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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-07-12
CONTENTS
[01] SLOVAKIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER KADLECIKOVA TO VISIT TURKEY ON
[02] NARCOTIC TEAMS SEIZE 26 KILOS OF HEREON IN KILIS
[03] GUREL'S SPEAKS TO A.A: ''I THINK THOSE WHO ARE HOPING TO BENEFIT
[04] U.S. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WOLFOWITZ TO VISIT TURKEY NEXT
[05] BAHCELI CALLS ON FORMER DSP DEPUTIES TO RETURN TO DSP
[06] YILMAZ RETURNS TO TURKEY (2)
[07] PRICE OF 1 U.S. DOLLAR HAS TO BE BETWEEN 1,404 AND 1,451 THOUSAND
[08] JCR REVISES OUTLOOK ON TURKEY FROM STABLE TO NEGATIVE
[09] PRESIDENT SEZER APPROVES NEW APPOINTMENTS
[10] CEM MEETS WITH DEPUTIES WHO RESIGNED FROM DSP
[11] COURT FINALIZES HEARING CASE ABOUT ENERGY CORRUPTIONS
[12] YILMAZ (2): ''WE WILL GIVE PRIORITY TO FULFILLMENT OF NATIONAL
[13] PREMIER ECEVIT RESPONDS QUESTIONS (5)
[14] PREMIER ECEVIT RESPONDS QUESTIONS (3)
[15] PREMIER ECEVIT RESPONDS QUESTIONS (4) ECEVIT: ''I WOULD HAVE TO
[16] TURKEY WELCOMES FOUNDATION OF AFRICAN UNION
[17] PREMIER ECEVIT RESPONDS QUESTIONS (2) ECEVIT: ''STATEMENTS OF
[18] AYGUN RESIGNS FROM DSP
[19] PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT RESPONDS QUESTIONS ECEVIT: ''I AND THE
[20] YILMAZ (1): ''MR. DERVIS' DECISION TO MAINTAIN HIS DUTY IN THE
[21] LINDOW SAYS IT WILL BE GOOD FOR TURKISH ECONOMY IF DERVIS STAYS AT
[22] ISMAIL CEM (3): ''MY RESIGNATION FROM FOREIGN MINISTRY AND DSP
[23] ISMAIL CEM IN FOREIGN MINISTRY NAME OF NEW PARTY NOT DETERMINED
[24] TURKEY-EU JOINT CONSULTATION MEETING TURK-IS CHAIRMAN MERAL:
[25] KAHKONEN MEETS PRIVATIZATION ADMINISTRATION BOARD PRESIDENT
[26] ISMAIL CEM: ''WE ARE FORMING OUR NEW POLITICAL PARTY TO EMBRACE
[27] ISMAIL CEM (2): ''WE NEED A POLICY PRODUCING SOLUTION''
[28] DSP ANKARA PARLIAMENTARIAN OZDOGU RESIGNS FROM HIS PARTY
[29] ISAF TO TRAIN AFGHAN BODYGUARDS
[30] DSP SECRETARY GENERAL AND MANISA PARLIAMENTARIAN GULAY RESIGNS
[31] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ TO RETURN FROM BRUSSELS EARLIER THAN
[01] SLOVAKIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER KADLECIKOVA TO VISIT TURKEY ON
JULY 15-17
ANKARA - Slovakian Deputy Prime Minister in charge of EU affairs Maria
Kadlecikova will visit Turkey as the guest of Deputy Prime Minister
Mesut Yilmaz on July 15-17.
[02] NARCOTIC TEAMS SEIZE 26 KILOS OF HEREON IN KILIS
GAZIANTEP - GAZIANTEP (A.A) - Narcotic teams of Gaziantep Security
Directorate seized 26 kilogram of heroin in Kilis on Friday.
[03] GUREL'S SPEAKS TO A.A: ''I THINK THOSE WHO ARE HOPING TO BENEFIT
FROM THIS POLITICAL TURMOIL WILL BE BADLY DISAPPOINTED''
ANKARA - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sukru Sina gurel
has said that he believed the recent political turmoil in Turkey would
soon end and those who were hoping to benefit from this instability
would be badly disappointed.
[04] U.S. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WOLFOWITZ TO VISIT TURKEY NEXT
WEEK
ANKARA - U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz will visit
Turkey next week, it was reported on Friday.
[05] BAHCELI CALLS ON FORMER DSP DEPUTIES TO RETURN TO DSP
DARENDE - Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader and Deputy Prime
Minister Devlet Bahceli has said that the deputies who recently
resigned from the Democratic Left Party (DSP) should return to the
party and should not fall prey to plots.
[06] YILMAZ RETURNS TO TURKEY (2)
ISTANBUL - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, who
also acts as leader of the Motherland Party (ANAP), said on Friday,
''the European Union (EU) has been closely monitoring developments in
Turkey.''
[07] PRICE OF 1 U.S. DOLLAR HAS TO BE BETWEEN 1,404 AND 1,451 THOUSAND
TL
ANKARA - Real value of 1 U.S. dollar currently should have been between
1 million 404 thousand and 1 million 451 thousand Turkish liras (TL)
according to the estimate based on end-1998.
[08] JCR REVISES OUTLOOK ON TURKEY FROM STABLE TO NEGATIVE
TOKYO/ANKARA - The Japan Credit Rating (JCR) revised the economic
outlook on Turkey from stable to negative.
[09] PRESIDENT SEZER APPROVES NEW APPOINTMENTS
ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer approved on Friday new
appointments in the government. Sukru Sina Gurel has been appointed as
the new foreign minister.
[10] CEM MEETS WITH DEPUTIES WHO RESIGNED FROM DSP
ANKARA - Ismail Cem who resigned from foreign ministry and the
Democratic Left Party (DSP), met on Friday with other deputies who
resigned from the DSP.
[11] COURT FINALIZES HEARING CASE ABOUT ENERGY CORRUPTIONS
ANKARA - The Ankara High Criminal Court no:4 ruled on Friday to punish
suspects of case about corruption in energy tenders with imprisonment
and fine.
[12] YILMAZ (2): ''WE WILL GIVE PRIORITY TO FULFILLMENT OF NATIONAL
PROGRAMME'S COMMITMENTS BEFORE DECEMBER''
ISTANBUL - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, who
also acts as leader of the Motherland Party (ANAP), said on Friday,
''we will give priority to fulfillment of our National Programme's
commitments before December.''
[13] PREMIER ECEVIT RESPONDS QUESTIONS (5)
ANKARA - Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said on Friday, ''if the
elections had been held on time, I would have announce some projects
about my position in the Democratic Left Party (DSP). However, I am at
my post at this point. I have to remain at the office. Because there is
no time to put into practice other processes.''
[14] PREMIER ECEVIT RESPONDS QUESTIONS (3)
ANKARA - Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said on Friday, ''some of our
friends have set off on a road without making any intellectual
preparations. Therefore, I do not consider the new formation a series
work to form a political party.''
[15] PREMIER ECEVIT RESPONDS QUESTIONS (4) ECEVIT: ''I WOULD HAVE TO
STEP DOWN IF RESIGNATIONS CONTINUE AND GOVERNMENT LOSES ABSOLUTE
MAJORITY''
ANKARA - Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said on Friday that he would have
to step down if resignations continue and the government loses the
absolute majority in the parliament to win vote of confidence.
[16] TURKEY WELCOMES FOUNDATION OF AFRICAN UNION
ANKARA - Turkey welcomed official foundation of the new African Union,
and congratulated African leaders for their initiative.
[17] PREMIER ECEVIT RESPONDS QUESTIONS (2) ECEVIT: ''STATEMENTS OF
MR.CEM IS A GREAT INJUSTICE, I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS''
ANKARA - Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit described the statements of
Ismail Cem, who resigned from foreign ministry, as ''great injustice'',
and said ''I was not expecting this from Mr. Cem.''
[18] AYGUN RESIGNS FROM DSP
ANKARA - Oguz Aygun, a deputy of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) from
Ankara province, resigned from the DSP on Friday.
[19] PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT RESPONDS QUESTIONS ECEVIT: ''I AND THE
PRESIDENT SHARED THE SAME VIEWS REGARDING DERVIS'S WITHDRAWING HIS
RESIGNATION''
ANKARA - Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said on Friday that he did not
call for resignation of State Minister for Economy Kemal Dervis, ''I
and President Ahmet Necdet Sezer shared the same views regarded with
Dervis's withdrawing his resignation.''
[20] YILMAZ (1): ''MR. DERVIS' DECISION TO MAINTAIN HIS DUTY IN THE
GOVERNMENT IS A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT''
BRUSSELS/ISTANBUL - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut
Yilmaz, who also acts as leader of the Motherland Party (ANAP), said on
Friday, ''decision of State Minister Kemal Dervis for Economy to
maintain his duty at the government is a positive development in regard
to protection of economic stability in Turkey.''
[21] LINDOW SAYS IT WILL BE GOOD FOR TURKISH ECONOMY IF DERVIS STAYS AT
HIS POST UNTIL ELECTIONS
NEW YORK/ANKARA - Rating organization Moody's' Turkey analyst Kristin
Lindow said on Friday that it would be very good for the Turkish
economy if State Minister Kemal Dervis stayed at his post until
elections.
[22] ISMAIL CEM (3): ''MY RESIGNATION FROM FOREIGN MINISTRY AND DSP
BASED ON SIMILAR REASONS''
ANKARA - Ismail Cem said on Friday, ''my resignation from the Foreign
Affairs Ministry and the Democratic Left Party (DSP) based on similar
reasons.''
[23] ISMAIL CEM IN FOREIGN MINISTRY NAME OF NEW PARTY NOT DETERMINED
YET
ANKARA - Ismail Cem who resigned from his post and the Democratic Left
Party (DSP) yesterday, arrived in Foreign Ministry to bid farewell.
[24] TURKEY-EU JOINT CONSULTATION MEETING TURK-IS CHAIRMAN MERAL:
''EUROPEAN FRIENDS SHOULD UNDERSTAND US''
ERZURUM - Turkish Confederation of Labor (Turk-Is) Chairman Bayram
Meral said on Friday that political instability was the main source of
the problems in Turkey, yet noted that those problems could be
overcome.
[25] KAHKONEN MEETS PRIVATIZATION ADMINISTRATION BOARD PRESIDENT
BOZKURT
ANKARA - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Turkey Desk Chief Juha
Kahkonen on Friday met Privatization Administration Board President
Turgut Bozkurt.
[26] ISMAIL CEM: ''WE ARE FORMING OUR NEW POLITICAL PARTY TO EMBRACE
WHOLE TURKEY''
ANKARA - Ismail Cem, who resigned as foreign minister and from the
Democratic Left Party (DSP) yesterday, said on Friday that they were
forming a political party that will be founded in social democracy
principles and targeting embracing whole Turkey.
[27] ISMAIL CEM (2): ''WE NEED A POLICY PRODUCING SOLUTION''
ANKARA - Ismail Cem who resigned from his post and the Democratic Left
Party (DSP) yesterday, said on Friday that Turkey needed a policy
producing solution instead of problems.
[28] DSP ANKARA PARLIAMENTARIAN OZDOGU RESIGNS FROM HIS PARTY
ANKARA - Democratic Left Party (DSP) Ankara Parliamentarian Esvet
Ozdogu resigned from his party on Friday.
[29] ISAF TO TRAIN AFGHAN BODYGUARDS
ANKARA - International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF), which acts
in Afghanistan under Turkey's command, will undertake training of
Afghan bodyguards.
[30] DSP SECRETARY GENERAL AND MANISA PARLIAMENTARIAN GULAY RESIGNS
ANKARA - Hasan Gulay, the Democratic Left Party (DSP) Secretary General
and Manisa Parliamentarian resigned from his party on Friday.
[31] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ TO RETURN FROM BRUSSELS EARLIER THAN
PLANNED TIME
BRUSSELS - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz,
currently is Brussels to represent Turkish government during European
Convention meeting, decided to return Ankara earlier than the planned
time.
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