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Turkish Press Review, 97-07-28
From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>
CONTENTS
[01] BULGARIAN PRESIDENT TO GIVE TURKISH TIES NEW BOOST
[02] KOC TO ESTABLISH CAR FACTORY IN UZBEKISTAN
[03] TRNC IS AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF UNIDO
[04] WASHINGTON OKAYS TURKEY-TURKMENISTAN GAS PIPELINE VIA IRAN
[05] UNDERGROUND ECONOMY TO BE REGISTERED
[06] BELGRADE: WE DO NOT SUPPORT PKK
[07] DENKTAS AND KLERIDES TO MEET TODAY
[08] DRUG OPERATION
[09] TURKISH WORKERS ARE THE BEST
[10] TURKISH FLYING TEAM ESCAPES DISASTER
[11] PKK ATTACKS MILITARY VEHICLE
[12] BODRUM BOMB INCIDENT
[13] DEMIREL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF TURKEY
[14] BUSY WEEK AT PARLIAMENT
[15] SWIMMING CONTEST IN ISTANBUL
[16] RUSSIA READY TO COMPROMISE ON CFE
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
JULY 28, 1997
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this
morning
[01] BULGARIAN PRESIDENT TO GIVE TURKISH TIES NEW BOOST
Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov arrives in Turkey today as the
official guest of his Turkish counterpart Suleyman Demirel. It is
reported that during Stoyanov's two-day visit, economic relations and
regional developments will be taken up. /Cumhuriyet/
[02] KOC TO ESTABLISH CAR FACTORY IN UZBEKISTAN
The Koc Group plans to establish an automotive factory in Samarkand as
a joint venture with the government of Uzbekistan. The general
manager of the Koc Group's foreign trade firm Ram, Hasan Bengu, said
that the factory would cost $75 million, and produce minibuses,
midi-buses and trucks with an overall capacity of 3,000 vehicles per
year. Half of the investment will come from Koc and the other half
from the Uzbek state. /Milliyet/
[03] TRNC IS AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF UNIDO
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) is beginning to be
recognized by international organizations. The UN Industrial
Development Organization's (UNIDO) section devoted to promoting free
trade has accepted the TRNC as an "official member" of the
association. The trade section's guide book, consisting of general
information on its 38 members and the latest data on them, also
mentions the "TRNC" as well as Turkey as members. The guide suggests
that Turkey has good economic potential and that the free trade zone
in the TRNC promotes trade with Turkey, the US, Britain, Hong Kong and
Germany. /Milliyet/
[04] WASHINGTON OKAYS TURKEY-TURKMENISTAN GAS PIPELINE VIA IRAN
The US administration reportedly will not move to block construction
of a natural gas pipeline between Turkey and Turkmenistan via Iran.
Spokeswoman for the US National Security Council, Anne Luzzatto, said:
"The White House does not believe that the construction of a natural
gas pipeline between Turkey-Turkmenistan via Iran will violate the
ILSA (Iran Libya Sanctions Act)". Although the pipeline will serve
Iranian interests on a minimal level, basically it is for the
marketing of Central Asian energy resources, Luzzatto explained.
/Hurriyet/
[05] UNDERGROUND ECONOMY TO BE REGISTERED
Turkey plans to form a free trade zone in order to legitimize the
unregistered economy -called the suitcase trade-. The trade zone will
include two of Istanbul's biggest open bazaars, Sali and Laleli, and
will later include Turkish Cyprus. Under the new arrangement, a
foreigner who buys goods in Turkey and wants to export the goods in
his or her suitcase would have to declare the goods at bureaus that
will be located in the bazaars. The goods would be delivered to the
Sali bazaar shipping department and then to the person's address in
his or her own country. /Hurriyet/
[06] BELGRADE: WE DO NOT SUPPORT PKK
Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Ambassador Onur Oymen, who
visited Belgrade last week, received a message from officials of the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia saying that they did not support the
PKK terrorist organization. Oymen said that Yugoslav officials were
ready to cooperate in the struggle against terrorism. During Oymen's
visit, economic issues were also taken up. /Milliyet/
[07] DENKTAS AND KLERIDES TO MEET TODAY
The two leaders of Cyprus will meet today. It is reported that the
meeting between President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
(TRNC) Rauf Denktas and Greek Cypriot Administration Leader Glafkos
Klerides will be held at the Residence of Cyprus Special Deputy Envoy
of the UN Secretary-General, Gustav Feissel, in Nicosia, and that
mostly humanitarian issues will be taken up. The two leaders will
meet again on 11 August in Geneva, Switzerland. /Sabah/
[08] DRUG OPERATION
During operations at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport and in nearby
Kucukcekmece, an 11-person international drug team, including three
Turks, were arrested, and eight kilograms of heroin was seized.
/Cumhuriyet/
[09] TURKISH WORKERS ARE THE BEST
According to the directors of the German Siemens group of companies,
their Turkish workers are "the best". The company employs many
foreign workers from different countries, but the ones that do the
most and who are the most relable are those who come from Turkey. "We
are most happy with our Turkish workers" says company director Dr.
Heinrich Pierer. /Sabah/
[10] TURKISH FLYING TEAM ESCAPES DISASTER
The "Turkish Stars" flying team narrowly missed being involved in a
fatal flying accident at a display held in Ostend, Belgium, over the
weekend. Just as the last plane landed after a thirty minute display,
a Jordanian pilot tried to loop the loop, failed, and fell like a
stone to the ground where it exploded. The leader of the team,
Captain Orhan Tamer, said that the crashed plane exploded only thirty
metres away from the planes and members of the Turkish team.
/Milliyet/
[11] PKK ATTACKS MILITARY VEHICLE
A military vehicle was ambushed by the PKK terrorist organization near
a village in the region around Tokat over the weekend. During the
attack two soldiers were wounded. The PKK also carried out attacks
near Bingol. Security forces are in pursuit of the terrorists. /All
papers/
[12] BODRUM BOMB INCIDENT
A female PKK terrorist setting up a bomb, blew herself to bits in
Bodrum on Saturday night as she got ready to target tourist centres in
the popular seaside town. Four more bombs were found in the
terrorist's handbag. Security experts said later that the bombs were
Russian-made grenades. /All papers/
[13] DEMIREL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF TURKEY
At a ceremony held to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the
establishment of the Kale Group of Companies, President Demirel voiced
optimism about the future of Turkey. He said that in the next ten
years foreign workers will start to come to Turkey to seek employment
opportunities here. /Sabah/
[14] BUSY WEEK AT PARLIAMENT
This week Parliament will discuss the eight-year compulsory
uninterrupted education issue and the question of a pre-election
census. Amendments in a number of other laws are also expected to be
taken in hand this week./Sabah/
[15] SWIMMING CONTEST IN ISTANBUL
Yesterday the Bosphorus Straits witnessed an interesting sports event.
176 swimmers from 11 countries participated in the International
Bosphorus Swimming Contest held this year for the ninth time. The
swimmers had to cross the Bosphorus Straits, dividing Europe from
Asia. Hakan Eskioglu, who participated in the contest for the seventh
time, came first. /Cumhuriyet/
[16] RUSSIA READY TO COMPROMISE ON CFE
The Anatolia news agency reported that over the weekend Russia was
ready to accept a compromise agreement about the treaty of
Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) currently being discussed in
Vienna. According to Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Genadi
Tarassov, the subject of a "flank" from St.Petersburg to the Caucasus,
from Norway to Turkey should be first taken in hand. Turkey is
pressing for preserving the status quo with respect to force levels
along Russia's southern flank and maintains that adjustments could be
made to reflect any new agreements reached during the current CFE
negotiations.
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