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ANADOLU AGENCY

NEWS

2 DECEMBER 2000

Saturday

CONTENTS

[01] PALESTINIAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND PLANNING MINISTER SHAAT IN ANKARA

[02] EXPORTS FROM GAP REGION DECREASE 2.1 PERCENT

[03] INCREASE IN EXPORTS FROM AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR CONTINUES

[04] DEPOSIT ACCOUNT INTEREST RATES OF BANKS

[05] LOAN INTEREST RATES OF BANKS INCREASE

[06] DETAILS FROM ZEUGMA ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT

[07] TWO TERRORISTS KILLED IN OPERATION

[08] START GIVEN FOR FREQUENCY TENDER

[09] DE SOTO, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF ANNAN TO CYPRUS, MEETS

[10] NATIONAL EDUCATION MINISTER BOSTANCIOGLU IN BAKU

[11] 66 PIECES OF HISTORICAL WORK STOLEN FROM MILET MUSEUM

[12] U.S. ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHES INITIATIVES FOR TURKEY

[13] SPORTS-BODY BUILDING

[14] TRNC FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE MINISTER ERTUGRULOGLU:

[15] PALESTINIAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND

[16] A LAWYER ASSIGNED FOR SAKIK

[17] DE SOTO, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF ANNAN

[18] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ:

[19] SECURITY FORCES IMPOUND 201 KG OF HEROIN

[01] PALESTINIAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND PLANNING MINISTER SHAAT IN ANKARA

Shaad who came to Turkey on a two-day official visit, met on Sunday with Foreign Minister Ismail Cem, Suleyman Demirel, the former President of Turkey, and Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit.

At the meetings, Shaad noted that the unemployment was one of the most serious problems in Palestine.

He stressed that unemployed people had a tendency for violence.

Noting that they wanted Israel to create job opportunities to those people, Shaad said that they expected Turkey to convey their demand to Israel.

Shaad bought two letters from Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to Demirel and Prime Minister Ecevit.

He underlined importance of deploying a United Nations force in the region in order to protect Palestinians from Israeli attacks.

Meanwhile, Turkish side said, ''Israel does not accept such a demand. An investigation will be launched on what can be done regarded with security in the region.''

[02] EXPORTS FROM GAP REGION DECREASE 2.1 PERCENT

In the same period last year, the region had exported 521 million 913 thousand U.S. dollars of agricultural, animal and industrial products.

Abdulkadir Cikmaz, the Chairman of the Southeastern Anatolian Exporters' Association, told the A.A correspondent on Saturday that in the first eleven months of the year, they exported 294 million 55 thousand U.S. dollars in textiles; 76 million 870 thousand U.S. dollars in grain-cereals; 46 million 87 thousand U.S. dollars in dried fruits; 1 million 720 thousand U.S. dollars in livestock; and 92 million 143 thousand U.S. dollars in fresh fruits, vegetables and industrial products.

[03] INCREASE IN EXPORTS FROM AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR CONTINUES

According to the statistics of the Uludag Exporters' Association (UIB), the total exports from the automotive sector and sub-industry increased from 237 million 925 thousand U.S. dollars in November of 1999 to 254 million 685 thousand U.S. dollars in November of 2000.

The total automotive exports in first eleven months of 2000 reached 2 billion 365 million 878 thousand U.S. dollars. The total exports in the same period of 1999 had been 2 billion 233 million 515 thousand U.S. dollars.

The exports from the Turkish automotive sector between January 1 and November 30, 2000 are as follows:

. Exports

Name of Product (thousand U.S. dollars)

-------------------------------- ----------
Tractors 45.045

Bus-Minibus-Midibus 247.375

Passenger Cars 554.480

Motor Vehicles for Tarsportation of Goods 53.085

Motor Vehicles with Special Purposes 6.372

R. Tractors 757

Work Machines 23.961

Vessels and Floating Vehicles 113.249

Aircrafts 56.755

Two-Wheel Vehicles 11.671

Agricultural Machines 3.932

Tanks and Armored Vehicles 32.259

Other R. Tractors with Special Purposes 363

Automotive Sub-Industry 1.216.567

-------------------------------- ---------
Total 2.365.878

[04] DEPOSIT ACCOUNT INTEREST RATES OF BANKS

The interest rates of some banks for Turkish lira (TL) deposit accounts are as follows:

(percent)

Name of Bank 1-Month 3-Month 6-Month 12-Month

--------------- ------ -------- ------ -------
Akbank 40 38 36 36

Bank Ekspres 45 37 36 35

Bayindirbank 38 36 33 33

Demirbank 38 33 30 25

Disbank 48 40 35 35

EGSBANK 41 41 35 35
Emlak Bankasi 32 32 31 30

Etibank 40 40 40 40

Finansbank 38 37 35 34

Garanti Bankasi 40 36 34 33

Halkbank 44 42 37 35

Is Bankasi 36 37 37 35

Kocbank 38 36 36 36

Korfezbank 40 37 34 34

Osmanli Bankasi 38 37 33 32

Oyakbank 38 40 39 38

Pamukbank 41 41 38 38

Sekerbank 39 38 36 36

TEB 38 33 33 33
Tekstilbank 46 37 34 34

Toprakbank 44 42 38 36

Turkbank 38 36 32 32

Vakifbank 38 37 36 30

Yapi Kredi Bankasi 37 37 36 36

Ziraat Bankasi 44 46 43 38

[05] LOAN INTEREST RATES OF BANKS INCREASE

The monthly interest rates of consumer, motor vehicle and housing credits of some banks are as follows:

. (percent)

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