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Turkish Press Review, 04-08-09Turkish 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 morning09.08.2004ERDOGAN TO DELIVER PEACE AND GOODWILL MESSAGE AT OPENING OF ATHENS OLYMPIC GAMES ERDOGAN VISITS BITLIS GUL: “MARCH 2005 IS A SUITABLE DATE TO BEGIN OUR EU ACCESSION TALKS” JORDAN’S PM TOUTS GOOD RELATIONS WITH ANKARA, URGES MORE INVESTMENT BAYKAL RELEASES CHP REPORT ON VAN INCIDENT TURKISH TRUCKERS REPORTEDLY PROTECTED BY PESHMERGA IN NORTHERN IRAQ BABACAN: “THE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINEDLY CONTINUING TO EASE FOREIGN INVESTMENT” IMF: “TURKEY IS READY FOR THE POST-STANDBY ERA” PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW: “I BELIEVE THE SEMINARY IN HEYBELIADA WILL BE REOPENED” FROM THE COLUMNS...FROM THE COLUMNS...FROM THE COLUMNS... THE AKP’S EXPECTATIONS FOR OCTOBER BY SUKRU KUCUKSAHIN (HURRIYET)CONTENTS
[01] ERDOGAN TO DELIVER PEACE AND GOODWILL MESSAGE AT OPENING OF ATHENS OLYMPIC GAMESSpeaking to Greek daily Ethnos yesterday, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he would attend this Friday’s opening of the Olympic Games in Athens to offer a message of peace and goodwill. "I will have the privilege of being present at the opening ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games to spread a message of peace, goodwill and international solidarity, together with other world leaders," he said, adding that the Olympics offered a tremendous opportunity to promote world peace. He added that he was proud to be prime minister of a country standing at the crossroads of civilizations, one with a reputation for promoting values of mutual respect and cooperation between civilizations. /Turkiye/[02] ERDOGAN VISITS BITLISSpeaking in the eastern Anatolian city of Bitis over the weekend, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed the importance of fighting poverty, adding that the most pressing problem of Turkey’s east and southeast was unemployment, which he said also served to exacerbate terrorism. He predicted if jobs were created in the region, this would help to end the terrorist threat. “We will make our country both the most powerful and the most civilized in its region,” Erdogan added. “Together we’ll overcome all obstacles.” Later, Erdogan attended the opening of a factory in Tatvan. During his visit, the premier was accompanied by Education Minister Huseyin Celik, Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan and a number of businessmen. /Turkiye/[03] GUL: “MARCH 2005 IS A SUITABLE DATE TO BEGIN OUR EU ACCESSION TALKS”Appearing on television yesterday, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said that he hoped the European Union would set a date at its December summit to begin Ankara’s accession negotiations, adding that next March was the best date to begin these talks. “This is important not only for Turkey, but also for the EU,” said Gul, adding that Turkey’s membership was different from that of any Balkan state. “As it has a religious dimension, the decision on Turkey’s bid carries great significance,” said Gul. /Cumhuriyet/[04] JORDAN’S PM TOUTS GOOD RELATIONS WITH ANKARA, URGES MORE INVESTMENTJordanian Prime Minister Faisal Fayez yesterday touted the good state of relations between Amman and Ankara, adding that he would be pleased to see more Turkish investment in his country. Jordan’s Energy Minister Azmi Khrisat also said that he welcomed Turkish firms’ participation in Amman’s privatization tenders. /Aksam/[05] BAYKAL RELEASES CHP REPORT ON VAN INCIDENTMain opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal over the weekend held a press conference to release a report prepared by four CHP deputies on last month’s so-called Van incident. The Van incident is the popular name of a scandal in which Mustafa Bayram, a tribal leader and former deputy alleged to be involved in heroin smuggling, is said to have raided a police station to free his son, who had been in custody for dealing in heroin. “Our report tries to portray the political will behind forces which dared to raid a police station,” said Baykal, charging further: “The ruling Justice and Development Party [AKP] openly condoned these forces.” The report analyzes the incident in detail and proposes to the government additional avenues of investigation. /Hurriyet/[06] TURKISH TRUCKERS REPORTEDLY PROTECTED BY PESHMERGA IN NORTHERN IRAQKurdish peshmerga in northern Iraq have reportedly taken tight security measures to protect Turkish convoys delivering supplies to US forces in the country, in the wake of last week’s videotaped killing of a Turkish hostage by Iraqi militants. A Kurdish official stated that the Turkish truckers were the best protected in the region, adding that the peshmerga were ready to take every necessary measure to protect the convoys. “We’ve doubled our checkpoints along the delivery route and can reinforce our forces there if necessary,” he added. In related news, Turkish truckers are complaining about the lack of security in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, stressing that they no longer want to deliver supplies there. /Star/[07] BABACAN: “THE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINEDLY CONTINUING TO EASE FOREIGN INVESTMENT”State Minister for the Economy Ali Babacan said yesterday that the government was determinedly continuing to work to make it easy for foreign capital to enter Turkey. Babacan added that the government had passed 16 laws in order to boost foreign investment and was working on eight more towards the same end. /Milliyet/[08] IMF: “TURKEY IS READY FOR THE POST-STANDBY ERA”Rodrigo de Rato, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, over the weekend issued a statement saying that Turkish authorities had informed the IMF that they would seek a successor to the current Fund arrangement. “Over the coming weeks, the authorities plan to work on formulating the policies required to sustain their existing strategy of disinflation and debt reduction, aimed at robust and sustained growth,” read the statement. “Once information on these policies has been provided to the Fund, the request for a successor arrangement will be considered under the applicable procedures.” The IMF’s Executive Board last month completed the eighth review of Turkey's economic performance under the current standby arrangement, which expires next February. /Sabah/[09] PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW: “I BELIEVE THE SEMINARY IN HEYBELIADA WILL BE REOPENED”Turkey still falls short of fully guaranteeing religious freedoms as a European Union candidate, but it could soon allow the reopening of the Greek Orthodox seminary in Heybeliada, Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew told Reuters in an article published yesterday. “We [Greek Orthodox believers in Turkey] have the freedom to perform all our religious services but we have no right to administer our ecclesiastical foundations, churches, monasteries, cemeteries, schools etc,” he said in written answers to questions submitted by Reuters. Bartholomew expressed optimism that Turkey’s EU membership bid should help secure the reopening of the Halki theological seminary on Istanbul's Heybeliada Island. “Our government realizes that reasons used in the past to justify the closing of the school were not right and not in accordance with the European perception of religious freedom,” he argued. He also signalled support for Turkey's bid to join the EU. “We hope that the association of Muslims with Europeans will convince both parties that the peaceful co-existence and co-operation are both feasible and beneficial,” he added. /All Papers/[10] FROM THE COLUMNS...FROM THE COLUMNS...FROM THE COLUMNS...[11] THE AKP’S EXPECTATIONS FOR OCTOBER[12] BY SUKRU KUCUKSAHIN (HURRIYET)Columnist Sukru Kucuksahin comments on Parliament’s new legislative term set to begin in October. A summary of his column is as follows:“Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will face important decisions in the new legislative term due to begin in October. Parliament will choose its leaders anew. Justice and Development Party (AKP) members assuming these leadership roles will keep them through the next general elections. The current leaders bear the stamp of Abdullah Gul [who led a ‘caretaker’ AKP administration from November 2002 until March 2003, when Prime Minister Erdogan became premier]. Therefore new choices can carry messages. The decision of Erdogan everyone is guessing about is his choice for the new Parliament speaker. His choice will either silence some complaints or fuel discussions about Bulent Arinc, the current speaker Bulent Arinc. The surprising thing is that Arinc is not a candidate. Signaling his disfavor for some deputies, Erdogan will throw his weight behind others. However strong his decisions are, Erdogan may not be able to prevent some jolts in his party. Erdogan shifting favor to his old friends while punishing other deputies could spur new discussions about the AKP’s image. The public doesn’t expect a split in the AKP, but Erdogan’s choices in October could pave the way for such a split. According to some party sources, Turkey’s stand-by decision with the International Monetary Fund could be the reason for an early change in the Cabinet. The train derailment disaster could also influence this change.” 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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