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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-06-19
CONTENTS
[01] FOREIGN MINISTERS OF SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES EXTEND FULL
[02] IMF EXECUTIVE BOARD TO CONVENE FOR TURKEY ON JUNE 28
[03] TAM DIRECTOR SEN SAYS TURKEY'S FULL MEMBERSHIP DEPENDS ON
[04] INTERIOR MINISTER YUCELEN SAYS TERRORIST ORGANIZATION CAN'T CHANGE
[05] FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS A DELEGATION TO BE SENT TO HEBRON TO FOLLOW
[06] TAM DIRECTOR SEN SAYS TURKEY'S FULL MEMBERSHIP DEPENDS ON
[07] TURKEY'S LETTER OF INTENT SENT TO IMF
[08] DAWSON SAYS IMF BOARD COULD CONVENE ON JUNE 28
[09] CONSTUTITIONAL COURT REJECTS REQUEST ASKING ANNULMENT OF LAW ON
[10] CEM MEETS WITH HIS YUGOSLAVIAN COUNTERPART
[11] TURKEY TO TAKE OVER ISAF'S COMMAND ON THURSDAY
[12] RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY LEBEDEV: ''TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP IS
[13] TURKEY AND BULGARIA SIGN AGREEMENT TO PROTECT CULTURAL AND
[14] PEARSON:''TURKISH PEOPLE HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD''
[15] CENTRAL BANK HOLDS AUCTION TO BUY U.S. DOLLAR
[16] EU SECRETARY GENERAL VURAL:''IF EU WANTS TO BECOME A GLOBAL ACTOR,
[17] YES FOR EUROPE CALLS ON EU TO ANNOUNCE DATE TO START MEMBERSHIP
[18] ECHR DEBATES ERBAKAN'S APPLICATION FOR APPEALS (2)
[19] YILMAZ: ''TURKEY SHOULD SAVE ITSELF FROM SEVR SYNDROME''
[20] TURKEY AND GREECE OFFICIALLY PRESENT FILE TO EUFA FOR 2008
[21] DERVIS SAYS DECREASING POLITICAL UNCERTAINTIES WOULD PREVENT
[22] ERASLAN OZKAYA ELECTED AS CHAIRMAN OF SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS
[23] TURKISH BUSINESSMEN VISIT YUGOSLAVIA
[24] DENKTAS RESPONDS TO VERHEUGEN: ''I DON'T THINK HE KNOWS CYPRUS
[25] DERVIS SAYS HE SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT
[26] ECHR DEBATES ERBAKAN'S APPLICATION FOR APPEALS
[27] SPANISH AMBASSADOR CAMARA SAYS EU WANTS TURKEY-ARMENIA RELATIONS
[28] TREASURY UNDERSECRETARIAT: ''LETTER OF INTENT WILL BE SENT TO IMF
[29] CENTRAL BANK TO MEET PAMUKBANK'S POSSIBLE LIQUIDITY REQUIREMENT
[30] PAMUKBANK HAS 8.6 QUADRILLION LIRAS ASSESTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
[31] GUREL SAYS TURKEY WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN IMPROVEMENT OF
[32] CULTURE MINISTER TALAY LEAVES FOR BULGARIA
[33] SDIF UNDERTAKES PAMUKBANK'S MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
[01] FOREIGN MINISTERS OF SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES EXTEND FULL
SUPPORT TO FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
BELGRADE - Foreign ministers of the Southeast European countries
extended on Wednesday full support to fight against terrorism.
[02] IMF EXECUTIVE BOARD TO CONVENE FOR TURKEY ON JUNE 28
WASHINGTON D.C. - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board
will convene for Turkey on June 28. IMF Executive Board is expected to
release 1.1 billion U.S. dollars of loan at its meeting on June 28.
[03] TAM DIRECTOR SEN SAYS TURKEY'S FULL MEMBERSHIP DEPENDS ON
DECISIONS TO BE TAKEN AT SEVILLA AND COPENHAGEN SUMMITS
ESSEN - Faruk Sen, the Chairman of the Turkey Studies Centre (TAM) said
on Wednesday that Turkey's EU full membership depends on the decisions
to be taken at Sevilla and Copenhagen summits.
[04] INTERIOR MINISTER YUCELEN SAYS TERRORIST ORGANIZATION CAN'T CHANGE
ITS CHARACTER BY CHANGING ITS NAME
ANKARA - Interior Minister Rustu Kazim Yucelen said on Wednesday that
it is not possible for the terrorist organization to change its
character of being ''the murderer of babies'' by changing its name.
[05] FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS A DELEGATION TO BE SENT TO HEBRON TO FOLLOW
UP ON MAJOR TOYTUNC'S KILLING
ANKARA - The Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that the killings
of Major Cengiz Toytunc from the Temporary International Presence in
Hebron (TIPH) and Swiss observer Catherine Berruex was closely followed
and a delegation would be sent to the area for further investigation.
[06] TAM DIRECTOR SEN SAYS TURKEY'S FULL MEMBERSHIP DEPENDS ON
DECISIONS TO BE TAKEN AT SEVILLA AND COPENHAGEN SUMMITS
ESSEN - Faruk Sen, the Chairman of the Turkey Studies Centre (TAM) said
on Wednesday that Turkey's EU full membership depends on the decisions
to be taken at Sevilla and Copenhagen summits.
[07] TURKEY'S LETTER OF INTENT SENT TO IMF
ANKARA - The letter of intent signed by State Minister Kemal Dervis for
Economy and Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti, was sent to the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday.
[08] DAWSON SAYS IMF BOARD COULD CONVENE ON JUNE 28
WASHINGTON D.C. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Foreign Relations
Director Tom Dawson said on Wednesday that the IMF Board could convene
on June 28 to debate the second review.
[09] CONSTUTITIONAL COURT REJECTS REQUEST ASKING ANNULMENT OF LAW ON
PRIVATIZATION OF ZIRAAT, HALK AND EMLAK BANKS
ANKARA - Constitutional Court rejected on Wednesday the request asking
for annulment of the law no. 4603 which foresaw making autonomous first
and then privatizing Ziraat Bank, Halk Bank and Emlak Bank.
[10] CEM MEETS WITH HIS YUGOSLAVIAN COUNTERPART
BELGRAD - Foreign Minister Ismail Cem met on Wednesday with his
Yugoslavian counterpart Goran Svilanovic within the framework of the
meeting of Southeast European Countries Cooperation Process.
[11] TURKEY TO TAKE OVER ISAF'S COMMAND ON THURSDAY
ANKARA - Turkey will get over the command of the International Security
Assistance Force (ISAF) which is charged in Kabul, Afghanistan in a
ceremony to be held on Thursday.
[12] RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY LEBEDEV: ''TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP IS
IN LINE WITH RUSSIAN INTERESTS''
ANKARA - Alexander Lebedev, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey said on
Wednesday that the membership of Turkey to the EU is in line with the
interests of Russia.
[13] TURKEY AND BULGARIA SIGN AGREEMENT TO PROTECT CULTURAL AND
HISTORICAL ASSETS IN BOTH COUNTRIES
SOFIA - Turkey and Bulgaria signed a program to protect cultural and
historical assets proposing to protect monuments in both countries.
Turkish Culture Minister Istemihan Talay who is visiting Sofia signed
the program on behalf of Turkey.
[14] PEARSON:''TURKISH PEOPLE HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD''
BURSA - BURSA (A.A) - U.S. Ambassador to Ankara Robert Pearson has said
that his government was aware that Turkey is going through an
economically difficult time but added that Turkish people had a bright
future ahead.
[15] CENTRAL BANK HOLDS AUCTION TO BUY U.S. DOLLAR
ANKARA - The average price of 1 U.S. dollar in Wednesday's foreign
exchange auction by the Central Bank to buy 40 million U.S. dollars
became 1 million 563 thousand 150 Turkish liras (TL).
[16] EU SECRETARY GENERAL VURAL:''IF EU WANTS TO BECOME A GLOBAL ACTOR,
IT NEEDS TURKEY AND EURASIA''
ANKARA - Volkan Vural, the Secretary General for the European Union
Affairs said on Wednesday that if EU wants to become a global actor and
if it wants to play a role in the globalizing world, it needs Turkey
and Eurasia.
[17] YES FOR EUROPE CALLS ON EU TO ANNOUNCE DATE TO START MEMBERSHIP
NEGOTIATIONS WITH TURKEY
ISTANBUL - A declaration prepared by Brussels based YES for Europe
(Europe Young Businessmens Association Confederation) which has 32,000
members asked the EU to give Turkey a certain date to start membership
talks on the condition that Turkey meets the Copenhagen criteria.
[18] ECHR DEBATES ERBAKAN'S APPLICATION FOR APPEALS (2)
STRASBOURG - The hearing at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
became scene of an argument over Sharia religious law between judges
and lawyers of the Welfare Party (RP) which was banned by the
Constitutional Court.
[19] YILMAZ: ''TURKEY SHOULD SAVE ITSELF FROM SEVR SYNDROME''
ANKARA - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, who
also acts as the leader of the Motherland Party (ANAP), said on
Wednesday, ''Turkey should save itself from Sevr syndrome.''
[20] TURKEY AND GREECE OFFICIALLY PRESENT FILE TO EUFA FOR 2008
EUROPEAN SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP
ANKARA - The offer for the 2008 European Soccer Championship which
Turkey and Greece are planning to organize together will be officially
presented to EUFA Secretary General Gerhard Aigner in Swiss city of
Nyon on Wednesday at 4.30 p.m.
[21] DERVIS SAYS DECREASING POLITICAL UNCERTAINTIES WOULD PREVENT
ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
ANKARA - ANKARA (A.A) - State Minister Kemal Dervis has said that
decreasing political uncertainties would help to prevent fluctuations
in U.S. dollar and interest rates in Turkey.
[22] ERASLAN OZKAYA ELECTED AS CHAIRMAN OF SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS
ANKARA - First Chamber of Law Chairman Eraslan Ozkaya was elected as
chairman of the Supreme Court of Appeals on Wednesday after Sami Selcuk
retired.
[23] TURKISH BUSINESSMEN VISIT YUGOSLAVIA
BELGRADE - Turkish-Yugoslavian Business Council Co-Chairman Faruk
Cengic said on Wednesday that there was an important potential of
cooperation between Turkey and Yugoslavia in economic and commercial
fields.
[24] DENKTAS RESPONDS TO VERHEUGEN: ''I DON'T THINK HE KNOWS CYPRUS
ISSUE''
LEFKOSA - Rauf Denktas, the President of the Turkish Republic of
Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said on Wednesday that European Commissioner for
Enlargement Guenter Verheugen didn't know the Cyprus issue and he gave
harm to the negotiations by his statements.
[25] DERVIS SAYS HE SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT
ANKARA - State Minister Kemal Dervis for Economy said on Wednesday that
he had signed early the same day the letter of intent which should be
sent to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the economic
programme.
[26] ECHR DEBATES ERBAKAN'S APPLICATION FOR APPEALS
STRASBOURG - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) debated on
Wednesday the application of directors of the Welfare Party (RP), which
was banned by the Constitutional Court, for appeals.
[27] SPANISH AMBASSADOR CAMARA SAYS EU WANTS TURKEY-ARMENIA RELATIONS
TO GET NORMALIZED
ANKARA - Manuel de la Camara, the Spanish Ambassador to Turkey said on
Wednesday that EU has to consult more with Turkey in its relations with
Eurasia and EU wanted Turkey-Armenia relations to get normalized.
[28] TREASURY UNDERSECRETARIAT: ''LETTER OF INTENT WILL BE SENT TO IMF
TODAY AFTER IT IS SIGNED BY STATE MINISTER DERVIS AND CENTRAL BANK
GOVERNOR SERDENGECTI''
ANKARA - Treasury Undersecretariat said on Wednesday that the new
letter of intent would be sent to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
after it was signed by State Minister for Economy Kemal Dervis and
Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti.
[29] CENTRAL BANK TO MEET PAMUKBANK'S POSSIBLE LIQUIDITY REQUIREMENT
ANKARA - Central Bank said on Wednesday that it would continue making
necessary arrangements to enable the markets to function effectively.
[30] PAMUKBANK HAS 8.6 QUADRILLION LIRAS ASSESTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
2001
ISTANBUL - Pamukbank of which management and control were transferred
to the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) on Wednesday was ranked
seventh among banks in Turkey and fifth among the private banks in
Turkey with a 8.6 quadrillion Turkish liras (TL) as of September 30,
2001.
[31] GUREL SAYS TURKEY WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN IMPROVEMENT OF
RELATIONS BETWEEN EU AND EURASIA
ANKARA - State Minister Sukru Sina Gurel said on Wednesday that Turkey
would play an important role in improvement of relations between the
European Union (EU) and Eurasia being a live communication center, and
a connection point conforming with the changing and developing
conditions.
[32] CULTURE MINISTER TALAY LEAVES FOR BULGARIA
ISTANBUL - Culture Minister Istemihan Talay Wednesday left for Sofia to
sign ''2002-2003 Cooperation Program for Protection of Immovable
Cultural Heritage''
[33] SDIF UNDERTAKES PAMUKBANK'S MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
ANKARA - The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) announced
on Wednesday that the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) undertook
Pamukbank's management and control
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