Kasim Gulek, secretary general of the Republican People’s Party of Turkey, told the Middle East Institute here today that Israel’s fears over the Turkish-Iraqi pact are unfounded. The Turkish political leader said that Turkey is trying to do good for both sides and can be “a link and means of a solution between them.” He added that Turkey has no desire to injure either party to the Arab-Israel dispute. Gulek is the leader of the opposition party in Turkey.
Earlier, the Institute heard Professor T. Cuyler Young of Princeton University, a consultant to the State Department on Near Eastern matters, and George V. Allen, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. Prof. Young said that “Despite the most recent Gaza incident of the last few days, comparatively speaking, I think it might even be ventured with some temerity that there has been in recent months some increased restraint and evidence of responsibility on the part of Israel and on the part of the Arab states in meeting the problems that still face everyone, in the midst of their uncertain armistice.”
Mr. Allen, who also addressed the national conference of major Jewish organizations here this week-end, reiterated President Eisenhower’s recent pledge of impartiality toward the Near East, a pledge the President made at a Tercentenary dinner in New York. Allen described the Near Eastern situation in very general terms and did not attempt to analyze recent developments arising from the Gaza incident.
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