THE PRICE OF PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE

The latest issue of Turkish Digest', put out by the military regime's State Information Organization, reveals the close collaboration between the Turkish government and the Communist Party leaders of eastern Europe.

It also provides a glaring exposure of the Stalinist idea of *peaceful co-existence', which is used to justify collaboration with anti-communist regimes.

Under the headline 'The Yugoslav Prime Minister in Turkey', the paper recounts how 'upon an invitation extended by the Turkish Prime Minister, the president of the Federal Executive Council of the Republic of Yugoslavia, Mr Djemal Bijedic, paid an official visit to Turkey on November 19 to November 24'.

On its front page the magazine carries a large photograph of the Yugoslav delegation chatting amicably with president Cevdet Sunay, one of the leaders of the army-backed government.

The Turkish premier, Ferit Melen, gave a dinner in Bijedic's honour and 'expressed his delight at the presence of the Prime Minister and the distinguished members of the delegation, in Turkey'. He explained that the repeated visits [sic] between officials were contributing to the development of understanding between the two countries.

Both parties declared their appreciation of the principles and aims of the Charter of the United Nations (which supposedly guarantees human rights!) and they looked forward to the further development and intensification of the close contacts between the two countries.

The visit had its lighter side: "The guests paid a visit to Istanbul where they showed admiration for the Topkapi Palace. Other touristic places were visited and a cruise along the Bosphorus was made.' But serious matters were not neglected: 'On the second day of his visit to Istanbul, Mr Bijedic visited the Cayirova Glass Factory and the Ipras Refinery at Yarimaca, where he was briefed on the petrochemical industry in Turkey.' It is to be hoped that the visit did not tire Bijedic and party too much because he and the Budapest Symphony had another, similar, appoint- Orchestra in the Istanbul ment to keep elsewhere: 'Mr Festival being held this year Bijedic left Turkey on Novem- to mark the 50th anniversary ber 24 for Tehran, where he of the Turkish Republic. was to begin another week of official visits, upon invitation Stalinist theory of peaceful coof the Iranian government.' existence the good relations While Bijedic was in Tur- between Turkey and the USSR, key, another visitor arrived Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary, from the so-called 'socialist' Bulgaria, etc., should make life camp. Ihis was 1 Mr Peter easier for the Turkish ComMladenov, the Bulgarian munist Party. Foreign Minister, who arrived on the eve of Bijedic's de- issue of "Turkish Digest' carparture. He held talks with his ries a lengthy report of a Press Turkish counterpart Hadluk briefing given by the First Bayulken on Mediterranean Army and Martial Law Comand European security ques- mand of Istanbul on "anartions. chistic activities aiming to The same issue of the 'Digest' destroy the state' also reported the participation of a Soviet delegation in talks at some length: "The officials on the expansion of the Iskenderun iron and steel national Communism Centre, plant. The plant was con- which has deliberately chosen structed with Soviet credit and Turkey as its "target" • exaid and the extension is cost- tended its activities by the ing some £60m. intermediary of a secret TurOther sections of the maga- kish Communist Party. zine report the participation of the Polish Radio and Tele- some organizations in Turkey, vision Symphony Orchestra taken in by communistic Liberation fighters In East Turkey, Killed by the Army. Above: Front page of the Turkish Digest' showing Yugoslav visitors with Sunay. activities, served the purpose 'Democratic Radical Workerof international communism Peasant Power: although they did not take an active part in movement. sembled in Ankara to en"The terrorist organizations According to classic by publications. These memwere enumerated and defined bers were seized in their first as follows:

attempts to implement what The Turkish Peoples Liber- looked like a long range plan. ation Party and Front:

'A group of its militant the underground organizations members died in the Kizildere incident, after escaping from into Turkish student and Not a bit of it! The same Maltepe military prison. 300 of the members of this organiz- under the ation are now under arrest. secret Turkish Communist "Turkish People's Liberation Party, and by the intermediary Army: of some extreme leftist student "Without being organized, as organizations. the other groups were, aimed to provoke a civil war by carry- explain how sabotage teams The report is worth quoting out sabotage, kidnapping, were formed between workers. gradually extending their A case cited was of a shipyard activities from urban to rural made it clear that the Inter- workers' which areas. It worked as small cells responsible for the arson of the of 3-7 persons called "foko" Opera House and the Marmara Turkish Revolutionary Wor- Passenger Ship, and the sinking ker-Peasant Party: of the Eminönü Ferryboat in "This party claimed to be Istanbul. No doubt, if not the true heritor of the banned brought to justice, they would 'A group of individuals and Turkish Communist Party and proceed with their deviated aimed to extend its network all ideology, to destroy other over the country. major installations as in the case of the thwarted Bosphorus Bridge and Kastamonu Cargo 'Its militant members as- boat.

"The organization to deceive courage communistic activities, the workers was accomplished by choosing workers to be trained as militants, those chosen agents were specially trained and provided with It was also disclosed that propaganda equipment so that they would initiate activities, were actively trying to infiltrate say in their working fields, and push as many workers as posvorker groups control europe sible into action.

'At the end of the briefing, the Military Prosecutor explained the judicial activities of the Martial Law Command, and said that out of 416 law 'The officials went on to suits brought before the courts 315 have been finalized, 159 of them resulting in the conviction of the defendants and 59 in acquittal. There were 477 arrested and 18 detained in military jails.' Perhaps the British Communist Party's experts can answer whether these people are benefiting from peaceful co-existence or whether they are its victims?