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CONTENTS [01] ERDOGAN CONVEYS TURKEY'S SENSITIVITY ABOUT ACTIVITIES OF TERRORIST ORGANIZATION PKK/KONGRA-GEL IN SWEDEN [02] DE SOTO COMES TO CYPRUS AFTER 11 MONTHS [03] PERSSON SAYS HE IS IMPRESSED BY TURKEY'S ATTITUDE IN FULFILLING COPENHAGEN CRITERIA [04] ERDOGAN:''SWEDEN SUPPORTS TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP'' [05] NO GENERAL DISCUSSION TO BE HELD ABOUT CYPRUS ISSUE IN PARLIAMENT [06] DENKTAS: ''WE ARE CARRYING OUT A WORK ENVISAGING REVISION NECESSARY FOR PROTECTION OF OUR RIGHTS'' [07] GUL: ''NEW SOLUTION SHOULD NOT LEAD TO NEW PROBLEMS AND TENSIONS'' [08] GUL SAYS UNLESS TURKEY BECOMES A FULL MEMBER OF EU, MANY PARTS OF ANNAN PLAN WILL NOT WORK [09] FINCH MEETS WITH BABACAN [10] PRESIDENT SEZER RECEIVES PRIME MINISTER BADAWI OF MALAYSIA [11] BAYKAL: ''TURKEY SHOULD SAY THAT BOTH EU AND CYPRUS ARE ITS RIGHTS'' [12] PRESIDENT SEZER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT KHATAMI OF IRAN [13] A MEMORIAL TO BE ERECTED FOR SPANISH SOLDIERS WHO DIE IN PLANE CRASH IN TRABZON [14] WORLD BANK DELEGATIONS DUE IN TURKEY [15] GULER MEETS WITH POWER ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRY MINISTER BERDIYEV OF TURKMENISTAN [16] TREASURY CONDUCTS TWO AUCTIONS [17] A PAINTING OF VAN GOGH SEIZED IN ANKARA [18] PARLIAMENT DEBATES CYPRUS ISSUE [19] GUL-JAPARIDZE JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE (2) [20] SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER PERSSON WELCOMED BY AN OFFICIAL CEREMONY AT PRIME MINISTRY [21] ERDOGAN AND SCHROEDER TO OPEN POWER PLANT ON FEBRUARY 24 [22] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''WORLD PUBLIC OPINION APPRECIATED TURKISH SIDE'S DIPLOMATIC PERFORMANCE IN CYPRUS TALKS IN NEW YORK'' [23] TURKISH-IRAQI BUSINESS COUNCIL CHAIRMAN AKSOY: ''2004 WILL BE YEAR OF TURKEY IN REBUILDING OF IRAQ'' [24] GUL-JAPARIDZE JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE (1) -GUL SAYS VERHEUGEN WILL NOT ATTEND CYPRUS NEGOTIATIONS [25] PRESIDENT SEZER ARRIVES IN IRAN [26] SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER PERSSON ARRIVES IN TURKEY [27] FIFTEEN IRAQIS INJURED IN SUICIDE BOMB ATTACKS IN IRBIL BROUGHT TO TURKEY [28] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''TURKEY AND TRNC WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND CONSTRUCTIVE SUPPORT TO U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL ANNAN'' [29] PRESIDENT SEZER LEAVES FOR IRAN [30] PRESIDENT SEZER SAYS EVERYBODY WISHES CYPRUS TALKS TO REACH A POSITIVE END WHICH WILL MEET NATIONAL INTERESTS OF TURKEY AND TRNC [31] NATO SECRETARY GENERAL SCHEFFER DUE IN TURKEY [32] TURKISH AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON LOGOGLU SAYS TURKEY AND UNITED STATES MAKE A JOINT STUDY FOR USAGE OF 8.5 BILLION DOLLARS OF U.S. LOAN [33] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN SAYS BOTH SIDES SHOULD BE EQUALLY EXPRESSED IN UNITED CYPRUS REPUBLIC [34] EU COMMISSIONER FOR ENLARGEMENT VERHEUGEN DUE IN CYPRUS ON WEDNESDAY [35] DENKTAS: ''WE ARE GOING TO EXERCISE WHETHER WE CAN FOUND A NEW PARTNERSHIP ON BASIS OF EQUALITY'' [36] PM ERDOGAN RECEIVES CDU LEADER MERKEL (3) [37] PM ERDOGAN RECEIVES CDU LEADER MERKEL (2) [38] PM ERDOGAN RECEIVES CDU LEADER MERKEL [39] GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN CICEK: ''TURKEY WELCOMES STARTING OF NEGOTIATION PROCESS IN CYPRUS'' [40] DE SOTO EXPECTED TO COME TO ISLAND ON TUESDAY EVENING [41] NEGOTIATIONS TO START IN CYPRUS ON THURSDAY [42] PRESIDENT SEZER TO GO TO IRAN ON TUESDAY [43] PRESIDENT SEZER TO GO TO IRAN ON TUESDAY [44] CDU LEADER MERKEL VISITS INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU [45] CENTRAL BANK INTERVENES IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET

ANKARA - During the meeting of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with his Swedish counterpart Goran Persson; many issues including bilateral relations, Turkey's EU process, reforms undertaken by Turkey, Leyla Zana case, terrorist organization PKK/Kongra-Gel and Iraq have come to agenda.

[02] DE SOTO COMES TO CYPRUS AFTER 11 MONTHS

LEFKOSA - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's Cyprus special representative Alvaro De Soto has come to Cyprus after 11 months to participate in Cyprus negotiations that will start on Thursday.

[03] PERSSON SAYS HE IS IMPRESSED BY TURKEY'S ATTITUDE IN FULFILLING COPENHAGEN CRITERIA

ANKARA - Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson said on Tuesday that he was very impressed and grateful by the attitude and the programme of Turkey in fulfilling Copenhagen criteria.

[04] ERDOGAN:''SWEDEN SUPPORTS TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP''

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in his meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson that EU's taking the decision of starting full membership negotiations with Turkey during the EU Summit in December 2004 was the basic target of Turkey in the coming period and Turkey expected Sweden's support in that regard.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 21:32

[05] NO GENERAL DISCUSSION TO BE HELD ABOUT CYPRUS ISSUE IN PARLIAMENT

ANKARA - The parliament has not accepted to open a general discussion about Cyprus issue.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 21:32

[06] DENKTAS: ''WE ARE CARRYING OUT A WORK ENVISAGING REVISION NECESSARY FOR PROTECTION OF OUR RIGHTS''

LEFKOSA - President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has said that they had been carrying out an intense work under the Cyprus negotiations process, adding, ''this work envisages a revision which is necessary for protection of our rights.''

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 20:10

[07] GUL: ''NEW SOLUTION SHOULD NOT LEAD TO NEW PROBLEMS AND TENSIONS''

ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has said, ''the solution to be reached in Cyprus should not lead to new problems and tensions. The solution should provide an atmosphere in which Turkish and Greek Cypriot peoples could live together in peace and security.''

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 20:09

[08] GUL SAYS UNLESS TURKEY BECOMES A FULL MEMBER OF EU, MANY PARTS OF ANNAN PLAN WILL NOT WORK

ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday that there was connection between solution in Cyprus and Turkey's full membership to the European Union (EU) and stated that unless Turkey became a full member of the EU, many parts of Annan plan would not work.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 20:09

[09] FINCH MEETS WITH BABACAN

ANKARA - Robert Finch, Lord Mayor of the City of London, and accompanying high level financial delegation visited on Tuesday State Minister Ali Babacan.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 18:58

[10] PRESIDENT SEZER RECEIVES PRIME MINISTER BADAWI OF MALAYSIA

TEHRAN - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, who is currently in Iranian capital Tehran to attend the Fourth Summit of Heads of State and Government of Developing-8 (D-8), received Prime Minister Ahmad Badawi of Malaysia on Tuesday.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 18:57

[11] BAYKAL: ''TURKEY SHOULD SAY THAT BOTH EU AND CYPRUS ARE ITS RIGHTS''

ANKARA - Deniz Baykal, the leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has said that Turkey should say that both the European Union (EU) and Cyprus were its rights.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 17:45

[12] PRESIDENT SEZER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT KHATAMI OF IRAN

TEHRAN - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, who is currently in Iranian capital Tehran to attend the Fourth Summit of Heads of State and Government of Developing-8 (D-8), met with President Mohammad Khatami of Iran on Tuesday.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 17:39

[13] A MEMORIAL TO BE ERECTED FOR SPANISH SOLDIERS WHO DIE IN PLANE CRASH IN TRABZON

TRABZON - A memorial will be erected to symbolize Spanish soldiers who lost their lives in a plane crash in Trabzon.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 17:33

[14] WORLD BANK DELEGATIONS DUE IN TURKEY

ANKARA - Representatives of agriculture, banking and export sectors of the World Bank will come to Turkey under the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS).

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 17:33

[15] GULER MEETS WITH POWER ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRY MINISTER BERDIYEV OF TURKMENISTAN

ASHKHABAD - Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler has said that Turkey was determined to purchase natural gas from Turkmenistan.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 17:33

[16] TREASURY CONDUCTS TWO AUCTIONS

ANKARA - Treasury conducted two auctions on Tuesday to sell 203-day discounted bonds denominated in Turkish lira (TL) and 434-day discounted state notes denominated in TL.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 17:32

[17] A PAINTING OF VAN GOGH SEIZED IN ANKARA

ANKARA - A painting of worldwide famous painter Vincent Van Gogh was seized in an operation in Ankara on Tuesday.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 17:32

[18] PARLIAMENT DEBATES CYPRUS ISSUE

ANKARA - Parliamentary General Assembly started preliminary talks on Tuesday on Cyprus issue after the Republican People's Party (CHP) submitted a motion to hold a general debate on the issue.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 17:31

[19] GUL-JAPARIDZE JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE (2)

ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has said, ''Turkey and Georgia are two friendly and neighboring countries. We have been expending perpetual efforts to further improve our bilateral political and economic relations.''

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 16:00

[20] SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER PERSSON WELCOMED BY AN OFFICIAL CEREMONY AT PRIME MINISTRY

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed on Tuesday Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson, who is currently in Ankara, with an official ceremony.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:53

[21] ERDOGAN AND SCHROEDER TO OPEN POWER PLANT ON FEBRUARY 24

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will officially open the Sugozu Power Plant in north of the Iskenderun Gulf on Tuesday, February 24.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:26

[22] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''WORLD PUBLIC OPINION APPRECIATED TURKISH SIDE'S DIPLOMATIC PERFORMANCE IN CYPRUS TALKS IN NEW YORK''

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who also acts as leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), has said, ''the world public opinion appreciated Turkish side's diplomatic performance during the Cyprus talks in New York, the United States. I believe that this historic development will take its place in the golden pages of the history of Turkish diplomacy.''

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:26

[23] TURKISH-IRAQI BUSINESS COUNCIL CHAIRMAN AKSOY: ''2004 WILL BE YEAR OF TURKEY IN REBUILDING OF IRAQ''

ISTANBUL - Turkish-Iraqi Business Council Chairman Ercument Aksoy said on Tuesday that a delegation comprising Turkish contractors would go to Iraq next month to sign business contracts with their Iraqi counterparts under Iraq's rebuilding process that would be financed by the U.S. funds.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:02

[24] GUL-JAPARIDZE JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE (1) -GUL SAYS VERHEUGEN WILL NOT ATTEND CYPRUS NEGOTIATIONS

ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul and Georgian Foreign Minister Tedo Japaridze, who is currently in Ankara on an official visit, came together on Tuesday.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:01

[25] PRESIDENT SEZER ARRIVES IN IRAN

TEHRAN - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer arrived in Iranian capital Tehran on Tuesday to attend the Fourth Summit of Heads of State and Government of Developing-8 (D-8).

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:01

[26] SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER PERSSON ARRIVES IN TURKEY

ANKARA - Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson arrived in Ankara on Tuesday on an official visit.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:01

[27] FIFTEEN IRAQIS INJURED IN SUICIDE BOMB ATTACKS IN IRBIL BROUGHT TO TURKEY

HABUR - Fifteen Iraqi citizens who were injured in suicide bomb attacks in Irbil, Iraq were brought to Turkey on Tuesday.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:01

[28] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''TURKEY AND TRNC WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND CONSTRUCTIVE SUPPORT TO U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL ANNAN''

ANKARA - Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leader and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) would continue to extend constructive support to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 14:11

[29] PRESIDENT SEZER LEAVES FOR IRAN

ANKARA - President Ahmet Sezer left for Tehran to attend the fourth summit of heads of state and government of developing eight countries (D-8).

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 14:11

[30] PRESIDENT SEZER SAYS EVERYBODY WISHES CYPRUS TALKS TO REACH A POSITIVE END WHICH WILL MEET NATIONAL INTERESTS OF TURKEY AND TRNC

ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Tuesday that everybody wished Cyprus talks to reach a positive end that would meet the national interests of Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 14:10

[31] NATO SECRETARY GENERAL SCHEFFER DUE IN TURKEY

ANKARA - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer will visit Ankara as a part of courtesy visits he is paying to the capitals of ally countries.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 12:14

[32] TURKISH AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON LOGOGLU SAYS TURKEY AND UNITED STATES MAKE A JOINT STUDY FOR USAGE OF 8.5 BILLION DOLLARS OF U.S. LOAN IN MORE APPROPRIATE CONDITIONS

NEW YORK - Turkish Ambassador in Washington Faruk Logoglu said on Tuesday that Turkey and the United States carried on a joint study for usage of 8.5 billion dollars of loan which the United States had given to Turkey to eliminate the negative effects of Iraq war on economy under more appropriate conditions.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 12:14

[33] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN SAYS BOTH SIDES SHOULD BE EQUALLY EXPRESSED IN UNITED CYPRUS REPUBLIC

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that what they thought at the moment was whether or not Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) could seize founding state identity in United Cyprus Republic. He said both sides should be equally expressed in the United Cyprus Republic.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 12:14

[34] EU COMMISSIONER FOR ENLARGEMENT VERHEUGEN DUE IN CYPRUS ON WEDNESDAY

LEFKOSA - The European Union (EU) Commissioner for Enlargement Guenter Verheugen will visit Cyprus on Wednesday prior to Cyprus talks that will start on Thursday.

17 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 10:06

[35] DENKTAS: ''WE ARE GOING TO EXERCISE WHETHER WE CAN FOUND A NEW PARTNERSHIP ON BASIS OF EQUALITY''

LEFKOSA - President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has said that they had taken Turkey's assurance for protection of ''sine qua non of Turkish Cypriots'' and they would exercise whether or not two old partners in Cyprus could again found a new partnership on basis of equality in negotiations that would resume on Thursday

16 Şubat 2004 Pazartesi -- 20:37

[36] PM ERDOGAN RECEIVES CDU LEADER MERKEL (3)

ANKARA - German Christian Democrat Union Party (CDU) leader Angela Merkel has said that they came to Turkey as friends of Turkish people

16 Şubat 2004 Pazartesi -- 19:25

[37] PM ERDOGAN RECEIVES CDU LEADER MERKEL (2)

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that there was no ''privileged partnership'' of Turkey to EU on the agenda of Turkey.

16 Şubat 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:52

[38] PM ERDOGAN RECEIVES CDU LEADER MERKEL

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he and German Christian Democrat Union Party (CDU) leader Angela Merkel assessed strategically the EU membership of Turkey in respect of Turkey, EU and the region.

16 Şubat 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:42

[39] GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN CICEK: ''TURKEY WELCOMES STARTING OF NEGOTIATION PROCESS IN CYPRUS''

ANKARA - Justice Minister and Government Spokesman Cemil Cicek said on Monday that Turkish government welcomed the starting of negotiation process in Cyprus and added, ''what is decided here as a method is the issue which our Prime Minister has suggested to Simitis in Belgrade a while ago.''

16 Şubat 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:27

[40] DE SOTO EXPECTED TO COME TO ISLAND ON TUESDAY EVENING

LEFKOSA - The preparations started by the concerned sides in Cyprus prior to the negotiations on February 19, are at the last stage.

16 Şubat 2004 Pazartesi -- 17:56

[41] NEGOTIATIONS TO START IN CYPRUS ON THURSDAY

LEFKOSA - The new negotiation process in Cyprus will start on February 19 in Lefkosa International Airport controlled by U.N

16 Şubat 2004 Pazartesi -- 15:38

[42] PRESIDENT SEZER TO GO TO IRAN ON TUESDAY

ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer will leave for Iran on Tuesday to attend the fourth summit of heads of state and government of developing eight countries (D-8) in Tehran.

16 Şubat 2004 Pazartesi -- 14:57

[43] PRESIDENT SEZER TO GO TO IRAN ON TUESDAY

ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer will leave for Iran on Tuesday to attend the fourth summit of heads of state and government of developing eight countries (D-8) in Tehran.

16 Şubat 2004 Pazartesi -- 12:04

[44] CDU LEADER MERKEL VISITS INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU

ANKARA - German Christian Democrat Union Party (CDU) leader Angela Merkel visited on Monday Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu.

16 Şubat 2004 Pazartesi -- 11:07

[45] CENTRAL BANK INTERVENES IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET

ANKARA - Central Bank has intervened in the foreign exchange market by purchasing foreign exchange after fluctuation in foreign exchange rates increased due to positive expectations about Cyprus talks.

16 Şubat 2004 Pazartesi -- 11:07

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