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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-08-06
CONTENTS
[01] FOREIGN MINISTER GUREL: ''WE HOPE THAT IRAQ WILL OVERCOME
[02] YAGIZ:''WE'RE AGAINST ALL KINDS OF ALLICANCES''
[03] EU WANTS TURKEY TO QUICKLY IMPLEMENT ITS REFORMS
[04] EP MEMBER SAKELLARIOU SAYS EU CAN'T PUT FORWARD NEW CONDITIONS TO
[05] CAKAN AND SHARON REACH CONSENSUS ON IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVEMENT OF
[06] SECURITY FORCES CATCH 453 FOREIGNERS IN VAN
[07] ANAP LEADER YILMAZ SAYS HE WILL GO TO DENMARK
[08] DENKTAS:''EU WILL HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE IF IT ADMITS GREEK
[09] TURKEY AND JORDAN EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE OPERATION AGAINST
[10] JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH RECEIVES GUREL
[11] REPRESENTATIVES OF WORKERS UNIONS MARCH TO PARLIAMENT
[12] ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES MINISTRY SAYS AGREEMENT REACHED WITH
[13] POLICE CONFISCATE ONE TON OF CYANIDE IN ANTAKYA
[14] JUSTICE MINISTER CELIKEL, INTERIOR MINISTER ECEMIS AND
[15] FAMILIES OF TERRORISM VICTIMS PROTEST ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
[16] DERVIS: ''TURKEY'S MAIN GOAL SHOULD BE TO HAVE A GOOD AND
[17] PROF. ISIKARA TO JOIN ANAP
[18] U.S. AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY PEARSON AWARDED WITH TOURISM SERVICE
[19] DERVIS PROPOSES TO DECREASE NUMBER OF MINISTRIES TO TWENTY
[20] ECEMIS BECOMES INTERIOR MINISTER
[21] PUK LEADER TALABANI COMES TO TURKEY
[22] CEM SAYS RIGHTS OF LABOR UNIONS SHOULD BE PROTECTED
[23] PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS ON LIVE TV BROADCAST
[24] ENKA CONSTRUCTION AND AN AMERICAN COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT NATURAL GAS
[25] SEZER EXPEXTED TO VISIT SOUTH AFRICA IN SEPTEMBER
[26] STATE MINISTER DERVIS:''REFORMS UNDERTAKEN BY TURKEY SYMBOLIZE AN
[27] ''TURKISH-AFGHAN FRIENDSHIP PARK'' OPENED IN KABUL
[28] FM GUREL MEETS WITH HIS JORDANIAN COUNTERPART IN AMMAN
[29] JUSTICE MINISTER TURK HANDS OVER HIS OFFICE TO PROF. AYSEL CELIKEL
[30] CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION MEETING WHICH IS EXPECTED TO DISCUSS
[31] PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS ON LIVE TV BROADCAST
[32] PROF. NACI KINACIOGLU TAKES OVER TRANSPORTATION MINISTRY FROM
[33] PARLIAMENT SPEAKER IZGI SAYS ONE HAS TO EXAMINE EU ADJUSTMENT BILL
[34] IMF EXECUTIVE BOARD TO CONVENE ON WEDNESDAY
[35] FOREIGN MINISTER GUREL LEAVES FOR JORDAN
[36] RIZE GOVERNOR KARACOL: ''WE ARE TRYING TO HEAL WOUNDS OF FLOOD
[37] TOWARD EARLY ELECTIONS SUPREME ELECTION BOARD ANNOUNCES ELECTION
[01] FOREIGN MINISTER GUREL: ''WE HOPE THAT IRAQ WILL OVERCOME
HESITATIONS ABOUT COOPERATION WITH THE U.N''
ANKARA - Foreign Minister Sukru Sina Gurel said on Tuesday that Iraq
had some hesitations about cooperation with the United Nations (U.N).
[02] YAGIZ:''WE'RE AGAINST ALL KINDS OF ALLICANCES''
ANKARA - Democratic Left Party (DSP) Secretary General Suleyman Yagiz
said his party was against all kinds of alliances, afeter a meeting
with Prime Minister and DSP leader Bulent Ecevit on Tuesday afternoon.
[03] EU WANTS TURKEY TO QUICKLY IMPLEMENT ITS REFORMS
BRUSSELS - EU Term President made a statement about Turkey saying that
it supported Turkey's all initiatives to join the EU and it welcomed
the reforms that were passed by the Turkish Parliament on Aug. 3.
[04] EP MEMBER SAKELLARIOU SAYS EU CAN'T PUT FORWARD NEW CONDITIONS TO
TURKEY
ANKARA - European Parliament (EP) member Jannis Sakellariou said on
Tuesday that EU can't treat Turkey differently from other candidate
countries, adding that it can't also put forward new conditions to
Turkey.
[05] CAKAN AND SHARON REACH CONSENSUS ON IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVEMENT OF
JOINT PROJECTS IN GAP REGION
ANKARA - Energy and Natural Resources Minister Zeki Cakan and Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reached a consensus on the issue of water
supply and the importance of improvement of the joint projects in
Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) region.
[06] SECURITY FORCES CATCH 453 FOREIGNERS IN VAN
VAN - Security forces caught 453 foreigners illegally travelling in Van
and its Baskale township on Tuesday.
[07] ANAP LEADER YILMAZ SAYS HE WILL GO TO DENMARK
ANKARA - Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yżlmaz said on Tuesday that he
would go to Denmark in the coming days and have a meeting with the EU
Term President Denmark's Prime Minister.
[08] DENKTAS:''EU WILL HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE IF IT ADMITS GREEK
CYPRIOTS TO UNION''
LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf
Denktas has said ''The EU train will hit the wall of 1960 agreements if
the Greek Cypriot side is admitted to the EU on behalf of the whole
island before an agreement is reached between Turkish and Greek
Cypriots.''
[09] TURKEY AND JORDAN EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE OPERATION AGAINST
IRAQ
AMMAN - Turkey and Jordan expressed deep concern on Tuesday about a
possible operation against Iraq.
[10] JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH RECEIVES GUREL
AMMAN - Foreign Minister Sukru Sina Gurel was received by Jordan's King
Abdullah in Amman where he is paying a one day visit.
[11] REPRESENTATIVES OF WORKERS UNIONS MARCH TO PARLIAMENT
ANKARA - ANKARA (A.A) - 06.08.2002- Executives of Confederation of
Turkish Labor Unions (Turk-IS), Labor Confederation (Hak-Is),
Confederation of Revolutionary Workers' Union (DISK) marched to
Parliament to make Parliament take job security bill in its program and
pass it as law.
[12] ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES MINISTRY SAYS AGREEMENT REACHED WITH
ISRAEL IN ISSUE OF WATER SUPPLY
ANKARA - Energy and Natural Resources Ministry said on Tuesday that an
agreement was reached with Israel regarding the issue of water supply.
[13] POLICE CONFISCATE ONE TON OF CYANIDE IN ANTAKYA
ANTAKYA - Police confiscated one ton of cyanide in an operation in
Antakya and detained three people in connection with smuggling. A
Syrian person is also wanted.
[14] JUSTICE MINISTER CELIKEL, INTERIOR MINISTER ECEMIS AND
TRANSPORTATION MINISTER KINACIOGLU TAKE OATH AT PARLIAMENT
ANKARA - Justice Minister Prof. Aysel Celikel, Interior Minister
Muzaffer Ecemis and Transportation Minister Prof. Naci Kinacioglu took
oath at Parliament on Tuesday.
[15] FAMILIES OF TERRORISM VICTIMS PROTEST ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
ANKARA - Associations of people who lost their relatives to terrorism
protested the abolition of death penalty at a number of meetings across
the country on Tuesday.
[16] DERVIS: ''TURKEY'S MAIN GOAL SHOULD BE TO HAVE A GOOD AND
TRANSPARENT ADMINISTRATION''
ESKISEHIR - State Minister Kemal Dervis has said that Turkey's main
goal should be to have a good and transparent administration.
[17] PROF. ISIKARA TO JOIN ANAP
ANKARA - Bogazici University's Kandilli Observatory and Seismology
Institute Director Prof. Ahmet Mete Isikara will run to become a
Motherland Party (ANAP) deputy in the upcoming elections.
[18] U.S. AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY PEARSON AWARDED WITH TOURISM SERVICE
MEDAL
ANKARA - U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Robert Pearson was awarded with
tourism service medal on Tuesday.
[19] DERVIS PROPOSES TO DECREASE NUMBER OF MINISTRIES TO TWENTY
ESKISEHIR - State Minister Kemal Dervis has said that he wasn't
planning to hold a political meeting in Eskisehir but only to discuss
economic and social problems outside Ankara and Istanbul.
[20] ECEMIS BECOMES INTERIOR MINISTER
ANKARA - Interior Minister Rustu Kazim Yucelen who is quitting his post
under Article 114 of the Constitution due to an early election decision
taken by the government handed over his position to Muzaffer Ecemis on
Tuesday.
[21] PUK LEADER TALABANI COMES TO TURKEY
SILOPI - Jalal Talabani, the leader of the Patriotic Union for
Kurdistan (PUK) came to Turkey on Tuesday.
[22] CEM SAYS RIGHTS OF LABOR UNIONS SHOULD BE PROTECTED
ANKARA - New Turkey Party (YTO) leader Ismail Cem has said that freedom
of the labor unions should be protected and some habits and
implementations that hurt their freedom should come to an end.
[23] PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS ON LIVE TV BROADCAST
ANKARA - Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said on Tuesday that coalition
parties worked in harmony, adding that ''why did we choose such an
election date that gives suffering to both Turkey and us? I still do
not understand that.''
[24] ENKA CONSTRUCTION AND AN AMERICAN COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT NATURAL GAS
COMBIT CIRCLE IN NETHERLANDS
ISTANBUL - Enka Construction and Industry Inc. and an American company
will construct a natural gas combit circle in Netherlands.
[25] SEZER EXPEXTED TO VISIT SOUTH AFRICA IN SEPTEMBER
ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer is expected to visit South Africa
to attend the U.N. Sustainable Development Summit with a large
delegation beginning of September.
[26] STATE MINISTER DERVIS:''REFORMS UNDERTAKEN BY TURKEY SYMBOLIZE AN
IMPORTANT STAGE IN SOCIETY''
ESKISEHIR - State Minister Kemal Dervis said on Tuesday that the
reforms and European laws adopted by Turkey in the last 18 months
symbolized an important stage in Turkish society.
[27] ''TURKISH-AFGHAN FRIENDSHIP PARK'' OPENED IN KABUL
KABUL - A child park which was constructed by Turkish soldiers in
Afghan capital Kabul was opened at a ceremony which International
Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) Commander Gen. Hilmi Akin Zorlu
and Afghan officials attended on Tuesday.
[28] FM GUREL MEETS WITH HIS JORDANIAN COUNTERPART IN AMMAN
AMMAN - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sukru Sina Gurel
came to Amman, Jordan for a one-day visit on Tuesday.
[29] JUSTICE MINISTER TURK HANDS OVER HIS OFFICE TO PROF. AYSEL CELIKEL
ANKARA - Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk handed over his office to
Prof. Aysel Celikel on Tuesday.
[30] CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION MEETING WHICH IS EXPECTED TO DISCUSS
CHANGES ENVISAGED TO TAKE PLACE IN ELECTION AND POLITICAL PARTIES ACT
POSTPONED
ANKARA - Constitutional Commission's meeting today, which was expected
to discuss the changes envisaged to take place in election and
political parties act, is postponed.
[31] PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS ON LIVE TV BROADCAST
ANKARA - Prime Minister and leader of the Democratic Left Party (DSP)
leader Bulent Ecevit said on Tuesday that attitude of State Minister
for Economy Kemal Dervis in setting up dialogue with the other parties
created uneasiness in DSP, stressing that, ''the reason of the
statement of Emrehan Halici was the reactions coming from the
organization.'
[32] PROF. NACI KINACIOGLU TAKES OVER TRANSPORTATION MINISTRY FROM
VURAL
ANKARA - Izmir Parliamentarian Oktay Vural handed over his office as
Transportation Minister to Prof. Naci Kinacioglu on Tuesday.
[33] PARLIAMENT SPEAKER IZGI SAYS ONE HAS TO EXAMINE EU ADJUSTMENT BILL
FROM TWO ASPECTS
ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Omer Izgi said on Tuesday that one has to
examine the EU adjustment bill from two aspects.
[34] IMF EXECUTIVE BOARD TO CONVENE ON WEDNESDAY
ANKARA - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Directors are
expected to discuss Turkey's Letter of Intent and approve nearly 1.1
billion U.S. dollars tranche of loan to Turkey on August 7.
[35] FOREIGN MINISTER GUREL LEAVES FOR JORDAN
ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sukru Sina Gurel
left for Jordan on Tuesday on a one-day visit.
[36] RIZE GOVERNOR KARACOL: ''WE ARE TRYING TO HEAL WOUNDS OF FLOOD
DISASTER''
RIZE - Rize Governor Bulent Karacol said on Tuesday that they were
trying to heal the wounds of flood disaster.
[37] TOWARD EARLY ELECTIONS SUPREME ELECTION BOARD ANNOUNCES ELECTION
CALENDAR IN THE OFFICAL GAZETTE
ANKARA - The election calendar, which the Supreme Election Board (YSK)
determined to implement on November 3, 2002 general elections, was
published in Today's Offical Gazette.
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