European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is focus an army officer briefs prime minister Tansu filler on military operations against kurdish guerrilla. Turkey s new Leader Riftes a fast life 1 a u it 1 pm v Ampf r f a Quot j by William d. Montalbano los Angeles times dynamic Tansu filler is like the country she leads a in hurry but often late. She is a smiling image of a Young Turkey racing toward prosperous democracy on a Highway pocked by old obstacles and disconcerting Side tracks. Filler the first Fermata prime minister of Muslim Turkey completed a state visit to Washy Egton last month during which she met with president Clinton and was portrayed As the Leader of a sturdy . Ally wedged in a Triangle of trouble Between the Balkans the caucasus Region and the Middle East. A 47-year-old former economics professor c her came to Power in june on the same platform As Clinton she is a Symbol of political renewal who knows that it s the Economy stupid. After a Rocky Start that has left her much to prove the  a Ciller seems to have established her credentials As Leader of her fractious nation of 60 million. Quot i embrace you with a Mother s love a is the trademark refrain of this Mother of two. Quot Ciller Quot which Means Quot freckles Quot in turkish is pronounced  she is still struggling to fill the Gap left in april by the death of president Turgut Ozal. Prime minister Suleyman Demirel moved to the presidency. Ciller who had been the minister responsible for implementing economic policy replaced Demirel As prime minister after winning a leadership election within their ruling True path party. E learning on the Job has led Ciller to a frenzied Pace. She is never on time arriving late even for her own Cabinet meetings. Her daily Agenda is a movable feast. Aides often do not know her program from one hour to the next. C her s impulsive populist style was exemplified by a sudden announcement recently that even students who had failed Entrance exams a 440,000 of them a would be allowed to enter a new open learning on the of keeps prime minister Quller on a frenzied Pace. She is never on time arriving late even for her own Cabinet meetings. Aides often do not know her program from one Nour to the next. University. Top academics said they had not even been consulted but registration for the new school is already open. Whether it will work is a pertinent question in a country where ideas Are sometimes launched before they Are fully thought through. Turkey s impressive drive toward modernization in recent years has sometimes been a Ballet of three giant Steps Forward followed by one embarrassing step Back. The turkish Economy for example is growing at an astonishing 12 percent this year by far the highest rate in Europe. Yet while Turkey is closing the economic Gap toward hoped for membership in the european Community that same booming Economy is burdened with More than 60 percent inflation this year a Many times higher than the dec average. The government s 1993 budget deficit will be double what was officially anticipated. And Cut her Rej presents a country where democracy is both fancied she flawed. Turkey has made mighty democratic strides in the past decade after three military coups Between 1960 and 1980. Yet human rights violations Are still a hallmark of turkish life. International watchdog groups a a regularly criticize turkish police for. Brutality. Moreover they accuse the turkish government and its Security agencies of massive abuses in repressing kurdish insurgents waging a guerrilla War in Southern Turkey a a concern also expressed by the United states and Turkey s european allies. A a two of Turkey s greatest foreign concerns involve its neighbors. One is Turkey s unflagging support of . Sanctions against neighbouring Iraq. Turkey says it has to $7 billion to $10 billion in Trade with Iraq in implementing the . Sanctions. Millions of barrels of Oil still slosh in a pipeline from neighbouring Iraq to the Mediterranean a pipeline that Turkey shut Down within Days of Iraq s invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Turkey would like to Drain it and use the Oil Money partly to service a $2 billion debt owed it by Iraq. The other is Russia. While the United states sees Russia s role in the former Southern republics of the soviet Union As a bulwark against anarchy Turkey sees a dangerous resurgence of russian imperialism. That preoccupation May translate into turkish requests for More . Military hardware. Their me Inthea to tet the past 1 Short subject Turkey and Greece to add military muscle by William Drozdzak the Washington Post Greece and Turkey Ere engaged in a massive arms buildup with the support of the United states and other Western allies even though some experts fear it could escalate their ancient rivalry and possibly embroil them Balkan conflict. Two nato members who have vied in i for sovereignty Over Cyprus and the Aegean sea have emerged in the past year As two of the worlds biggest arms purchasers As they strive to modernize their min Tail forces while preserving a rough balance of Power. At the same time both countries have been Able to acquire enormous quantities of heavy offensive weaponry free of Cost As the United states and Germany Transfer hundreds of tanks artillery and helicopters to their Southern flank allies under the terms of the 1990 conventional forces in Europe treaty. Greece maintains a longstanding Friendship. With the serbs while Turkey nurtures a dose kinship with bosnian muslims but so tar the have carefully avoided being drawn into Battle by the bitter ethnic warfare Between their surrogates. But Western strategists Are starting to worry about a new Post cold War dilemma whether thebe Guerand  accumulated by Greece and Turkey really encourage regional stability As nato claims or whether they Plant the seeds for a greater conflagration if either country should fee fits National interests Are threatened and become caught up in wider Balkan fighting. Ever since Yugoslavia broke apart two years ago the Nightmare scenario for nato has been an expansion in the fighting to the Point where Greece and Turkey would be forced to intervene on opposing sides. In the crazy quilt of Balkan ethnic and religious allegiances the possibilities of rivalry Between Christian orthodox Greece and Muslim Turkey seem almost endless. Western strategists worry most about Albania As the flashpoint where greek and turkish interests. Could clash. This summer Greece expelled thousands of albanian migrants in retaliation for albanians expulsion of an orthodox priest of greek origin and albanian muslims Are itching for revenge. Meanwhile their Muslim Brothers in Bosnia have spoken of carrying War against the orthodox serbs to a new level through desperation guerrilla tactics aimed at provoking foreign intervention especially the involvement of Turkey and other Muslim nations on their Side. ,1while bilateral tensions have died Down Greece and Turkey have still not resolved disputes such As rights Over the Aegean seats Continental shelf turkeys occupation of Northern Cyprus and the civil rights of the Muslim minority in Thrace a province in Eastern Greece. W a a a. A the risks of a wider War however have not stopped Western governments from delivering vast amounts of Modem weaponry to the two allies most closely linked to the Balkan hostilities. Despite serious strains on their economies Greece purchased nearly $2 Baton and Turkey about $1 is billion Worth of foreign armaments last year for the last three years nato has supplied Greece and Turkey with an Overall total off 25 frigates and destroyers. 130 attack helicopters 2,900 tanks and almost 1,000 heavy artillery pieces according to a report by the Independent British american Security information Council. Thi stars and strip is monday november 1,1993