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Turkish Press Review, 97-07-11Turkish Press Review Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>CONTENTS
TURKISH PRESS REVIEWJULY 11, 1997Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning.[01] YILMAZ FACES FIRST PARLIAMENTARY TESTThe Turkish Parliament debated Thursday the government program of the three-way minority coalition government of Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz. The coalition government of the Motherland Party (ANAP), Democratic Left Party (DSP) and Democrat Turkey Party (MTP) holds 276 seats in the unicameral 550-seat Parliament. A vote of confidence will be held on Saturday./Hurriyet/Cumhuriyet_[02] MESUT YILMAZ SENDS MESSAGES TO EU LEADERSPrime Minister Mesut Yilmaz affirmed the new government's determination should become a full member of the European Union (EU) in a message he sent to European Commission President Jacques Santer and the premiers of the EU member states on Wednesday. The Prime Minister pointed out that his message marked two significant events; Turkey's process of forming a new government, and the preparation of a new EU which will include an overall assessment of how Turkey stacks up in its bid. Yilmaz said Turkey was tied to the West in general, and in particular to the EU. He said this westward-looking concept lay at the base of the nation as founded by Ataturk./Sabah/[03] DENKTAS, CLERIDES IN 'TEST OF WILL'At the opening of new talks in New York, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktas and Greek Cypriot leader Glafkos Clerides that they had the 'elements' to settle their dispute. Annan is 'optimistic' that the five-day negotiations at Troutback, 140 kilometers north of New York City, would succeed, saying "lasting peace in Cyprus is now within our grasp". Annan urged Denktas and Clerides to enter into a process "leading to the incremental construction of the juridical framework within" their divided communities. He said his special envoy for Cyprus who will chair the talks, Diego Cordovez, would submit 'a number of suggestions' to facilitate the process.During the first round of discussions, the U.N. has put minimal pressure on the leaders and presented only the necessary documents outlining the rules of the talks./Milliyet/Hurriyet_ [04] TRNC PEACE DEMONSTRATIONA peace demonstration was organised in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to support the negotiations continuing between the two leards of the island in New York yesterday. In a statement which was read out at the meeting, participants asked the two leaders to bring peace to the island./Milliyet/[05] CEM MEETS WITH FRENCH, ARMENIAN COUNTERPARTSForeign Minister Ismail Cem met with the French and Armenian foreign ministers during the NATO summit in Madrid late Wednesday.French Foreign Minister, Hubert Vedrine said that they were aware of the strategical importance of Turkey and they were doing their best to improve their relations with Turkey. Armenian Foreign Minister Aleksandr Arzumanyan strssed his country's concerns about reports that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) used missiles from Armenia. He said that of course his goverment was not involved and that they were ready to cooperate. He said his government condemned PKK terrorism./All papers/ [06] TROJAN EXCAVATIONS ARE 126 YEARS OLDThe traces of various cultures in Anatolia, host to a multitude of civilizationa, are being brought to light by archeological projects. Trojan excavations, celebrating their 126th year, are one of these painstaking and long-lasting efforts, reported the Anatolia news agency. The excavations which aim to illuminate the past of the ancient city of Troy, made famous in Homer's Iliad, were begun in 1871 by the German archeologist Heinrich Schliemann, and now are being run by another German archeologist, Manfred Korfmann.Canakkale Culture Affairs Director Mustafa Sevim stated that the excavations were being financed by the University of Tubingen, along with many other international institutions. Sevim added that they would celebrate the 126th anniversary of the Trojan excavations and said that they would make great efforts to have all Trojan antiquities returned from wherever they had been taken. [07] TURKEY AND FRANCE SIGN CULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAMTurkey and France signed on late Tuesday their 17th term Cultural, Scientific and Technical Cooperation Program. The program was signed by Chairman of the Foreign Ministry Cultural and Scientific Department Veka Inal on behalf of Turkey, and Deputy Director General of the French Foreign Ministry Cultural, Scientific and Technical Cooperation Department Pierre Vimont on behalf of France, reported the Anatolia news agency.A Foreign Ministry statement said the agreement foresees further improvement and deepening of existing cooperation and reciprocal exchanges in the fields of culture, science and technology. [08] 32,000 PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN 516 FACTORIES IN NINE PROVINCES OF GAP REGIONThe Southeastern Project (GAP) has speeded up industrial investments in the region where agriculture is being developed with new irrigation, reported the Anatolia news agency.According to research made by the Anatolia news agency in the industrial managements at the Gap provinces of Adiyaman, Sanliurfa, Batman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Kilis, Mardin, Siirt and Sirnak, 201 out of 516 managements are in the field of textiles, 154 in food, 77 in plastic, 44 in metal and machinery, 32 in stone-and-soil based production and nine in the field of paper production. A total of 32,000 people are employed in these managements and 20,000 work in textile factories. Organised Industry Region officials said industrialiazation will be doubled in the GAP region and the number of managements will reach 1,500 and total employment will reach 250,000 in the year 2,000. [09] 35 IRAQIS DEAD AFTER BOAT SINKS FROM TURKEY TO GREECE35 illegal Iraqi immigrants died and six others are missing after a small boat carrying them from Turkey to Greece capsized in the Aegean Sea. Officials reported that the boat carrying 41 Iraqis, was heading for the nearby Greek island of Chios but sunk 15 minutes after leaving a lonely spot on a peninsula on the Turkish shore near the resort town of Cesme on Wednesday night. They added that a police helicopter and coastguard boats were searching the area for any survivors./Sabah/[10] TURKEY OFFERS ECONOMIC HOLIDAYSTurkey is the cheapest holiday country in the Mediterranean after Tunisia. The Turkish Tourism Investors Association (TDY) has researched among 10 Mediterranean countries including Turkey examining prices for the 1997 tourism season. As a result of the resaerch the Association announced that touristic facilities in Turkey were the cheapest after those in Tunisia./Hurriyet/[11] FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES TOTAL $16.5 BILLIONForeign exchange reserves in the Central Bank increased by $301 million during the first week of July. According to Central Bank data, foreign exchange reserves, which amounted to $16.223 billion on 27 June, rose to $16.524 million on 4 July. Foreign exchange reserves in commercial banks totalled $8.357 billion and gold reserves $1.383 million on 20 June. /Hurriyet/[12] $5.1 BILLION PAID OFF FOREIGN DEBTAccording to Central Bank data, $5.115 billion has been paid off the foreign debt since the beginning of this year to date. The Treasury paid $4.17 billion, the Central Bank $351.8 million, the Turkish Defence Fund $296 million and other public institutions paid off $297.7 million in foreign debts during the first six months of 1997. /Cumhuriyet/[13] BSEC BANK OPENING SOONFirst Assistant of the Secretary-General of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Ambassador Nurver Nures said that the BSEC Commerce and Development Bank would become operational shortly. Noting that a meeting of the BSEC working group would be held in Bursa in September or October, Nures said that representatives from 11 member countries and experts from the UN Industrial Development Organization would attend the meeting. He added that the issue of 'clean industrial production' would be taken up at the meeting. /Milliyet/[14] POLISH AMBASSADOR IN ANKARA PASSES AWAYPolish Ambassador in Ankara Wojciech Hensel died in Ankara yesterday due to respiratory insufficiency. Hensel (54), who has been working in Turkey for five years, was married with three children. Embassy officials said that the body of Ambassador Hensel will be flown back to his own country next Tuesday. Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem sent a message of condolence to the Polish Foreign Minister. /Sabah/[15] LAKE: "ANATOLIAN TIGERS ARE NOT MEANINGLESS TALK"European Commission Representative in Turkey, Ambassador Michael Lake said that the spirit of Turkish entreprenurism was praiseworthy. Noting the investment boom in Anatolia, Lake said: "Anatolian tigers are not just meaningless talk". He added: "Turkish entrepreneurs are in touch with high technology, design and marketing. There is a remarkable growth in the industrial capacity of Turkey". /Sabah/[16] THY'S SUCCCESSTurkish Airlines (THY) ranks well in a list of "The leading 1,000 companies of the world" published by Business Week, the noted London-based financial magazine. The list, dubbed "Developing Markets", ranked THY 160th in the place and confirmed its success in the international market. On the other hand, according to US published Airwatch Report, which examines world airlines from the financial standpoint, THY ranks 28th. /Sabah/[17] TEXTILE AID FROM THE EU TO FRANCEThe European Union (EU) Commission has decided to extend aid to France where the domestic textile sector is experiencing a crisis. France has noted that following the customs union agreement between Turkey and the EU, the French textile sector moved into a crisis and said that Turkey, which employs low-waged workers, was creating unfair competition. France demanded help from the EU Commission pointing out that 35,000 workers could lose their jobs. The EU Commission promised that the 35,000 workers would not be dismissed, but on the contrary, 7,000 more people would find work in the sector. /Hurriyet/[18] KARDAK CONDITION FOR EU FINANCIAL PROTOCOLGreek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos stated that a new accord signed between Turkey and Greece in Madrid paved the way for normalization of relations between Ankara and Athens. During a press conference he held yesterday Pangalos touched upon the Greek veto blocking financial aid from the EU to Turkey. Pangalos stated that the Madrid accord actually lifted two of the three preconditions Greece asked for prior to new talks. The third condition concerns the Aegean islet of Kardak, and Greece wants Turkey to recognise Greek sovereignty over the island or take the matter to The Hague International Court of Justice. Pangalos added that Turkey will also participate in the summit of Balkan states to take place in Crete in November. /Cumhuriyet/[19] TURKEY REACTS TO SIMITIS' STATEMENTTurkey has reacted to a statement by Greek Prime Minister Kostas Simitis who signed the "Madrid" accord between Turkey and Greece, in which he says that Greece reserved its right to extend its territorial waters to 12 miles. The Turkish Foreign Ministry has stressed that Greek insistence on a 12 mile limit would annul the accord./Cumhuriyet- Hürriyet-Sabah/END Turkish Press Review Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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