Press Release Regarding The Recent Developments About Terrorist Chief Abdullah; Ocalan (Unofficial Translation) February 1, 1999 Statement of Mr. Sermet Atacanlı, The Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry In Response To a Question Regarding the Statements made by the Speaker of the Greek Parliament and the Greek Foreign Minister (Unofficial Translation) February 2, 1999 Press Release Regarding The Agreement On Iraq (Unofficial Translation) February 3, 1999 Statement On The Minister Of Foreign Affairs Mr. İsmail Cem´s Official Visit To The Turkish Republic Of Northern Cyprus Unofficial Translation February 5, 1999 Press Release Regarding Political Consultations Which Will Take Place In Paris Between The Undersecretary Of The Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Korkmaz Haktanir And Secretary General Of The Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Of France (Unofficial Translation) February 5, 1999 Press Release On The Passing Away Of H.E. King Hussein Bin Tallal Of Jordan (Unofficial Translation) February 7, 1999 Press Release Regarding The Direct Negotiations which were held in Rambouillet to solve the Kosovo Problem (Unofficial Translation) February 8, 1999 Founding Conference Of The Chairpersons Of Foreign Affairs Committees Of The Parliaments Of The Southeast European Cooperation Process Countries JOINT STATEMENT Ankara, 9-10, February 1999 Press Release On The S-300 Missiles February 10, 1999 Press Release; Regarding The Visit Of Ambassador Haktanir, Undersecretary Of The Turkish Foreign Ministry To Egypt; (Unofficial Translation) February 12, 1999 Statement Made by Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit About How the Chief of the Terrorist Organization Had Been Brought to Turkey February 16, 1999 Press Information on the Statement of the German Ministry of Interior and the Request of the Greek President From His Austrian Counterpart February 19, 1999
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Press Release Regarding The Recent Developments About Terrorist Chief Abdullah; Ocalan (Unofficial Translation) February 1, 1999

It appears that since yesterday the terrorist chief of the murder gang, Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) has been striving to take refuge in an EU member country such as Italy, the Netherlands or Greece with the help of various accomplices.

1) Upon these developments necessary initiatives have been taken in those countries immediately. In a statement made by the Italian Government yesterday afternoon, the allegations claiming that the terrorist chief was in Italy were categorically rejected, and it was emphasized that his return to Italy was regarded as not possible. This quick and sensitive reaction that the Italian Government displayed made us hopeful about establishing an effective co-operation between our countries to combat terrorism. However, with regard to the news indicating that the terrorist chief had landed on an airport on the north of Milano this time, the attitude that the Italian Government will follow will show how far we could depend on this hope. From the statement made by the Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands this morning, it is understood that no permission was given to the terrorist chief to land at the Rotterdam Airport. Concerning the news about the terrorist's entry in Greece; the Greeek ambassador who was invited to our Ministry today stated that the terrorist was not in Greece and that he would not be permitted to come to Greece. However, according to the news received following this meeting it was heard that the chief of the terrorist organisation had come to the Athens Airport on a private plane and that he was still waiting there. Also some information has been obtained from various resources indicating that the terrorist chief was in Greece. In a situation like this, the Greek authorities must immediately arrest this person in order to extradite him to Turkey. The Greek ambassador who was invited once again upon these developments said that the news in question did not reflect the truth. In view of this contradictory situation, we will continue to follow the developments.

As it can be remembered, our Government made it clear that it would consider it a hostile act if this terrorist is given shelter by a neighboring country.

2) After the terrorist chief has fled leaving behind children with an obscure destiny after having forced them into terrorist actions, it is apparent that he is only searching for a secure future for himself by hiring private planes and lawyers with the money he gained from PKK's drug trafficking, money laundering and extortion and that he is only struggling to take care of his individual interests. In this struggle, it is known that the terrorist chief is supported by drug trafficking, crime organisations and mafia.

3) From the information obtained by us it has been understood that the terrorist chief who is the first one to blame for great number of murders and other crimes that are committed by the terrorist organisation so far was not successful in finding a shelter in some Europe countries.

We expect all European countries to locate this terrorist's whereabouts and hand him over to the authorities to be held accountable for the crimes he committed.