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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 01-09-25Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>Anadolu AgencyANADOLU AGENCY NEWS 25 AUGUST 2001 Tuesday CONTENTS
[01] TURKEY-PRESS SCANThese are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey's press on September 26, 2001. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.HURRIYET (LIBERAL)FIVE IMPORTANT MESSAGES FROM CEM TO POWELLForeign Minister Ismail Cem is expected to convey five important messages to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell. The messages are: -Inform about your plan. -Be very careful about Iraq. -We have full support to U.S. administration. -Expend support to north alliance. -Humanitarian aid is extremely important of Afghan people. AKBANK OBTAINS SYNDICATED LOAN WORTH OF 350 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS MILLIYET (LIBERAL)PUT AN END TO TALIBANPrime Minister Bulent Ecevit sent a message to George Bush, the U.S. President, and said, ''if there will be an intervention, Taleban regime should be overthrown. Afghanistan should urgently reach a contemporary administration.'' Foreign Minister Ismail Cem left for Washington D.C. on Tuesday. When asked about the message he would convey to Bush, Cem said, ''the intervention should aim at overthrowing Taleban. For this, compromise and cooperation should be provided between opposing commanders in the North like Dostum.'' SITUATION IS UNCERTAIN IN TURKEY SABAH (LIBERAL)CEM TO MEET WITH POWELLForeign Minister Ismail Cem left yesterday for the United States. He is scheduled to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell. Meeting between Cem and Powell will focus on recent developments. The United States attributes importance to Turkey's information about Afghanistan and its good relations with Afghan Northern Alliance opposition. Foreign Affairs Ministry Deputy Undersecretary and Special Coordinator for Afghanistan Aydemir Erman will accompany Cem during his visit to the United States. LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST YERMEZ CUMHURIYET (LEFT)CUSTODY PERIOD DECREASED TO FOUR DAYSNine articles of the 37-article constitutional amendment package were accepted in Parliamentary General Assembly. Article 4 of the Constitutional Amendment Bill was changed. Under the new article, the custody period is reduced from seven to four days. A total of 482 deputies participated in the secret vote and 455 deputies voted for the article while 21 of them voted against it. The expression ''secular order,'' which was included in the text upon the demand of General Staff, was changed with ''secular republic,'' with a joint proposal. EARTHQUAKE IN GAZIPASA: 5.1 FAIR IN PAKISTAN POSTPONED RADIKAL (LEFT)AFGHAN INFORMATION BY TURKEYForeign Minister Ismail Cem who went to Washington D.C. upon the United States' invitation will present a file on Afghanistan to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell. Cem will ask Powell the plan about the operation. FENERBAHCE DEFEATED REINFORCEMENT TO INCIRLIK TURKIYE (RIGHT)NSC TO CONVENE ON SEPTEMBER 28National Security Council (NSC) will convene on September 28 under the leadership of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer. The meeting at the Cankaya Palace will start at 09:30 local time. Domestic and foreign developments will be discussed at the regular meeting of September. REPROACH OF PARLIAMENTARIANS ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)5 MILLION PEOPLE WORKING FOR 77 U.S. DOLLARSThe minimum wage which was 182 U.S. dollars in 1999 reduced to 77 U.S. dollars in September 2001, decreasing below the minimum wage even in African countries. It is mentioned that even monthly expenditures on a prisoner was high than the minimum wage. TURKEY IN LIST OF SUSPICIOUS LADIN'S PLANES COME FOR 13 TIMES
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