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Turkish Press Review 96-05-30Turkish Press Review Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>CONTENTS
TURKISH PRESS REVIEWWEDNESDAY MAY 30, 1996Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning[01] PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE CENSURE MOTION AGAINST YILMAZ ON JUNE 3The Turkish Parliament will meet in emergency session on June 3 to consider an Islamist censure motion against Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, Speaker Mustafa Kalemli said in a written statement yesterday. "Parliament has been called to a meeting on Monday, June 3, 1996, with the conviction that it would not be suitable to have a meeting ahead of elections" Kalemli said. On Monday, Parliament will vote on whether the censure motion against Yilmaz should be debated. If Parliament decides to accept the censure motion, it is expected to be debated on Wednesday and put to the vote on Friday. /All papers/[02] GHALI VISITS TURKEYUN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali will be paying an official visit to Ankara today. Ambassador Omer Akbel, Foreign Ministry Spokesman, said in his weekly press conference held yesterday, that Boutros-Ghali would attend and speak at the opening of Habitat II. Ghali, who will stay in Ankara until 1 June and then go to Istanbul, will be received by President Suleyman Demirel and Parliament Speaker Mustafa Kalemli. He will also meet with Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz and Foreign Minister Emre Gonensay. Ambassador Akbel said that at these meetings the reform process and the financial crisis at the UN, as well as issues such as peace-keeping and international and regional problems would be discussed.Boutros-Ghali, in a press statement before leaving New York, said that Gen.Cevik Bir had commanded the Somalia peace-keeping operation, and that Turkish soldiers and observers had taken part in the operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the Iraq-Kuwait border and in Georgia and Macedonia. He said: "I want to thank the government of Turkey and the Turkish people for their support". He noted that Turkey has an important geopolitical location and said that he would encourage Turkey to become more involved in international issues. He said: "The UN needs the support of its member countries. The UN gains importance only if its member countries follow an active policy". Ghali, who will be accompanied by his wife and a delegation, will be leaving Turkey on June 5, to come back again on June 13-15 to attend the leaders' summit to be held over the closing days of Habitat II. /Cumhuriyet/ [03] SUNGURLU IN WASHINGTONTurkish Defence Minister Oltan Sungurlu, who arrived in Washington for a visit with US Secretary of Defence William Perry and other American officials, displayed a patient attitude concerning the stalled sale of ten Super Cobra attack helicopters. "We prefer to wait awhile longer. We are not considering another supplier yet" he said. Sungurlu is accompanied by a Turkish delegation of nine which includes the undersecretary of defence, Lt.Gen.Tuncer Kilic, and Ambassador Gun Gur of the Foreign Ministry. He said that they would also discuss the issues of an extension to the Provide Comfort mandate and the frigate "accessory package" which was not delivered to Turkey as well. /Cumhuriyet-Hurriyet/[04] EU DEPUTY GREENE IN ANKARAThe head of the European Parliament's Socialist Group, British Deputy Pauline Greene, held talks yesterday in Ankara where she is visiting as the guest of the Republican People's Party (CHP). Talking to reporters during a meeting with CHP leader Deniz Baykal, Greene recalled that her group had voted positively in the European Parliament for Ankara's customs union with the EU. Baykal for his part told reporters that the members of the visiting Socialist Group delegation were all people who had friendly feelings towards Turkey and who brought honest and constructive criticism. "Turkey has to start getting used to these types of relationships" Baykal said. /All papers/[05] GREECE PULLS OUT OF BERLIN TALKSGreece yesterday pulled out of foreign ministerial-level talks with Turkey planned for Berlin next week, thus effectively blocking, according to officials in Ankara, any opportunity of an early raprochement between the two countries. Informing the Turkish side of his country's decision, Greek Ambassador in Ankara Dimitris Nezeritis, listed three reasons which Athens argues make any talks with Turkey futile at this stage. Visiting the Foreign Ministry, Nezeritis listed three reasons as the continuing political instability in Turkey, with the future of the present government in the balance, remarks uttered by Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz and Foreign Minister Emre Gonensay since the two sides took the decision to meet in Berlin taken in Bucharest in April, and the continuing violation by Turkey of Greece's territorial waters.Meanwhile, a statement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry said: "It is unacceptable that Greece lists the political instability in Turkey as a reason for stopping the talks. While we aim to reach an agreement to improve relations between Turkey and Greece within the framework of a series of confidence-building measures, there is a lack of political will in the Greek side". /Cumhuriyet/ [06] WORLD BANK MISSION ARRIVES FOR PIPELINE TALKSA mission from the World Bank is expected to arrive in Ankara today and stay until 8 June for preliminary studies on a proposed financing programme for the $2.5 billion Baku-Ceyhan pipeline project. Oil industry experts said that Turkey was seeking the bank's financing in order to strengthen its arguments that the Baku-Ceyhan route was the best way to transport Caspian oil. The talks with the visiting delegation will be held under the coordination of the Treasury. The Turkish negotiating team will also contain representatives from the state pipeline company Botas, the national oil company TPAO, the Energy Ministry and the Foreign Ministry.Meanwhile, following the agreement which Iraq has signed with the UN for a limited amount of oil in return for food, intensive preparations have commenced to pump more than half of the oil through the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline. General Director of BOTAS, Mustafa Murathan, said that contacts of the Turkish delegation which went to Iraq to re-open the pipeline were continuing. It is expected that oil will begin to flow through the pipeline by the end of June. /Cumhuriyet-Sabah/ [07] TURKEY TO EXPORT 44,000 TONS OF TEA TO RUSSIATurkey will export a total of 44,000 tons of tea to Russia from its stocks this year, State Minister Eyup Asik said yesterday. He noted that 4,000 tons would be packed tea and the remainder would be dry leaves. Turkey, which wants to privatize its government-run tea enterprise, Caykur, expects to produce about 800,000 tons of tea this year. /All papers/[08] GOVERNMENT SIGNS AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENTSThe Prime Ministry of Mesut Yilmaz has agreed to the list ambassadorial appointments as put forward by coalition partner DYP party chief Tansu Ciller. Included among those newly appointed to foreign posts is present General Director of the Directorate General of Press and Information, Murat Ersavci, who will represent Turkey as ambassador in Brazil. /Cumhuriyet/[09] HABITAT-A CITY WITHIN A CITYThe area known as "Habitat Valley" right in the heart of Istanbul, is now under the official control of the UN, the sponsor of the last of the series of world wide conferences on topics for the betterment of humankind. Habitat II, is the last of the big conferences and will take up the issues of housing and city life.Since last night, the conference area has been sealed to the public. Only those with official passes will be able to get into meetings and other conference activities. Until June 14, the conference grounds will be treated as belonging to the UN. The UN has brought in its own security teams in addition to the twelve thousand 650 police officials who will be on duty. Top level participants are already arriving, including Secretary General of the UN Boutros Ghali. /Hurriyet/ [10] ANKARA UNEASY ABOUT SUDANConcerned about developments in Sudan and the support it is giving to Islamic radicalism, Ankara is closely following new developments in that country. Like Iran, Sudan is known to be supporting leftist terrorism and fanatical muslim radical groups.In line with UN policy and recent decisions about a united world wide fight against terrorism, Ankara has decided to not to allow Sudan to open a Consulate in Istanbul. /Cumhuriyet/ [11] LE BARS: "ISTANBUL NEEDS A NEW HARBOUR"Head of Marseilles Harbour Operations, Francois Le Bars, visiting Turkey within the framework of the French'96 Fair, said that the Marmara Sea "needed a second harbour".He said that the Haydarpasa Harbour had the capacity to deal with eight container vessels daily, whereas international harbours had the capacity of 25 containers cargo vessels per day. He suggested a French project for the construction of a new harbour in Istanbul using the latest technology. On the other hand, French authorities noted that Marseilles-Istanbul ferry schedules will re-start in October 1996. /Milliyet/ Turkish Press Review Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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