European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday september 26. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 Over Here we complain a lot. We quarrel we fight but we keep the relation ship Demirel is Kon Cotigo safa Ginny Turkey s defense minister says he Usu old like to see i a. Military id in his country More than Diml led. . Ties Bossom but a few horns remain by Desdee Arrington i Oak staff writer Ankara Turkey turks May forgive bul they Don t forget. A . Arms embargo against Turkey is 10 years in the past. Relations Between the two countries have blossomed into an Era of military cooperation Chara Clori de by joint defense projects and a surge of . Facility construction. Turkey s three major political parties the ruling motherland party and the opposition social Democrat populist parly and the True path party All favor Strong Friendly ties with the United states in what one political writer describes As state but Hurt feelings Over the embargo remain tender. And the belief lingers that the United states abandoned its turkish allies at the Peak of the dispute with Greece that followed Turkey s invasion of Cyprus in i974. Asa result of the invasion in which the turks used . Military supplies the United slates banned further military Aid to Turkey in 1975, and Turkey suspended operations at some bases used by the United states there. Today the relations Between the two countries Bear Little resemblance to the acrimony of the 1970s. And safa Giray Turkey s defense minister wants the United states to Cement the current Friendly relations Between the two countries by More than doubling the amount of military Aid it gives to his country the United Stales gives Greece $350 million annually in military Aid and Turkey $500 million in a 7-to-Io ratio. In an interview with the stars and stripes Giray said his country should receive three or four times the current amount Given to Greece. Behind his reasoning arc Turkey s strategic location next door to the soviet Union and Bulgaria and its contributions to nato. Giray argues that the 7-to-Io ratio held to by Congress favors Greece which has a smaller population and land area than Turkey and contributes a smaller percentage of its resources to nato. In Giray s View the amount of Money the United states gives Turkey often seems to be tied to the Cyprus it hurts us you know. We Don t like the rivalry Between Turkey mid Greece for . Support also concerns a former turkish Premier who is chairman of the conservative True path party. We need moral support More political support More military support More financial support. We want it. We always want it said Suleyman Demirel of Turkey s ambitions for . Support. Demirel told the stars and stripes he believes the United Stales has balanced its relationships with Greece and Turkey although both european countries still Are sensitive to favors done by the United Stales for the other country. We complain a lot. We a car Rel we fight bul we keep the relationship Demirel said of Turkey s ties with the United states. Turkey s own relationship with Greece remains strained. Greeks May visit Turkey without visas hut turks still must obtain visas to travel to Greece for instance. Greece keeps saying thai the big threat is coming from Turkey to them. We Don t have any intentions against Greece ii Ray said. He added that the two countries dispute has become a rallying cry for greek politicians. If any one of them is crying against Turkey More he gets More votes. It is something like a joke to a Small bump in the turkish relationship with the United Stales developed last Spring when a soviet Pilot escaped 10 the West in a Mici-29 Jet fighter which he landed in Turkey. The turks returned the aircraft to the soviet Union without allowing . Authorities to examine it. Giray denied that the turks refusal to allow the United states to look at the plane stemmed from Turkey s occasional displeasure Over . Treatment of the dispute with Greece. What we have done is not cause any problems among the countries Giray said. He noted that the turkish foreign ministry handled the situation bul said he agreed with the decision to return the plane. The Jet s weapons were returned separately from the aircraft. Everyone injurious about thai of course. We have seen the weapons and we have seen the plane. Hut that s All. We did t do any harm 10 them Giray said. At Home in Turkey the military aircraft Industry is a Success. A turkish-. Project to build k-16 Jet fighters had produced 31 jets by Midsummer Giray said. The performance up to now is very very Giray said of the two factories in Turkey that build the aircraft and parts. On the heels of that project s Success. Turkish officials Are looking to similar efforts to boost Turkey s employment As Well As to give the country an Edge in defense technology. One Suc la project involves the Loral corp., a new York based company that plans to establish an operation in Turkey with local partners to Xianu failure radar systems Giray said. Loral corp. Is a High technology company that primarily designs and manufactures defense electronics. A Loral spokeswoman did not return Calls to confirm the report. Giray was less open about the possibility of Turkey s accepting additional . Troops . Ciereck negotiations fail to produce a new agreement on installations in Greece. We think Many things he said without elaborating. Nato and Turkey s continuing involvement in the Western Alliance however Are necessary despite Friendly overtures from the soviet Union Giray and Demirel said. Demirel Sid he was not optimistic that soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev s strategies for reviving the soviet Economy and restructuring its political system will take hold. Even if Gorbachev succeeds in improving the soviet Union s Economy Demirel said i Don t think they w ill change their Universal aim of communism. Relaxation is not Good for the free world. It is difficult to get together so Many people in the free world it s easier to break up. Nato is not going to do any harm to
