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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-08-15Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>CONTENTS
[01] THREE TURKISH CANDIDATES IN U.S. ELECTIONSNEW YORK - Three Turkish origin candidates will run in the Congressional and gubernatorial elections in November, it was reported on Thursday.15.08.2002 [02] FOREST FIRE IN MARMARIS KEEPS SPREADINGMARMARIS - The forest fire which started in Cetibeli village of Marmaris on Thursday evening spreaded to an area of 300 hectares.15.08.2002 [03] CEM:''IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR YTP TO BE TRUSTHWORTHY''ANKARA - New Turkey Party (YTP) leader Ismail Cem has said that it was very important for its party to gain people's trust.15.08.2002 [04] ROTHSCHILD-ERNST&YOUNG CHOSEN AS CONSULTING COMPANY IN PRIVATIZATION OF TURK TELEKOMANKARA - Rothschild-Ernst&Young consortium was elected as the consulting company to decide on the value of the shares during the privatization of Turk Telecom Corp.15.08.2002 [05] DENKTAS SAYS THE EUROPEAN UNION NEEDS TRNCLEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas has said that the European Union needed Turkish Cypriots. ''If they want Cyprus, they have to take us too,'' he said.15.08.2002 [06] ANTALYA LIKELY TO HOST FORMULA ONE, ECCLESTONE SAYSANTALYA - Formula One Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone said that the adequacy of hotels was the main standard required from candidate cities to hold Formula One car race and that he believed Antalya could host the race since it meets this requirement.15.08.2002 [07] DERVIS SAYS HE CANNOT JOIN ANY POLITICAL PARTY AT THE MOMENT (3)ANKARA - Former State Minister Kemal Dervis has said that at the moment he cannot join any political party.Speaking at a press conference on Thursday afternoon, Dervis stressed that he had no political experience, but he had a good knowledge of economy and treasury. 15.08.2002 [08] FORMER STATE MINISTER DERVIS SAYS STEP TAKEN BY CHP LEADER IS VERY POSITIVE (2)ANKARA - Former State Minister Kemal Dervis said on Thursday that step taken by Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal for a unity in the left and his call in this direction was very important and positive.15.08.2002 [09] DERVIS:''I DEFINITELY CANNOT JOIN YTP''ANKARA - Former State Minister Kemal Dervis has said that he definitely cannot join the New Turkey Party (YTP).15.08.2002 [10] TRNC CIVIL INITIATIVE DECLARATION SAYS ONLY LEGAL STATE REPRESENTING TURKISH CYPRIOTS IS TRNCLEFKOSA - A total of 100 non-governmental organizations pioneered by National People's Movement (UHH) in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said on Thursday that the only legal state representing Turkish Cypriots was TRNC.15.08.2002 [11] TRNC PARLIAMENT SPEAKER: ''ALTHOUGH 28 YEARS HAVE PASSED AFTER INCIDENTS IN CYPRUS, GREEK CYPRIOT-GREEK COUPLE HAS NOT ABANDONED THEIR OBSESSIVE POLITICS''LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Parliament Speaker Vehbi Zeki Serter said on Thursday that although 28 years had passed after incident in Cyprus, the Greek Cypriots and Greeks had not abandoned their obsessive policies.15.08.2002 [12] DERVIS SAYS HE CANNOT JOIN ANY POLITICAL PARTY AT THE MOMENT (3)ANKARA - Former State Minister Kemal Dervis has said that at the moment he cannot join any political part15.08.2002 [13] FORMER STATE MINISTER DERVIS SAYS STEP TAKEN BY CHP LEADER IS VERY POSITIVE (2)ANKARA - Former State Minister Kemal Dervis said on Thursday that step taken by Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal for a unity in the left and his call in this direction was very important and positive.15.08.2002 [14] DERVIS:''I DEFINITELY CANNOT JOIN YTP''ANKARA - Former State Minister Kemal Dervis has said that he definitely cannot join the New Turkey Party (YTP)15.08.2002 [15] COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TALKS BETWEEN STATE AND STATE EMPLOYEES BEGINANKARA - Collective bargaining talks between the state and public employees began on Thursday at a meeting chaired by State Minister Mehmet Kececiler15.08.2002 [16] FORMULA ONE CHIEF EXECUTIVE SAYS HE WILL COME TO TURKEY ONCE MORE BEFORE MAKING HIS FINAL DECISIONIZMIR - Formula One Administration (FAO) chief executive Bernie Ecclestone said on Thursday that he would come to Turkey once more before making his final decision about the city where the Turkey leg of Formula One car race would be held15.08.2002 [17] FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS DECREASE TO USD 57.9 BILLIONANKARA - The total foreign exchange deposit accounts at banks decreased 188 million U.S. dollars to 57 billion 930 million U.S. dollars as of August 2, 200215.08.2002 [18] FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES DECREASE BY USD 273 MILLIONANKARA - Foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank decreased by 273 million U.S. dollars between August 2 and August 9, 200215.08.2002 [19] TURKEY REPAYS USD 308.87 MILLION IN FOREIGN DEBT BETWEEN AUGUST 1-14ANKARA - Turkey repaid a total of 308.87 million U.S. dollars in external debt between August 1 and 14, 200215.08.2002 [20] PISKINSUT SAYS THEY FOUND POSITIVE BAYKAL'S CALL FOR UNIFICATION OF LEFTIST GROUPS UNDER CHP'S UMBRELLAANKARA - Socialist Democratic Party (TDP) leader Sema Piskinsut said on Thursday that they found positive Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal's call for unification of leftist groups under CHP's umbrella15.08.2002 [21] BUDGET DEFICIT IS 20.6 QUADRILLION TL IN JANUARY-JULY PERIODANKARA - Budget deficit was around 20 quadrillion 619 trillion Turkish liras (TL) in the first seven months of this year15.08.2002 [22] SHP LEADER KARAYALCIN SAYS BAYKAL'S CALL IS NOT CALL OF ALLIANCE, BUT CALL FOR ADHERENCE TO CHPANKARA - Murat Karayalcın, the leader of the Social Democrat People's Party (SHP) said on Thursday that the call of Deniz Baykal, the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) ''is not a call of alliance, but a call for adherence to CHP.''15.08.2002 [23] FORMULA ONE CHIEF EXECUTIVE VISITS ANCIENT EPHESUS SITEIZMIR - Selcuk Mayor Vefa Ulgur said on Thursday that Formula One Administration (FOA) chief executive Bernie Ecclestone used the expression ''perfect'' for the field they planned to allocate for Formula One car races.15.08.2002 [24] DERVIS: ''I WILL MAKE STATEMENT AT ABOUT 5.00 P.M''ANKARA - Kemal Dervis, who resigned from State Ministry on Saturday, said on Thursday that he would make a statement at about 5.00 p.m.15.08.2002 [25] JUSTICE MINISTRY: ''NO PRIVILEGE IS BEING GIVEN TO OCALAN''ANKARA - Justice Ministry said on Thursday that Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the terrorist organization who was being kept in Imrali Prison, was not given any privileges different to the treatment towards other inmates.15.08.2002 [26] BESIKTAS FOOTBALL CLUB'S PRESIDENT BILGILI EXTENDS SUPPORT TO TURKEY-GREECE EURO 2008 JOINT BIDISTANBUL - Serdar Bilgili, the President of Besiktas Football Club extended full support on Thursday to the joint-bid of Turkey and Greece to organize 2008 European Football Championship (Euro) together.15.08.2002 [27] STATE MINISTER TOSKAY SAYS EXPORTS FROM TURKEY INCREASED BY 29.3 PERCENT IN JULYANKARA - State Minister Tunca Toskay for foreign trade said on Thursday that exports from Turkey increased by 29.3 percent in July 2002 and reached 3.2 billion U.S. dollars.15.08.2002 [28] TEKEL TO EXPORT UNPROCESSED SALTKONYA - Italian and Spanish companies, which have a good share in salt production and marketing in the world, applied to import 180 thousand tons of unprocessed salt from Turkey as the quality of unprocessed salt taken from Salt Lake in Turkey was above world standards.15.08.2002 [29] CHP LEADER BAYKAL:''OUR CALL IS TO KEMAL DERVIS, ISMAIL CEM AND OTHER FRIENDS''ANKARA - Deniz Baykal, the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) said on Thursday that the public opinion welcomed his call for unification in central left.15.08.2002 [30] YTP'S CENTRAL EXECUTIVE BOARD SAYS YTP TO TAKE PART IN NOV. 3 ELECTIONS WITH ITS OWN PARTY AND IDENTITYANKARA - New Turkey Party (YTP) Central Executive Board said on Thursday that it would take part in Nov.3 elections with its own party and identity.15.08.2002 [31] TEKSTILBANK CLOSES ITS BRANCH IN MALTAISTANBUL - Tekstil Bank closed its branch in Malta.15.08.2002 [32] ALBANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MAJKO AND GEN. QAZIMI VISIT GEN. KIVRIKOGLUANKARA - Albanian Defense Minister Panderi Majko and Albanian Chief of General Staff Gen. Pellum Qazimi visited on Thursday General Huseyin Kıvrıkoglu, the Chief of General Staff.15.08.2002 [33] FOREIGN TRADE INDICES IN MAY, 2002ANKARA - Export quantity index increased by 4.7 percent, and import quantity index increased by 0.6 percent in May, 2002 compared to figures of the previous month.15.08.2002 [34] PRIVATIZATION ISSUE IN LETTER OF INTENTANKARA - Turkey reduced the public share in ERDEMIR (steel company) to below 50 percent through a sale to an investment fund within the scope of privatization studies.15.08.2002 [35] ISTANBUL HOSTS RUSSIAN TOURISTS THE MOSTISTANBUL - Russian tourists are ranked the first among tourists who visited Istanbul in the first half of 2002.15.08.2002 [36] FORMULA 1'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE ECCLESTONE COMES TO IZMIRIZMIR - Bernie Ecclestone, the chief executive of Formula 1 said on Thursday that Formula-1's Turkey leg will be held for 99.9 percent.15.08.2002 [37] GAP EXPORTS CEREALS WORTH OF 32.1 MILLION DOLLARS IN SEVEN MONTHSGAZIANTEP - Southeast Anatolian Development Project (GAP) region exported cereals worth of 32.1 million dollars in the first seven months of 2002 with a decrease of 44.8 percent.15.08.2002 [38] JOB SECURITY LAW PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL GAZETTEANKARA - The Job Security Law was published in the Official Gazette on Thursday.15.08.2002 Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |