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TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (October 12, 1995)
From: hristu@arcadia.harvard.edu (Dimitrios Hristu)
Subject: TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (October 12, 1995)
CONTENTS
[01] OYMEN OFF TO WASHINGTON
[02] WHITE HOUSE WELCOMES CASPIAN OIL PIPELINE DECISION
[03] MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY CAPACITY USAGE SOARS TO 81 %
[04] FOREIGN INVESTMENT PERMITS JUMP 63.2 % IN FIRST NINE MONTHS
[05] PKK MILITANTS KILL SEVEN PEOPLE
[06] BOSNIA LOOKING TO TURKEY
[07] NO CONNECTION BETWEEN TURKISH POLICE AND UN
[08] TURKMEN NATURAL GAS PIPELINE
[09] NEW IRAQ DEAL IN OFFING
[10] US SEEKING BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS IN TURKEY
WITH THE COMPLIMENT OF
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF PRESS AND INFORMATION
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
OCTOBER 12, 1995
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish
press this morning
[01] OYMEN OFF TO WASHINGTON
Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Onur Oymen left for Washington
yesterday as the official guest of his US counterpart Peter
Tarnoff. Oymen, who is visiting Washington just ahead of a
presidential visit that starts next week, will meet with
Strobe Talbott, deputy secretary of state; Richard Holbrooke,
assistant secretary of state responsible for European Affairs;
Anthony Lake, assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs and high officials from the Department of Commerce and
the Pentagon. Oymen is going to give a series of lectures and
meet with members of the media. He will also meet with
several congressmen. A statement from the Turkish Foreign
Ministry said Turkey and the US will take up bilateral issues
and international developments at this meeeting, which is
taking place within the context of their "strengthened
partnership". President Suleyman Demirel will go to the US to
attend the 50th anniversary celebrations of the UN and to meet
with US President Bill Clinton. Demirel will leave for
Washington on 17 October and meet with Clinton on 18 October.
Following his contacts in Washington with high level
officials, Demirel will proceed to New York and participate in
the UN General Council. Demirel, who will deliver a speech at
the General Council, will return to Turkey on 25 October.
During his visit to the US, Demirel will also make speeches on
TV and give newspaper interviews, including CNN, NBS, New York
Times and the Washington Post. Foreign Minister Coskun Kirca,
some businessmen and some presidents of universities will
accompany Demirel. /Cumhuriyet-Milliyet/
[02] WHITE HOUSE WELCOMES CASPIAN OIL PIPELINE DECISION
The White House has welcomed plans by an international
consortium to pump oil from the Caspian Sea across the two
pipeline routes, one through Russia and the second via
Georgia. "We think the idea of having two pipelines makes
sense for the five American companies involved and also makes
sense for a number of our friends and allies in the area,
including Turkey" State Department Spokesman Nicholas Burns
said on Tuesday. /Sabah/
[03] MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY CAPACITY USAGE SOARS TO 81 %
Capacity utilization in Turkey's manufacturing industry
increased to 81 % in September from 78.7 % in the same month
last year, State Institute of Statistics (DIE) figures
revealed. /All papers/
[04] FOREIGN INVESTMENT PERMITS JUMP 63.2 % IN FIRST NINE MONTHS
Turkish foreign investment permits soared 63.2 % in the first
nine months of 1995 compared to the same period last year,
reaching a high of $1.62 billion, Treasury officials said. In
the same period last year, permits worth $993.5 million were
issued while the permits issued throughout 1994 registered
$1.48 billion. The permits issued in September 1995 reached
$192.9 million, a 147.5 % increase compared with the same
month last year. The manufacturing sector got the biggest
share of the foreign investment permits with $162 million
followed by the mining sector with $22.8 million and the
services sector with $7.9 million. Foreign capital comes to
Turkey mainly from EU countries. The number of foreign
investment permits granted to EU countries soared 55.24 % in
the first nine months of 1995.
[05] PKK MILITANTS KILL SEVEN PEOPLE
The militants of the PKK terrorist organization killed seven
people including four village guards in attacks in eastern
Turkey, government officials said yesterday. Government
troops killed 10 PKK militants in clashes in Bingol and Igdir,
the emergency rule governor's office in Diyarbakir said. PKK
militants firing rockets and assault rifles killed a village
guard and two watchmen at an iron ore mine in the eastern
province of Malatya on Tuesday night, the Malatya provincial
governor's office said in a statement. The statement added
that the militants then killed three other village guards and
a night watchman at a nearby state-owned telecommunications
station. Meanwhile, the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party
(IKDP) led by Mesud Barzani disclosed that 86 PKK militants
were killed in clashes during a recent 36 hour period. The
IKDP sources said: "More than 400 PKK militants have been
killed and 500 injured since August. Some PKK members
surrendered". /Hurriyet-Cumhuriyet-Sabah/
[06] BOSNIA LOOKING TO TURKEY
War battered Bosnia is looking to Turkey to guarantee the new
peace agreement brokered primarily by the US -and that has
already been delayed for 48 hours because of continued
fighting. In a statement to the Turkish press, Bosnian
Foreign Minister Muhammet Sakirbey said yesterday that Turkey
would have to shoulder a lot of responsibility when it came to
maintaining the peace in the region. He also said that he
would like to see more Turkish soldiers deployed in the peace
forces policing the peace agreement. Noting that Turkey was
the only country connected to the Bosnia war that was a member
of both NATO and the Organization for Islamic Conference,
Sakirbey added that Turkey's role was critical and important.
/Hurriyet/
[07] NO CONNECTION BETWEEN TURKISH POLICE AND UN
Foreign Ministry spokesman Omer Akbel declared yesterday that
there was no connection between the thought that Turkish
police units would ensure the safety of Bosnians returning to
their homes and UN operations in the region. During his
weekly news conference, Akbel said yesterday that discussions
about using Turkish policemen to patrol Bihac and other areas
were continuing, and added that nothing had been decided.
"This has nothing to do with the UN. This plan involves only
the governments of Bosnia, Croatia and Turkey" noted Akbel.
/Cumhuriyet/
[08] TURKMEN NATURAL GAS PIPELINE
Turkmen Ambassador to Ankara, Nurmuhammed Hanamov, said
yesterday that Turkmenistan hoped that natural gas reserves in
that country would be delivered to world markets through an
overland pipeline going through Iran and Turkey. In a
statement, Hanamov said that a meeting would be held in Vienna
to clarify the route and debate issues involving the US
embargo against Iran. Hanamov implied that if needed, the
embargo would be broken in a move to develop Turkmenistan
natural gas resources. /Cumhuriyet/
[09] NEW IRAQ DEAL IN OFFING
Following up on US initiatives, Ankara has announced that new
agreements on preserving the integrity of Iraqi territories
are in the offing. Government officials said yesterday that
efforts to secure a peace between the warring Kurdish factions
in northern Iraq, were moving towards a written agreement.
One of the articles in the agreement could well call for the
protection and preservation of Iraqi sovereignty and
territorial integrity, said officials. /Cumhuriyet/
[10] US SEEKING BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS IN TURKEY
During October 23-24, a delegation of US businessmen will be
in Turkey seeking opportunities for new partnerships with
Turkish companies. Deals, if successful, will involve
anything from cosmetics to vacuum cleaners, producing balloons
to kitchen equipment. /Sabah/
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