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1980-1.July80-Oct.81 -    Note: 239

Page: 49
Date: July 1980
Location: Istanbul
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Atil …ncŸ
Very forthright
Economy all right - supplies plentiful, e.g. Ecevit - bought fuel of different kinds for ..... {?} cash (twice the price}.
Demirel buys crude only from producers. Cheaper and keeps the Turkish refineries at full stretch.
Only solution is fall in consumption - politically impossible.
Police useless and {?} Army could on a few days round people they would want to kill because courts are frightened. E.g. Kahren.....{?} - many found not guilty; at most 5 years; all out in two years.
Any General who had courage to give orders could act - the terrorists are well known.
He or anyone can hire a killer for 10,000; more for guarded men , up to 70,000 (?). Easy to buy a gun. If you want, Koznikov - 100,000 delivered to your house.
Their warehouse in Adana was threatened - demand for protection money. Refusal - bombed (no injuries). Still will not pay nor allow guns. Better damage than shooting.
200,000 "guns". 10,000 able professional killers.
[It was Nihat Erim who gave orders to shoot to kill when terrorists were cornered.]
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