. 

The PKK has threatened to renew war against Turkish forces if the government executes imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan. NTV reported Monday that during a congress held in neighboring northern Iraq recently, the group warned that the execution could be "cause for war." 

NTV, quoting unidentified security sources, also said that the PKK had changed its name to the Peoples' Freedom Party. The PKK announced earlier this year that it was abandoning its old name as part of a campaign to transform itself into a legitimate political force. 

A petition campaign was also carried out by pro-Kurdish circles for the right to education in the Kurdish language, however the petitioners are being charged with links to the outlawed group, the PKK. 

Following the imprisonment of Ocalan, the PKK avoided getting into armed attacks against Turkish security forces, in an aim to affect the court's decision. 


 
 
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