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Turkish Press Review, 06-02-14
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Summary of the political and economic
news in the Turkish press this morning
14.02.2006
GOVT SPOKESMAN CICEK: “THE
NOTION OF PUBLIC AREA ISN’T A LEGAL ONE”
RICE: “MUSLIM REACTIONS AGAINST
MUHAMMED CARTOONS ARE NORMAL”
DANISH AMBASSADOR IN ANKARA
SEEKS TO CALM CARTOON CONTROVERSY
SOLANA: “WE’LL DO OUR BEST TO
AVOID ANOTHER CARTOON CRISIS”
GREEK CYPRIOTS GIVE PROPERTY
BACK TO CYPRIOT TURK
TALAT: “THE EU SHOULD KEEP ITS
PROMISE”
ERDOGAN TO MEET WITH BUSINESS
REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS THEIR PROBLEMS
AGRICULTURE MINISTER: “OUR
MEASURES HAVE PREVENTED BIRD FLU SPREAD”
TURKEY EXPORTS ITS FIRST
AIRPLANE SIMULATOR TO SOUTH KOREA
FROM THE COLUMNS... FROM THE
COLUMNS... FROM THE COLUMNS...
WHY DO THE IRISH LOVE THE
OTTOMANS?
BY SEMIH IDIZ (MILLIYET)
CONTENTS
[01] GOVT SPOKESMAN CICEK: “THE NOTION
OF PUBLIC AREA ISN’T A LEGAL ONE”
[02] RICE: “MUSLIM REACTIONS AGAINST
MUHAMMED CARTOONS ARE NORMAL”
[03] DANISH AMBASSADOR IN ANKARA SEEKS
TO CALM CARTOON CONTROVERSY
[04] SOLANA: “WE’LL DO OUR BEST TO AVOID
ANOTHER CARTOON CRISIS”
[05] GREEK CYPRIOTS GIVE PROPERTY BACK
TO CYPRIOT TURK
[06] TALAT: “THE EU SHOULD KEEP ITS
PROMISE”
[07] ERDOGAN TO MEET WITH BUSINESS
REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS THEIR PROBLEMS
[08] AGRICULTURE MINISTER: “OUR MEASURES
HAVE PREVENTED BIRD FLU SPREAD”
[09] TURKEY EXPORTS ITS FIRST AIRPLANE
SIMULATOR TO SOUTH KOREA
[10] FROM THE COLUMNS... FROM THE
COLUMNS... FROM THE COLUMNS...
[11] WHY DO THE IRISH LOVE THE
OTTOMANS?
BY SEMIH IDIZ (MILLIYET)
[01] GOVT SPOKESMAN CICEK: “THE NOTION
OF PUBLIC AREA ISN’T A LEGAL ONE”
Yesterday’s Cabinet meeting
chaired by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
discussed recent developments. After the
meeting, government spokesman Cemil Cicek told
reporters that he hadn’t seen the Council of
State’s statement on criticisms of its recent
ruling concerning a teacher wearing a headscarf,
and said, “The notion of a public area isn’t a
legal one. It’s a sociological and ideological
notion.” Cicek added, “The Council of State has
declared its view. In my opinion, we shouldn’t
talk about it anymore. The public continues to
discuss it.” Asked about the possibility of
Hamas representatives visiting Turkey, Cicek
said, “The prime minister and foreign minister
have both spoken about the recent Palestinian
election results. Turkey’s stance is clear. To
make a lasting peace there, Turkey will do its
utmost. Turkey has good relations with both
Palestine and Israel. We support everything in
order to establish peace.” /Star/
[02] RICE: “MUSLIM REACTIONS AGAINST
MUHAMMED CARTOONS ARE NORMAL”
US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said
yesterday that reaction in the Muslim world
against the publication of cartoons of the
Prophet Muhammed was normal, adding however,
that these reactions shouldn’t include violence.
“We understand the protests, but the solution
shouldn’t be violence,” she said. Rice further
urged Iran and Syria not to provoke these
protests. In related news, Iranian Foreign
Ministry spokesman Hamid Riza yesterday
predicted that the protests would calm down if
Denmark, which first published the cartoons,
were to apologize to the Muslim world. /Turkiye/
[03] DANISH AMBASSADOR IN ANKARA SEEKS
TO CALM CARTOON CONTROVERSY
Seeking to calm the furor over cartoons
depicting the Prophet Muhammed, Danish
Ambassador to Ankara Christian Hoppe yesterday
visited State Minister Mehmet Aydin, and then
ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Deputy Turhan Comez, who has called for a
boycott of Danish medical products. During
Hoppe’s visits, the duties of diplomats and
political figures were discussed. “We regret the
recent developments,” said Hoppe. “I wish these
hadn’t happened, and I’d like you to talk to the
Turkish public. An economic boycott would damage
both sides. Our prime minister said that the
newspaper which published those cartoons made a
mistake and has apologized. We believe that
people should respect religious beliefs while
exercising freedom of expression.” /Hurriyet/
[04] SOLANA: “WE’LL DO OUR BEST TO AVOID
ANOTHER CARTOON CRISIS”
European Union foreign policy
chief Javier Solana yesterday met in Saudi
Arabia with Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Turkish
secretary-general of the Organization of the
Islamic Conference (OIC), to evaluate the recent
Muhammed cartoon crisis. Speaking afterwards,
Solana said that the European Union would do its
utmost to avoid any further such crises. Solana
said that the West and the East needed each
other, adding that he wanted the Western world
to respect Muslims. “We don’t want to hurt the
feelings of Muslims,” he said. For his part,
Ihsanoglu said that he hoped the EU would fight
its fear of Muslims through legislation in the
European Parliament. Later, Solana met with
Saudi King Abdullah and proceeded to Egypt.
/Turkiye/
[05] GREEK CYPRIOTS GIVE PROPERTY BACK
TO CYPRIOT TURK
In a decision likely to affect
ongoing property disputes on the island, the
Greek Cypriot administration has given property
in Greek Cyprus back to Turkish Cypriot Mustafa
Aydin after he petitioned Greek Cypriot courts.
Under Greek Cypriot law, Turks who resided more
than six months there have the right to get back
property which they left before 1974. /Hurriyet/
[06] TALAT: “THE EU SHOULD KEEP ITS
PROMISE”
Turkish Industrialists’ and
Businessmen’s Association (TUSIAD) President
Omer Sabanci yesterday decried the deadlock on
the Cyprus issue and unkept promises to Turkish
Cyprus. Speaking at Eastern Mediterranean
University in Gazimagosa, the Turkish Republic
of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Sabanci said, “The
European Union’s lack of resolve against Greek
Cypriot pressure and failing to keep its
promises to Cyprus’ Turks disappoints us.” TRNC
President Mehmet Ali Talat also said, “The
Turkish side expects the world, and especially
the EU and the United Nations, to take steps
towards finding a solution to the Cyprus
problem, and we hope they keep their promises
given to Turkish Cypriots on April 26, 2004
following the island-wide referendum.”
/Cumhuriyet-Turkiye/
[07] ERDOGAN TO MEET WITH BUSINESS
REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS THEIR PROBLEMS
Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due today to
attend the third meeting of the Regional and
Sectoral Economic Council, organized by the
Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodities
Exchanges (TOBB). Chairmen of chambers from
Turkey’s 81 provinces and 157 towns and cities
will attend the gathering. During the meeting,
the businessmen will tell Erdogan about the
problems of the private sector and Erdogan will
listen. TOBB Chairman Rifat Hisarciklioglu said
yesterday that TOBB had asked the government to
convene the council to discuss the country’s
pressing problems and that the government had
welcomed this. /Aksam/
[08] AGRICULTURE MINISTER: “OUR MEASURES
HAVE PREVENTED BIRD FLU SPREAD”
Agriculture Minister Mehdi Eker said yesterday
that the measures taken by the government had
prevented the further spread of bird flu. Eker
stressed the role of bird migration in the
spread of the disease, adding that the disease
was unavoidable since Turkey was on the birds’
flight path. “The danger is still continuing due
to migration, but we’ve prevented it spreading
with the measures we’ve taken,” he added. Eker
further called on the nation to turn over their
birds to state officials if they carry the risk
of flu. In related news, Health Minister Recep
Akdag said that the government had been
successful in fighting bird flu, adding that
developments and information on the issue had
been shared with the public through the media.
/Turkiye/
[09] TURKEY EXPORTS ITS FIRST AIRPLANE
SIMULATOR TO SOUTH KOREA
Turkey’s first CN-235 full
flight airplane simulator, produced by Havelsan,
was exported to South Korea this week. Speaking
at the export ceremony for the 15-ton simulator,
State Minister Kursat Tuzmen stressed the
importance of exporting high-tech products,
saying, “As you see, this export goes for $2
million per ton. These exports show the level
which want to reach.” Tuzmen said that the
average ton price of the products which Turkey
exports was $400-500, adding, “The price of this
15-ton simulator is $30 million.” /The New
Anatolian/
[10] FROM THE COLUMNS... FROM THE
COLUMNS... FROM THE COLUMNS...
[11] WHY DO THE IRISH LOVE THE
OTTOMANS?
BY SEMIH IDIZ (MILLIYET)
Columnist Semih Idiz comments on the Irish and
their positive stance towards Turks. A summary
of his column is as follows:
“I
spent most of last week in Dublin, where I spent
10 years in my youth. I could feel the huge
difference since Ireland became a European Union
member, but certain things haven’t changed at
all. For example, the Irish people’s obsession
with Britain or their considering self-criticism
a social virtue... Meanwhile, I saw another
thing which still continues in Ireland. The
Irish people have sympathy for Turks, just like
in the past. I asked Paddy Smyth, a columnist
for the Irish Times, about this. He told me that
the Irish people used to believe that the
Ottoman sultan would save them from British
cruelty. During the Great Hunger which occurred
due to the British misadministration in the
mid-19th century, causing Ireland’s population
to fall by half, food aid sent by the sultan
encouraged this expectation even more. Of
course, then, the Ottoman Empire wasn’t strong
enough to save itself. However, this perception
prevented the emergence of prejudices about
Turks. The Irish people’s historic obsessions
are about the British people, as I mentioned
above. An Irish speaker at a Dublin conference
on ‘Press Ethics in the EU’ that I took part in
explained how EU membership saved them from
British oppression.
Although Ireland was actually independent in
1973 when it joined the EU, it was completely
dependent on Britain economically at that time.
When the speaker mentioned the term ‘being saved
from oppression,’ he meant just that. He was
explaining how Ireland served its national
interest through its EU membership. When an
arrogant journalist from continental Europe
tried to link the undeveloped character of the
Islamic world to cultural reasons and asked in
what other country had demonstrators set an
embassy on fire, an elderly Irish man spoke up
immediately. This retired politician started
talking by saying, ‘My friend, let me enlighten
you.’ He continued: ‘An angry Irish group burned
the British Embassy in this city in 1972. A few
years after this incident, the British
ambassador in Ireland was blown to pieces.’ He
was applauded by the Irish there and the
European journalist was embarrassed, because the
‘clash of civilizations’ argument that he tried
to put forth had collapsed. Although I was
preparing to answer him, he left me nothing to
say, because that Irish man brought him back in
line. However, I asked myself if we can reach
the maturity symbolized by this Irish man and
appreciated by other Irish people.”
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