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Turkish Press Review, 96-08-06
From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>
CONTENTS
[01] DEMIREL POSTPONES HIS VISITS
[02] ERBAKAN TO VISIT IRAN
[03] RP SEEKS SOLUTION TO PKK PROBLEM
[04] TURKEY GRANTS $903 MILLIONS WORTH OF INCENTIVES IN FIRST HALF
[05] IMF DELEGATION CANCELS VISIT
[06] NO OFFICIAL ISRAELI VISIT THIS WEEK
[07] TURCO-JAPANESE COOPERATION
[08] TURKEY APPLIES TO UN TO IMPORT OIL
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
TUESDAY AUGUST 6, 1996
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning
[01] DEMIREL POSTPONES HIS VISITS
President Suleyman Demirel's six-day trip to Malaysia, the
Philippines and Bangladesh, which was due to begin on September
2, has been postponed. The official reason given by Foreign
Ministry Deputy Spokesman Nurettin Nurkan yesterday for the
postponement was "a change in the President's working programme".
/All papers/
[02] ERBAKAN TO VISIT IRAN
Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan will visit Iran on 10-12 August.
His tour starting in Tehran, will also take him to Pakistan
(Aug.12-14), Singapore (Aug.14-16), Malaysia (Aug.16-18), and
Indonesia (Aug.18-20). Erbakan will be among the guests at
Pakistan's 49th independence day celebrations on August 14, a
Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday. Erbakan will also meet
Pakistani President Farooq Leghari, Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
and National Assembly (lower house) Speaker Yousaf Raza Gilani.
/All papers/
[03] RP SEEKS SOLUTION TO PKK PROBLEM
Upon the demand of Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, Welfare
Party (RP) deputies have begun intense initiatives to solve the
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) problem. RP Diyarbakir Deputy
Yakup Hatipoglu said that intellectuals, leaders of political
parties and if necessary, leaders of foreign countries would
support the initiatives. M.Fuat Firat, RP Istanbul Deputy
defended proposals for a general amnesty that would include PKK
members. Justice Minister Sevket Kazan, displaying a positive
approach towards allowing a Kurdish TV channel said that the
State had to establish such a TV channel. Forcing the closure of
pro-PKK MED TV had not solved the problem said Kazan, adding that
instead of trying to block illegal broadcasting, the State TV
channel would openly broadcast in the Kurdish language. He
stressed that a Kurdish TV channel should be established by the
State. Justice Minister Sevket Kazan said in a press statement at
the Turkish Grand National Assembly that Parliament would hold an
extraordinary session at the end of August to discuss an
amendment to the Law of Regional Administration and the lifting
of the state emergency in at least six regions.
DYP coalition partner also supported Prime Minister Necmettin
Erbakan's initiative to start an "indirect dialogue" with the
PKK. /Hurriyet-Cumhuriyet/
[04] TURKEY GRANTS $903 MILLIONS WORTH OF INCENTIVES IN FIRST HALF
The Treasury undersecretariat has granted $903.4 million in
investment incentive certificates during the first half of the
current year. The incentives granted amounted to $216.143 million
more than in the corresponding period last year. In June, 442
projects worth TL 144.64 trillion received investment incentive
certificates.
The projects which received investment incentive certificates
from the Treasury were listed in the Official Gazette on Monday.
Of the total investment incentives in June, the services sector
was granted TL 23.6 trillion, energy TL 12 trillion and
agriculture TL 845.9 billion worth of certificates. The projects
are expected to create jobs for more than 23 thousand people.
/All papers/
[05] IMF DELEGATION CANCELS VISIT
A delegation from the Internatioanl Monetary Fund (IMF) has
cancelled its visit to Turkey, originally scheduled for August 5,
1996. The IMF informed Turkish authorities of their planned visit
a few months ago, according to Treasury officials. /All papers/
[06] NO OFFICIAL ISRAELI VISIT THIS WEEK
The Foreign Ministry said yesterday an expected visit by an
Israeli official to sign a defence industry cooperation agreement
had been postponed. "The visit will not happen this week because
the necessary preparations have not been completed" Foreign
Ministry Deputy Spokesman Ambassador Nurettin Nurkan said.
Israel's undersecretary of defence, David Ivry, was expected in
Ankara to sign an agreement, initialled in March. Nurkan noted
that the cabinet had not given the authority to sign the
agreement. /All papers/
[07] TURCO-JAPANESE COOPERATION
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the
Mining Research Institute (MTA) will train experts from
Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Turkish-Speaking Republics in
extraction of underground resources. A statement issued by the
Japanese Embassy said that experts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and
Bosnia-Herzegovina will attend courses which will start in March,
1997, and last for three years. /Cumhuriyet/
[08] TURKEY APPLIES TO UN TO IMPORT OIL
An application to import a limited amount of oil from Iraq was
made by Turkey to the UN yesterday. Turkey is one of the
countries that has suffered the most from the UN economic embargo
on Iraq since the Gulf War. A written statement issued by the
Turkish Foreign Ministry said that according to the application
Turkey would buy a limited amount of oil from Iraq and would sell
food and medicine to Iraq.
Meanwhile, the US administration has reported that there have
been some developments during meetings regarding a plan which
enables Iraq to sell oil in return for food. US State Department
Spokesman Nicholas Burns said at a press conference that they
expected that meetings and discussions held in the UN would be
completed soon. Burns added that he would examine Turkey's
application to the UN Sanctions Committee.
On the other hand, the Iraq administration has stated that they
hope the UN will let Turkey trade with Iraq again. An article in
the Es Savra newspaper in Iraq recalled that Turkey wanted
permission from the UN and said: "We call on the UN to respond
positively". /Cumhuriyet/
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