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Turkish Press Review, 01-10-03
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Summary of the political and economic
news in the Turkish press this morning
03.10.2001
CONTENTS
[01] ECEVIT: EVIDENCES ARE CREDIBLE
[02] ECEVIT'S LETTER TO MUSHERREF
[03] SECOUND ROUND OF DEBATES FOR REFORM PACKAGE
[04] CILLER VISITS IZGI
[05] GULAY CRITICIZES GERMAN STANCE AGAINST TERROR
[06] CEM: "WE ARE AGAIN A FRONT COUNTRY"
[07] NAZARBAYEV VISITS ANKARA
[08] EU'S DOUBLE STANDARDS
[09] BOZKIR: "TURKEY CAN ANTICIPATE A WARMER
WEST"
[10] FOOD AID TO BE GIVEN TO 600,000 FAMILIES
[11] ANKARA WARNS TALABANI
[12] TURKEY TELLS UN THERE IS NO GOOD OR BAD TERRORISM
[13] FINANCIAL TIMES: "TURKEY IS ADVANTAGEOUS FOR
FOREIGN INVESTORS"
[14] ISRAEL WANTS TO OPEN ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS
EXHIBITION
[15] THY TICKETS FROM THE INTERNET
[16] SAINT PAULUS CHURCH REOPENED
[17] BARMENBEK ON THE LIST OF FORBES
[18] FROM THE COLUMNS...FROM THE COLUMNS...FROM THE
COLUMNS
[19] BALANCE BETWEEN SECURITY AND FREEDOMS BY SAMI KOHEN
(MILLIYET)
[01] ECEVIT: EVIDENCES ARE CREDIBLE
US Ambassador to Ankara Robert Pearson presented
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit the evidences which show that recent
terrorist attacks to the US were backed by terrorist Usame Bin Laden
and his organization El Kaide yesterday. Following the half hour
meeting, Ecevit told reporters, "Pearson informed me about recent
developments regarding the Sep. 11 terrorist attack. We exchanged
views on the case." Replying to a question whether he was
concinced by the evidences, Ecevit said, "Evidences are credible
also for us." Pearson said the US administration appreciates
Turkey's and other allies' support. /Turkiye/
[02] ECEVIT'S LETTER TO MUSHERREF
Minister of State Sukru Sina Gurel will travel to
Islamabad on Oct. 6 to present Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit's
solidarity message to Pakistan Head of State Pervez Musherref.
According to the diplomatic sources, during his one day visit, Gurel
will be received by Musherref and meet with Minister of Foreign
Affairs Abdul Settar. /Turkiye/
[03] SECOUND ROUND OF DEBATES FOR REFORM PACKAGE
The second round of debates was begun yesterday on
the Constitutional amendment package. The Parliament General AssemBly
approved the first 21 articles of the 37-article reform package in the
first day of the meetings. The debates will go on today on the
remaining articles. /Turkiye/
[04] CILLER VISITS IZGI
Leader of the True Path Party (DYP) Tansu Ciller
visited Parliament Speaker Omer Izgi yesterday and presented the
Constitutional amendment proposal regarding the decrease of the number
of parliamentarians in the Parliament from 550 to 450. Recalling the
speach of President Sezer in the opening of the Parliament, Ciller
pointed out that the number of deputies were above the norms in the
world. Izgi said tthe proposal reqires a constitutional amendment and
184 deputies' signatures were needed. /Turkiye/
[05] GULAY CRITICIZES GERMAN STANCE AGAINST TERROR
Hasan Gulay, the Democratic Left Party (DSP) Deputy
and Chairman of the Parliament National Defense Commission met with
German Deputy Federal Defense Minister Walter Kolbow. During the
meeting, Gulay harshly criticized German stance against terrorist
organizations. He asked Germany to close illegal organizations and
their associations, newspapers and media institutions active in
Germany, as well as to extradite heads of terrorist organizations to
Turkey. /Hurriyet/
[06] CEM: "WE ARE AGAIN A FRONT COUNTRY"
Continuing his contacts in Germany, Foreign
Minister Ismail Cem attended the 12th Armed Forces and Society Forum
organized by German daily Welt am Sonntag yesterday. Delivering a
speech at the forum Cem said, "Turkey should be included into the
European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). The problem is not
Turkey's being a non-EU country. A way to cooperate with Turkey as a
NATO country within the framework of security and defense might be
found. There has to be a cooperation between NATO and ESDP."
Stating that Turkey suffered great losses during the Gulf War as a
front country, Cem said that Turkey was viewed as a front country
again after the September 11th incident. /Cumhuriyet/
[07] NAZARBAYEV VISITS ANKARA
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev will pay
an official visit to Ankara today. Nazarbayev is expected to meet with
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer. They will discuss the developments in
the aftermath of September 11th attacks on the US, the problems of
radical Islam threatening the Central Asian countries and the newly
emerging international cooperation agaisnt terrorism. /Cumhuriyet/
[08] EU'S DOUBLE STANDARDS
Minister of Justice Hikmet Sami Turk said that EU
prepared a draft on combating terrorism and initiated a new period for
the extradition of the criminals but excluded candidate countries from
this period. Turk said, "If the fight against terrorism is
limited to the EU countries, it will never be successful." He
stated that the definition of terrorism must be the same in all
countries so as to form an effective international cooperation.
/Cumhuriyet/
[09] BOZKIR: "TURKEY CAN ANTICIPATE A WARMER
WEST"
Vice Secretary-General for European Union Affairs
Volkan Bozkir said yesterday that there was no way the Western world
could remain indifferent to terrorism in the wake of the attacks
against the US, adding, "The West is now in a position where it
can understand Turkey, which has been fighting terrorism for many
years." Bozkir told reporters that Turkey suffered a great loss
because of terrorism and said, "It really is very sad that the
Western world had to go through such a bitter experience to understand
what we had to say, but these attacks have proved once again that
terrorism is the biggest enemy of civilization. From this point on,
Turkey will take its place by the side of its friends in their fight
against terrorism. Turkey can play a very significant role sharing its
experiences on terror with her Western friends and as a result, Turkey
can anticipate a warmer approach and friendlier policies from the
West." /Turkish News/
[10] FOOD AID TO BE GIVEN TO 600,000 FAMILIES
Under the joint project "Reducing Social
Risk" (SRAP) between the Social Aid Fund and the World Bank, some
600,000 families will receive nearly TL 24 trillion in food aid. State
Minister Hasan Gemici held a press conference for the SRAP project at
the Prime Ministry and provided information. He said that a circular
had been sent to all governors and money for the aid campaign would be
sent to provincial social aid foundations soon. /Turkish News/
[11] ANKARA WARNS TALABANI
Ankara has warned Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
(PUK) which argues that a terrorist group called "Islam's
Soldiers" (allegedly related with Osama Lin Laden) in Northern
Iraq demanded to establish a system based on rules of radical Islam.
Claiming that the aim of PUK chaired by Jelal Talabani was to provoke
the US, Turkey said such attempts would be prevented. Ankara stated
that PUK began to express its opposition against these groups just
after the September 11th while it remained silent and indifferent
before the incident. Barham Salih, Prime Minister of Talabani
Administration, who met with representatives from Foreign Ministry and
intelligence in Ankara two days ago, could not get the response he
desired in Turkey. Presenting a report on Laden's activities in and
aims for Northern Iraq, Salih said that newly emerging international
cooperation should take also these facts into consideration. According
to diplomatic sources, Turkey conveyed the message to PUK that she
believed the mentality behind PUK's sudden opposition to these groups
is to provoke the US against Saddam Huseyin. The message added,
"Turkey will not let these ploys be played in the region. Nobody
has the right to destroy the stability in the region taking the fact
into consideration that the Gulf War did bring about very negative
consequences for the countries in the region." /Cumhuriyet/
[12] TURKEY TELLS UN THERE IS NO GOOD OR BAD TERRORISM
While the UN starts to play its part in the
struggle against terrorism by initiating the "Agreement on Drying
up the Financial Resources of the Terrorists," Turkey has signed
the Agreement with no reservations, Turkey's UN Representative
Ambassador Umit Pamir said. Pamir reiterated Turkey's position in the
Security Council meeting the day before by stating that the attacks on
Sept. 11 was made against humanity, and Turkey is with the US, who has
been with Turkey during its long fight against terrorism. Pamir
concluded, "There is no good or bad terrorism. The threat is
towards our common civilization, and the UN is our common house."
/Turkish Daily News/
[13] FINANCIAL TIMES: "TURKEY IS ADVANTAGEOUS FOR
FOREIGN INVESTORS"
Stating that markets of the developing countries
like Turkey would not be affected as much as expected, The Financial
Times added that Turkish markets were convenient for the investors who
have long-term goals. The Financial Times asserted that a possible US
retaliation would not affect the markets of these countries as
negatively as expected. /Cumhuriyet/
[14] ISRAEL WANTS TO OPEN ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS
EXHIBITION
Officials from the Museum of Israel have applied to
the Turkish Ministry of Culture to hold an exhibition in Jerusalem
covering the topic of Anatolian civilizations. The officials want to
put on display some 150 items. /Turkish Daily News/
[15] THY TICKETS FROM THE INTERNET
The Turkish Air Airlines (THY) has started an
"online ticket" application which enables order and purchase
of THY tickets through Turkish Is Bank electronic trade service.
Reportedly, passengers can buy tickets with the easy and secure way
using www.thy.com.tr web site. /Turkiye/
[16] SAINT PAULUS CHURCH REOPENED
The Saint Paulus Church, restorated by the Ministry
of Culture, was reopened with a ceremony. The Church, in the Tarsus
town of Icel province, was begun to be restored four years ago.
Minister of Culture Istemihan Talay and Director of the Religious
Affairs Mehmet Nuri Yilmaz, as well as, Archbishop Franceschini
attended the opening of the Church. During the speeches, recent
terrorist attacks on the US and terrorism were condemned by the all
speakers. /Hurriyet/
[17] BARMENBEK ON THE LIST OF FORBES
A Turkish woman, Imre Barmanbek, included on the
list of the "Most Successful Women in the World" , issued by
the American the Forbes Magazine. Barmanbek was graduated from Ankara
University Faculty of Political Sciences and has been working as the
General Coordinator in the Dogan Holding Company since last June.
/Hurriyet/
[18] FROM THE COLUMNS...FROM THE COLUMNS...FROM THE
COLUMNS
[19] BALANCE BETWEEN SECURITY AND FREEDOMS BY SAMI KOHEN
(MILLIYET)
Columnist Sami Kohen writes on the balance between
security and fundamental freedoms when dealing with terrorism. A
summary of his column is as follows: "The threat of terrorism is
forcing Western democracies to take security factor into consideration
and leading them to take some measures regarding the issue. Since
these measures restrict individual freedoms to a degree, heated
discussions are taking place in the US., Britain and other Western
countries. The essence of the debate is how to carry out the fight
against terrorism without infringing on human rights and freedoms or
can it be really carried out without violating them? The new measures
imposed and the legal changes planned for the future are forcing the
West to make a new assessment regarding the balance between 'security'
and 'democracy'. For example, the freedom to travel is being
restricted due to security reasons. Since it is not known when, where
and how the terrorists will strike, people are expected to tolerate
these restrictions. However, the issue does not end there.
Implementations restricting human rights and freedoms are on the
agenda. For example, in the US close to 400 foreigners are taken into
custody for an indefinite period, bank accounts in the names of those
suspected are frozen, the authority to tap telehones when necessary is
given to the police upon a decision issued by President Bush. At
present the people are not protesting these policies followed in the
fight against terrorism. However, it is also stressed that the
measures taken for security should not infringe on fundamental human
rights and freedoms. The US has to protect the security of the people
without eradicating the values she has attached great importance until
today. In short, Western democracies will have to bring some
restrictions because of terrorism, but will take care not to impair
the foundations of democracy."
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