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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-07-16
CONTENTS
[01] GREEK FOOTBALL FEDERATION CHAIRMAN EXPRESSES BELIEF TO HOST 2008
[02] HIGHER ELECTION BOARD CHAIRMAN SAYS THEY DO NOT OPPOSE TO
[03] NUMBER OF DEPUTIES WHO RESIGN FROM DSP INCREASES TO 59
[04] CHAIRMAN OF SUPREME ELECTION BOARD SAYS PREPARATIONS CANNOT BE
[05] WOLFOWITZ SAYS U.S. IS RESOLVED TO OVERTHROW SADDAM HUSSEIN
[06] COALITION PARTNERS: ''LEADERS OF COALITION PARTNERS HAVE REACHED A
[07] KARAKOYUNLU SAYS THEY DISCUSS PRIVATIZATION PROGRAMME WITH IMF
[08] EU COMMISSIONER SPOKESMAN:''AMBASSADOR AKYOL PLAYED A CONSTRUCTIVE
[09] AK PARTY DEPUTY CHAIRMAN GUL:''THE GOVERNMENT IS NO LONGER
[10] COALITION PARTNERS COME TOGETHER
[11] ROME PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN PASCUCCI VISITS ISTANBUL GOVERNOR
[12] CEM TO GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT NEW FORMATION IN KAYSERI
[13] YILMAZ SAYS EU MAKES THINGS MORE COMPLICATED BY GREENLIGHTING EU
[14] TURKEY-SPAIN BUSINESS COUNCIL CONVENES IN MADRID
[15] CAKMAKOGLU MEETS WITH U.S. UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WOLFOWITZ
[16] ECEVIT RECEIVES U.S. UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WOLFOWITZ
[17] KUTAN:''GREEK CYPRIOTS' MAIN GOAL IS TO TURN CYRPUS INTO CRETE''
[18] COALITION'S NUMBER OF SEATS IN PARLIAMENT DECREASES BELOW ABSOLUTE
[19] SIX-MONTH BUDGET FIGURES PRIMARY BUDGET SURPLUS BECOMES 10.6
[20] NINE DSP DEPUTIES MEET WITH ECEVIT
[21] ANKARA HIGH CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES 20 MEMBERS OF DEV-YOL TO
[22] COALITION LEADERS TO COME TOGETHER AT 16.00 TODAY
[23] FOUR MORE DEPUTIES RESIGN FROM DSP
[24] FIFTH ROUND OF DIRECT TALKS IN CYPRUS STARTS
[25] TRIAL OF AK PARTY LEADER ERDOGAN TO START ON WEDNESDAY
[26] SLOVAKIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER KADLECIKOVA VISITS ATATURK'S
[27] DYP LEADER CILLER SAYS HER PARTY IS READY TO SUPPORT EU MEMBERSHIP
[28] TWO BOMBS EXPLODE IN ISTANSUL
[29] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ:''POSSIBLE INTERVENTION IN IRAQ CAN
[01] GREEK FOOTBALL FEDERATION CHAIRMAN EXPRESSES BELIEF TO HOST 2008
EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOGETHER WITH TURKEY
ANTALYA - Greek Football Federation Chairman Vassilis Gagatsis
expressed belief on Tuesday to host 2008 European Football Championship
together with Turkey.
[02] HIGHER ELECTION BOARD CHAIRMAN SAYS THEY DO NOT OPPOSE TO
AMENDMENT TO POLICAL PARTIES AND ELECTION LAWS
ANKARA - Higher Election Board Chairman Tufan Algan said on Tuesday
that they were not in favour of amendment to political parties and
election laws not against those changes.
[03] NUMBER OF DEPUTIES WHO RESIGN FROM DSP INCREASES TO 59
ANKARA - Number of deputies who resigned from the Democratic Left Party
(DSP) has increased to 59 until 6.00 p.m. on Tuesday.
[04] CHAIRMAN OF SUPREME ELECTION BOARD SAYS PREPARATIONS CANNOT BE
COMPLETED TILL NOVEMBER 3 IF ELECTION DECISION IS TAKEN IN SEPTEMBER
ANKARA - Tufan Algan, the Chairman of Suprem Election Board, said on
Tuesday that preparations could not be completed till November 3, 2002
if the parliament took a decision about holding the early elections in
September.
[05] WOLFOWITZ SAYS U.S. IS RESOLVED TO OVERTHROW SADDAM HUSSEIN
ANKARA - U.S. Under Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz openly declared
his government's determination to overthrow Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein
during a meeting with Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit
[06] COALITION PARTNERS: ''LEADERS OF COALITION PARTNERS HAVE REACHED A
FULL CONSENSUS OF OPINION TO HOLD EARLY ELECTIONS ON NOVEMBER 3''
ANKARA - Leaders of three political parties forming the coalition
government reached a full consensus of opinion on Tuesday to hold early
elections on November 3, 2002.
[07] KARAKOYUNLU SAYS THEY DISCUSS PRIVATIZATION PROGRAMME WITH IMF
DELEGATION
ANKARA - State Minister Yilmaz Karakoyunlu received on Tuesday IMF
Executive Director for Europe Willy Kiekens and IMF's Turkey Desk Chief
Juha Kahkonen and accompanying delegation.
[08] EU COMMISSIONER SPOKESMAN:''AMBASSADOR AKYOL PLAYED A CONSTRUCTIVE
ROLE IN TURKEY-EU RELATIONS''
BRUSSELS - EU Spokesman Jean-Christophe Filori has said that Turkey's
EU Permanent Representative Ambassador Nihat Akyol, who will soon
return to Ankara upon completion of his term, had played a constructive
and beneficial role in Turkey-EU relations.
[09] AK PARTY DEPUTY CHAIRMAN GUL:''THE GOVERNMENT IS NO LONGER
LEGITIMATE. ECEVIT SHOULD RESIGN''
ANKARA - Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Deputy Chairman
Abdullah Gul has said that his party would support the True Path
Party's (DYP) proposal to call Parliament for an extraordinary meeting
on July 22.
[10] COALITION PARTNERS COME TOGETHER
ANKARA - Leaders of three political parties forming the coalition
government came together at the Prime Ministry Residence at 4.05 p.m.
on Tuesday.
[11] ROME PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN PASCUCCI VISITS ISTANBUL GOVERNOR
CAKIR
ISTANBUL - Rome Provincial Council Chairman Alberto Pascucci visited
Istanbul Governor Erol Cakir on Tuesday.
[12] CEM TO GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT NEW FORMATION IN KAYSERI
ANKARA - Ismail Cem who resigned as foreign minister and the Democratic
Left Party (DSP) deputy last week, will pay his first visit to central
province of Kayseri, his election district, within the framework of his
works to form a new political party.
[13] YILMAZ SAYS EU MAKES THINGS MORE COMPLICATED BY GREENLIGHTING EU
MEMBERSHIP TO GREEK CYPRIOTS
ANKARA - Motherland Party (ANAP) leader and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut
Yilmaz has said that the EU made it more difficult to bring a solution
to the Cyprus conflict by signalling the Greek Cypriot administration
that they could join the EU even before reaching an agreement with the
Turkish Cypriots.
[14] TURKEY-SPAIN BUSINESS COUNCIL CONVENES IN MADRID
MADRID - Spanish Chambers of Commerce Supreme Council Chairman Jose
Manuel Fernandez Norniella said that Spanish businessmen had been
supporting Turkey's full membership to the European Union (EU).
[15] CAKMAKOGLU MEETS WITH U.S. UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WOLFOWITZ
ANKARA - National Defense Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu received on
Tuesday U.S. Under Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and accompanying
delegation.
[16] ECEVIT RECEIVES U.S. UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WOLFOWITZ
ANKARA - Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit received on Tuesday U.S. Under
Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and accompanying delegation at the
Prime Ministry Residence.
[17] KUTAN:''GREEK CYPRIOTS' MAIN GOAL IS TO TURN CYRPUS INTO CRETE''
ANKARA - ANKARA (A.A) - Felicity Party (SP) leader Recai Kutan has said
that Turkey could no longer stand being without a government and added
that Turkey would be drifted to an adventure if the government is
collapsed before a new government is formed.
[18] COALITION'S NUMBER OF SEATS IN PARLIAMENT DECREASES BELOW ABSOLUTE
MAJORITY
ANKARA - DSP deputy Erol Al resigned from his party on Tuesday.
[19] SIX-MONTH BUDGET FIGURES PRIMARY BUDGET SURPLUS BECOMES 10.6
QUADRILLION TL
ANKARA - Finance Minister Sumer Oral said on Tuesday that primary
budget surplus became 10 quadrillion 590 trillion Turkish liras (TL) in
first six months of 2002.
[20] NINE DSP DEPUTIES MEET WITH ECEVIT
ANKARA - The nine deputies of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) who is
known as the ''DSP Group of Nine Deputies'' by the public opinion, met
with Prime Minister and DSP leader Bulent Ecevit on Tuesday.
[21] ANKARA HIGH CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES 20 MEMBERS OF DEV-YOL TO
DEATH PENALTY
ANKARA - Ankara High Criminal Court no: 6 sentenced 20 members of
illegal Revolutionary Way (DEV-YOL)organization to death penalty on
Tuesday.
[22] COALITION LEADERS TO COME TOGETHER AT 16.00 TODAY
ANKARA - The leaders of the coalition parties will come together at
16.00 hours on Tuesday.
[23] FOUR MORE DEPUTIES RESIGN FROM DSP
ANKARA - A total of four more deputies resigned from Democratic Left
Party (DSP) on Tuesday.
[24] FIFTH ROUND OF DIRECT TALKS IN CYPRUS STARTS
LEFKOSA - The fifth round of direct talks in Cyprus started between
TRNC President Rauf Denktas and Greek Cypriot leader Glafcos Clerides
on Tuesday.
[25] TRIAL OF AK PARTY LEADER ERDOGAN TO START ON WEDNESDAY
ANKARA - The trial of AK Party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan who was
accused of acquiring properties unjustly will start on Wednesday.
[26] SLOVAKIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER KADLECIKOVA VISITS ATATURK'S
MAUSOLEUM
ANKARA - Slovakian Deputy Prime Minister Maria Kadlecikova, who is in
charge of EU affairs and who came to Ankara on Monday as the guest of
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yżlmaz, viisted Ataturk's Mausoleum on
Tuesday
[27] DYP LEADER CILLER SAYS HER PARTY IS READY TO SUPPORT EU MEMBERSHIP
ISSUE
ANKARA - True Path Party (DYP) leader Tansu Ciller said on Monday night
that her party was ready to support EU membership of Turkey, adding
that ''we'll extend unconditional support to the government about EU
issue.''
[28] TWO BOMBS EXPLODE IN ISTANSUL
ISTANBUL - Two bombs hurled to a coffee house in Gaziosmanpasa district
and to a park in Taksim district of Istanbul caused material damage on
Tuesday.
[29] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ:''POSSIBLE INTERVENTION IN IRAQ CAN
TAKE PLACE WITHOUT OUR DESIRE''
ANKARA - Mesut Yżlmaz, the leader of the Motherland Party (ANAP), State
Minister and Deputy Prime Minister said on Monday that ''a possible
intervention can take place in Iraq without our wish. If Saddam can
give certain guarantees demanded by the U.S. and if he can end certain
suspicions about him, he can prevent such an act.''
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