>Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Andreas Stalidis a �crit : > >> "..The MHP (the National Movement Party) declared that it supports the >> Canadian AECL bid because it promises technology with a follow up of the >> atom bomb..." noting that the MHP is the second biggest party in Turkey >> and particpates in the present government. >> Read below the entire article from Cumhuriet on 17/1/2000: >> >> The Turks have no ethical problem of admitting publicly that they really >> want an atomic bomb, even though thay are party to the NPT >> (Non-Proliferation Treaty). >> >> Only last Saturday, more than 100 people have sent email-fax to >> Canadian PM, please, don't forget to raise your voice too with them: >> http://www.diaspora-net.org/nuclear/emailtofax.htm >> >> and an email to the Turkish Prime Minister: >> http://www.greenpeace.org/~nuclear/reactor/turkey/ >> >> Let's flood them with emails and faxes NOW! >> >> Read all about that issue here please: >> 1. http://www.phantis.com/nuclear.awareness >> 2. http://www.diaspora-net.org/nuclear >> >> The following is an update from Dave Martin of the Nuclear Awareness >> Project >> >> Andreas Stalidis >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Re: Akkuyu update -- nuclear weapons connection >> From: Dave Martin, Research Director, Nuclear Awareness Project >> >> I have attached a June 17, 2000 article from Cumhuriyet, a respected >> progressive daily newspaper in Turkey. The National Movement Party is >> reported to be strongly supporting the bid by Atomic Energy of Canada >> Limited (AECL) to build the Akkuyu nuclear plant largely because they >> believe that the CANDU reactor will be more effective for the construction >> of nuclear weapons, and because AECL will provide more "nuclear technology >> know-how". The article also confirms that the Turkish state electrical >> utility TEAS also supports the AECL bid. >> >> By way of background, there are three political parties in Turkey's >> current government coalition (in order of their strength in parliament): >> >> Demokratik Sol Parti (DSP -- Democratic Left Party led by Prime Minister >> Bulent Ecevit) Milliyetci Hareket Partisi (MHP -- National Movement >> Party, led by Devlet Bahceli) Anavatan Partisis (ANAP -- Motherland >> Party, led by former PM Mesut Yilmaz) >> >> The MHP is an extreme right-wing nationalist party, formerly associated >> with the street thugs known as the Gray Wolves. The MHP has almost as many >> seats as the DSP, so it is the second- most powerful political force in >> the country. >> >> Prof. Tolga Yarman (quoted in the article as opposing nuclear weapons >> applications of nuclear power) is also one of the country's most prominent >> independent opponents of the Akkuyu nuclear plant. He is a professor of >> nuclear engineering at Isik University in Istanbul. >> >> I have made some insertions in the article in [square brackets]. >> >> *** STATUS OF BIDDING PROCESS*** >> >> On December 30, 1999, Turkish Energy Minister Cumhur Ersumer stated that >> the selection of a vendor for the Akkuyu nuclear plant would "most >> probably" be announced before the end of January (Reuters, "Turk minister >> says atom tender probably in January", December 31, 1999). >> >> There has been an unconfirmed report that all three nuclear consortia have >> informed TEAS (the state electrical utility) that their bid prices could >> >> only be guaranteed until the end of January. This may indicate that the >> Akkuyu decision may finally be made this month. >> >> SEND A MESSAGE OF PROTEST >> >> The Right Hon. Jean Chretien Prime Minister of Canada House of Commons >> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0A6 FAX: 613-957-5571 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> For a form letter & automatic forwarding... >> http://www.diaspora-net.org/nuclear/emailtofax.htm >> >> Please include your full snail-mail address with e-mails & copy >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> FREE NEWSLETTER OFFER >> >> For a free copy of "Nuclear Awareness News" (newsletter of Nuclear >> Awareness Project), please send your snail-mail address to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> "Nuclear Awareness News" is available only in hard copy. >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> Cumhuriyet January 17, 2000 >> >> NUCLEAR BIDS ARE TIED IN A KNOT by Ebru Toktar >> >> As the government remains unresolved as to which consortium to choose, [to >> build the Akkuyu nuclear plant] MHP (the National Movement Party) >> declared that it supports the Canadian AECL [Atomic Energy of Canada >> Limited] bid >> >> because it promises technology with a follow up of the atom bomb. >> Apparently, before he died a few years ago, the former leader of MHP >> (Alpaslan T�rkes) had told an ex-president of TEAS [the Turkish state >> electrical utility building Akkuyu] that his preference was the Canadian >> >> consortium. MHP is now trying to fulfill the will of its [former] leader >> and is trying its best to ensure that the Canadian consortium will get the >> bid. >> >> On the other hand, Mesut Yilmaz, president of ANAP [the Motherland Party] >> points out that there are different political interests for different >> parties concerning nuclear reactors, and says that each political party >> supports the consortium that reflects its interests. It has been stated >> that in the list of the TEAS Bidding Assessment Committee, NPI [Nuclear >> Power >> >> International] of France-Germany ranks highest, whereas ANAP supports >> Westinghouse and MHP, AECL. TEAS says it finds NPI technically and >> pricewise very satisfactory, but politically Westinghouse and AECL stand a >> better chance. The executive board of TEAS has turned into a nuclear arena >> for western countries. TEAS says AECL is popular because it promises >> nuclear technology know-how as well. MHP is lobbying intensively for AECL. >> >> An ex-member of the Advisory Board for Atomic Energy of the Prime >> Minister's office and Nuclear Security Committee Prof. Tolga Yarman says >> Turkey should close its eyes and ears to the nuclear arms race. Unable to >> hide his amazement to the fact that the subject of nuclear energy plants >> has been reduced to nuclear weapons, he reminds everyone of the 1981 NPT >>Agreement the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty which Turkey acceded to in >>1980 and came into force in 1981] and the 1997 Agreement [Comprehensive Test >>Ban >> >> Treaty] which Turkey has signed as well. He also commented on the fact >> that the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] will very carefully >> control the plutonium from nuclear weapons. Pointing out the extreme >> difficulties in processing plutonium, Yarman said even the USA avoids this >> and has adopted the burial of wastes as its nuclear policy. Yarman also >> commented that the dangers of the nuclear arms race of the 1950s were only >> recognized in the 1970s. > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
