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Turkish Press Review, 04-11-11
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Summary of the political and economic
news in the Turkish press this morning
11.11.2004
SEZER, ERDOGAN SPEAK ON THE
ENDURING IMPORTANCE OF ATATURK
ERDOGAN MEETS WITH IRAQI FOREIGN
MINISTER
GUL: “GREEK FIGHTER JETS HARASSED
TURKISH F-16s OVER THE AEGEAN”
SLOVAKIAN FM DUE IN ANKARA TODAY
KRETSCHMER: “TURKEY IS MAKING RAPID
PROGRESS TOWARDS EU MEMBERSHIP”
LAGENDIJK: “ANKARA’S TALKS SHOULD
AIM AT FULL EU MEMBERSHIP”
KOHL: “TURKEY HAS NO CHANCE OF
GETTING INTO THE EU”
TRNC’S TALAT DECIDES AGAINST
FORMING NEW GOVT
UNAKITAN MEETS WITH WB’S KATSU TO
DISCUSS RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS
FROM THE COLUMNS … FROM THE COLUMNS
… FROM THE COLUMNS
IS THERE ANY HOPE?
BY TURKER ALKAN (RADIKAL)
CONTENTS
[01] SEZER, ERDOGAN SPEAK ON THE ENDURING
IMPORTANCE OF ATATURK
[02] ERDOGAN MEETS WITH IRAQI FOREIGN
MINISTER
[03] GUL: “GREEK FIGHTER JETS HARASSED
TURKISH F-16s OVER THE AEGEAN”
[04] SLOVAKIAN FM DUE IN ANKARA TODAY
[05] KRETSCHMER: “TURKEY IS MAKING RAPID
PROGRESS TOWARDS EU MEMBERSHIP”
[06] LAGENDIJK: “ANKARA’S TALKS SHOULD AIM
AT FULL EU MEMBERSHIP”
[07] KOHL: “TURKEY HAS NO CHANCE OF GETTING
INTO THE EU”
[08] TRNC’S TALAT DECIDES AGAINST FORMING
NEW GOVT
[09] UNAKITAN MEETS WITH WB’S KATSU TO
DISCUSS RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS
[10] FROM THE COLUMNS … FROM THE COLUMNS …
FROM THE COLUMNS
[11] IS THERE ANY HOPE?
BY TURKER ALKAN (RADIKAL)
[01] SEZER, ERDOGAN SPEAK ON THE ENDURING
IMPORTANCE OF ATATURK
The
passing of Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk 66
years ago was commemorated yesterday throughout the
country and at Turkey’s foreign missions abroad. In
Ankara, President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended a Turkish Language
Institute conference on Ataturk. Addressing the
gathering, Erdogan said that Ataturk had no need to
depend on a particular doctrine or ideology. “The basis
of his world view was rationalism,” said Erdogan. For
his part, Sezer praised the Treaty of Lausanne, which
was forged under Ataturk’s watch, saying that it was the
only pact from that period which still remains in
effect. Sezer stressed that the single-state structure
was indispensable for the unity of the nation. Also
present at the conference were Parliament Speaker Bulent
Arinc, Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mustafa Bumin,
Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi Ozkok, and National
Security Council (NSC) Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan.
/Aksam/
[02] ERDOGAN MEETS WITH IRAQI FOREIGN
MINISTER
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday met
with visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Vail Abdullatif.
During their talks, Abdullatif briefed Erdogan on the
ongoing military offensive in Fallujah, adding that the
operation was intended to end the threat of terrorism to
the Iraqi people, bring stability, and lay the
groundwork for the country’s upcoming elections. Erdogan
urged the coalition forces and Iraqi interim government
to take care of civilians in the region. Condemning the
recent terrorist attacks and killings of Turkish
citizens in Iraq, Erdogan said that those slain had been
helping the country’s reconstruction. He asked the Iraqi
government to take all necessary measures to protect
civilians in Iraq. /Turkiye/
[03] GUL: “GREEK FIGHTER JETS HARASSED
TURKISH F-16s OVER THE AEGEAN”
Turkish F-16s were harassed over the Aegean earlier
this week by Greek fighter jets, Foreign Minister
Abdullah Gul said yesterday. Gul stated the Turkish
F-16s were flying as part of NATO exercises and that
Turkey had immediately notified NATO’s AWACS plane in
the area about the harassment. He added that Ankara was
trying to develop its relations with Athens in all
respects and sincerely hopes that disagreements over the
Aegean will be resolved in a peaceful manner. /Turkiye/
[04] SLOVAKIAN FM DUE IN ANKARA TODAY
Slovakian Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan is due to
arrive in Ankara today for an official visit. Kukan is
expected to meet with Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to
discuss a number of issues, including bilateral
relations, Turkey’s European Union membership bid and
regional and international issues. Tomorrow Kukan is to
meet separately with Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc and
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer. /Cumhuriyet/
[05] KRETSCHMER: “TURKEY IS MAKING RAPID
PROGRESS TOWARDS EU MEMBERSHIP”
European Commission Representative in Turkey
Hansjoerg Kretschmer said yesterday that Ankara was
making rapid progress towards its European Union
membership. During a visit to Hakkari Governor Erdogan
Gurbuz, Kretschmer said that the EU Commission was
closely watching Turkey’s progress, adding that there
were still a number of criteria which needed to be
implemented. /Cumhuriyet/
[06] LAGENDIJK: “ANKARA’S TALKS SHOULD AIM
AT FULL EU MEMBERSHIP”
Turkey’s eventual membership in the European Union
will be a blow to both terrorist Osama bin Laden and
theories of a “clash of civilizations,” said Joost
Lagendijk, co-chair of the Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary
Committee, at a panel yesterday in Washington organized
by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and Germany’s
Heinrich Boll Foundation. “When Turkey joins the EU,
those who say a bridge cannot be built between Islam and
the West will be proven wrong,” Lagendijk told the panel
entitled “Turkey in the European Union: Consequences for
Europe.” Lagendijk urged the EU to give Turkey a date
for accession talks at its summit next month. He also
emphasized that when Ankara’s negotiations begin, the
focus should be on full membership, rebuffing calls for
a “special partnership.” /Star/
[07] KOHL: “TURKEY HAS NO CHANCE OF GETTING
INTO THE EU”
Turkey has no chance of joining the European Union,
claimed former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl yesterday.
Speaking on German television, Kohl alleged that EU
leaders were deceiving Ankara with promises of
membership. “Even these leaders know that Turkey’s
accession talks will last for 10 or 15 years and they
won’t be in power then,” added Kohl. “I favor a special
partnership with Turkey, because this is the most
rational way.” /Hurriyet/
[08] TRNC’S TALAT DECIDES AGAINST FORMING
NEW GOVT
After being appointed this week by Turkish Republic
of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas to form
a new government, Republican Turkish Party (CTP) leader
and Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat has reportedly
decided against trying to do so. During talks among CTP
members, the party agreed that new initiatives would be
fruitless, and that instead early elections were needed.
Talat is expected to return his mandate to Denktas
without waiting the customary period, two weeks. Under
the TRNC’s Constitution, early elections can be called
by either the Parliament or the president. /Turkiye/
[09] UNAKITAN MEETS WITH WB’S KATSU TO
DISCUSS RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS
Finance
Minister Kemal Unakitan yesterday met in Ankara with
Shigeo Katsu, the World Bank’s vice president for Europe
and Central Asia, to discuss recent economic
developments. Speaking before their meeting, Unakitan
said that a Council of State decision was needed for the
privatization of state oil company TUPRAS, adding that
the Privatization Administration (OIB) would do what the
decision requires. Katsu said that he tried to visit
Turkey each year in order to see the country’s progress
firsthand. /Aksam/
[10] FROM THE COLUMNS … FROM THE COLUMNS …
FROM THE COLUMNS
[11] IS THERE ANY HOPE?
BY TURKER ALKAN (RADIKAL)
Columnist Turker Alkan comments on international
politics. A summary of his column is as follows:
“States want to be powerful. Maybe this desire comes
from the wild nature of international politics. For
example, look at the situation in Iraq. Generally,
citizens want a strong and great Turkey. Former
President Suleyman Demirel said 10 years ago that the
Turkish world stretches over an area from the Adriatic
Sea to the Great Wall of China. However, once Russian
President Vladimir Putin said that being a superpower is
not important and that Russia has no desire to be one.
Actually, Russia could become a superpower again but it
might have learned that doing so is too expensive. I
liked this statement and thought that Putin was acting
like a statesman. I wonder why not even a single
statesman has said, ‘We must become a country which
produces the best poets, philosophers and writers.’ No
one tries to do this. They don’t try to make a nation of
happy people. Everybody wants a country boasting the
strongest army, large territory, a big population and
the greatest wealth, and their policies reflect this.
Of course it’s very difficult to become a superpower.
However, countries like Turkey say, ‘At least, let’s
become a regional superpower’ and invest huge sums of
money into their armies and weapons. US political
campaigns cost nearly $400 billion, but $300 billion
would be enough to meet many poor countries’ housing,
clean water and electricity needs. If we spent money for
civil rather than military purposes, maybe one of the
chief causes of war would end. We need to break the
cycle of hopelessness, poverty and war. Towards this
end, leaders with good vision are needed. Europe could
have comprehended the meaning of peace after two
terrible wars. The EU experience shows that it’s
possible to solve problems through peaceful means and
also demonstrated the limits of foreign policy conducted
through economic and military threats. However, the EU
hasn’t quit politics yet. More importantly, US President
George W. Bush’s recent election victory shows that for
the foreseeable future, a world order not dependent upon
brute force is just a dream. Even if there are
biological factors, I think that social causes determine
human aggression. In other words, if we can act
reasonably, there’s no need for despair.”
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