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CONTENTS [01] A FIVE MEMBER SEARCH-AND-RESCUE TEAM LEAVES FOR MOROCCO [02] BOAT SINKS OFF AYVALIK (2) -COAST GUARD TEAMS RECOVER TWO MORE BODIES [03] TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE CANKOREL HOSTS A RECEPTION IN HONOR OF TUZMEN [04] COX: ''WE WANT TO SEE THAT SOME PROBLEMS ARE RESOLVED WITH TURKEY'S ACCESSION TO THE EU'' [05] BOAT SINKS OFF AYVALIK -COAST GUARD TEAMS RECOVER NINE MORE BODIES [06] GUL: ''TERRORIST CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST INNOCENT PEOPLE WILL BE PREVENTED BY COOPERATION OF WHOLE WORLD'' [07] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN SAYS TURKEY DETERMINED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN CYPRUS ISSUE [08] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''FORMATION OF UNITED CYPRUS REPUBLIC IS IDEAL SCENARIO FOR US'' [09] PM ERDOGAN MEETS WITH JOURNALISTS: ''WE WANT CYPRUS ISSUE TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE MAY 1'' [10] INCIRLIK AIR BASE OPENS ITS DOORS TO PRESS FOR FIRST TIME UNDER ROTATION OF U.S. TROOPS [11] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''DEROGATIONS ARE VITAL FOR US'' [12] NEW PERIOD IN BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA [13] ERDOGAN: ''POINTS ON WHICH TURKEY FOCUSES REGARDING CYPRUS ISSUE ARE BI-ZONALITY, GUARANTOR RIGHTS AND SMOOTHER BORDER LINES'' [14] STATE SECURITY COURT CHIEF PROSECUTOR FILES SUIT AGAINST SUSPECTS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS IN ISTANBUL [15] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''TALKS WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW'' [16] FOURTH-DAY SESSION OF CYPRUS TALKS POSTPONED TO THURSDAY [17] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''EU DOES NOT HAVE PLACE AT NEGOTIATION TABLE'' [18] ERDOGAN: ''WE HAVE A POWERFUL TEAM ABOUT CYPRUS ISSUE'' [19] PM ERDOGAN SAYS GOVERNMENT DETERMINED TO IMPLEMENT ADJUSTMENT LAWS [20] STATE MINISTER TUZMEN LEAVES FOR UKRAINE [21] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''ISSUE OF DEROGATIONS IS VITAL FOR US'' [22] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''WE PRESENTED A COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT ON DEROGATIONS TO GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE'' [23] STATE MINISTER TUZMEN: ''WE AIM TO MAKE BLACK SEA A FREE TRADE ZONE'' [24] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''ACCEPTANCE OF INVITATION FOR EU PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS MEANS DENIAL OF TRNC CITIZENSHIP'' [25] POLICE SAY TIME-BOMB GOES OFF IN FRONT OF TRNC PREMIER'S HOUSE ON FEB.19 [26] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''WE START TO DISCUSS CORE ISSUES'' [27] PUTIN RECEIVES GUL [28] GERMAN CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER DEPARTS FROM TURKEY [29] ERDOGAN AND SCHROEDER OPEN ISKEN-SUGOZU POWER PLANT (2) [30] ADANA/YUMURTALIK - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey was not a self-sufficient country in field of energy and it [31] SUGOZU THERMIC POWER PLANT INAUGURATED [32] THIRD DAY TALKS COMPLETED IN CYPRUS NEGOTIATIONS [33] PRESIDENT SEZER RECEIVES ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY MARSILI [34] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL IN MOSCOW [35] BELGIAN DELEGATION VISITS DULGER

ISTANBUL - A five-member team of GEA Search and Rescue Group left for Morocco on Wednesday.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba - 23:16

[02] BOAT SINKS OFF AYVALIK (2) -COAST GUARD TEAMS RECOVER TWO MORE BODIES

AYVALIK - Coast guard teams have found bodies of two women, who were among passengers of the boat, which capsized and sank off Ayvalik town of northwestern province of Balikesir yesterday.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba - 21:24

[03] TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE CANKOREL HOSTS A RECEPTION IN HONOR OF TUZMEN

ANKARA - Turkish Ambassador to Ukraine Bilge Cankorel has hosted a reception in honor of State Minister Kursad Tuzmen, who is currently paying an official visit to Ukraine.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba - 20:15

[04] COX: ''WE WANT TO SEE THAT SOME PROBLEMS ARE RESOLVED WITH TURKEY'S ACCESSION TO THE EU''

BRUSSELS - European Parliament President Pat Cox has said that they wanted to see that some problems were resolved with Turkey's accession to the European Union (EU).

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 20:07

[05] BOAT SINKS OFF AYVALIK -COAST GUARD TEAMS RECOVER NINE MORE BODIES

AYVALIK - Coast guard teams have found bodies of nine people, who were among passengers of the boat, which capsized and sank off Ayvalik town of northwestern province of Balikesir yesterday.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 20:03

[06] GUL: ''TERRORIST CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST INNOCENT PEOPLE WILL BE PREVENTED BY COOPERATION OF WHOLE WORLD''

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Wednesday that terrorist crimes committed against innocent people would be prevented by the cooperation of the whole world.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:36

[07] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN SAYS TURKEY DETERMINED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN CYPRUS ISSUE

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday regarding the solution of Cyprus question that ''we, as the government, nation and TRNC, have been focused on the solution, we are resolved to be successful in this issue.''

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:12

[08] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''FORMATION OF UNITED CYPRUS REPUBLIC IS IDEAL SCENARIO FOR US''

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that formation of a United Cyprus Republic was ideal scenario for them.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:12

[09] PM ERDOGAN MEETS WITH JOURNALISTS: ''WE WANT CYPRUS ISSUE TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE MAY 1''

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the government wanted Cyprus issue to be sorted out before May 1.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:12

[10] INCIRLIK AIR BASE OPENS ITS DOORS TO PRESS FOR FIRST TIME UNDER ROTATION OF U.S. TROOPS

ADANA - U.S. soldiers assigned under U.S. military action against Iraq are returning to the United States via the Incirlik Air Base in southern province of Adana.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:11

[11] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''DEROGATIONS ARE VITAL FOR US''

LEFKOSA - President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said on Wednesday that derogations were vital for them. Denktas said they wanted agreement on the essence to be incorporated into EU law and made permanent.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:11

[12] NEW PERIOD IN BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA

MOSCOW - The official visit of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to Moscow as the first Turkish foreign minister who visited Russia after eight years signaled to the beginning of a new period in bilateral relations.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:11

[13] ERDOGAN: ''POINTS ON WHICH TURKEY FOCUSES REGARDING CYPRUS ISSUE ARE BI-ZONALITY, GUARANTOR RIGHTS AND SMOOTHER BORDER LINES''

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he was shown as if he were the enemy of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas, adding, ''on the contrary, we can only be political kinfolks.''

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:10

[14] STATE SECURITY COURT CHIEF PROSECUTOR FILES SUIT AGAINST SUSPECTS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS IN ISTANBUL

ISTANBUL - Istanbul State Security Court (DGM) Prosecutor's Office filed a suit on Wednesday about 69 suspects who were captured in connection with four terrorist attacks which took place in Istanbul three months ago.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:10

[15] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''TALKS WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW''

LEFKOSA - President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has said that Greek Cypriot leader Tassos Papadopoulos asked for additional time to work on the document of changes that the TRNC had presented the day before with the pretext that it exceeded the framework of Annan's plan so talks would continue on Thursday

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 12:00

[16] FOURTH-DAY SESSION OF CYPRUS TALKS POSTPONED TO THURSDAY

ANKARA - President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said on Wednesday that fourth-day session of the Cyprus talks would be held on Thursday

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 11:38

[17] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''EU DOES NOT HAVE PLACE AT NEGOTIATION TABLE''

LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas said on Wednesday that the European Union (EU) did not have place at the table where Cyprus negotiations were being held, adding that they objected the existence of EU experts within the United Nations delegation which participated in the talks

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 11:38

[18] ERDOGAN: ''WE HAVE A POWERFUL TEAM ABOUT CYPRUS ISSUE''

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said late on Tuesday that they had a powerful team about the Cyprus issue and they sometimes became interlocutor of the issue

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 09:59

[19] PM ERDOGAN SAYS GOVERNMENT DETERMINED TO IMPLEMENT ADJUSTMENT LAWS

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that the government was determined to continue implementing adjustment laws in the EU process until December 2004.

24 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 23:44

[20] STATE MINISTER TUZMEN LEAVES FOR UKRAINE

ISTANBUL - State Minister Kursad Tuzmen left for Kiev, Ukraine with a 160-member accompanying delegation on Tuesday evening.

24 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 21:22

[21] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''ISSUE OF DEROGATIONS IS VITAL FOR US''

LEFKOSA - President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said on Tuesday that the church in Cyprus had been following a policy of depriving Turkish Cypriots of their soil for the last century, stressing that protection was their right and they insisted on it

24 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 18:45

[22] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''WE PRESENTED A COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT ON DEROGATIONS TO GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE''

LEFKOSA - President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has said that they had presented a comprehensive document on derogations to the Greek Cypriot side, but the Greek Cypriot side insisted that ''Turkish Cypriots would not have permanent derogations''

24 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 18:16

[23] STATE MINISTER TUZMEN: ''WE AIM TO MAKE BLACK SEA A FREE TRADE ZONE''

ISTANBUL - State Minister Kursad Tuzmen said on Tuesday before leaving for Ukraine to attend Joint Economic Commission meetings that they aimed to make Black Sea a free trade zone.

24 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 17:17

[24] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''ACCEPTANCE OF INVITATION FOR EU PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS MEANS DENIAL OF TRNC CITIZENSHIP''

LEFKOSA - President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said on Tuesday that acceptance of the Greek Cypriot side's invitation for European Parliament elections would mean denial of TRNC citizenship

24 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 17:10

[25] POLICE SAY TIME-BOMB GOES OFF IN FRONT OF TRNC PREMIER'S HOUSE ON FEB.19

LEFKOSA - The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) police has announced that a time-bomb had detonated in front of TRNC Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat's house in Girne on February 19

24 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 17:10

[26] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''WE START TO DISCUSS CORE ISSUES''

LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas said on Tuesday that they started to discuss core issues today, adding, ''but we still cannot find a way out. Studies will continue.'

24 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:46

[27] PUTIN RECEIVES GUL

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia's relations with Turkey, including the issue of fight against terrorism, had become much stable

24 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:46

[28] GERMAN CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER DEPARTS FROM TURKEY

ADANA - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder departed on Tuesday from Turkey after he attended inauguration ceremony of Sugozu Thermic Power Plant in Iskenderun town of southern province of Hatay

24 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:09

[29] ERDOGAN AND SCHROEDER OPEN ISKEN-SUGOZU POWER PLANT (2)

[30] ADANA/YUMURTALIK - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey was not a self-sufficient country in field of energy and it was dependent to foreign countries in terms of basic energy resources

24 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:08

[31] SUGOZU THERMIC POWER PLANT INAUGURATED

ISKENDERUN - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said on Tuesday that he was sure that Turkey would meet conditions for accession to European Union

24 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:08

[32] THIRD DAY TALKS COMPLETED IN CYPRUS NEGOTIATIONS

LEFKOSA - Third day talks ended on Tuesday within new negotiation process being held to find a solution to Cyprus issue

24 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:07

[33] PRESIDENT SEZER RECEIVES ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY MARSILI

ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer received on Tuesday Italian Ambassador to Turkey Carlo Marsili at Cankaya Presidential Palace

24 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:07

[34] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL IN MOSCOW

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul, was received by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday

24 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:07

[35] BELGIAN DELEGATION VISITS DULGER

ANKARA - Belgian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck and an accompanying delegation visited on Tuesday Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Commission Chairman Mehmet Dulger.

24 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 12:34

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