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TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (October 6, 1995)
From: hristu@arcadia.harvard.edu (Dimitrios Hristu)
Subject: TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (October 6, 1995)
CONTENTS
[01] CILLER NAMES MINORITY GOVERNMENT
[02] FOUR DAYS AFTER KILLER QUAKE DINAR STILL ROCKS
[03] INONU: "RUSSIAN INTENTIONS ARE UNCLEAR"
[04] KARABAKH ARMENIANS RELEASE SOLE TURKISH PRISONER
[05] US TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS SAYS TURKEY SHOULD GET ON-LINE
[06] GERMANY STARTS SHIPMENT OF ARMS TO TURKEY
[07] PM CILLER: SUSPECTED IZMIR BOMBERS CAUGHT
[08] TURKISH-CANADIAN VENTURE WINS CONTRACT TO BUILD SUBWAY, POWER PLANT IN KAZAKHSTAN
[09] TURKISH FIRM TO BUILD SHIPS FOR DUTCH BUYER
[10] ARSON ATTACK ON TURKISH ASSOCIATION IN GERMANY
[11] SECURITY FORCES KILL 23 MILITANTS IN SOUTHEAST
[12] TURCO-RUSSIAN TOURISM SEMINAR
[13] NATO CALLS FOR PEACE BETWEEN TURKEY AND GREECE
[14] COASTAL TRADE AGREEMENT WITH NORTHERN CYPRUS
[15] TURKISH ECONOMY GROWING
WITH THE COMPLIMENT OF
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF PRESS AND INFORMATION
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
OCTOBER 6, 1995
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press
this morning.
[01] CILLER NAMES MINORITY GOVERNMENT
Prime Minister Tansu Ciller on Thursday announced a minority
government to succeed her defunct partnership with the social
democrats, securing President Demirel's stamp of approval this
time after she was assured of parliamentary support from right
and left-wing allies.
In a statement she issued after the approval of her government,
Ciller expressed gratitude to "all the party leaders and
deputies who gave their support," saying they had upheld the
country's interests.
Ciller said the government would not be a transitory one and
avoided any reference to early elections. She said it would
seek to solve the country's problems, including those of workers
and the civil servants, and will seek to realize such projects
as the customs union (with the EU) and profitable pipeline
schemes (for the transport of oil from Azerbaijan and other
Turkic states over Turkey.)/All Papers/
[02] FOUR DAYS AFTER KILLER QUAKE DINAR STILL ROCKS
Four days after the earthquake catastrophe in which the death
toll has now reached 90, the town of Dinar in Afyon province is
still shaking, aftershocks continue. According to Kandilli
Observatory, which monitors seismic activity in the area, there
have been 125 light and medium tremors between Sunday when the
major quake took place, and Thursday morning. In the 24-hour
period prior to the release of these figures 18 tremors were
recorded./All Papers/
[03] INONU: "RUSSIAN INTENTIONS ARE UNCLEAR"
Foreign Minister Erdal Inonu said on Thursday that the aims of
Russia, with its powerful military capabilities, were still
unclear.
"It is clear that it would be unwise to short-circuit an
organization such as NATO," Inonu told a conference organized by
the Young Entrepreneurs and Businessmen's Association (GYIAD).
"Today, there is no longer the Soviet Union but Russia. Russia
is a big state, with vast military power, but its intentions are
unclear," Inonu said.
Ankara wants Russia to accept a compromise plan proposed by NATO
that would enable Moscow to deploy more troops in the flank
areas than originally planned under the 1990 Conventional Forces
in Europe Treaty.
Turkey's views are also guarded concerning an expansion of NATO
that would include eastern-Europe states in the Western
alliance, maintaining that this process should be carried out
carefully and gradually./All Papers/
[04] KARABAKH ARMENIANS RELEASE SOLE TURKISH PRISONER
Following a visit by an international mission, the Armenians of
Nagorno-Karabkh this week released their only Turkish prisoner,
who they have been holding for two years.
His release took place following a visit by Ayhan Kemal,
Turkey's special envoy for Karabakh as part of the Minsk Group
of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE)./All Papers/
[05] US TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS SAYS TURKEY SHOULD GET ON-LINE
Telecommunications systems, including the Internet, should take
a leading role in Turkey's integration with Asian and West
European markets, Linda Garcia, director of the US Senate
Technological Evaluation Department, said on Thursday, according
to the Anatolia news agency.
Garcia, who attended a conference entitled "The Future of the
Internet and Information Networks," organized by the Turkish
Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) in
Ankara, told Anatolia that Turkey had a strategic location in
terms of economy. "Turkey really has a great chance before her
and the telecommunications syatems are a good means for Turkey's
stepping forward in terms of enlarging into more markets,"
Garcia was quoted as saying.
Underlying that the Internet played had an important role in
economic development, Garcia noted that Turkey, in the Middle
East, was the country where the Internet system was the most
wide-spread and added that the use of it should be encouraged
and that Turkish people should be provided with more information
on it.
[06] GERMANY STARTS SHIPMENT OF ARMS TO TURKEY
Germany, after last month's decision to release frozen military
grants to Turkey, has resumed military shipments, a German
Defence Ministry spokesman said on Thursday. The spokesman said
that DM 107 million in arms will be shipped to Turkey before the
end of the year. He said that the Mercedes Company would also
give Turkey 11 armored transport vehicles./All Papers/
[07] PM CILLER: SUSPECTED IZMIR BOMBERS CAUGHT
Prime Minister-designate Tansu Ciller said that six militants,
suspected of planting a bomb that killed five people and injured
25 on September 17, in Izmir had been caught by Izmir
police./All Papers/
[08] TURKISH-CANADIAN VENTURE WINS CONTRACT TO BUILD SUBWAY,
POWER PLANT IN KAZAKHSTAN
A joint venture deal between Guris- the leading Turkish
constracting firm, and the Canadian firm SNC-Lavalin, has won
the contracts to build a subway in the Kazakh capital, Almaty,
and a power plant in Zhezkazgan, the Anatolia news agency said
on Thursday.
[09] TURKISH FIRM TO BUILD SHIPS FOR DUTCH BUYER
A Turkish firm has won a tender from the maritime firm General
Chart to build three ships for the Rotterdam-based firm, the
Anatolia news agency reported on Thursday.
Officials stated that the Turkish firm Sedef bid a total of 115
million Dutch guilders (about $60 million), at least 40 million
guilder less than other bids for the ships contract, each one
weighing 13,500 tons deadweigh.
[10] ARSON ATTACK ON TURKISH ASSOCIATION IN GERMANY
A Turkish association in Uetersen, Germany, near Hamburg, was
fire bombed late Wednesday by unknown assailants, the Anatolia
news agency reported. Police said that arsonists threw molotov
cocktails into the building, causing damage but no casualties.
[11] SECURITY FORCES KILL 23 MILITANTS IN SOUTHEAST
Twenty-three militants, members of the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK), were killed on Thursday by security forces
in clashes in the rural areas of Mardin and Bitlis provinces,
the Anatolia news agency reported. According to an announcement
from the office of the emergency rule region, three members of
the security forces were killed in action by the militants.
Operations are still continuing to capture the members of the
separatist organization.
[12] TURCO-RUSSIAN TOURISM SEMINAR
A "Turkish-Russian Tourism Seminar," organized by the Russian
Federation Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the Turkish
Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchange (TOBB) will be held
from October 17-18 in Antalya, the Anatolia news agency
reported. In the seminar, in Antalya's Kemer district,
tourism-related issues between Turkey and the Russian Federation
will be discussed. Specific regions in Turkey and the Russian
Federation will be promoted in the seminar.
[13] NATO CALLS FOR PEACE BETWEEN TURKEY AND GREECE
NATO Secretary General Willy Claes has called for a quick
settlement of the problems between Turkey and Greece. Speaking
to journalists at the Washington Press Centre, Claes said that
it was essential that Turkey and Greece resolved their
differences-bringing real peace and stability to the region.
Claes noted that there was a new spirit of activity pervading
NATO, and that Greece and Turkey were part of it. He added that
new developments in Eastern Europe demonstrated the new power
and resolve of NATO. /All papers/
[14] COASTAL TRADE AGREEMENT WITH NORTHERN CYPRUS
An agreement for the development of coastal trade between Turkey
and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) was approved
by President Suleyman Demirel. The agreement, that will enter
into force at the beginning of 1996, contains provisions for
facilitating bilateral coastal trade with Northern Cyprus. The
agreement aims to diminish the losses suffered by Northern
Cyprus as a result of the export ban imposed on the country by
the European Court of Justice. /Cumhuriyet/
[15] TURKISH ECONOMY GROWING
Central Bank Chairman Yaman Toruner, speaking at a round table
discussion on Turkey, organized by the CEO Institute and the
Euromoney magazine, said that the Turkish share in world
production had increased from 0.38 percent in 1970 to 0.51
percent in 1989, according to UN statistics. Toruner noted that
this positive trend would continue and stressed that in 1995,
the Turkish share of world production would reach 0.55 percent.
Commenting on this development, the Central Bank chairman
pointed out that the growth strategy based on exports had given
positive results. Since 1980, imports have shown a four-fold
increase, and exports - a seven-fold increase./Cumhuriyet/
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