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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 99-05-07Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.gov.tr/>AA Daily07 May 1999 FridayCONTENTS
[01] TURKEY-PRESS SCANThese are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey's press on May 7, 1999. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.HURRIYET (LIBERAL)VIRTUE PARTY CONSIDERS TO DISMISS KAVAKCIAs Chief Prosecutor Vural Savas is getting ready to file a lawsuit against the Virtue Party (FP) to close it, many FP members reacted against those who caused the headscarf crisis. Some members on Thursday implied that Kavakci could be dismissed from the party. ''If Vural Savas warns us before he files a lawsuit and asks us to dismiss her, we'll do it. We have to obey whatever the law says,'' a high level FP authority told Hurriyet. AYDIN MENDERES RESIGNS TO WARN VIRTUE PARTY MILLIYET (LIBERAL)MEANINGFUL AWARD TO TURKISH YOUTHTurkey came first in the 47th European Youth Music Festival organized in Belgium's Neerpalt region. This is the first time Turkey participated in this festival. ''Anatolia Kontrabas Kwartet'' formed by Elif Mine Gokdu (22), Mehmet Sonmez (21), Onur Ozkaya (19) and Burak Marlak (20) came first in the festival's chamber music category. KAVAKCI'S EVERY SINGLE WORD A SCANDAL SABAH (LIBERAL)OPERATIONS AGAINST TERRORISM IN BINGOLA total of 30 terrorists were killed in the operations launched by security forces in Yayladere county of eastern Bingol province. Security forces launched an operation after nine security officials patrolling in the region were killed in an ambush of a crowd group of terrorists. Meanwhile, a security official who was injured in the ambush, was taken to Elazig Military Hospital for medical treatment. Operations are underway in the region. ALLEGATION CLAIMING THAT KAVAKCI'S FATHER IN TURKEY CUMHURIYET (LEFT)TENSION ESCALATES ON CYPRUS AGAINSermet Atacanli, the Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesman, recalled that the Greek Air Forces staged an operation near Cyprus, and that two Greek war aircrafts made an initiative to land on Baf military airport in Southern Cyprus on Wednesday, but they did not land at the base and left the region. The Foreign Ministry stressed that the Greek and the Greek Cypriot provocations increased the security crisis on Cyprus and negatively affect the peace and stability in the Eastern Mediterranean. LAWYERS OF OCALAN COULD NOT GO TO IMRALI RADIKAL (LEFT)SAME DECISION IN GOKTEPE CASEThe Afyon High Criminal Court sentenced six of the eleven policemen, who were tried on charges of killing journalist Metin Goktepe while he was kept under detention, to 7,5 year imprisonment with charges of ''killing a person as a result of battery wilfully committed'' while it acquitted five other suspect policemen. TUNCELI MAYOR ARRESTED YENİ YÜZYIL (LIBERAL)NUMBER OF BLUE FLAG IN TURKISH WATERS INCREASES 64The number of the blue flags, which are the symbol of clean sea in Europe, increased to 64 in the Turkish beaches. The European Environment Education Foundation increased the number of the blue flags in the Turkish beaches from 46 to 64 while the number of marinas with clean water increased from 10 to 11 this year. ALI OYMAK TO BE BROUGHT TO TURKEY TÜRKİYE (RIGHT)PREMIER ECEVIT TO START TALKS WITHPOLITICAL PARTY LEADERS ON SATURDAY Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit, the leader of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) who was assigned to form the 57th government, said that he will start talks with the political party leaders on May 8. He will hold the first meeting with Devlet Bahceli, the Leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). KUTAN:''MERVE KAVAKCI WILL DETERMINE HER ATTITUDE ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)AYDIN MENDERES RESIGN FROM FPAydin Menderes, the Deputy of Virtue Party (FP) from Istanbul, resigned from its party. Menderes said that the reason for his resignation was the FP's insensitivity and confrontational stance on the headscarf issue. ''I understood that my concerns about the issue are not shared by the FP but evaded in silence. I didn't have the chance of making a move as a FP member under these conditions,'' he stated. A TOTAL OF 30 TERRORISTS KILLED [02] NATO'S AIR OPERATION AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA - TURKISH F-16 WAR PLANES ACCUMULATE A TOTAL OF 1,226 FLIGHT HOURSANKARA, May 7 (A.A) - Turkish F-16 war planes that participate at the NATO's air operation against Yugoslavia accumulated a total of 1,226 flight hours, it was reported on Friday.The General Staff Information Center issued a statement saying that the Turkish F-16 war planes which are deployed at the Ghedi Airbase in Italy, did not fly on May 6. Meanwhile, a total of 800, 115 Kosovar people were forced to leave their homes so far. According to the latest figures, there are 13 213 refugees in Turkey; 50 thousand in Serbia; 63,300 in Montenegro; 396,300 in Albania; 204,070 in Macedonia; 9,974 in Germany; 45,500 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and 17,758 in other countries. A total of 875 Albanian people who remained in Kosovo, have also been forced to move. A total of 14,554 Kosovar refugees have entered Turkey from Istanbul, the Tekirdag-Corlu border gate, and from the Edirne-Kapikule border gate since the beginning of NATO air operation. A total of 5,982 Kosovars have been sheltered at Gaziosmanpasa Refugee Camp in Kirklareli. Turkey has provided shelters for a total of 9 thousand Kosovar refugees in camps in Macedonia and Albania. Both camps have capacity to host 20 thousand refugees. [03] BOLSHOI SUPPORT TO TOURISM IN ANTALYAANKARA, May 7 (A.A) - Turkey is arranging art supported activities to get out of the bottleneck it found itself in the tourism sector. The world famous Bolshoi Ballet invited by Belek Tourism Investors Union (BETUYAB) will perform a ballet show in Antalya on May 22, it was reported on Thursday.The Bolshoi, during their show which will last for three hours, will dance accompanied by arias selected from different operas. The dancers will perform short pieces from popular ballets. Sirer Aydin, BETUYAP's General Manager, said this show will also mark their 10th anniversary and added that they wanted to turn this year's performance to a Belek Culture and Art Festival which will be organized every year. ''Turkish tourism is slowly reviving. The cancellation of reservations stopped in general. We are getting new reservations and some of the reservations which were cancelled are coming back. We hope that everything will be fine and we'll recover,'' Aydin stated. ''Those who are in tourism sector are reducing their prices in a panic,'' Aydin said and underlined that this should be strictly avoided. ''Reducing prices at the moment is treachery. Prices are not the reason why tourists do not prefer Turkey. Prices should definitely not be lowered,'' he concluded. [04] EMBARGO IMPOSED ON IRAQ - TURKEY INSISTS ON HER LOSSES CAUSED FROM EMBARGO TO BE COMPENSATEDNEW YORK, May 7 (A.A) - Turkey maintains her insistent attitude for her losses caused from the embargo which has been imposed on Iraq by the United Nations (UN) since 1991, to be conmpensated, it was reported on Friday.Turkey has launched a new initiative in the UN Sanctions Committee by submitting her current loss balance sheet and her requests. Responding to questions of the A.A correspondent, Vural Savas, the Turkish Permanent Representative to the UN, stated that Turkey's loss has increased to 35 billion U.S. dollars. Turkey had applied to the same committee before, and requested permission to import oil from Iraq in order to meet her own oil consumption, but his request was not admitted. Several members of the UN Security Council, including the U.S. and Britain, defend not to grant privilege to any country since they worry about that any privilege can suit Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's interests. Having regard that Jordan has been granted privilege of importing oil from Iraq, the UN applies double-standart towards Turkey. [05] NUMBER OF KOSOVAR REFUGEES IN TURKEY INCREASES TO 14,636ANKARA, May 7 (A.A) - The number of Kosovar refugees who were forced to leave their homes as a result of ethnic cleansing campaign in Kosovo, increased to 14,636, it was reported on Friday.The Interior Ministry issued a statement saying that a total of 6,300 Kosovar refugees including 2,499 women, 2,305 men, and 1,496 children have entered Turkey from the Tekirdag-Corlu Border Gate since the beginning of NATO air operation. The statement noted that a total of 6,849 refugees including 2,452 women, 1, 785 men, and 2,645 children have entered Turkey from the Edirne-Kapikule border gate, and a total of 1,454 refugees including 526 women, 509 men, and 419 children have entered Turkey from Istanbul. Meanwhile, a total of 5,983 Kosovars including 1,901 women, 1,681 men, and 2,401 children have been sheltered at the Gaziosmanpasa Refugee Camp in Kirklareli. [06] KAPTANOGLU, CHAIRMAN OF DTO EXECUTIVE BOARD: - ''ERBAKAN, WHO BECAME THE CHAMPION IN MAKING HIS OWN PARTY CLOSED, SHOULD BE GIVEN A CUP AND BE FORCED TO RETIRE''ANTALYA, May 7 (A.A) - Cengiz Kaptanoglu, the Chairman of the Executive Board of Deniz Chambers of Commerce (DTO), said on Friday that Necmettin Erbakan, the banned leader of the banned Welfare Party (RP), who became the champion in making his own party closed, should be given a cup and be forced to retire.Kaptanoglu told A.A correspondent that the headscarf crisis at the parliament occurred due to ''obstinacy'' and that Turkey feels uneasy about this issue. Stressing that the ones who deteriorated the political stability in Turkey should be punished, Kaptanoglu said, ''the ones who caused the crisis want to have a chaos in Turkey. The problem of headscarf does not have any relation with human rights and freedom of religion and conscience. These are the efforts which disturb Turkey and which abuse religion for some people's own targets.'' ''To this end, Erbakan, who became the champion in making his own party closed, should be given a cup and be forced to retire. Five year political ban is not enough for him. If Erbakan is made retired from politics permanently, the path of Turkey will be opened,'' Kaptanoglu added. Stating that the headscarf is made an instrument for a political target, Kaptanoglu recalled that many Turkish women wear headscarves for a very long time. When stressing his opinion about Merve Kavakci, the women deputy of the Virtue Party (FP) who led to a crisis by coming to the parliamentarian general assembly with a headscarf, Kaptanoglu said, ''does this lady have a privilege from the other women deputies who take their oath in the parliament without wearing a headscarf? One want to serve for the country, the other for her own targets. These two facts should be separated from each other.'' [07] AKIN, TURKISH DIRECTOR, GIVEN ''OTTO SPRENGER'' AWARDHAMBURG, May 7 (A.A.) - Fatih Akin, a Turkish author and director who was born in Germany, was given ''Otto Sprenger'' award which is given to the successful artists in Germany, in a ceremony held in Hamburg city on Friday.Akin, who made his name heard by ''Kurz und schmerzlos'' film (Short and Without Pain) in the 51st International Film Festival which was held in Locarno city of Switzerland a short time ago, was given ''Otto Sprenger'' award which has been given since 1985. The theme of ''Kurz and schmerzlos'' is the life of a Turkish young person who is the second generation in Germany. Addressing a statement, Akin said that his film will be shown in Turkey in the shortest time. Akin noted that he will shoot a new film named ''Temmuz'' (July) and that he wants Sener Sen, a famous Turkish actor, to play in this film which will be made in both Turkey and Germany. [08] TURKEY GETTING HER HISTORICAL HERITAGES BACK ONE BY ONE - SEVEN MARBLE WORKS WHICH BELONG TO ROMAN ERA AND FOUR WOODEN PANELS OF ULU MOSQUE DELIVERED FROM LONDONLONDON, May 7 (A.A) - Turkey, which achieved to get some important pieces of her historical heritage in recent years, got back seven marble works which belong to Roman era and four wooden panels of Ulu Mosque in Divrigi county of central Sivas province which were rescued from the Castor sunken ship, from London on Friday.An official from the Directorate General of the Foundations and Tekin Aybas, the Culture Ministry Undersecretary, and Ozdem Sanberk, Turkish Ambassador to London, joined the ceremony which was held in Turkish Embassy in London. Addressing a speech in the ceremony, Ozdem Sanberk, Turkish Ambassador to London, thanked the Scotland Yard officials and British courts who carried out efforts in finding the mentioned works, determining the real owners of these works, and delivering them to their own motherland. Aybas, Culture Ministry Undersecretary, recalled that it is important to protect the historical works of Turkey and to leave them to the future generations and said that Turkey could not prevent the smuggling of many historical works to foreign countries. Stressing that they will carry out efforts to get back all these historical works which were smuggled from Turkey till the end and that they will not stop until these works are returned to Turkey, Aybas noted that they are grateful to the ones who helped in finding these works and returning them. [09] THE BALKAN NEWS AGENCIES DISCUSS THE CRISIS IN THE REGION - GULER, A.A DIRECTOR GENERAL: ''NEWS AGENCIES IN THE BALKANS HAVE TO BE IN FURTHER SOLIDARITY''SALONICA, May 7 (A.A) - The Union of Balkan News Agencies (ABNA) took up the crisis in the Balkans on Friday in its meeting held in Salonica city of Greece.The issues of contributions of the news agencies to peace, the difficulties journalists face in war regions, and the reflection of news to means of mass communication were discussed in the meeting. Mehmet Guler, the Director General of Anadolu Ajansı (A.A) said that the recent developments have showed that the news agencies in the Balkans have to be in further cooperation. Stressing that the difficulty in receiving news from the first hand in the crisis region is a strike blown to the freedom of receiving information, Guler said that the states have to respect the right of peoples to receive information. Emphasizing that the objective journalism is very important, Guler said that the incidents that happened before the NATO intervention in Yugoslavia have been forgotten, recalling that it was written in the newspapers those times that massacre and genocide were committed in the region. [10] PROF. OZEN, RECTOR OF ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY: - ''WE CONDEMN THE CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC OPPRESSION POLICIES WHICH GREECE APPLIES ON TURKS LIVING IN WESTERN THRACE''ZONGULDAK, May 7 (A.A) - Prof. Ramazan Ozen, the Rector of Zonguldak Karaelmas University (ZKU), said on Friday that they harshly condemn the cultural and economic oppression policies which Greece applies on Turks living in Western Thrace.Issuing a written statement, Ozen noted that Greece does not recognize the right of living to the other minorities, including Macedonians and Albanians. Noting that Greece pursues some daunting policies by applying various social and economic oppressions against the minorities and that it is impossible to accept such stance, Ozen said, ''the oppression of Greece, which always mentions about the universal legal aspects, against the minority within her territory, is an unacceptable behaviour in an era in which the human rights are very important.'' ''Turkish nation which adopted the principle of 'peace at home, peace in the world', will continue to take into consideration the inhuman acts of Greece which are staged against our kinsmen with sensitivity and will be beside them in their fair case. One of the most important indicators of being a respected and reliable country in the threshold of the 21st century is being loyal to the international agreements and respecting human rights, '' Ozen added. Ozen stressed that they condemn the oppression policies of Greece which she applies against the rights and status of the minorities that were determined in the fundemantal rights and liberties and international agreements. [11] TOBB CHAIRMAN MIRAS: ''I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THAT WE STRONGLY CONDEMN THE HEADSCARF CRISIS IN PARLIAMENT AND THE LOGIC BEHIND IT''ANTALYA, May 7 (A.A) - Fuat Miras, the Chairman of the Turkish Union of Chambers and Stock Exchanges (TOBB) said on Friday that ''I would like to stress that we strongly condemn the headscarf crisis that erupted in the opening of the parliament and the logic behind it.''Addressing the opening speech of the TOBB meeting held in southern province of Antalya, Miras said that the Turkish people wishes honest, clean, and transparent administration, and they don't want search for any adventure. Noting that the two rightist parties were punished as they continiously accuse each other, Miras said that the resignation of the leader of the Republican Peoples' Party (CHP) which hasn't been successful in the elections by not passing the 10 percent national barrier, is a very positive development.'' ''The Turkish people who protects the Republic, secularism, and free parliamentary system, expects a peaceful Turkey,'' said Miras, and added that the formation of a coalition government having a majority in the parliament and which will work in harmony and stability has a priority for the Turkish people and TOBB will support such a government. ''We, as being the Turkish private sector, invite the political parties to give up unproductive arguments and claim responsibility over the country's problems. We will extend support to the government that will be formed in this framework, and we'll oppose the parties which manipulate national and religious values for their own interests,'' said Miras, adding that the new government should realize the privatization in a rapid and transparent way and the social security arrangement has to be implemented. Miras stressed that the Central Bank has to be autonomous, the inflation has to be controlled and the monetary policies have to be implemented in an effective way. Fuat Miras stressed that the budget deficits which were seven percent last year have to be reduced to 3 percent, adding a ''promotion council'' has to be set up to promote Turkey abroad. [12] PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION OF DENKTAS, TRNC PRESIDENT, TO BE OPENED ON SATURDAYANKARA, May 7 (A.A) - The photography exhibition of Rauf Denktas, the President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), will be opened in Ankara on Saturday.The exhibition titled ''Here is a handful of Northern Cyprus'' in which 125 works of Denktas will be displayed, will be opened until June 11, 1999. The photographs which puts forward all the beauties of Northern Cyprus, the human sights from the TRNC, the birds that are the symbol of peace, the home life will be presented in this exhibition. Denktas has many Turkish and English publications other than his photographs. [13] KAPTANOGLU, CHAIRMAN OF DTO EXECUTIVE BOARD: - ''TURKISH PRIVATE VESSEL INDUSTRY IS COMPETING WITH THAT OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE OTHER WORLD COUNTRIES''ANTALYA, May 7 (A.A) - Cengiz Kaptanoglu, the Chairman of the Executive Board of Deniz Chamber of Commerce, said on Friday that Turkish private vessel industry is competing with that of European countries and that of the world countries; adding that the effect of the global crisis on the naval commerce started to decrease.Responding the questions of A.A correspondent, Kaptanoglu noted that Turkish naval sector needs 6 months to recover from the effects of the global crisis. Defending the view that although the crisis in the global naval commerce started to be overcome, Turkish naval sector cannot improve due to the political instability in Turkey; Kaptanoglu stated that the political stability in Turkey should be ensured as soon as possible and that the path to economy should be opened. Stating that the naval sector had a very stable line during the 55th and 56th governmental periods and that this stability should continue, Kaptanoglu reiterated that he requests that Turkish Vessel Industry should be privatized. Kaptanoglu said, ''despite the improvement in the global industry, Turkish vessel construction industry can be in worser situation than today if some necessary measures are not taken and the stability does not ensured. There is a giant step forward in our vessel construction industry. We can construct high-quality vessels.'' ''We can construct cheap but high-quality vessels today. The private sector vessel industry in Turkey should be supported as in other world countries, '' Kaptanoglu added. Emphasizing that if this sector is supported, Turkey can produce 500,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT) vessels every year, Kaptanoglu said that thus, a new and big employment field will be created by this sector. [14] HEADSCARF CRISIS IN PARLIAMENT - PROF. DR. YAVUZ, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ANKARA UNIVERSITY TURKISH REVOLUTION HISTORY INSTITUTE : ''FUNDAMENTALISM DIDN'T REFRAIN FROM SHOWING ITS UGLY FACE ALSO UNDER ROOF OF PARLIAMENT''ANKARA, May 7 (A.A) - Prof. Dr. Unsal Yavuz, the Deputy Director of the Ankara University's Institute of Turkish Revolution History said on Friday that the fundamentalism didn't refrain from showing its ugly face under the roof of the parliament this time after universities, independent justice, and other public institutions.Prof. Dr. Yavuz said in a written statement that the entrance of Merve Kavakcı, a deputy from the Virtue Party (FP), in the parliament last Sunday by wearing a headscarf, had a certain aim, adding ''it is seen that the organized activities aiming at overthrowing the regime and dividing the state and the nation for half a century, have come to their last stage.'' Noting that fundamentalism which is supported by certain people, political groups has also showed its ugly face under the roof of the parliament, Prof.Dr. Yavuz said that this unrestrained act is an open challenge against the democratic Turkish Republic and its Parliament. ''This challenger's connection with the foreign powers and their extensions in Turkey shouldn't be ignored,'' said Prof.Dr. Yavuz. A.A Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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