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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-06-20
CONTENTS
[01] HISARCIKLIOGLU IN BRUSSELS
[02] STATE MINISTER BAL SAYS TURKISH BUSINESSMEN MAKE 1.5 BILLION U.S.
[03] TIDAF DELEGATION HOLDS CONTACTS IN BRUSSELS
[04] EUROPEAN TEXTILE ASSOCIATION ASKS EU COMMISSION TO SPEED UP
[05] TOBB DELEGATION IN IRAN
[06] CILLER:''DEATH PENALTY AND OCALAN ISSUES SHOULD BE DEALT WITH
[07] UNHCR TURKEY REPRESENTATIVE KHAN PRAISES THE COURAGE OF REFUGEE
[08] APAKAN:''TURKISH CYPRIOTS WILL LOSE THEIR RIGHTS GRANTED BY
[09] TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION MINISTERS OF TURKEY,
[10] PARLIAMENT SPEAKER IZGI: ''WE ARE NOT A COUNTRY WHICH WILL DO
[11] STATE MINISTER DERVIS: ''TAKING RIGHT DECISIONS ABOUT BANKING
[12] TASAR SAYS SUSTAINABILITY IN TOURISM IS ONE OF MAIN AGENDA ITEMS
[13] ECEVIT NOT TO ATTEND PARLIAMENTARY GROUP MEETING OF DSP
[14] TURKEY TAKES OVER COMMAND OF ISAF AFGHAN PRESIDENT KARZAI: ''I AM
[15] PRESIDENT SEZER DUE TO SPAIN TO ATTEND EU SUMMIT
[16] ECEVIT: ''AS MY HOUSE REST HAS BEEN CONTINUING, DOCTORS ADVISED ME
[17] TURKEY HANDS OVER COMMAND OF ISAF
[18] YUCELEN SENDS LETTER TO GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTER
[01] HISARCIKLIOGLU IN BRUSSELS
BRUSSELS - BRUSSELS (A.A) - Turkey Chambers and Commodity Exchanges
(TOBB) Chairman Rifat Hisarciklioglu called on the EU's decision makers
to take into consideration the views of Turkish non-governmental
organizations (NGOs).
[02] STATE MINISTER BAL SAYS TURKISH BUSINESSMEN MAKE 1.5 BILLION U.S.
DOLLARS OF INVESTMENTS IN KAZAKHSTAN
ALMATY - State Minister Faruk Bal said on Thursday that Turkish
businessmen had made 1.5 billion U.S. dollars of investments in
Kazakhstan so far.
[03] TIDAF DELEGATION HOLDS CONTACTS IN BRUSSELS
BRUSSELS - A delegation of Germany-based the European Federation of
Turkish-German Businessmen (TIDAF) held a series of contacts in the
European Parliament (EP) in Brussels on Thursday.
[04] EUROPEAN TEXTILE ASSOCIATION ASKS EU COMMISSION TO SPEED UP
TURKEY'S FULL EU MEMBERSHIP
ISTANBUL - European Textile and Ready to Wear Association (EURATEX)
recently sent a letter to the EU Commission asking it to use all its
influence to speed up Turkey's EU membership.
[05] TOBB DELEGATION IN IRAN
TEHRAN - Turkish Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) delegation and
trade chambers of 22 Turkish cities who are visiting Tehran to attend
the first meeting of Turkish-Iran Business Council had a meeting with
Iranian Trade, Industry and Mines Association Chairman Ali Naki
Hamusi.
[06] CILLER:''DEATH PENALTY AND OCALAN ISSUES SHOULD BE DEALT WITH
LATER''
ANKARA - True Path Party (DYP) leader Tansu Ciller has said that the EU
issue should be assessed as an whole and head of terrorist organization
Abdullah Ocalan and capital sentence issues could be dealt with later.
[07] UNHCR TURKEY REPRESENTATIVE KHAN PRAISES THE COURAGE OF REFUGEE
WOMEN ON WORLD REFUGEE DAY
ISTANBUL - ISTANBUL (A.A) - United Nations Higher Comissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) Turkey Representative Mirza Hussain Khan has said that
women refugees and their children form 80 percent of people who are
forced to leave their homes all over the world.
[08] APAKAN:''TURKISH CYPRIOTS WILL LOSE THEIR RIGHTS GRANTED BY
AGREEMENTS IF GREEK CYPRIOTS JOIN THE EU''
ANKARA - Foreign Ministry Cyprus Department General Director Ertugrul
Apakan has said that Turkey had to be very careful because the Turkish
Cypriots will lose their rights granted by the agreements if the Greek
Cypriots join the EU.
[09] TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION MINISTERS OF TURKEY,
AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA COME TOGETHER IN ISTANBUL
ISTANBUL - Transportation and telecommunication ministers of Turkey,
Azerbaijan and Georgia came together in Istanbul on Thursday to discuss
the issues of telecommunications, highway transportation and energy
corridor.
[10] PARLIAMENT SPEAKER IZGI: ''WE ARE NOT A COUNTRY WHICH WILL DO
EVERYTHING OTHER COUNTRIES WANT US TO DO''
ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Omer Izgi said on Thursday that Turkey
wanted to become a member of the European Union (EU) in order to
achieve its target to reach modern values.
[11] STATE MINISTER DERVIS: ''TAKING RIGHT DECISIONS ABOUT BANKING
SYSTEM WITHOUT ANY DELAYS IS IMPORTANT''
ANKARA - State Minister Kemal Dervis said on Thursday that taking right
decisions about banking system, which had vital importance for future
of economy, without any delays was important.
[12] TASAR SAYS SUSTAINABILITY IN TOURISM IS ONE OF MAIN AGENDA ITEMS
OF HIS MINISTRY
ANKARA - Tourism Minister Mustafa Tasar said on Thursday that
sustainability in tourism sector was one of the main items of agenda of
his ministry. He stated that Tourism Ministry's official vision was to
develop sustainable tourism with all institutions and rules.
[13] ECEVIT NOT TO ATTEND PARLIAMENTARY GROUP MEETING OF DSP
ANKARA - Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit will not attend the parliamentary
group meeting of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) on Thursday.
[14] TURKEY TAKES OVER COMMAND OF ISAF AFGHAN PRESIDENT KARZAI: ''I AM
REALLY VERY HOPEFUL. LEADERSHIP OF ISAF IS TAKEN BY A COUNTRY LIKE
TURKEY''
KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday that he was very
pleased that Turkey takes over the command of International Security
Assistance Force (ISAF), noting that, ''Turkey and Afghanistan
experienced friendship relations for years. Now that Turkey will
continue its assistance by taking over the command of ISAF.''
[15] PRESIDENT SEZER DUE TO SPAIN TO ATTEND EU SUMMIT
ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer will go to Spain on Friday to
attend the European Union (EU) Sevilla Summit.
[16] ECEVIT: ''AS MY HOUSE REST HAS BEEN CONTINUING, DOCTORS ADVISED ME
NOT TO ATTEND ANY MEETING FOR THE TIME BEING''
ANKARA - Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said on Thursday that his house
rest had been continuing, and added that doctors advised him not to
attend any meeting for a while.
[17] TURKEY HANDS OVER COMMAND OF ISAF
KABUL - Turkey handed over command of International Security Assistance
Force (ISAF) from Britain on Thursday.
[18] YUCELEN SENDS LETTER TO GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTER
ANKARA - Interior Minister Rustu Kazim Yucelen sent a letter to German
Interior Minister Otto Schily and said extradition of Metin Kaplan was
very important for Turkey.
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