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TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (November 6, 1995)
From: hristu@arcadia.harvard.edu (Dimitrios Hristu)
Subject: TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (November 6, 1995)
CONTENTS
[01] COALITION GETS THE VOTE
[02] ANKARA SAYS MURDER WON'T DERAIL PROCESS
[03] DISASTROUS FLOODS HIT WESTERN TURKEY
[04] ECONOMIST ROUNDTABLE TO BE HELD IN ANKARA
[05] TOURISM MINISTERS MEET AT 29TH UFTAA WORLD CONGRESS
[06] PARLIAMENT ENDORSES SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET
[07] NEW BALKAN DEAL WITH GREECE
[08] TURKEY PLANNING FOR MORE SATELLITES
[09] AZERBAIJAN HOOKS INTO INTERNET
[10] TURKISH-SYRIAN BORDER TRADE TOTALS TL 51 BILLION
[11] FRENCH MAGAZINE TO PRINT SPECIAL EDITION ON TURKEY
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
MONDAY NOVEMBER 6, 1995
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press
this morning
[01] COALITION GETS THE VOTE
Parliament yesterday gave a vote of confidence to Prime Minister
Tansu Ciller's revived coalition government, ending a 45-day
government crisis. A total of 243 deputies cast ballots in favour
of the 52nd coalition government between the True Path Party
(DYP) and the Republican People's Party (CHP), while 172 cast
negative votes. After opening the session, New Speaker of the
Turkish Parliament Ismet Sezgin expressed condolences for those
who lost their lives in the disastrous floods in Izmir and
Antalya. Following the confidence vote, Ciller said: "The 52nd
Republican Government took the confidence vote. It is the success
of our nation, our democracy and our Assembly. I hope this will
be auspicious for all of us".
/Cumhuriyet-Milliyet-Hurriyet-Sabah/
[02] ANKARA SAYS MURDER WON'T DERAIL PROCESS
Turkish officials yesterday expressed sorrow over the
assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, but said
the murder would not derail his mission of peace. "Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin will always be remembered by all of us for his
unshakable belief in and effort toward providing peace and
compromise in a region full of conflicts" Demirel said in a
condolence message to his Israeli counterpart. His vision for
finding lasting and comprehensive solutions to regional problems
will always live" Demirel said. "Israel has lost a valuable son
and the world has lost a man of peace". Demirel said his state
visit to Israel scheduled for November 12-15 would be postponed
due to Rabin's death. Prime Minister Tansu Ciller announced she
will represent Turkey in today's funeral ceremony for Rabin in
Jerusalem. State Ministers Coskun Kirca and Ali Dincer will
accompany Ciller. /Milliyet-Hurriyet/
[03] DISASTROUS FLOODS HIT WESTERN TURKEY
At least 65 people were killed after floods hit the western and
southern cities of Izmir, Isparta and Antalya. Authorities put
the death toll at 55, with two others missing in and around
Izmir, after hours of torrential rain on Saturday. Izmir's
Governor's Office said the 37 people injured during the flood
were under treatment. A rescue and shelter operation is
continuing. Hundreds of people who lost their houses in the
floods are being sheltered in schools and state offices. Rescue
workers distributed 5,000 blankets and 200 tents to others made
homeless by the flood. Saturday's heavy rains hit the Guzelbahce,
Narlidere, Cigli and Bornova districts where therem are many
squatters' shanties. An emergency meeting, chaired by Izmir
Governor Kutlu Aktac, was held to coordinate relief efforts
yesterday. Because of the emergency, all medical services in the
city are working 24-hours, health care and medicines provided
without any charge. After President Suleyman Demirel, Prime
Minister Tansu Ciller and Deputy Prime Minister Deniz Baykal's
visit to Izmir, Motherland Party (ANAP) Chairman Mesut Yilmaz and
Democratic Left Party (DSP) Deputy Chairman Rahsan Ecevit went to
the region yesterday.
Meanwhile, five people died in Isparta's Sutculer district, when
a bus was engulfed in river water after a bridge collapsed.
Sixteen passengers on the bus were rescued, while five drowned.
In Antalya one person died and 250 houses collapsed after
floodwaters surged through many villages. /Hurriyet-Cumhuriyet/
[04] ECONOMIST ROUNDTABLE TO BE HELD IN ANKARA
The Economist Magazine's 13th Roundtable Meeting will focus on
"Turkey's application for the customs union and the effects of
privatization and stabilization programs" and will be held in
Ankara on November 8-9. The meeting, organized cooperatively
between The Economist Magazine and the Turkish government,
intends to attract the attention of foreign companies to
political-economic developments and investment opportunities in
Turkey. /All papers/
[05] TOURISM MINISTERS MEET AT 29TH UFTAA WORLD CONGRESS
The 29th UFTAA World Congress, "Tourism at the Crossroads"
officially opened in Istanbul on Thursday night and a special
meeting of Tourism Ministers was held yesterday morning. Tourism
ministers from Niger, Tanzania, The Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus, Mongolia, Italy, Egypt, The Dominican Republic,
Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Ivory Coast, Iraq, Tunisia, Nigeria and
China attended the press conference to discuss different aspects
and recent developments involving the tourism sector
internationally and in Turkey. /All papers/
[06] PARLIAMENT ENDORSES SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET
The Turkish Parliament's general assembly endorsed a law creating
a TL 380 trillion supplementary budget for fiscal year 1995, over
the weekend. An increase of TL 276 trillion in tax revenues is
expected and the remaining TL 104 trillion will be collected
through government borrowing. A temporary article in the law
gives the right to increase the wages of civil servants and
pensioners on November 15. Attending the vote were 198 deputies,
of which 20 objected to the draft law. /All papers/
[07] NEW BALKAN DEAL WITH GREECE
With the atmosphere between Turkey and Greece starting to warm up
because of EU customs union agreements that also involve Turkey,
Turkish and Greek business sectors are setting up new partnership
agreements.
The textile sectors of both countries are especially interested
in new deals for the Balkan regions. Sector leaders have already
discussed new partnership investment deals. Investors will
benefit from European Union credit support programmes.
The Greeks in fact, are planning ahead on the principle of "if
you can't beat them, join them." Textile leaders in Greece say
that once Turkey gets into the customs union, the Greek textile
sector will take a bashing. Working on a partnership basis with
Turkish producers will at least help to reduce damage to the
Greek sector. /Milliyet/
[08] TURKEY PLANNING FOR MORE SATELLITES
Turkish officials said over the weekend that Turkey was planning
to launch a satellite in June of next year and a third satellite
in 1999.
First protocol agreements have already been signed with the
French Aerospatiale group which will head a new satellite
consortium. First steps for launching from a French site have
also been taken.
According to representatives of Turk Telecommunications AS, the
satellites will be used for TV broadasting and developing
telephone communications, although of the satellites will be used
mainly for military purposes. One of the regions to particularly
benefit from the new satellite set up will be southeastern
regions of Turkey where communications are restricted because of
geographic difficulties and terrorism.
Turkey's first TURKSAT satellite cost eleven trillion TL, the
second will cost thirteen and the third will cost a massive
sixteen trillion TL. On the other hand, officials note that
income from the satellites make the projects very profitable in
the long term. /Sabah/
[09] AZERBAIJAN HOOKS INTO INTERNET
During his recent visit to Azerbaijan, former foreign minister
Erdal Inonu was instrumental in getting Azerbaijan hooked into
the international Internet information network through
facilities in Turkey.
Inonu has been working on the project since 1992, when an initial
protocol was signed with Turkey's research foundation, TUBITAK.
Connections using fibre optics are now set up in Azerbaijan's
Baku university making Azerbaijan the first Turkish-Republic
Republic on Internet. /Hurriyet/
[10] TURKISH-SYRIAN BORDER TRADE TOTALS TL 51 BILLION
Border trade between Syria and Turkey in the first 10 months of
the year totalled TL 51 billion. Exports were TL 2.5 billion and
imports were TL 48.5 billion. During the same period last year,
totals were TL 1.6 billion for exports and TL 13 billion in
imports. /All papers/
[11] FRENCH MAGAZINE TO PRINT SPECIAL EDITION ON TURKEY
The French economics magazine Le Moci is preparing a special
issue about Turkey to be published in December to introduce
Turkish products and advertising to Europe, on the eve of Turkey
joining the EU Customs Union, slated for 1 January 1996. /All
papers/
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