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TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (October 23, 1995)
From: hristu@arcadia.harvard.edu (Dimitrios Hristu)
Subject: TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (October 23, 1995)
CONTENTS
[01] PRESIDENT DEMIREL CALLS FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD
[02] COALITION PROTOCOL IS READY
[03] TURKISH JOURNALISTS RELEASED
[04] IRAQI DEPUTY FM IN ANKARA
[05] TURKSAT-1C SATELLITE TO BE LAUNCHED IN 1996
[06] FOREIGN BUSINESSMEN IN TURKEY
[07] AMERICAN COMPANIES DISCOVER TURKEY
[08] TURKEY AN IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNER FOR GERMANY
[09] BARZANI CONFESSES TO HAVING AIDED THE PKK
[10] TURKEY APPLIES TO WTO TO HOST 12TH MEETING
MONDAY OCTOBER 23, 1995
[01] PRESIDENT DEMIREL CALLS FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD
President Suleyman Demirel, who went to New York for the
50th anniversary of the UN, cautioned that disappointments
with the UN, as well as expectations from the organization,
were on the increase. Demirel exhorted the UN to "revisit
the ideals enshrined in its Charter" and take them up
with "new vigor and vision in order to set the course of
the organization for the coming century". Demirel ended his
speech by quoting Turkish poet Yunus Emre:
"Come let us get to know each other
And make it easier for all of us.
Let us love and be loved,
For this world is no one's to own forever".
In his speech yesterday, Demirel focused on the need for
preventive diplomacy, maintaining that this should be a priority
on the UN agenda, along with a determined struggle against
any form of aggression, particularly terrorism. He also
called for a "more democratic and more responsible" Security
Council. Demirel said: "If we want to succeed, all nations in
the world must continue to unite their powers for the
maintenance of peace and security, for the development of
democracy and social improvement within more freedom, justice,
respect in human rights and law". Demirel also called all
heads of states and governments to attend the Habitat II
Conference to be held in Istanbul next year.
After his five-minute address to the General Assembly, Demirel
met with the presidents of Kazakhstan and Finland, the second of
whom is the chairman of the Minsk group, which aims to bring a
solution to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. In the evening,
before a dinner given by US President Bill Clinton, Demirel
attended a four-cornered summit between the Turkish, Bulgarian,
Albanian and Macedonian presidents. The "West-East highway"
issue was taken up at the summit.
Demirel will meet with Hans van Den Broek, the EU Commissioner
for external relations, Azeri President Haydar Aliyev and
Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosian today. Demirel will
also host a tripartite summit with the presidents of Croatia
and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Onur
Oymen, Deputy Undersecretaries Inal Batu, Omer Aktac and Ayhan
Kamer accompanied Demirel.
Meanwhile, thousands of people from the Turkish and Greek sides
attended the celebrations organized at the Ledra Palace Hotel
in Nicosia for the 50th anniversary of the UN.
/Cumhuriyet-Milliyet/
[02] COALITION PROTOCOL IS READY
Preparations for the 52nd coalition government have been
completed. Today, True Path Party (DYP) leader Tansu Ciller and
Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal will hold a
joint press conference to announce the protocol. The draft
Electoral Law will also be presented to the Turkish Grand
National Assebly by the two parties. /Hurriyet-Milliyet/
[03] TURKISH JOURNALISTS RELEASED
Munire Acim of daily Hurriyet, and her colleague Ali Kocak
of the Anatolia news agency, were among 20 prisoners exchanged
by the Bosnian government and its Serb foes on Saturday. The
Turks had been seized at a checkpoint in a suburb of the capital
on October 7. "They took me to Ilidza and questioned me for
nine hours" Acim told the state-owned TRT television on Saturday
night. "They told me I would be hanged with a silk rope".
Acim said that she and Kocak had been travelling with a
French UN convoy when they entered Serb-held territory. When
they were stopped by Serb troops near Ilidza, about 15 km
north of Sarajevo, the peacekeepers abandoned them, she said.
[04] IRAQI DEPUTY FM IN ANKARA
Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Saad El-Faissal starts today
his talks with Turkish officials with a full agenda of "all
aspects of bilateral relations and regional issues". El-Faissal
is expected to appeal to the Turkish side for its support in
lifting the UN-imposed embargo against Iraq, which has been
maintained since 1990. Turkey, for its part, is one of the
states most affected by the embargo. Prime Minister Tansu Ciller
has put Turkey's losses at around $20 billion. The Iraqi Deputy
FM is expected to repeat the Iraqi objection to the presence
of Operation Provide Comfort. The Turkish side maintains that
whether Turkey will extend the mandate of the force is in the
hands of the Turkish Parliament. El-Faisssal will also ask
Turkey to stop its dialogue with the northern Iraqi Kurdish
leaders, saying "they are no different from the outlawed
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). While in Turkey, El-Faissal will
meet with his Turkish counterpart Onur Oymen. He will also be
received by Foreign Minister Coskun Kirca. /Cumhuriyet/
[05] TURKSAT-1C SATELLITE TO BE LAUNCHED IN 1996
The telecommunications satellite, TURKSAT-1C, will be sent into
space in June 1996. Technical problems in the production
of TURKSAT-1C had prevented an earlier launch. The manufacturing
firm therefore reconstructed TURKSAT-1C without any additional
charge. The 1,745 kilogram satellite, will be launched from
French Guiana, South America. All the satellite channels will be
directed toward Turkey and 16 of them will be monitored from this
country. Its technical capabilities will permit service to a wide
range of customers and to a wider region. Huge antennae will no
longer be required, as the astellite will enable smaller antennae
to receive TV and radio stations throughout Turkey, Central
Europe and Central Asia. Transmission problems created by the
mountains of eastern Anatolia will no longer be a factor.
Communication by telephone, telex, and fax will be greatly
facilitated. This will aid security forces. Reservations and
cancellations will be made much more rapidly due to the
satellite's fast input network. /Sabah/
[06] FOREIGN BUSINESSMEN IN TURKEY
350 businessmen members of the Chief Executive Organization
(CEO) gathered in Istanbul for the organization's annual meeting
that started on October 22 and will last one week. CEO aims
to improve the effectiveness of its members by assisting
them in following the latest business developments in the
world and providing them with opportunities for exchange of
views. Each meeting becomes a forum for promoting the host
country with its history, economy, culture and social life.
Observers note that the fact that such a platform is organized
in the period of Turkey's entry to the customs union plays an
important role. /Sabah/
[07] AMERICAN COMPANIES DISCOVER TURKEY
The number of American companies that engage in joint
investments with Turkish firms gradually increases. The
Programme for Development of Turco-American Joint Investments,
initiated by the Union of Chambers with the aim of providing a
forum for the meeting of Turkish and American businessmen, has
so far provided assistance to 350 small and medium-size
American companies. /Sabah/
[08] TURKEY AN IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNER FOR GERMANY
Reiner Mockhelmann, Commercial Attache of the German Embassy
said that Turkey was one of Germany's leading trade partner and
this was confirmed by the fact that cooperation between the two
countries had increased of late. He said Germany supported
Turkey's entrance to the customs union and membership to the
European Union (EU).
Turkey's importance will greatly increase after the customs
union. There are presently some 460 German firms working in
partnership with Turkish concerns particularly in the
automotive, electronic and chemical fields.
Mockhelmann said that the member of German tourists coming to
Turkey this year had increased by 45 % and he believed the
number would reach 1.5 million by the end of the year.
There are presently 20,000 types of Turkish products being
marketted in Germany. The German Bosch firm has made an
investment in Turkey and the German automotive giant MAN has
increased its shares in the country and Mercedes-Benz has
inaugrated its new installations in Turkey. /Sabah/
[09] BARZANI CONFESSES TO HAVING AIDED THE PKK
Leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Mesut Barzani
confessed to having aided the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in
the 1980s. He said that the PKK is now trying to annihilate his
party. Barzani added that the losses of the PKK were great and
he has issued a call to the terrorist organization to
surrender. /Sabah/
[10] TURKEY APPLIES TO WTO TO HOST 12TH MEETING
Officials from the Tourism Ministry said on Friday that Turkey
has applied to host the 12th meeting of the World's Tourism
Organization (WTO) in 1997. Officials said that they are
informing the organization on the "Silk Road Project",
which was the ministry's project, in collaboration with the
state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), for the
promotion of Turkish history and culture.
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