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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-06-17
CONTENTS
[01] PRESIDENT SEZER RECEIVES IRANIAN FIRST VICE PRESIDENT AREF-YAZDI
[02] GUREL SAYS CYPRUS CAN'T JOIN EU BEFORE TURKEY'S MEMBERSHIP
[03] SEZER AND KHATAMI HOLD JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE
[04] EMINZADE SAYS TURKEY'S AND IRAN'S OPINIONS ABOUT IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN
[05] GUREL WARNS EU: ''YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS CYPRUS ISSUE IS WRONG''
[06] MEETINGS BETWEEN TURKISH AND IRANIAN DELEGATIONS END
[07] INTERDELEGATIONARY MEETINGS BETWEEN IRAN AND TURKEY START
[08] PRIME MINITRY DECREE ENVISAGING ABOLISHMENT OF EMERGENCY RULE IN
[09] U.S. DOLLAR CLIMBS OVER 1.6 MILLION TL
[10] HALICI SAYS THEY WILL SUBMIT A DRAFT TO OTHER PARTIES IN COMING
[11] GUREL: ''FUTURE OF DIRECT TALKS PROCESS IN CYPRUS DEPENDS ON EU
[12] OFFICIAL WELCOMING CEREMONY HELD FOR PRESIDENT SEZER IN IRAN
[13] ECONOMY SUMMIT ENDS
[14] DSP DIRECTORS MEET WITH SP DIRECTORS
[15] GEN. BUYUKANIT SAYS EU SHOULD SEE KADEK AS EXTENSION OF PKK
[16] ICLI: ''LIFE IMPRISONMENT IS A HEAVIER PUNISHMENT THAN DEATH
[17] PRIME MINISTRY ISSUES ECONOMY STATEMENT
[18] NATIONAL DEFENSE MINISTER CAKMAKOGLU LEAVES FOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
[19] JPC MEETINGS TO TAKE PLACE IN BRUSSELS
[20] NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM FINISHES TRAINING FOR MATCH WITH JAPAN
[21] TREASURY TO HOLD TWO BOND AUCTIONS ON TUESDAY
[22] PRESIDENT SEZER LEAVES FOR IGDIR
[01] PRESIDENT SEZER RECEIVES IRANIAN FIRST VICE PRESIDENT AREF-YAZDI
TEHRAN - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer received late on Monday Iranian
First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref-Yazdi
[02] GUREL SAYS CYPRUS CAN'T JOIN EU BEFORE TURKEY'S MEMBERSHIP
BRUSSELS - State Minister Sukru Sina Gurel said on Monday that Turkey
and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) would feel more free
to take steps they saw convenient if the European Union (EU) continued
its wrong initiative and accepted Greek Cypriot side's membership
[03] SEZER AND KHATAMI HOLD JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE
TEHRAN - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Monday that there was
nobody preventing development of relations between Turkey and Iran.
[04] EMINZADE SAYS TURKEY'S AND IRAN'S OPINIONS ABOUT IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN
AND TERRORISM ARE SIMILAR
TEHRAN - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Eminzade said on
Monday that bilateral relations, Iraq, Afghanistan, terrorism and
commercial relations had been taken up during the meeting between
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad
Khatemi
[05] GUREL WARNS EU: ''YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS CYPRUS ISSUE IS WRONG''
BRUSSELS - State Minister Sukru Sina Gurel said on Monday that the
European Union (EU) should have a more clear and comprehensive vision
regarding Turkey issue
[06] MEETINGS BETWEEN TURKISH AND IRANIAN DELEGATIONS END
TEHRAN - Meetings between the Turkish and Iranian delegations in
Iranian capital Tehran ended
[07] INTERDELEGATIONARY MEETINGS BETWEEN IRAN AND TURKEY START
TEHRAN - Interdelegationary meetings between Turkey and Iran headed by
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad
Khatami started on Monday.
[08] PRIME MINITRY DECREE ENVISAGING ABOLISHMENT OF EMERGENCY RULE IN
TWO PROVINCES SUBMITTED TO PARLIAMENT
ANKARA - Prime Ministry decree envisaging abolishment of emergency rule
in two provinces as of 05:00 p.m. on July 30, 2002, and extension of
emergency rule in two provinces for four more months, was submitted to
the parliament on Monday.
[09] U.S. DOLLAR CLIMBS OVER 1.6 MILLION TL
ISTANBUL - One U.S. dollar increased to 1 million 602 thousand Turkish
liras (TL) in interbank market in Istanbul on Monday.
[10] HALICI SAYS THEY WILL SUBMIT A DRAFT TO OTHER PARTIES IN COMING
DAYS
ANKARA - Democratic Left Party (DSP) Deputy Group Chairman Emrehan
Halici, DSP deputy chairmen Zeki Sezer and Tayfun Icli and DSP Deputy
Secretary Generay Suleyman Yagiz held a meeting on Monday with Felicity
Party (SP) directors within the framework of their initiative to
abolish death sentence.
[11] GUREL: ''FUTURE OF DIRECT TALKS PROCESS IN CYPRUS DEPENDS ON EU
GHOST'S WITHDRAWAL FROM NEGOTIATION TABLE''
BRUSSELS - State Minister Sukru Sina Gurel, who is currently in
Brussels to represent Turkish government at the Joint Parliamentary
Commission, the dialogue organ between Turkish parliament and European
Parliament; said on Monday, ''future of the direct talks process in
Cyprus depends on the European Union (EU) ghost's withdrawal from
negotiation table.''
[12] OFFICIAL WELCOMING CEREMONY HELD FOR PRESIDENT SEZER IN IRAN
TEHRAN - President Mohammad Khatami hosted an official welcoming
ceremony in honor of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer who is currently in
Iranian capital Tehran on an official visit.
[13] ECONOMY SUMMIT ENDS
ANKARA - State Minister Kemal Dervis said on Monday that there were
several dimensions of uncertainty in economy, and noted, ''there is no
doubt that it has some political dimensions.''
[14] DSP DIRECTORS MEET WITH SP DIRECTORS
ANKARA - Democratic Left Party (DSP) directors met on Monday with
Felicity Party (SP) directors within the framework of their initiative
to lift death sentence
[15] GEN. BUYUKANIT SAYS EU SHOULD SEE KADEK AS EXTENSION OF PKK
ANKARA - Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, the Deputy Chief of General Staff,
recalled on Monday that PKK changed its name just before European Union
(EU) included it into the list of terrorist organizations, noting that,
''thus, the EU should see KADEK, which announced that it took over all
the heritage of PKK, as the extension of PKK. Inclusion of KADEK in
list of terrorist organizations, and implementation of measures,
envisaged in the agreement for those organization, are important.''
[16] ICLI: ''LIFE IMPRISONMENT IS A HEAVIER PUNISHMENT THAN DEATH
SENTENCE''
ANKARA - Democratic Left Party (DSP) Deputy Chairman Tayfun Icli said
on Monday, ''life imprisonment is a heavier punishment than death
sentence. In one way, death sentense is a salvation for offenders.
Sometimes, an offender who was condemned to death sentence, could be
accepted as a hero. Meanwhile, proposals saying, 'first we hang a
certain person then we lift death sentence' are deceptive.'
[17] PRIME MINISTRY ISSUES ECONOMY STATEMENT
ANKARA - Prime Ministry Press Center said on Monday that the
implementation process of the economic program has come to a turning
point in which inflation was reduced and growth re-started
[18] NATIONAL DEFENSE MINISTER CAKMAKOGLU LEAVES FOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
ANKARA - National Defense Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu said on Monday
that, ''the essence of our Balkan policy is to expend support to living
of multi-ethnical and multi-cultural people together there.''
[19] JPC MEETINGS TO TAKE PLACE IN BRUSSELS
BRUSSELS - Joint Parliamentary Commission (JPC), which is the dialogue
organ between European Parliament and the Grand National Assembly, will
hold its regular meeting in Brussels on Monday afternoon.
[20] NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM FINISHES TRAINING FOR MATCH WITH JAPAN
MIYAGI - Turkish national football team finished on Monday its training
for the World Cup second round match against Japan.
[21] TREASURY TO HOLD TWO BOND AUCTIONS ON TUESDAY
ANKARA - Treasury will hold a 3-month reference bond auction on Monday
and two bond auctions on Tuesday.
[22] PRESIDENT SEZER LEAVES FOR IGDIR
ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer left for eastern Kars province on
Monday to attend a ceremony entitled ''Fight Against Desertification in
World'' that will take place in Igdir township of Kars province. Sezer
will later proceed to Iran for an official visit following the
ceremony.
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