VOA标准英语2009年-Turkey Targets PKK in Iraq After Deadly Mi
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(五月)
Turkey's military says its warplanes have attacked Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, following a landmine 1 explosion that killed six Turkish soldiers and wounded eight others. Meanwhile several pro-Kurdish party members of parliament are under investigation 2.
The Kurdish rebel's senior commander, Murat Karayilan, said recently his PKK no longer sought an independent Kurdish state, but recognition of Kurdish rights and identity.
The gesture has been interpreted as an olive branch that could help in ending the PKK's 25-year-long conflict with Turkey that has cost 40,000 lives.
Parliamentary foreign affairs spokesman Suat Knikliogllu says the country could be on the verge 3 of a breakthrough.
"This is the time when the most courageous 4 and important steps in the Kurdish question might be taken," he said. "There is much more harmony in the upper echelons 5 of Turkish decision making namely the Turkish armed forces, the government, the presidency 6 and I think the majority of our society, understands that the Kurdish question is the number one priority of this country, as our president recently said."
But for the last few weeks, the country's main Kurdish political party, the Democratic Society Party, is facing an intense crackdown by state prosecutors 7 and the security forces.
Prosecutors are demanding to question five Kurdish deputies, but the deputies are refusing to cooperate, citing parliamentary immunity 8. The impasse 9 could result in a political crisis.
Police launched raids at party offices and trade unions for alleged 10 links with the PKK rebel groups. The timing 11 of the crackdown is unfortunate, says government member Suat Kiniklioglu.
"One wishes it would not happen now, but you should not forget that there is not one singular arm in Turkey that directs everything on the Kurdish question. There are many other circles in Turkey which have very different opinions about how this issue should be solved or solved at all," added Kiniklioglu. "But we as a government are believing there is right now an opportunity that could maybe result in an historic solution of this issue."
The government is expected in the coming weeks to announce a Kurdish reform program aimed at ending the conflict with the PKK. But critics question the sincerity 12 of the government while it still refuses to talk with the Democratic Society Party. All eyes are now on Turkish President Abdullah Gul who has made ending the conflict his number-one priority.
- A landmine is a kind of weapon used in war.地雷是一种运用于战争的武器。
- The treaty bans the use,production and trade of landmine.那条约禁止使用生产和交易雷。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。
- We all honour courageous people.我们都尊重勇敢的人。
- He was roused to action by courageous words.豪言壮语促使他奋起行动。
- Officers were drawn largely from the top echelons of society. 这些官员大都来自社会上层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Except in the higher echelons, extensive classification has no place in the classification of vegetation. 除高阶类级之外，外延分类在植物分类中还是没有地位的。 来自辞典例句
- Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
- Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
- The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
- He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。
- The government had reached an impasse.政府陷入绝境。
- Negotiations seemed to have reached an impasse.谈判似乎已经陷入僵局。
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为