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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 03-05-05Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>CONTENTS
[01] PRIME MINISTRY CRISIS MANAGEMENT CENTRE ENDS ITS ACTIVITIES -176 PERSONS DIED, 521 PERSONS WOUNDED IN BINGOL QUAKEANKARA - The mission of the Prime Ministry Crisis Management Centre, which was formed to coordinate mainly search and rescue activities following the earthquake that happened in Bingol province on May 1, ended on Monday.05.05.2003 [02] PRESIDENT SEZER MAKES PHONE CALL WITH U.S. PRESIDENT BUSHANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer talked to U.S. President George W. Bush who called him by phone on Monday.05.05.2003 [03] KYRGYZ PRIME MINISTER TANAYEV DUE IN ANKARAANKARA - Kyrgyz Prime Minister Nikolay Tanayev will pay an official visit to Ankara as the guest of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.05.05.2003 [04] SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA COMPRISED OF TURKISH AND GREEK MUSICIANS TO GIVE A CONCERT ON MAY 9ANKARA - Turkish-Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra, which is comprised of 45 Turkish and 39 Greek musicians, will give a concert on May 9 to mark the Europe Day.05.05.2003 [05] AZERBAIJANI AMBASSADOR ALIYEV: ''THERE IS NO NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT ALIYEV'S HEALTH CONDITION''ANKARA - Azerbaijani Ambassador to Turkey Mehmet Nevruzoglu Aliyev said on Monday that President Haydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan had been undergoing yearly check-up at the Gulhane Military Medical Academy (GATA), and added that there was no need to be worried about his health.05.05.2003 [06] NUMBER OF TOURISTS VISITING ANTALYA REACHES 602,904ANTALYA - The number of tourists who visited southern Antalya province since the beginning of 2003 reached 602 thousand 904.05.05.2003 [07] CICEK: ''ISSUE OF POLITICAL IMMUNITY CAN BE BROUGHT ONTO AGENDA AGAIN''ANKARA - Justice Minister and Government Spokesman Cemil Cicek said on Monday that the issue of political immunity could be brought onto agenda again.05.05.2003 [08] TURKEY'S BAGHDAD EMBASSY EXPECTED TO BE OPENED THIS WEEKANKARA - Turkey's Baghdad Embassy is expected to be opened this week.05.05.2003 [09] ARINC: ''SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION INTO TURKISH WAS STARTED IN THE PAST TO HELP DEPUTIES, WHO ATTENDED MEETINGS OF COEPA, BUT COULD NOT SPEAK FOREIGN LANGUAGES''ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc said on Monday, ''simultaneous translation into Turkish was started in the past to help deputies, who attended meetings of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (COEPA), but could not speak foreign languages. Now, deputies, who can speak foreign languages, attend these meetings. Therefore, this help is not needed any longer.''05.05.2003 [10] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN RECEIVES KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER AITMATOVANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received on Monday Foreign Minister Askar Aitmatov of Kyrgyzstan.05.05.2003 [11] JUSTICE MINISTER AND GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN CICEK SAYS THEY DECIDED TO SELL INCOME OF SOME PUBLIC FACILITIES WHICH BRING REVENUEANKARA - Justice Minister and Government Spokesman Cemil Cicek said on Monday that they decided to sell income of some public facilities which brought revenue during Council of Ministers meeting.05.05.2003 [12] AMERICAN JEWS LAUNCH A RELIEF CAMPAIGN FOR QUAKE SURVIVORSNEW YORK - American Association of Jewish Friends of Turkey (AAJFT) has launched a worldwide campaign to help survivors of last week's earthquake disaster in Bingol.05.05.2003 [13] MACEDONIAN PRESIDENT TRAJKOVSKI OFFERS HIS CONDOLENCES TO PRESIDENT SEZER ON PHONEANKARA - Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski called on Monday President Ahmet Necdet Sezer due to earthquake in southeastern Bingol province and offered his condolences and wished rapid recovery.05.05.2003 [14] BERLUSCONI DUE IN ANKARAANKARA - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will arrive in Ankara on an official visit on May 12.05.05.2003 [15] JUSTICE MINISTER AND GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN CICEK SAYS TERRORIST ORGANIZATION TRIED TO HOLD INTEREST BY BENEFITING FROM PEOPLE'S PAINANKARA - Justice Minister and Government Spokesman Cemil Cicek evaluated on Monday the incident which had happened in Bingol as provocation and said that terrorist organization tried to hold interest by benefiting from people's pain instead of sharing that pain and this incident showed real face of the organization.05.05.2003 [16] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF NGOsANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul will meet with the representatives of non-governmental organizations on Tuesday. The meeting will be held in Turkey's Secretariat General for the European Union (EU).05.05.2003 [17] REPRESENTATIVE OF KAF TO TURKEY SCHONBOHM SAYS THEY APPRECIATE TURKEY FOR FULFILLING REFORMS APPROPRIATE TO MAASTRICHT CRITERIAANKARA - Wulf Schonbohm, Representative of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF) to Turkey, said on Monday that they appreciated Turkey for fulfilling reforms appropriate to Maastricht criteria, in spite of economic and financial crises in the last three years.05.05.2003 [18] DEATH TOLL ANNOUNCED 176 FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE IN BINGOLBINGOL - Bingol Governor Huseyin Avni Cos announced on Monday the death toll as 176 following the earthquake in southeastern Bingol province.05.05.2003 [19] IMF FIRST DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR KRUEGER DUE IN TURKEYANKARA - International Monetary Fund (IMF) First Deputy Managing Director Anne Krueger will come to Turkey on Tuesday.05.05.2003 [20] TREASURY AUCTIONS 182-DAY DISCOUNTED BONDSANKARA - Treasury sold 1 quadrillion 73 trillion Turkish liras (TL) of nominal-valued 182-day discounted bonds in an auction it conducted on Monday.05.05.2003 [21] PRESIDENT SEZER TELEPHONES AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT ALIYEVANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer on Monday telephoned Azerbaijani President Haydar Aliyev who is currently under medical treatment at the Gulhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) hospital in Ankara and wished him rapid recovery.05.05.2003 [22] GENERAL STAFF: ''APPOINTMENTS OF GENERALS AND ADMIRALS DURING AND AFTER MEETING OF HIGHER MILITARY COUNCIL IN 2002 WERE NOT BROUGHT ONTO AGENDA OF LATEST NSC MEETING''ANKARA - The General Staff stated on Monday that the appointments of generals and admirals during and after the meeting of the Higher Military Council in 2002 were not brought onto agenda of the latest meeting of the National Security Council (NSC).05.05.2003 [23] CHINA DONATES USD 30 THOUSAND TO RED CRESCENTANKARA - Red Crescent Director General Ertan Gonen said on Monday, ''a total of 11 thousand 200 tents have been sent to the quake-hit Bingol province so far. The Red Crescent hands over tents to the regional crisis desks, but does not deal with distribution of them.''05.05.2003 [24] NEWLY APPOINTED TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY CANAKCI STARTS HIS MISSIONANKARA - Newly appointed Treasury Undersecretary Ibrahim Canakci has started his new mission on Monday.05.05.2003 [25] ERCAN: ''DEFENSE INDUSTRY EXPENDITURE PER PERSON IN TURKEY IS THREE DOLLARS''ANKARA - Defense Industry Undersecretary D. Ali Ercan said on Monday that defense industry expenditure per person in Turkey was only three U.S. dollars., adding, ''when it is multiplied with seventy million population, it is two hundred and ten million U.S. dollars.''05.05.2003 [26] ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER NASTASE DUE IN ANKARA ON WEDNESDAYANKARA - Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase will pay a working visit to Ankara on Wednesday, May 7 as the guest of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.05.05.2003 [27] FM GUL'S BUSY DIPLOMACY TRAFFIC TO CONTINUEANKARA - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, who started his program in May by participating in European Union (EU) unofficial meeting, will continue his program with a busy diplomacy traffic.05.05.2003 [28] CENTRAL BANK TO HOLD DAILY FX BUYING AUCTIONS -AMOUNT TO BE LIMITED TO USD 20 MILLIONANKARA - The Central Bank will start to hold daily foreign exchange buying auctions beginning on May 6.05.05.2003 [29] UKRAINIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ZLANKO DUE IN TURKEYANKARA - Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anatoliy Zlenko will pay an official visit to Turkey between May 7-8, 2003 upon the invitation of Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul.05.05.2003 [30] TREASURY TO REPAY USD 619.6 MILLION IN EXTERNAL DEBT THIS WEEKANKARA - Treasury will repay 619.6 million U.S. dollars in external debt this week.05.05.2003 [31] COUNCIL OF MINISTERS MEETING STARTSANKARA - Council of Ministers convened on Monday under the leadership of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.05.05.2003 [32] CENTRAL BANK TO HOLD DAILY FX BUYING AUCTIONSANKARA - The Central Bank will start to hold daily foreign exchange buying auctions beginning on May 6.05.05.2003 [33] GERMAN AMBASSADOR IN ANKARA SCHMIDT: ''WE SUPPORT TURKEY'S MEMBERSHIP TO EU''ADANA - German Ambassador in Ankara Rudolf Schmidt said on Sunday that they supported Turkey's membership to the European Union (EU), stating that Turkey progressed toward the EU with positive steps.05.05.2003 [34] EXPLOSIONS IN FOUR SEPARATE POINTS IN ADANA CITY CENTERADANA - Explosions occurred in four separate places in southern Adana province on Sunday. A store and an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) were damaged at the explosions.05.05.2003 Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |