GENERAL VELI KUCUK: "PKK IS NOT KURDISH, BUT ARMENIAN PROBLEM"

Azeri Press Agency
Dec 15 2008
Azerbaijan

Istanbul – APA. Addressing the trial on "Ergenekon" in Turkey, retired
General, member of World Azerbaijanis Congress Veli Kucuk said the
criminal case and arrests had been prepared by the order of the US,
APA reports quoting Haberturk.

Veli Kucuk said though investigation on "Ergenekon" had started before
the establishment of Justice and Development Party (AKP), the operation
began after Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s meeting with George Bush in the
White House on November 5, 2007. He said the secret witnesses giving
testimony against him were members of such terrorist organizations
as PKK, Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front and Hezbollah
and refuted the accusations. General said he had led the troops in
border regions for a long time and underlined that he had defended
the friendship of Turks and Kurds.

"I said PKK did not represent Kurds, eastern problem of Turkey was
actually Armenian problem. Of course, some did not like it and that’s
why I am here," he said.

Veli Kucuk’s speech consisted of 101 pages. General’s lawyer is his
daughter Zeyneb.