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Turkish Press Review, 03-09-15Turkish Press Review Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: Turkish Directorate General of Press and Information <http://www.byegm.gov.tr><LINK href="http://www.byegm.gov.tr_yayinlarimiz_chr_pics_css/tpr.css" rel=STYLESHEET type=text/css> e-mail : newspot@byegm.gov.tr <caption> <_caption> Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning15.09.2003FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNSCONTENTS
[01] ERTUGRUL GAZI COMMEMORATEDPrime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday attended the 722nd Sogut Festival to Commemorate Ertugrul Gazi, father of the first Ottoman sultan, Osman I. Addressing the gathering, Erdogan said that Turkey had a distinguished historical reputation and honor. “We are working hard to live up to our past,” said the premier. Nationalist Action Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli as well as Great Union Party (BBP) leader Muhsin Yazicioglu also attended the festival. /All Papers/[02] TURKEY STANDS AS CANDIDATE FOR UN SECURITY COUNCILAfter an interval of 50 years, Turkey has become a candidate for membership on the United Nations Security Council. Turkish officials orally conveyed Ankara’s desire to UN officials to serve as a nonpermanent member of the Security Council for the period of 2009-2010. The UN General Assembly will vote on the candidates in October 2008. Most recently, Turkey was a member of the council in 1960. /Turkiye/[03] GUL FACES BUSY ROUND OF FOREIGN VISITSForeign Minister Abdullah Gul is scheduled next week to begin paying important visits to various countries and international organizations in both hemispheres, both near and far. Gul is to visit neighboring Georgia today, and next week will travel to New York to spend six days at the UN’s General Assembly meetings where he will hold bilateral contacts with approximately 30 foreign ministers. October will also be a busy month for Gul. He is to attend, as an observer, the EU’s intergovernmental conference due to start on Oct 4 in Rome. He will then pay a visit to Athens as the official guest of his Greek counterpart George Papandreou to discuss the Aegean and Cyprus issues. On Oct. 16-18, Gul will also attend an Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) meeting set for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital. /Sabah/[04] GERMAN CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER: “TURKEY SHOULD BECOME AN EU MEMBER”Turkey’s joining the ranks of the European Union would be beneficial both to Europe in general and Germany in particular, said German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder yesterday. Criticizing the contention of some German opposition parties that Turkey was not part of the continent and therefore could not join the Union, Schroeder charged that such stances were based on nothing but xenophobia. “Turkey is a model for the world, as a country which has successfully synthesized Islamic values and Western democracy,” added the chancellor. “Germany has many reasons to support Turkey’s EU membership, as it would benefit our continent.” Last week in Berlin, Schroeder praised Turkey’s progress in democracy and human rights to visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. /Cumhuriyet/[05] RUMSFELD: “I BELIEVE TURKEY WILL DEPLOY ITS TROOPS IN IRAQ”US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld over the weekend stated that he believed Turkey would send its soldiers to Iraq to help Washington establish peace and stability in the country. Stressing that the US wanted to cooperate with Turkish troops in Iraq, Rumsfeld said that Ankara hoped as fervently as Washington that Iraq would become a democratic regime. He added that Turkey and the US were close friends and allies who shared many common interests. /Cumhuriyet/[06] BAYKAL: “FOR THE SAKE OF THE NATION, TURKEY SHOULDN’T SEND SOLDIERS TO IRAQ”Speaking at his party’s regional congress in Kocaeli yesterday, opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal said that though Turkey and the United States were allies, for the sake of the nation Ankara shouldn’t send soldiers to Iraq. Also touching on the Cyprus issue, Baykal said that Turkey shouldn’t accept the United Nations’ plan, which he charged if adopted would transform the island into a Greek nation within a decade. /Hurriyet/[07] PORTUGESE PRESIDENT SAMPAIO ARRIVES IN ANKARAPortuguese President Jorge Sampaio yesterday arrived in Ankara for an official visit. He was greeted at Ankara’s Esenboga Airport by Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul. Sampio is expected to meet today with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Necdet Sezer. During their talks, the two leaders are expected to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues. /All papers/[08] GUCLU TRAVELS TO ISRAELI AGRICULTURAL TECH FAIRAgriculture Minister Sami Guclu flew to Israel yesterday to attend an “Agriculture Technologies Fair” and hold a number of contacts. He is expected to return to Turkey tomorrow. /Anatolia News Agency/[09] TOBB HEAD HISARCIKLIOGLU TO ATTEND THIRD WORLD CHAMBERS CONGRESS IN CANADATurkish Chambers and Commodities Exchanges (TOBB) Chairman Rifat Hisarciklioglu is set to fly to Quebec, Canada today in order to attend a two-day Third World Chambers Congress. On Thursday, he is also expected to visit Washington to discuss the reconstruction of Iraq with US officials. /Anatolia News Agency/[10] KOC GROUP BOARD MEMBER SEVGI GONUL DIESSevgi Gonul, a daughter of late business magnate Vehbi Koc and a board member of the Koc Group, passed away yesterday from cancer. She was 65. Gonul also wrote a Sunday newspaper column for Hurriyet called "Sevgi's Inkwell." Her death comes only two months after her husband passed away. /All papers/[11] AYHAN, ABEYLEGESSE BOTH TOP SCORERS AT MONACO ATHLETICS FINALSTurkish runner Sureyya Ayhan yesterday scored yet another victory for her nation, coming in first in the women’s 1,500-meter race in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) finals in Monaco. Ayhan’s time was 3:57.73. Her teammate Elvan Abeylegesse also scored a win, coming in first in the women’s 5,000-meter final with a time of 14:56.26 seconds. /All papers/[12] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS[13] DECIDING ON IRAQ DEPLOYMENTBY YILMAZ OZTUNA (TURKIYE)Columnist Yilmaz Oztuna comments on how Turkey will decide whether or not to send soldiers to Iraq. A summary of his column is as follows:“Ankara can’t completely make up for the advantage it lost back in March when it rejected the deployment of US soldiers in Turkey. Now we’re trying to correct this error, but we’ve as yet been unable to. Even if we can, we can compensate this national loss only partially. With these kinds of national mistakes, one should get up immediately from wherever one fell. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul are trying to do this. However, we handed over our strategic ally to two tribes in northern Iraq, like a gift. Ankara is trying to correct this, but conditions have changed so much since that day and the tribes have grabbed at this historic opportunity. Politics is the art of seizing and benefiting from opportunities. Those who miss opportunities later run into trouble. The disarmament and dispersal of PKK_KADEK terrorists in northern Iraq won’t be as easy as it would have been six months ago. The US doesn’t want to conduct operations in the mountains anymore. It’s also afraid of delivering this duty to Turkish soldiers and thus offending the Kurds. However, Ankara and Washington will soon reach a consensus. If one doesn’t feel and see the depth of one’s mistake, this mistake can’t be fixed. Only the government is being faced with this tough spot. However, a great many institutions, organizations and people are responsible for it as well. As the US sees this, it has approached the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in an understanding way. More generally, it’s both difficult and dangerous to undertake a project in the region without Turks. Next week the chief of General Staff will brief the government on the issue. This is a political issue broadly based on the military.” ARCHIVE <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="http:/_www.byegm.gov.tr_statistic/countcode.js"> </script> Turkish Press Review Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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