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Turkish Press Review, 96-12-05
From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>
CONTENTS
[01] INTERNATIONAL BOSNIA CONFERENCE CONVENES IN LONDON
[02] TURKEY RECEIVES PERMISSION TO SHIP SPARE PARTS TO IRAQ
[03] UNDERSECRETARY OYMEN IN IRELAND
[04] TURKEY WARNS COUNTRIES SUPPORTING TERRORISM
[05] EVACUATION OF IRAQI AID WORKERS
[06] GREECE SAYS FIRST STEP MUST COME FROM TURKEY
[07] NATO TO MEDIATE BETWEEN TURKEY AND GREECE
[08] CYPRUS QUESTION MUST BE SOLVED
[09] PKK POSTPONES HAND-OVER
[10] RAFSANCANI TO VISIT TURKEY
[11] US AWARD FOR TURKISH PROFESSOR
[12] EREGLI STEEL FACTORIES ON SALE
[13] GAP LIVESTOCK EXPORTS
[14] TURKISH CHAIRMAN TO THE NEW FIRM OF UNILEVER
[15] TURKISH THEATRE AND CULTURE FESTIVAL IN COPENHAGEN
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1996
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this
morning.
[01] INTERNATIONAL BOSNIA CONFERENCE CONVENES IN LONDON
Forty-four foreign ministers have gathered in London to expedite the
reconstruction of Bosnia and to establish stability in the federation.
In a speech during the conference Turkish Foreign Minister Tansu
Ciller said that Turkey, in addition to its humanitarian assistance,
had pledged $80 million at the last Donors Conference in Brussels and
that the $20 million committed for 1996 would be paid in the form of a
grant. Turkey is committed to the security of Bosnia and, as the
representative of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), is
expected to continue with its contribution to the peace process. /All
papers/
[02] TURKEY RECEIVES PERMISSION TO SHIP SPARE PARTS TO IRAQ
A United Nations (UN) resolution restricted oil sales is expected to
come into force next week, and technical studies concerning the
Kirkuk-Yumurtalik oil pipeline are near completion. Turkey has
received UN permission to ship spare parts and equipment to Iraq for
repair of the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline, UN diplomats attending a
meeting of the Sanctions Committee on Iraq said on 3 December. The
spare parts and equipment are to be used to ensure that the pipeline
will be operable to carry Iraqi oil during the first phase of the
UN-Iraq oil-for-food sale. Within the framework of UN Security
Council Resolution No:986, the implementation, which enables Iraq to
sell oil worth $2 billion over a period of six months, will be
underway this month. /Milliyet/
[03] UNDERSECRETARY OYMEN IN IRELAND
At a weekly press conference on Wednesday, Turkish Foreign Ministry
Spokesman Omer Akbel said on Friday that he would visit Ireland, the
country currently holding the EU term presidency. Akbel indicated
that the meeting would be headed by the Irish State Minister
responsible for European Affairs, Gay Mitchel. /All papers/
[04] TURKEY WARNS COUNTRIES SUPPORTING TERRORISM
During a general discussion of the situation in the Middle East at a
UN General Assembly session on December 3, Turkey warned countries
supporting terrorism and urged such countries to end their support for
terrorism, the Anatolia news agency reported. Turkey's permanent UN
representative Ambassador Hüseyin Celem noted that "terrorism should
not be used as a foreign policy instrument", adding that Turkey was
ready to undertake whatever steps were necessary to combat terrorism.
[05] EVACUATION OF IRAQI AID WORKERS
The United States on Wednesday began evacuating a new group of
thousands of Iraqi employees of US-linked aid organizations from
Kurdish-held northern Iraq, Turkish border officials said. Around 250
Iraqis had crossed through the Harbur border gate into southeast
Turkey and were being temporarily housed in a gendarmerie post. A
Turkish foreign ministry spokesman said 4,500 Iraqis would be brought
to Turkey in the latest evacuation and then flown to the US island of
Guam in the Pacific Ocean. "The operation is expected to be completed
within two weeks," Spokesman Omer Akbel told a news briefing in
Ankara. /Sabah/
[06] GREECE SAYS FIRST STEP MUST COME FROM TURKEY
Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis said after his meeting with
President Suleyman Demirel in Lisbon during the Organization for
Security and Cooperation Europe (OSCE) summit that the first step in
solving bilateral disputes had to come from Turkey. Simitis told
Greek reporters that he had exchanged views with President Demirel but
concluded that no progress had been made. /Cumhuriyet/
[07] NATO TO MEDIATE BETWEEN TURKEY AND GREECE
The Western European Union (WEU) Parliamentary Assembly is to seek
NATO mediation for the Cyprus and Turkish-Greek disputes pending the
approval of a report which sees neither the European Union nor the WEU
qualified to act as mediators because the two countries had differing
status in those organizations. "NATO could, for example, give more
active consideration than it has to date, to the ways in which it
could mediate with a view to settling various aspects of the disputes
between Turkey and Greece, possibly under the aegis of a contact group
similar to the one provided for in the Dayton accords," a report
adopted by the Assembly said. /Cumhuriyet/
[08] CYPRUS QUESTION MUST BE SOLVED
Ireland's Cyprus Special Representative Kestner Heaslip noted that no
EU membership discussions for Cyprus could be initiated unless a
solution to the Cyprus dispute was found. Heaslip suggested that
Northern Cypriot President Rauf Denktas and the leader of the Greek
Cypriot community meet in March for discussions, adding that if both
leaders reach an accord by the end of 1997, in 1998 Cyprus membership
in the EU could come to the agenda for discussions. /Hurriyet/
[09] PKK POSTPONES HAND-OVER
The Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) has announced that it has postponed to
handing over the four soldiers, who have been hostages of the PKK for
two years./Milliyet/
[10] RAFSANCANI TO VISIT TURKEY
Iranian President Ali Ekber Hashimi Rafsancani will visit Turkey
within this month. According to diplomatic sources the expected visit
will take place on 18-19 December./Cumhuriyet/
[11] US AWARD FOR TURKISH PROFESSOR
The annual Roy. F. Weston special social services in the US has been
presented to Prof. Dr. Kriton Curi, from Bogaziçi University who
passed away in October. Prof. Curi is the first Turkish citizen to
receive this award. In a statement from Bogazici University it was
noted that the select committee had decided to give the award unaware
of the death of Prof. Curi. The Roy. F. Weston award is presented
to people who work for the benefit of society and who uphold the
interests of society over those of their own./Hurriyet/
[12] EREGLI STEEL FACTORIES ON SALE
Tukey's Privatization Administration on Wednesday put on sale a 30 to
40 percent stake in the flat steel producer Eregli Iron and Steel
Factories through newspaper advertisements. Bids will be collected
until January 27, 1997. The Privatization Administration holds a more
than 50 percent stake in the TL 6.336 billion capital of the Eregli
plant which has a production capacity of three million tons/year.
/All papers_
[13] GAP LIVESTOCK EXPORTS
In the first 11 months of this year $363 million worth livestock and
dairy products were exported from the Southeastern Anatolia Project
(GAP) region, the semiofficial Anatolia news agency reported. Last
year's exports amounted to $369 million.
[14] TURKISH CHAIRMAN TO THE NEW FIRM OF UNILEVER
Cetin Yuceulughas been appointed as one of the seven members of the
Executive Council of the giant Unilever group of companies. Yuceulug
has also been appointed as the chairman of Diversey-Lever, which has
offices in 60 countries around the world and $ 2 billion in annual
endorsements. Cetin Yuceulug will run the company from its center in
the Netherlands./Sabah/
[15] TURKISH THEATRE AND CULTURE FESTIVAL IN COPENHAGEN
The 12th European Union Culture Capitals will be held in Copenhagen.
The Orient Bridge, Turkish Theatre and Culture Festival will be held
on 6-14 December in the Copenhagen European Center. Within the
framework of the festival, theatre, folk dances, modern dance
performances and seminars will be held. The festival aims to
strengthen cultural ties between Turkey and Denmark through
discussions open to the public which will be attended by not only
artists, but also Turkish and Danish political figures and
academicians./Cumhuriyet/
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