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Turkish Press Review, 06-04-17
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Summary of the political and economic
news in the Turkish press this morning
17.04.2006
ERDOGAN TO ATTEND NEXT MONTH’S
D8 SUMMIT
AGAR CRITICIZES GOVT’S
ANTI-TERROR EFFORTS
BAHCELI: “THE MHP SHOULD COME
TO POWER ALONE TO FIGHT TERRORISM”
RICE COULD VISIT ANKARA NEXT
WEEK
TUZMEN: “HOLDING INTL IRAQI
FAIR IN GAZIANTEP WILL BE KEY”
CRISIS IN TURKISH-EU RELATIONS
FEARED THIS FALL
REMOVAL OF TOXIC WASTE BARRELS
BEGINS
GREEK OFFICIALS LEND SUPPORT TO
ARMENIAN ALLEGATIONS
NEW PASSPORTS SET FOR NEXT YEAR
CENSUS PLANNED FOR YEAR’S-END
FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE
COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…
HAMAS’ TIGHT SPOT
BY SEMIH IDIZ (MILLIYET)
CONTENTS
[01] ERDOGAN TO ATTEND NEXT MONTH’S D8
SUMMIT
[02] AGAR CRITICIZES GOVT’S ANTI-TERROR
EFFORTS
[03] BAHCELI: “THE MHP SHOULD COME TO
POWER ALONE TO FIGHT TERRORISM”
[04] RICE COULD VISIT ANKARA NEXT WEEK
[05] TUZMEN: “HOLDING INTL IRAQI FAIR IN
GAZIANTEP WILL BE KEY”
[06] CRISIS IN TURKISH-EU RELATIONS
FEARED THIS FALL
[07] REMOVAL OF TOXIC WASTE BARRELS
BEGINS
[08] GREEK OFFICIALS LEND SUPPORT TO
ARMENIAN ALLEGATIONS
[09] NEW PASSPORTS SET FOR NEXT YEAR
[10] CENSUS PLANNED FOR YEAR’S-END
[11] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE
COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…
[12] HAMAS’ TIGHT
SPOT
BY SEMIH IDIZ (MILLIYET)
[01] ERDOGAN TO ATTEND NEXT MONTH’S D8
SUMMIT
Speaking at his ruling Justice and Development
Party’s (AKP) Yozgat province congress, Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said
that his party was working to propel Turkey into
the ranks of the world’s 10 largest economies.
Erdogan also touted his party’s passage through
Parliament of social security reform, as it
promised. Sharply criticizing the main
opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP),
Erdogan said, “The CHP ran away while we were
working on the reform package. They thought, ‘If
we empty these seats, the AKP will also vacate
the chamber.’ But we have work to do. We can’t
leave the chamber. We’re here to do business. I
have photos of the empty CHP seats. I had them
taken especially. I will show them to the nation
at election time.” In related news, Erdogan has
decided to participate in a summit of the
developing countries, known as the D8, which is
made up of predominantly Muslim countries. A
delegation led by Erdogan will attend the Fifth
D8 Summit of Heads of State and Government to be
held on the island of Bali close to Jakarta,
Indonesia’s capital city, on May 13.
/Star-Aksam/
[02] AGAR CRITICIZES GOVT’S ANTI-TERROR
EFFORTS
Speaking at a weekend meeting
of his party in Samsun, opposition True Path
Party (DYP) leader Mehmet Agar commented on
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent
arguments that there are efforts in Turkey to
exclude religious people from politics. Agar
stated that in past years when it was in power,
the DYP had provided freedom for the nation to
participate in politics. He added that though
Turkey faces some difficulties, they could be
overcome. Agar further criticized the
government’s performance in its fight against
terrorism. /Turkiye/
[03] BAHCELI: “THE MHP SHOULD COME TO
POWER ALONE TO FIGHT TERRORISM”
Speaking at a meeting of his party in Adana over
the weekend, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)
leader Devlet Bahceli said that “external
powers” had helped a renewed campaign of
terrorist attacks in Turkey, adding that the MHP
should come to power alone in order to counter
such attacks. He further called on the citizens
living in Turkey’s southeast not to give in to
provocations. “We should, all of us together,
protect our unity,” he added. /Star/
[04] RICE COULD VISIT ANKARA NEXT WEEK
US Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice is reportedly due to arrive in
Ankara next Tuesday for a two-day official
visit. During her brief stay, Rice is expected
to meet with Turkish officials to discuss the
Cyprus issue, natural gas to be transported to
Mideast countries through Turkey and Greece, and
developments in Kosovo. /Sabah/
[05] TUZMEN: “HOLDING INTL IRAQI FAIR IN
GAZIANTEP WILL BE KEY”
State Minister Kursat Tuzmen
yesterday said that June’s International Iraqi
Fair will be held in the southeastern Turkish
city of Gaziantep, adding that this was a very
important development. “Turkish companies and
other companies which want to sell products to
Iraq will gather in Gaziantep,” said Tuzmen.
“This proves the importance of Turkey. In the
future, Turkey will be the center of trade to
Iraq and it will earn much from both exports and
export transit.” The fair is set to be held in
Gaziantep on June 7-11, and more than 1,000
countries are expected to participate.
/Cumhuriyet/
[06] CRISIS IN TURKISH-EU RELATIONS
FEARED THIS FALL
Turkey’s not opening its harbors and airports to
Greek Cypriot ships and airplanes could well
cause a crisis between Turkey and the European
Union before the end of this year. The crisis
would begin with the EU Commission stating in
its fall progress report that Turkey isn’t
abiding by its obligations under the Customs
Union agreement to open its harbors and airports
to all EU member states. The EU Commission’s
determination would first be debated by the EU
foreign ministers and then at a December leaders
summit during Finland’s term presidency. The
harbors issue will be debated for the first time
at the EU-Turkish Partnership Council meeting to
be held on May 16. /Hurriyet/
[07] REMOVAL OF TOXIC WASTE BARRELS
BEGINS
The
disposal of toxic waste barrels uncovered in
Tuzla, near Istanbul, began yesterday as teams
of experts from the Istanbul Directorate of the
Environment and Forestry, Istanbul Metropolitan
Municipality and IZAYDAS, the only licensed
waste disposal facility in Turkey, started work
by digging up the buried barrels. Environment
and Forest Minister Osman Pepe said the results
of tests showed that the waste came from more
than one firm. “We can track the waste to its
origin with an accuracy rate of 80-90 percent.
This will be taken to court, so I can’t give
details. But we’ve concluded that there’s more
than one violator.” Pepe said they believed this
area was used several times as an illegal
dumping site. He said about 70 barrels
containing toxic material have been detected
thus far. /Turkish Daily News/
[08] GREEK OFFICIALS LEND SUPPORT TO
ARMENIAN ALLEGATIONS
Greek
Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopulos has sent a
written message to the Armenian National
Commission saying that so-called Armenian
genocide was deeply etched in the memory of the
Greek nation. He added that hopefully, the
international community would correctly evaluate
the so-called genocide. In related news,
speaking at a gathering in Athens, Greek Deputy
Foreign Minister Teodoros Kasimis urged Turkey
to accept the Armenian allegations. /Turkiye/
[09] NEW PASSPORTS SET FOR NEXT YEAR
The
Security Directorate General is planning to make
changes in passports beginning next year. Under
the project, all passports will have computer
chips containing all necessary personal
information and will be issued for 10 years.
These tough security measures are expected to
help prevent passport forgery and fraud.
/Cumhuriyet/
[10] CENSUS PLANNED FOR YEAR’S-END
State
Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin said yesterday that at
the end of this year, a census with a home
curfew would be held for the last time. He
stated that a bill has been submitted to
Parliament concerning the matter. In this curfew
a broad-based count will be done, and subsequent
censuses will be online, added the minister.
/Turkiye/
[11] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE
COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…
[12] HAMAS’ TIGHT
SPOT
BY SEMIH IDIZ (MILLIYET)
Columnist Semih Idiz comments on Hamas’
difficult situation. A summary of his column is
as follows:
“Turkey will host Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas this week. Of course, one of the aims of
‘Abu Mazen’ (as he is also known) will be
requesting money, because in the face of the
West’s financial aid cutoff, the Palestinian
administration is in a tight spot. The US and
the European Union are punishing the Hamas
government for failing to reonounce terrorism
and recognize Israel. Estimates say the
administration has enough money on hand for a
few months. However, 140,000 government
officials are waiting for their salaries. If
they aren’t paid, this might trigger a serious
social explosion. As a matter of fact, last week
a large number of Palestinian policemen attacked
a government building. The situation is so
critical that Hamas has asked the people for
their help. Those who want to can send money to
Hamas’ account in Cairo. Abbas will be glad if
he returns from Turkey with a lot of money.
However, most say this won’t happen, because the
government is facing the horns of a dilemma. If
it gives high-profile help, this would go
against the US and the European Union. It
doesn’t want this while the repercussions of the
February visit to Ankara of Hamas political
leader Khaled Meshaal are still being felt.
However, here, the main responsibility belongs
to Arab countries, particularly those who are
flush from oil revenues, because they are a
party in the Arab-Israeli conflict. But while
these countries shed crocodile tears for the
Palestinian people, it’s rare that they dip into
their pockets for the cause.
When
I was touring the poor Palestinian camps in the
Gaza Strip a few years ago, I asked if there was
no rich Arab able to establish a sewage system,
school or hospital. I heard that most of the
help came not from Muslim countries, but from
the West. You can’t hear a peep from countries
in the region reaping $250-300 billion more on
top of their already incredible wealth due to
rising oil prices. Iran’s spiritual leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on the Islamic
world to help Palestinians. We’ll see if this
works. Meanwhile, certain Arab analysts have
started to see Hamas’ taking power as a
US-Israeli conspiracy. Former US Ambassador to
Israel Martin Indyk asked why Washington
encouraged Hamas to take part in elections
knowing it would win. According to one theory,
the aim was to put Hamas in its current
situation so as to destroy its public image. If
the theory is true, time will show if this aim
was reached. However, it’s certain today that
Hamas is entering a more difficult situation.”
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