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Turkish Press Review, 05-06-27
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Summary of the political and economic
news in the Turkish press this morning
27.06.2005
ERDOGAN VISITS BLACK SEA
REGION
ERDOGAN TO TRAVEL TO
AZERBAIJAN THIS WEEK
TALAT: “I’M READY TO MEET
WITH THE GREEK CYPRIOTS”
PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE VETOED
LAWS
FRATTINI: “IT WOULD BE A
MISTAKE TO EXCLUDE TURKEY FROM THE EU”
HANNAY: “TURKEY IS THE KEY
COUNTRY FOR A SOLUTION ON CYPRUS”
AGAR: “FARMERS ARE
SUFFERING DUE TO MISGUIDED GOVT POLICIES”
BAHCELI: “THE MHP WILL COME
TO POWER”
MUMCU SPEAKS ON EDUCATION,
HEADSCARF ISSUE
SABANCI: “TUSIAD WILL
REPRESENT ITSELF ALONE”
FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE
COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS
ORANGE HANDKERCHIEFS ARE
IN POCKETS ALREADY
BY FERAI TINC (HURRIYET)
CONTENTS
[01] ERDOGAN VISITS BLACK SEA REGION
[02] ERDOGAN TO TRAVEL TO AZERBAIJAN
THIS WEEK
[03] TALAT: “I’M READY TO MEET WITH
THE GREEK CYPRIOTS”
[04] PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE VETOED
LAWS
[05] FRATTINI: “IT WOULD BE A
MISTAKE TO EXCLUDE TURKEY FROM THE EU”
[06] HANNAY: “TURKEY IS THE KEY
COUNTRY FOR A SOLUTION ON CYPRUS”
[07] AGAR: “FARMERS ARE SUFFERING
DUE TO MISGUIDED GOVT POLICIES”
[08] BAHCELI: “THE MHP WILL COME TO
POWER”
[09] MUMCU SPEAKS ON EDUCATION,
HEADSCARF ISSUE
[10] SABANCI: “TUSIAD WILL REPRESENT
ITSELF ALONE”
[11] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE
COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS
[12] ORANGE HANDKERCHIEFS ARE IN
POCKETS ALREADY
BY FERAI TINC (HURRIYET)
[01] ERDOGAN VISITS BLACK SEA REGION
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a
visit to Black Sea region provinces including
Trabzon, Rize and Artvin over the weekend.
Addressing locals during his visit, Erdogan
stated that Turkey had entered a period of
development and change through the rule of his
Justice and Development Party (AKP) government.
“We’ll take all steps together with the nation
and we’ll always remain united,” said the
premier. Stressing that the Black Sea Coastal
Highway would contribute greatly to regional
development, Erdogan said that it would also
make the region more attractive. Concerning
recent oil price hikes, Erdogan said that three
or four price increases over three weeks was not
proper. He added that the government could step
in if the hikes continue. After completing his
contacts, Erdogan returned to Ankara last
evening. /Turkiye/
[02] ERDOGAN TO TRAVEL TO AZERBAIJAN
THIS WEEK
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is
scheduled to travel to Azerbaijan on Wednesday
for talks with Azeri officials. During his
two-day visit, Erdogan will meet with President
Ilham Aliyev. Following interdelegationary
talks, various agreements are expected to be
signed. He will also meet with the Parliament
speaker and then address the Parliament.
/Turkiye/
[03] TALAT: “I’M READY TO MEET WITH
THE GREEK CYPRIOTS”
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Mehmet Ali Talat
stated over the weekend that he was ready to
meet with Greek Cypriot leader Tassos
Papadopoulos. “We can meet at the United Nations
building or in the house of UN representatives
here,” Talat said. “We both prefer the talks to
be held under the auspices of the UN.” In
related news, President Ahmet Necdet Sezer is
set to hold his first meeting with Talat in
early August. Sezer will also receive former
TRNC President Rauf Denktas on July 5-6. The
president will host a ceremony at the Cankaya
Presidential Palace where he will present
Denktas an order of merit. Parliament Speaker
Bulent Arinc, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan and Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi
Ozkok are also expected to be present at the
ceremony. /Cumhuriyet, Hurriyet/
[04] PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE VETOED
LAWS
Parliament is expected to debate early this week the vetoed Scientific
and Technical Research Council of Turkey
(TUBITAK) law and the vetoed regulations of the
new Turkish Penal Code (TCK) reducing
punishments for unlicensed educational
institutions. It will work overtime until the
end of this week in order to complete the work
before the scheduled parliamentary recess, set
to start Friday. /Turkiye/
[05] FRATTINI: “IT WOULD BE A
MISTAKE TO EXCLUDE TURKEY FROM THE EU”
European Commission Vice President Franco Frattini over the weekend
said that closing the doors of the European
Union to Turkey would be a mistake. "Depriving
Ankara of the opportunity to begin its
membership negotiations is a mistake that we
should never make," he stressed. In an interview
with Italian daily La Repubblica, Frattini
argued that if Turkey is refused, the EU would
be sending a negative message to the Muslim
world. He also called on Ankara to continue its
reforms on its path towards EU membership.
/Hurriyet/
[06] HANNAY: “TURKEY IS THE KEY
COUNTRY FOR A SOLUTION ON CYPRUS”
Britain’s former Special Envoy to Cyprus Lord
David Hannay over the weekend said that Turkey’s
European Union membership bid was the key to a
possible solution of the Cyprus problem. Hannay
claimed that if Turkey’s EU bid was turned back,
then there would be no settlement on the island.
“If the Turkish application is rejected then
forget about it, there is not going to be a
settlement,” he warned. “It is as bad as that.
That’s my prediction. But I don’t think that
will happen.” Hannay predicted that Turkey’s
accession negotiations would probably take up to
10 years. “It all really depends on the
evolution of Turkey’s relationship with the EU,”
he said. “That is the key to everything. No
Turkish negotiations, no Cyprus settlement in my
view.” /Cumhuriyet/
[07] AGAR: “FARMERS ARE SUFFERING
DUE TO MISGUIDED GOVT POLICIES”
True Path Party (DYP) leader Mehmet Agar said yesterday that people are
suffering under difficult economic conditions.
Speaking to citizens in the Western Thrace
province of Edirne, Agar said all farmers in the
country were facing woes due to the Justice and
Development Party (AKP) government’s mistaken
policies. Stressing that the people have no
faith in their future, the DYP leader stated
that the nation’s salvation lies in early
elections. /Turkiye/
[08] BAHCELI: “THE MHP WILL COME TO
POWER”
Nationalist Action Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli said yesterday
that the nation should be saved from the ruling
of the Justice and Development Party (AKP).
Addressing people in the Mediterranean city of
Osmaniye during the Eighth Ergenokon Feast,
Bahceli said that the country had been badly
ruled for some two-and-a-half years by the AKP.
He also claimed that his party was the strongest
contender for coming to power. /Aksam/
[09] MUMCU SPEAKS ON EDUCATION,
HEADSCARF ISSUE
Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Erkan Mumcu said over the weekend that
religious courses in schools should be electives
so that Sunnis and Shiites would both be taught
according to their beliefs. Speaking on CNN
Turk, Mumcu warned that holding a referendum on
the headscarf issue, as Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan has recommended, would cause a
split in the nation. “The headscarf issue is
covered by Board of Higher Education (YOK)
regulations,” added Mumcu. “We could change
Articles 130 and 131 of the Constitution. We
would reform YOK by dealing with the headscarf
problem.” He also said that the term “public
areas” should be redefined, and charged that
ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and
opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)
leaders were trying to use headscarf issue as a
ploy to gain votes. He also added that the
religious educational system should be changed,
as imam hatip schools have lost their function.
/Milliyet/
[10] SABANCI: “TUSIAD WILL REPRESENT
ITSELF ALONE”
Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (TUSIAD) Chairman
Omer Sabanci said over the weekend that TUSIAD
doesn’t belong to other associations and will
represent itself in the business world alone
during Turkey’s European Union negotiations
period. He also added that TUSIAD’s efforts for
EU membership are known by both the public and
the government and that Turkey’s business
community should be represented during the talks
by an association that has great knowledge. The
business community should be represented by
various associations and TUSIAD is not the only
representative, just one of them, he said.
“TUSIAD has been the most active nongovernmental
organization (NGO) especially during this
parliamentary negotiation period,” added
Sabanci. He stated that some EU member states
are against Turkey’s membership and that
changing these attitudes should be job number
one. The recent Belgian court ruling about
terrorist Fehriye Erdal concerns the entire
country, he added. /Hurriyet/
[11] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE
COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS
[12] ORANGE HANDKERCHIEFS ARE IN
POCKETS ALREADY
BY FERAI TINC (HURRIYET)
Columnist Ferai Tinc comments on her meeting with Azerbaijani
politician Isa Gamber. A summary of her column
is as follows:
“I recently met with Azerbaijani opposition
leader Isa Gamber in Istanbul. He was in
Istanbul to participate in the meeting on
Democratization and Security in the Wider Middle
East, organized by the ARI movement last week.
Gamber has been carrying the mantle of
Azerbaijan’s opposition leader for the longest
time in Azerbaijan. He believes the general
elections set for this November are very
important for democratization in his country. It
seems Azerbaijan will be the next stop of the
velvet revolutions. They have already put orange
handkerchiefs in their pockets. However, I
didn’t talk about these issues with Gamber. We
discussed mostly Turkish-Azerbaijani relations.
‘Turkey shouldn’t shrink from dealing with the
Armenian issue,’ he said. ‘If it’s going to take
steps about this issue, it should talk with the
Azerbaijani government.’ Maybe Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan will talk about this issue
with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev during
his visit this week to Baku, but Gamber means
that Turkey shouldn’t discuss the border gate
problem with Armenia separate from the
Nagorno-Karabagh issue. He asked, ‘Would
establishing good relations with the Armenian
government save Turkey from the pressure of the
“genocide” claims?’ Then he answered himself.
‘It’s a mistake to think that if concessions are
made, the Armenian government would soften its
stance. When Turkey opened its airspace, what
changed? Genocide allegations are still the
backbone of Armenian state policy. It won’t stop
these allegations. If Turkey is going to open
its borders, it should firstly talk to the
Azerbaijani government and tell it the reasons
for doing this and the sums to be earned in
return.” Because the Azerbaijani government, 20%
of whose land is under Armenian occupation,
should know what Turkey’s change of policy will
bring.
I wanted to know if Turkey’s relations with
Armenia would always be like this. He replied,
‘We believe that relations with Armenia should
be improved. When we come to power, we will try
to do this, but problems in Caucasia should also
be solved. Democracy should come not only to
Azerbaijan, but also to Armenia.’ So many things
have slowed down in Turkish-Azerbaijani
relations, compared to 15 years ago. There’s
nothing concrete except mutual interest in the
Baku-Ceyhan pipeline. Now nobody is taking
creative steps to develop the humanitarian or
cultural aspects of relations. Gamber said, ‘We
should discuss such subjects as the Armenian or
Cyprus issue with Turkey and draw up plans
together.’ It’s our responsibility to start with
Azerbaijan to develop a common basis of action
covering Georgia and Armenia.”
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