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Turkish Press Review, 01-11-13
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Summary of the political and economic
news in the Turkish press this morning
13.11.2001
CONTENTS
[01] LEADERS SUMMIT
[02] REMEMBRANCE OF THE NOV. 12 EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
[03] PAPANDREOU: "WITHOUT CYPRUS WE WILL VETO THE EU
ENLARGEMENT PROCESS"
[04] CEM SENDS CONDOLENCES TO THE UNITED STATES
[05] OUTLOOK FOR SECOND EU COMMISSION REPORT POSITIVE
[06] DENKTAS WARNS OF POST-EU ACCESSION SCENARIOS OF GREEK
CYPRIOTS
[07] IZVESTIA: "TURKEY HELPED IN NORTHERN ALLIANCE
VICTORIES"
[08] TURKEY HELPS LAY GROUNDWORK FOR AFGHAN FUTURE
[09] KOKSAL SAYS SEPT. 11 SHOWS EU NEEDS TURKEY
[10] TURKISH GROUP ARRIVES IN GERMANY
[11] FUNERAL FOR DSP DEPUTY ATAHAN
[12] CAKAN: "THERE IS NO ENERGY SHORTAGE"
[13] MERAL: " TURKEY IS UNDER IMF OCCUPATION"
[14] FRANCE-INTER RADIO LAUDS TURKISH SECULARISM
[15] TURKEY AND MONGOLIA SIGN NEW MILITARY COOPERATION
AGREEMENT
[16] COMMISSION LOOKS INTO AL QAIDA BUSINESS LINKS
[17] IMF DELEGATION DECIDES ON TURKEY'S NEED FOR AN
ADDITIONAL LOAN
[18] ARCELIK ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO PURCHASE BRANDT
[19] ILO: "TURKEY IS A DEVELOPED COUNTRY"
[20] ASELSAN TO PRODUCE STINGER MISSILES
[21] FRENCH HONOUR MEDAL FOR SABANCI
[22] FROM THE COLUMNS...FROM THE COLUMNS...FROM THE
COLUMNS
[23] WHAT A WASTE... BY İLNUR ÇEVİK (TURKISH DAILY
NEWS)
[01] LEADERS SUMMIT
Leaders of the coalition government met yesterday
to discuss cost-cutting measures meant to obtain its targeted public
fiscal goals. According to the Prime Ministry Press Office, Prime
Minister Bulent Ecevit, deputy prime ministers Devlet Bahceli, Mesut
Yilmaz and Husamettin Ozkan, as well as State Minister for the Economy
Kemal Dervis attended the meeting. It said, " During the meeting,
a full consensus was reached on the measures to be taken to achieve
the targeted public fiscal goals. Details of these measures will be
disclosed to the public within the week." /Turkiye/
[02] REMEMBRANCE OF THE NOV. 12 EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
Yesterday was the second anniversary of the 7.2
magnititute-earthquake of Nov. 12, 1999 in Bolu, Duzce and Kaynaslı.
Remembrance ceremonies for the victims were held in the region.
Despite the passage of full two years since the quakes, 41,000
earthquake survivors are still experiencing problems, especially with
permanent housing remaining uncompleted for many. To mark the
anniversary, President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said that Turkish nation has
exhibited exemplary cooperation during the healing of its wounds. He
added, "In an effort to respond to the rightful expectations of
our citizens, Duzce will take its place among our developing
provinces." /Turkiye/
[03] PAPANDREOU: "WITHOUT CYPRUS WE WILL VETO THE EU
ENLARGEMENT PROCESS"
Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou yesterday
gave an ultimatum to the EU, saying that Greece would veto the EU
enlargement process if Cyprus is not granted membership. Speaking to
Greek daily Ta Nea, Papandreou said that "A decision was taken,
at the Helsinki Summit [ in favor of Cyprus's EU membership] and if
its membership is not accepted, Greece will veto the EU enlargement
process." Papandreou's statement came on the heels of Turkish
Foreign Minister Ismail Cem's statement that if Cyprus gains
membership, Turkey would integrate with the Turkish Republic of
Northern Cyprus (TRNC) both in the economic and policital areas./Hürriyet/
[04] CEM SENDS CONDOLENCES TO THE UNITED STATES
Foreign Minister Ismail Cem was in New York
yesterday to attend the United Nations General Assembly. His agenda
was very busy, and he was planning to speak about the operations in
Afghanistan and the Cyprus issue. However, soon after his arrival, a
plane crash occurred in New York. While Cem was speaking about the
Cyprus issue, the head of UN security Chief made an announcement
concerning the incident from the building's internal address system.
At that point Cem cut his speech short. During his abbreviated speech,
Cem made warnings concerning the Cyprus issue and remarked that if the
Greek Cypriot administration becomes a member of the European Union,
there will be dangerous consequences for the two nations living on the
island. Cem requested that "artificial solutions" not be
imposed on the island. Cem said, "We will not allow the solutions
that would make Turkish Cypriots a minority on the island." Cem
was among the first foreign representatives to extend his condolonces
to the American nation and to the relatives of those who lost their
lives during the plane crash. /Sabah/
[05] OUTLOOK FOR SECOND EU COMMISSION REPORT POSITIVE
A second report on Turkey's membership to EU will
be discussed today at the European Union Commission. With the changes
recently made in Turkey's constitution, this report is expected to be
positive. CPS General Director Tulu Gumustekin, consultant to the
Turkish private sector on the EU, said that changes made to the
Constitution would positively affect the commission's view of Turkey,
but the commission would also insist that the changes actually be
implemented. The commission is also set to discuss human rights in
Turkey as well as its current economic crisis. /Hürriyet/
[06] DENKTAS WARNS OF POST-EU ACCESSION SCENARIOS OF GREEK
CYPRIOTS
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)
President Rauf Denktas on Monday warned of dire post-European Union
accession scenarios of the Greek Cypriot leadership. Greek Cypriot
President Glafcos Clerides, on the other hand, turned down an offer of
direct "heart-to-heart" made by Denktas, saying that such a
process could be possible only after the Turkish Cypriot leader
returned to the United Nations-sponsored negotiations process.
Receiving a group of veterans from the 1974 Turkish intervention in
Cyprus, Denktas said that in 1963 Greek Cypriots had launched a
campaign of annihilation of their Turkish partners with the aim and
intention of achieving union of the island with Greece (Enosis) and
have never deviated from that goal. The Turkish Cypriot president said
with the 1974 Turkish intervention, Turkey clearly told the Greek
Cypriots that it wouldn't allow union of the island with Greece and
would stand for the defense of the rights and liberties of the Turkish
Cypriot people, as well as the legitimate rights of the island. But
ever since 1974, Denktas said, Greek Cypriots have resorted to every
means of achieving their aim of "Enosis". /Turkish Daily
News/
[07] IZVESTIA: "TURKEY HELPED IN NORTHERN ALLIANCE
VICTORIES"
Prominent Russian daily Izvestia reported yesterday
that the plans for recent Northern Alliance victories in Afghanistan
had been drawn up by Turkish and American military experts. In an
article entitled "Cooperation", the paper stated that two
parties comprised the Northern Alliance forces, with Turkish and
American experts and foreign commandos on one side, and volunteers of
Arab origin on the other. Commenting on the fall of Mazar-e Sharif and
Northern Alliance forces' recent announcement that they now control
all of northern Afghanistan, Izvestia said, "The plans behind
Northern Alliance forces' taking control of Mazar-e Sharif were
prepared by Turkish and American experts, and the operation was
carried out with the support of foreign commandos. Therefore, victory
belongs to all of them." /Cumhuriyet/
[08] TURKEY HELPS LAY GROUNDWORK FOR AFGHAN FUTURE
Turkey is currently taking part in the efforts to
lay the groundwork for Afghanistan's future. While Foreign Minister
Ismail Cem's contacts in New York are continuing, a US State
Department delegation is reportedly expected to visit Ankara to
discuss the issue in detail. Meanwhile, Turkish Defense Minister
Sabahattin Cakmakoglu stated that the description of the Turkish
units' mission in Afghanistan would not change. Furthermore, prominent
US daily the Washington Post remarked this week that if the parties in
Afghanistan fail to reach agreement on an alternative structure for
their country the task might fall to the international community, and
added that Turkey, Jordan and Bangladesh might contribute to this
structure. In related news, a high-level Northern Alliance official
announced that a meeting which had been planned to be held in Turkey
might no longer be needed. Afghan opposition Charge d'Affaires in
France Embassy to Paris, Mehrabuddin Mestan said, "The meeting
might be held in Afghanistan. We might not need to meet in
Turkey." /Cumhuriyet/
[09] KOKSAL SAYS SEPT. 11 SHOWS EU NEEDS TURKEY
Turkish Ambassador To Paris Sonmez Koksal has said
that Sept. 11 attacks on the US showed clearly how the EU and Turkey
needed each other. Addressing a conference discussing the "Future
of Europe," Koksal said that cultural and religious diversity was
not a problem but rather an advantage for Turkey and its relations
with the EU. He said Turkey's secular and democratic system model was
appreciated as a success throughout the entire world, and indicative
of the fact that Islam was not incompatible with the universal values
of democracy and secularism. He criticized the EU's failure to fulfill
some of its undertakings, especially those concerning financial
assistance. "If the EU wants to have a trustworthy image, it
should fulfill its financial responsibilities towards Turkey, just
like it did vis-à-vis all other candidates," said Koksal.
/Turkish News/
[10] TURKISH GROUP ARRIVES IN GERMANY
Turkish-German Interparliamentary Friendship Group
Chairman, Mujdat Karayerli, accompanied by a delegation, has arrived
in Berlin, the Anatolia news agency reported on Monday. Karayerli, an
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) deputy for Afyon, said upon his
arrival that an immigration bill prepared by the German government
concerned Turkish people living in Germany. He also called on that the
German Foreign and Interior ministry officials to improve relations
between Turkey and Germany. Karayerli also remarked that the fight
against terrorism could be won as long as it is an international
effort, and said that Turkey and Germany should cooperate to that end.
Additionally, Karayerli stated that the delegation would obtain
information about the cost of a security package as well as the
details of the immigration bills. The delegation is to return to
Turkey on Nov. 15. /Turkish Daily News/
[11] FUNERAL FOR DSP DEPUTY ATAHAN
Democratic Left Party (DSP) Hatay Deputy Namik
Kemal Atahan who passed away over the weekend, was laid to rest
yesterday following a commemorative ceremony held at the Turkish Grand
National Assembly (TGNA). Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit and his wife,
deputy prime ministers Husamettin Ozkan, Devlet Bahceli, Mesut Yilmaz,
as well as many parliamentarians attended the ceremony. /Turkiye/
[12] CAKAN: "THERE IS NO ENERGY SHORTAGE"
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Zeki Cakan
said yesterday that there would be no energy shortage next year. Cakan
left for Izmir yesterday to discuss energy problems. Answering
reporters' questions, Cakan remarked that in 2002, power cuts would
become a thing of the past in the wake of new investments. Stressing
that no power and gas shortages would be experienced , Cakan pointed
to the importance of the Blue Stream and Baku-Ceyhan Oil pipeline
projects. He added, "If we had not not invested in these
projects, we would have many difficulties in coming years."
/Turkiye/
[13] MERAL: " TURKEY IS UNDER IMF OCCUPATION"
Turkish Confederation of Labor Unions (Türk-Is)
Chairman Bayram Meral keep yesterday that the IMF and the World Bank
were controlling Turkey's economic policies and people working for
these groups can be found working in the halls of the government.
Meral charged that the government had abandoned the nation under
"IMF economic occupation." He remarked that where as in 1919
foreign powers were unsuccesful in occupying Turkey, yet today Turkey
is occupied economically by the IMF and the WB. Turkey is formulating
its policies at the IMF's behest and this has caused Turkey's current
economic crisis, he accused. Previously the IMF and WB were
interfering in Turkish affairs from the outside but with the arrival
of the Economy Minister Kemal Dervis, they now can easily control our
government from the inside, he stressed. /Türkiye/
[14] FRANCE-INTER RADIO LAUDS TURKISH SECULARISM
Radio station France-Inter yesterday lauded the
secular system in Turkey by stating that Turkey exemplified a good
example for other countries in the region since it, as a predominantly
Muslim country, has been able to preserve secular and democratic
principles. In a program on, the station pointed out that the world's
only Muslim and secular country is Turkey, and it also praised the
revolutionary innovations of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of
modern Turkey. /Cumhuriyet/
[15] TURKEY AND MONGOLIA SIGN NEW MILITARY COOPERATION
AGREEMENT
Turkey and Mongolia signed a defense industry
cooperation agreement on Monday. Defense Minister Sabahattin
Cakmakoglu received Mongolian Defense Minister Gurragchaa Jugderdemid
at his office. Cakmakoglu said he hoped that the agreement would pave
the way for new developments and positive results in the defense
industry between Turkey and Mongolia. He added that he and the
Mongolian defense minister had exchanged views on military issues, and
that the two countries has earlier signed agreements concerning
military training technical and scientific cooperation as well as
military training cooperation. /Turkish News/
[16] COMMISSION LOOKS INTO AL QAIDA BUSINESS LINKS
A special Turkish commission has begun research
into approximately 40 companies and and individuals with ties to Usama
bin Laden's Al Qaida organization as reported by the US Treasury
Department. This spring and this fall after the Sept. 11 attacks, the
US supplied the names of 40 companies with alleged ties to Al Qaida
and the Safron Corporation, which is owned by Laden's relative Sheikh
Hasan bin Laden, with requests that the assets of these companies to
be frozen. /Milliyet/
[17] IMF DELEGATION DECIDES ON TURKEY'S NEED FOR AN
ADDITIONAL LOAN
The International Monetary Fund delegation, chaired
by Turkey desk chief Juha Kahkonen, is continuing its 10th review in
Ankara, and yesterday it officially determined that Turkey needs an
additional loan for next year. This delegation's determination will
appear in the report covering its 10th review. When the delegation
reports Turkey's need for additional resources, official processes for
the loan will begin. However, the amount of the loan will be made
clear during the meetings of the G-7 countries, the IMF and the World
Bank. /Milliyet/
[18] ARCELIK ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO PURCHASE BRANDT
Turkish appliance maker Arcelik announced yesterday
that it wanted to purchase all the shares of bankrupt French durable
goods producer Brandt in the bid for the latter's sale. According to
the "Echos" daily newspaper, 20 companies including Arcelik
are vying to own Brandt. /Milliyet/
[19] ILO: "TURKEY IS A DEVELOPED COUNTRY"
The International Labor Organization (ILO) has
included Turkey in its list of developed countries in its
just-released annual report. Up to now, Turkey has been considered a
"developing country" by many international institutions.
Since the report is the most comprehensive one prepared by the ILO,
Turkey's inclusion in the developed countries list is considered an
important development. /Cumhuriyet/
[20] ASELSAN TO PRODUCE STINGER MISSILES
Turkey's Aselsan Electronic Industry and Trade
Stock Company yesterday signed an 265-million dollar agreement with
the Undersecretariat of the Defense Industry for the production of
Stinger missile systems. The 148 systems including support equipment
are scheduled to be delivered in 2003-2007. _Turkiye
[21] FRENCH HONOUR MEDAL FOR SABANCI
French President Jacques Chirac will present Sakip
Sabancı with the "Legion d' Honneur" this week for his
contributions to Turco-French relations. Sabanci will be decorated
with the medal in a ceremony on Nov. 16 to be held in the Elysse
Palace. Sabanci exhibited his "Gold Letters" collection
including very valuable calligraphic artwork in the Louvre last years.
/Turkiye/
[22] FROM THE COLUMNS...FROM THE COLUMNS...FROM THE
COLUMNS
[23] WHAT A WASTE... BY İLNUR ÇEVİK (TURKISH DAILY
NEWS)
Editor İlnur Çevik comments on ongoing death
fasts. A summary of his columns is as follows: "The dormitory
system was exploited by various terrorist groups to set up training
quarters for their followers. It is sad that these dormitories were
not only used to keep the members of the terrorist groups together but
to recruit new members in a prison system which cannot reform the
inmates. At times the state used an iron fist to end the death fasts.
That did not work. So the prison officials started sending the death
fasters home. But that too did not work because the terrorist
organizations were not really interested in saving people but opted to
force the fasters to die. For the terrorist organizations the death of
supporters was more valuable than them living. Isn't it sad that so
many young people simply played into the hands of the terrorist
leaders and lost their lives for nothing? The young people have to see
that they are involved in an adventure to satisfy the whims of the
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) terrorist group
leaders. So many young people are being wasted for nothing. It is time
the families of these young people stopped playing into the hands of
the terrorist groups and put an end to the carnage. The DHKP-C may be
playing a propaganda war but it is clear no one in the world where
there is a general fight against terrorism is in any mood to listen to
this terrorist group. They have exploited young people who have been
forced to continue their death fasts in the Kucuk Armutlu district of
Istanbul. A police raid in Armutlu turned into a nightmare when the
those guarding the fasters set themselves ablaze... For people died
but the protestors claimed the police had shot these people and that
they had not died because of the fire. However, forensic tests on the
four bodies reportedly showed no shooting or stabbing wounds. It is
high time that organizations such as the Human Rights Association
(IHD) intervene and stop this carnage. No one should expect the state
to restore the dormitory system which only served the terrorist
groups... All that can be done is to introduce safeguards so that the
cell system is not abused by the authorities."
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