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CONTENTS [01] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAHIN: ''I THINK WE CAN GET NEGOTIATION DATE FROM EUROPEAN UNION'' [02] GUL AND AKDAG VISIT IRAQI PATIENTS HAVING MEDICAL TREATMENT IN ANKARA [03] GERMAN CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER TO EXTEND GERMANY'S SUPPORT TO TURKEY'S MEMBERSHIP TO EU [04] RETRIAL OF FORMER DEP DEPUTIES CONTINUES (2) -ANKARA DGM REJECTS TO RELEASE FORMER DEP DEPUTIES [05] GP LEADER UZAN TESTIFIES ABOUT CHARGES AGAINST HIMSELF -COURT ANNULS ARREST ORDER AGAINST CEM UZAN [06] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL SENDS CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES TO GIANNITSIS AND PAPANDREOU [07] A DELEGATION OF FRENCH SENATE DUE IN TURKEY [08] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''WE HOPE THAT CYPRUS NEGOTIATIONS WILL COME TO A CONCLUSION WITHOUT ENTAILING A SECOND PROCESS IN WHICH TURKEY [09] IMF DELEGATION DUE IN TURKEY ON FEB. 26 [10] BURSA BASIC CRIMINAL COURT DECIDES TO ARREST UZAN IN HIS ABSENTIA [11] TURKEY AND WORLD BANK SIGN AGREEMENT ABOUT TRANSFER OF 303.1 MILLION DOLLARS OF LOAN (EFIL II) FOR TURKEY (2) -STATE MINISTER [12] GERMAN CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER DUE IN TURKEY [13] TURKEY AND WORLD BANK SIGN AGREEMENT ABOUT TRANSFER OF 303.1 MILLION DOLLARS OF LOAN (EFIL II) FOR TURKEY [14] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''ATMOSPHERE IS GOOD, BUT THERE IS NO ACTION IN ESSENCE'' [15] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL MEETS WITH AMBASSADORS OF EU CANDIDATE AND PARTICIPANT COUNTRIES [16] DENKTAS AND PAPADOPOULOS COME TOGETHER [17] NEWS BLACKOUT ENTERS INTO FORCE CONCERNING NEGOTIATIONS IN BUFFER ZONE IN CYPRUS [18] FM GUL MEETS WITH NATO SECRETARY GENERAL DE HOOP SCHEFFER (2) [19] FM GUL MEETS WITH IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER COWEN (2) [20] FM GUL RECEIVES TURKEY-EP JPC CO-PRESIDENT LAJENDIK [21] TUSIAD CHAIRMAN SABANCI: ''PAVING THE WAY FOR A SOLUTION TO THE CYPRUS ISSUE IS PLEASING'' [22] MFA CONDEMNS BOMB ATTACK TARGETING TRNC PRIME MINISTER TALAT'S HOUSE [23] FM GUL CALLS TRNC PRIME MINISTER TALAT TO EXPRESS HIS SORROW OVER EXPLOSION IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE [24] COOPERATION IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM TO BE MAIN AGENDA ITEM OF GUL'S VISIT TO RUSSIA [25] FM GUL MEETS WITH IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER COWEN [26] FOREIGN MINISTRY: ''TURKEY WILL BE IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH TRNC AS THE MOTHERLAND AND GUARANTOR COUNTRY'' [27] NATO SECRETARY GENERAL DE HOOP SCHEFFER SAYS IRAQ IS ON THE AGENDA OF NATO [28] FM GUL SAYS TURKEY'S SUPPORT TO POSSIBLE NATO CONTRIBUTION IN IRAQ DEPENDS ON U.N.'S TAKING PART IN THE ACTIVITY AND REQUEST OF IRAQ [29] DE SOTO: ''LEADERS WILL COME TOGETHER AT 9.30 A.M. EVERYDAY'' [30] FIRST MEETING OF NEW NEGOTIATION PROCESS IN CYPRUS ENDS [31] AK PARTY DEPUTY KANDOGAN RESIGNS FROM HIS PARTY [32] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''DECISION WILL BE GIVEN BY PEOPLE'' [33] PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ARINC LEAVES FOR MALTA TO ATTEND FOURTH EUROPEAN-MEDITERRANEAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS CONFERENCE [34] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND WELL ANNAN PLAN [35] NEW NEGOTIATION PROCESS IN CYPRUS STARTS (1)

ANKARA - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin said on Friday that he thought Turkey could get a negotiation date from EU at the end of the year.

[02] GUL AND AKDAG VISIT IRAQI PATIENTS HAVING MEDICAL TREATMENT IN ANKARA

ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul and Health Minister Recep Akdag visited on Friday Iraqi patients who were injured in attacks in Irbil city of Iraq on February 1, 2004 and brought to Ankara for medical treatment.

[03] GERMAN CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER TO EXTEND GERMANY'S SUPPORT TO TURKEY'S MEMBERSHIP TO EU

ANKARA - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will pay an official visit to Turkey between February 22-24 as the guest of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

[04] RETRIAL OF FORMER DEP DEPUTIES CONTINUES (2) -ANKARA DGM REJECTS TO RELEASE FORMER DEP DEPUTIES

ANKARA - Ankara State Security Court (DGM) no: 1 has rejected request of Leyla Zana, Hatip Dicle, Orhan Dogan and Selim Sadak, the former deputies of the Democracy Party (DEP) which was banned by the Constitutional Court, for release from prison.

20 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 16:54

[05] GP LEADER UZAN TESTIFIES ABOUT CHARGES AGAINST HIMSELF -COURT ANNULS ARREST ORDER AGAINST CEM UZAN

BURSA - Young Party (GP) leader Cem Uzan testified at the Basic Criminal Court in northwestern province of Bursa on Friday about charges against himself.

20 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 16:44

[06] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL SENDS CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES TO GIANNITSIS AND PAPANDREOU

ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul sent congratulatory messages to Tasos Giannitsis, who was appointed as the new foreign minister of Greece, and to George Papandreou who was elected as the new leader of Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) on Friday.

20 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 16:44

[07] A DELEGATION OF FRENCH SENATE DUE IN TURKEY

ANKARA - A delegation of French Senate Foreign Affairs Commission will pay a visit to Turkey between February 23 and 27, 2004, to hold talks with Turkish officials about Turkey's European Union (EU) membership process.

20 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 16:43

[08] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''WE HOPE THAT CYPRUS NEGOTIATIONS WILL COME TO A CONCLUSION WITHOUT ENTAILING A SECOND PROCESS IN WHICH TURKEY AND GREECE PARTICIPATE''

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said on Friday, ''we hope that Cyprus negotiations will come to a conclusion without entailing a second process in which Turkey and Greece participate.''

20 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 15:21

[09] IMF DELEGATION DUE IN TURKEY ON FEB. 26

ANKARA - An IMF delegation headed by IMF Turkey Desk Chief Reza Moghadam will arrive in Istanbul on February 26, Thursday.

20 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 15:11

[10] BURSA BASIC CRIMINAL COURT DECIDES TO ARREST UZAN IN HIS ABSENTIA

BURSA - The Basic Criminal Court in northwestern province of Bursa decided on Friday to arrest Young Party (GP) leader Cem Uzan in his absentia for failing to fulfill his defense in the trial process.

20 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 13:37

[11] TURKEY AND WORLD BANK SIGN AGREEMENT ABOUT TRANSFER OF 303.1 MILLION DOLLARS OF LOAN (EFIL II) FOR TURKEY (2) -STATE MINISTER BABACAN:''AGREEMENT SIGNED TODAY HAS SPECIAL IMPORTANCE, AS THE LOAN IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO REAL SECTOR''

ANKARA - State Minister Ali Babacan said on Friday that the Export Finance Intermediation Loan II (EFIL II) signed with the World Bank had a special importance as the loan was directly connected to the real sector.

20 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 13:37

[12] GERMAN CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER DUE IN TURKEY

ANKARA - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will come to Turkey as the official guest of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

20 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 13:36

[13] TURKEY AND WORLD BANK SIGN AGREEMENT ABOUT TRANSFER OF 303.1 MILLION DOLLARS OF LOAN (EFIL II) FOR TURKEY

ANKARA - The agreement regarding ''Export Finance Intermediation Loan II (EFIL II)'' worth of 303.1 million dollars provided for Turkish Industrial Development Bank (TSKB) by the World Bank was signed on Friday.

20 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 11:40

[14] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''ATMOSPHERE IS GOOD, BUT THERE IS NO ACTION IN ESSENCE''

LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas said on Friday regarding the second day talks which were held within the scope of negotiations process in Cyprus, ''atmosphere is good, but there is no action in essence.''

20 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 11:38

[15] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL MEETS WITH AMBASSADORS OF EU CANDIDATE AND PARTICIPANT COUNTRIES

ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul met on Friday with the ambassadors of the European Union (EU) candidate and participant countries.

20 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 11:38

[16] DENKTAS AND PAPADOPOULOS COME TOGETHER

LEFKOSA - TRNC President Rauf Denktas said on Friday that the things discussed in negotiation process were important, adding that they would inform the people about the process regularly and submit the result to referendum.

20 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 10:45

[17] NEWS BLACKOUT ENTERS INTO FORCE CONCERNING NEGOTIATIONS IN BUFFER ZONE IN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Press, from now on, will not be permitted to cover negotiations which were carried on in the buffer zone to reach a solution for Cyprus question.

20 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 09:59

[18] FM GUL MEETS WITH NATO SECRETARY GENERAL DE HOOP SCHEFFER (2)

ANKARA - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has put forward similar requests with former NATO Secretary General George Robertson about the issue of Afghanistan during his meeting with Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 22:10

[19] FM GUL MEETS WITH IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER COWEN (2)

ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has said that they expected the European Union (EU) to make positive contributions to the negotiation process in Cyprus.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 21:58

[20] FM GUL RECEIVES TURKEY-EP JPC CO-PRESIDENT LAJENDIK

ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul received Turkey-European Parliament (EP) Joint Parliamentary Commission (JPC) Co-President Joost Lajendik on Thursday.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 21:44

[21] TUSIAD CHAIRMAN SABANCI: ''PAVING THE WAY FOR A SOLUTION TO THE CYPRUS ISSUE IS PLEASING''

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received on Thursday Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) Chairman Omer Sabanci and members of the TUSIAD Executive Board.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 21:00

[22] MFA CONDEMNS BOMB ATTACK TARGETING TRNC PRIME MINISTER TALAT'S HOUSE

ANKARA - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has condemned the bomb attack targeting the house of Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 19:44

[23] FM GUL CALLS TRNC PRIME MINISTER TALAT TO EXPRESS HIS SORROW OVER EXPLOSION IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE

ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul called Prime Minister of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and expressed his sorrow over the explosion which occurred in front of his house late on Wednesday.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 19:43

[24] COOPERATION IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM TO BE MAIN AGENDA ITEM OF GUL'S VISIT TO RUSSIA

ANKARA - Turkey and Russia aim to strengthen relations with the visit of Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul to Russia between February 23 and 26.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 19:43

[25] FM GUL MEETS WITH IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER COWEN

ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul met with Brian Cowen, Foreign Minister of Ireland, the EU Term President on Thursday. Cowen stopped by Ankara for fuel supply as he was returning from his visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 19:43

[26] FOREIGN MINISTRY: ''TURKEY WILL BE IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH TRNC AS THE MOTHERLAND AND GUARANTOR COUNTRY''

ANKARA - Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Turkey would be in close cooperation with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) in Cyprus talks as the motherland and guarantor country.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 19:43

[27] NATO SECRETARY GENERAL DE HOOP SCHEFFER SAYS IRAQ IS ON THE AGENDA OF NATO

ANKARA - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday that Iraq was on the agenda of NATO, but a legitimate government which would take the support of the United Nations should be formed in Iraq for NATO's undertaking a mission in Iraq.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 18:27

[28] FM GUL SAYS TURKEY'S SUPPORT TO POSSIBLE NATO CONTRIBUTION IN IRAQ DEPENDS ON U.N.'S TAKING PART IN THE ACTIVITY AND REQUEST OF IRAQ PEOPLE

ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Thursday that Turkey's contribution to NATO in case NATO undertakes role in Iraq, depended on U.N.'s taking part in the activity and request of Iraq people.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 18:24

[29] DE SOTO: ''LEADERS WILL COME TOGETHER AT 9.30 A.M. EVERYDAY''

LEFKOSA - Alvaro De Soto, U.N. Secretary General's special envoy for Cyprus said on Thursday that delegations headed by leaders of the two sides would come together at 9.30 a.m. everyday.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 13:40

[30] FIRST MEETING OF NEW NEGOTIATION PROCESS IN CYPRUS ENDS

LEFKOSA - First meeting of President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and Greek Cypriot administration leader Tassos Papadopoulos within new negotiation process in Cyprus ended on Thursday.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 13:04

[31] AK PARTY DEPUTY KANDOGAN RESIGNS FROM HIS PARTY

ANKARA - Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Denizli deputy Ummet Kandogan resigned from his party on Thursday.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 11:56

[32] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''DECISION WILL BE GIVEN BY PEOPLE''

LEFKOSA - TRNC President Rauf Denktas said on Thursday that Cyprus problem would be sorted out by negotiations and by the votes of the people in referendum.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 11:56

[33] PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ARINC LEAVES FOR MALTA TO ATTEND FOURTH EUROPEAN-MEDITERRANEAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS CONFERENCE

ISTANBUL - Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc left for Malta on Thursday to attend the Fourth European-Mediterranean Parliament Speakers Conference.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 11:54

[34] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND WELL ANNAN PLAN

LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Rauf Denktas said on Thursday that Cyprus issue would be solved through negotiations and votes that the people would cast in referendum by their will.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 11:53

[35] NEW NEGOTIATION PROCESS IN CYPRUS STARTS (1)

LEFKOSA - TRNC President Rauf Denktas and Greek Cypriot leader Tassos Papadopoulos came together on Wednesday under the supervision of U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's special envoy for Cyprus Alvaro De Soto.

19 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 10:28

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