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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-06-21
CONTENTS
[01] RESONANCE BOMB EXPLODES IN BEBEK DISTRICT
[02] FOREIGN MINISTER CEM: ''ESDP IS A MATTER FOR US WHICH WAS SOLVED''
[03] EU TERM PRESIDENT SPAIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER PIQUE: ''WE HOPE TO SET
[04] EU SAYS IT COULD SET A TIMETABLE THIS YEAR FOR TURKEY TO OPEN
[05] YAPI KREDI BANK ANNOUNCES ITS LOSS FOR 2001
[06] SAIPEM 7000 PASSES THROUGH ISTANBUL STRAIT (2)
[07] IS BANK WINS ITS CASE AGAINST FINLAND AT ECHR
[08] COEPA'S TURKISH AND AZERBAIJANI PARLIAMENTARIANS PREPARE
[09] CILLER SAYS PARLIAMENT SHOULD NOT RECESS BEFORE RESOLVING EU ISSUE
[10] PARLIAMENTARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN INAN: ''IF
[11] DENKTAS:''WE'RE TRYING TO FORM A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH AN
[12] SEZER:''EU MEMBERSHIP WILL BE THE LAST STAGE OF TURKEY'S
[13] DKIB CHAIRMAN GURDOGAN SAYS THEY EXCHANGED VIEWS WITH RUSSIAN
[14] FOUR INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES MAKE COOPERATION TO ATTRACT FOREIGN
[15] HEALTH MINISTER DURMUS ASSESSES HIS PERFORMANCE
[16] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''WE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A
[17] CONFERENCE ON ''STORY OF THREE SEAS'' TO BE HELD IN ISTANBUL
[18] SP PREPARES CENSURE MOTION AGAINST ECEVIT AND CABINET
[19] BRSA SAYS YAPI VE KREDI BANKASI HAS NOT TRANSFERRED TO SDIF
[20] SECURITY FORCES IMPOUND 100 KG OF HEROIN IN VAN
[21] TURKISH MISSION FORCE IN AFGHANISTAN PROVIDES SECURITY
[22] UNITED STATES WELCOMES TURKEY'S TAKING OVER COMMAND OF ISAF
[23] TORRENTIAL RAINS CAUSE FLOOD IN BLACK SEA REGION
[24] JUSTICE MINISTER TURK: ''WE CANNOT REFRAIN FROM TAKING UP
[25] TREASURY TO REPAY 4.1 QUADRILLION TL IN DOMESTIC DEBT NEXT WEEK
[26] MACHINE-MADE CARPET EXPORTS FROM GAZIANTEP INCREASE BY 48.9
[27] DERVIS LEAVES FOR ZURICH
[01] RESONANCE BOMB EXPLODES IN BEBEK DISTRICT
ISTANBUL - A resonance bomb exploded in Bebek district late on Friday.
[02] FOREIGN MINISTER CEM: ''ESDP IS A MATTER FOR US WHICH WAS SOLVED''
SEVILLA - Foreign Minister Ismail Cem said on Friday that European
Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) was ''an issue which was solved for
them'', noting that they would not accept any other compromise apart
from Ankara text.
[03] EU TERM PRESIDENT SPAIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER PIQUE: ''WE HOPE TO SET
A TIMETABLE THIS YEAR FOR TURKEY TO OPEN ACCESSION TALKS''
SEVILLA - European Union (EU) Term President Spain's Foreign Minister
Josep Pique said on Friday that they hoped to set a timetable this year
for Turkey to open accession talks, noting that they were extremely
pleased over the reforms in Turkey.
[04] EU SAYS IT COULD SET A TIMETABLE THIS YEAR FOR TURKEY TO OPEN
ACCESSION TALKS
SEVILLA - European Union (EU) said on Friday that it could set a
timetable this year for Turkey to open accession talks.
[05] YAPI KREDI BANK ANNOUNCES ITS LOSS FOR 2001
ISTANBUL - ISTANBUL (A.A) -21.06.2002 - Yapi ve Kredi Bank announced
its financial loss as 896 trillion TL for last year
[06] SAIPEM 7000 PASSES THROUGH ISTANBUL STRAIT (2)
ISTANBUL - SAIPEM 2000 platform, which is used to lay natural gas
pipelines on the bed of the Black Sea within the scope of the Blue
Stream Project, completed its passage from Istanbul Strait.
[07] IS BANK WINS ITS CASE AGAINST FINLAND AT ECHR
STRASBOURG - European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found Finland guilty
on Friday regarding an application of Is Bank dated 1996.
[08] COEPA'S TURKISH AND AZERBAIJANI PARLIAMENTARIANS PREPARE
RECOMMENDARY DRAFT RESOLUTION ABOUT TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ARMENIA
STRASBOURG - The recommendary draft resolution prepared upon the
initiative of Azerbaijani and Turkish parliamentarians of the Council
of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (COEPA) noted that the territories
occupied by Armenia have become the place of international terrorists.
[09] CILLER SAYS PARLIAMENT SHOULD NOT RECESS BEFORE RESOLVING EU ISSUE
ANKARA - True Path Party (DYP) leader Tansu Ciller has said that
Parliament should not recess before resolving the EU issue. ''Because
EU reports are written in September and October, there's no time,'' she
said.
[10] PARLIAMENTARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN INAN: ''IF
GREECE GIVES UP EXTENDING ITS TERRITORIAL WATERS, 'CASUS BELLI' TO
AUTOMATICALLY END''
ATHENS - Kamran Inan, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs
Commission said on Friday that ''if Greece gives up extending its
territorial waters in Aegean Sea to 12 miles, the 'casus belli'
decision of Turkey will automatically end.
[11] DENKTAS:''WE'RE TRYING TO FORM A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH AN
INTERNATIONAL IDENTITY''
LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Rauf Denktas has
said that at the ongoing Cyprus talks, they were trying to form a new
partnership which has two founding partners and has an international
identity.
[12] SEZER:''EU MEMBERSHIP WILL BE THE LAST STAGE OF TURKEY'S
MODERNIZATION PROCESS''
ANKARA - ANKARA (A.A) - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has said that EU
membership would be the last stage of Turkey's modernization process
which started with the declaration of the Republic.
[13] DKIB CHAIRMAN GURDOGAN SAYS THEY EXCHANGED VIEWS WITH RUSSIAN
OFFICIALS TO INCREASE TRADE BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES
TRABZON - The Association of Eastern Black Sea Exporters (DKIB)
Executive Board Chairman Ahmet Hamdi Gurdogan said on Friday that they
exchanged views with the Russian officials on the activities that would
be made to increase the trade between Turkey and Russian Federation.
[14] FOUR INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES MAKE COOPERATION TO ATTRACT FOREIGN
INVESTORS TO TURKEY
ISTANBUL - Four international companies have made cooperation to
attract more foreign investors to Turkey.
[15] HEALTH MINISTER DURMUS ASSESSES HIS PERFORMANCE
ANKARA - Health Minister Osman Durmus said on Friday that Turkey which
was earlier a country where there were many children who had polio, has
now got the right to get a country certificate where there is no
polio.
[16] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''WE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A
POSSIBLE FAILURE IN REACHING AGREEMENT''
LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf
Denktas said on Friday that TRNC would not be responsible for a
possible failure in reaching an agreement on Cyprus question.
[17] CONFERENCE ON ''STORY OF THREE SEAS'' TO BE HELD IN ISTANBUL
ISTANBUL - ''Story of Three Seas: International Energy Conference''
organized in cooperation among the Foreign Economic Relations Board
(DEIK), the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Business Council and
the Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), will be held in
Istanbul between June 25 and 27.
[18] SP PREPARES CENSURE MOTION AGAINST ECEVIT AND CABINET
ANKARA - Felicity Party (FP) asked opening of a censure motion against
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit and the cabinet accusing them of being
weak in administration of the country and causing crisis in the
economy.
[19] BRSA SAYS YAPI VE KREDI BANKASI HAS NOT TRANSFERRED TO SDIF
ANKARA - Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) said on
Friday that Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi continued to activate under the
ownership its current partners.
[20] SECURITY FORCES IMPOUND 100 KG OF HEROIN IN VAN
VAN - Security forces impounded 100 kg of heroin in an operation in
eastern province of Van on Friday
[21] TURKISH MISSION FORCE IN AFGHANISTAN PROVIDES SECURITY
KABUL - Turkish mission force under the command of the International
Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan has been providing
security of people in the southwestern part of Kabul which is
considered the most sensitive part of Afghan capital.
[22] UNITED STATES WELCOMES TURKEY'S TAKING OVER COMMAND OF ISAF
ANKARA - The United States expressed its satisfaction over Turkey's
taking over command of the International Security Assistance Force
(ISAF) in Afghanistan
[23] TORRENTIAL RAINS CAUSE FLOOD IN BLACK SEA REGION
TRABZON - A number of roads have been closed to traffic due to flood
waters triggered by torrential rain
[24] JUSTICE MINISTER TURK: ''WE CANNOT REFRAIN FROM TAKING UP
ABOLITION OF DEATH SENTENCE BY SAYING THAT THIS ISSUE IS AMONG MEDIUM
TERM COMMITMENTS''
ANKARA - Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said on Friday that they
cannot refrain from taking up the abolition of death sentence by saying
that this issue was among medium term commitments.
[25] TREASURY TO REPAY 4.1 QUADRILLION TL IN DOMESTIC DEBT NEXT WEEK
ANKARA - Treasury will repay 4 quadrillion 184.3 trillion Turkish liras
(TL) in domestic debt next week.
[26] MACHINE-MADE CARPET EXPORTS FROM GAZIANTEP INCREASE BY 48.9
PERCENT
GAZIANTEP - Machine-made carpet exports from southeastern Gaziantep
province increased by 48.9 percent to 43 million 324 thousand U.S.
dollars in the first five months of this year
[27] DERVIS LEAVES FOR ZURICH
ISTANBUL - State Minister Kemal Dervis for Economy left for Zurich,
Switzerland, on Friday. Dervis will attend Turkey-Switzerland Business
Council meeting on June 27, and Crans Montana Forum on June 28.
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