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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-06-16
CONTENTS
[01] DIVERS TO SEARCH THE SUNK BOAT FOR 4 MISSING PEOPLE
[02] BASTURK:''WORLD CUP IS A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR TURKISH TOURISM''
[03] NUMBER OF BANKS IN TURKEY DECREASE 30 PERCENT AFTER MERGINGS AND
[04] PRESIDENT SEZER TO GO TO IRAN TOMORROW
[05] TURKEY-GREECE 1ST OFFICIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT CONTINUES
[06] UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (OSS) ENDS
[07] KUTAN:''ONCE WE COME TO POWER, WE'LL TEAR UP ALL THE AGREEMENTS
[08] GAP REGION EXPORTS USD 65.7 MILLION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
[09] TURK:''ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY WOULD BE A BIG STEP TOWARDS
[10] NUMBER OF MISSING PEOPLE INCREASES TO FOUR AFTER LAST NIGHT'S SEA
[11] YILMAZ:''BOTH SIDES IN CYPRUS SHOULD TAKE A STEP FORWARD''
[12] TWO PEOPLE MISSING AFTER SEA ACCIDENT IN ISTANBUL STRAIT
[01] DIVERS TO SEARCH THE SUNK BOAT FOR 4 MISSING PEOPLE
ISTANBUL - 16.06.2002 - Coast Security and Ship Rescue Management
General Director Hucum Tulgar said that despite all efforts, they
couldn't locate the four missing people after last night's sea accident
in Istanbul Strait.
[02] BASTURK:''WORLD CUP IS A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR TURKISH TOURISM''
TOKYO - Turkish Ambassador to Tokyo Yaman Basturk said that he wanted
to increase the number of Japanese tourists visiting Turkey.
[03] NUMBER OF BANKS IN TURKEY DECREASE 30 PERCENT AFTER MERGINGS AND
CLOSURES
ANKARA - The number of banks in Turkey decreased 30 percent from 81 to
57 because of closures, mergings and sales, Turkey Banks Association
annuonced on Monday.
[04] PRESIDENT SEZER TO GO TO IRAN TOMORROW
ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer will go to Iran on Monday as the
official guest of Iran Islamic Republic President Mohammed Khatami.
[05] TURKEY-GREECE 1ST OFFICIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT CONTINUES
ISTANBUL - Tukrey-Greece 1st Official Golf Tournament which started at
Kemer Golf and Country Club on Saturday will end today.
[06] UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (OSS) ENDS
ANKARA - The university entrance examination (OSS) which 1,540,405
students took in 145 centers across Turkey including one in the Turkish
Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) ended at 12.30 p.m on Sunday.
[07] KUTAN:''ONCE WE COME TO POWER, WE'LL TEAR UP ALL THE AGREEMENTS
SIGNED WITH THE IMF''
TATVAN - Felicity Party (SP) leader Recai Kutan claimed that his party
would tear up all the agreements signed with the IMF once they come to
power, when he spoke at a public meeting in Tatvan on Saturday.
[08] GAP REGION EXPORTS USD 65.7 MILLION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
GAZIANTEP - Exports of agricultural and animal products from the
Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) region in the first five months of
2002, decreased 13.9 percent to 65.7 million U.S. dollars.
[09] TURK:''ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY WOULD BE A BIG STEP TOWARDS
JOINING THE EU''
ISTANBUL - Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk has said that abolition of
death penalty in Turkey would be a big step towards Turkey's EU
membership.
[10] NUMBER OF MISSING PEOPLE INCREASES TO FOUR AFTER LAST NIGHT'S SEA
ACCIDENT
ISTANBUL - The number of the missing people after last night's sea
accident in Istanbul strait increased to four.
[11] YILMAZ:''BOTH SIDES IN CYPRUS SHOULD TAKE A STEP FORWARD''
BALIKESIR - BALIKESIR (A.A) -16.06.2002 - Motherland Party (ANAP)
leader and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz has said that both sides
in Cyprus should take a step forward in order to bring a solution to
such a complicated problem.
[12] TWO PEOPLE MISSING AFTER SEA ACCIDENT IN ISTANBUL STRAIT
ISTANBUL - Efforts are continuing to find the two people who are
missing after a Russian ship collapsed with a passenger boat offshores
of Kurucesme about 00.05 on Sunday. Fifteen passengers who were rescued
were hospitalized with minor injuries.
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