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CONTENTS [01] GEN. DEMIREZEN: ''TURKISH ARMED FORCES ALWAYS SUPPORT FINDING A LASTING AND FAIR SOLUTION TO CYPRUS QUESTION'' [02] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''WE DISCUSS 'GIVE-AND-TAKE' PROCESS, BUT CANNOT PROGRESS IN DESIRED LEVEL'' [03] TUSIAD ADMINISTRATORS AND IMF DELEGATION DISCUSS ECONOMY, INDUSTRY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNREGISTERED ECONOMY [04] PROVISIONAL FOREIGN TRADE FIGURES IN DECEMBER 2003 [05] BHARTI SAYS TARGET IS TO REACH ONE BILLION DOLLARS OF TRADE VOLUME BETWEEN TURKEY AND INDIA UNTIL END OF 2005 [06] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAHIN RECEIVES SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY [07] IMF DELEGATION MEETS WITH ADMINISTRATORS OF TUSIAD [08] AGREEMENT ON SALE OF LIQUOR ADMINISTRATION OF TEKEL SIGNED [09] TURKISH MEMBERS OF NATO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY'S SUBCOMMITTEE DUE TO CROATIA [10] STATE MINISTER TUZMEN RETURNS TO TURKEY [11] TURKEY TO TAKE PART IN 119 TOURISM FAIRS THIS YEAR [12] IMF DELEGATION VISITS IMKB [13] GUL: ''TURKEY AND RUSSIA DISCOVER EACH OTHER AGAIN'' [14] COAST GUARD TEAMS RECOVER FIVE MORE BODIES [15] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''WE HOPE TO FINALIZE SUCCESSFULLY PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESS IN CYPRUS TILL MARCH 22'' [16] BARTENDER OCAK SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR KEEPING BRITISH GIRL UNDER LEGAL AGE BY FORCE AND STATUTORY RAPE [17] MACEDONIAN PRESIDENT TRAYKOVSKI KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH -PRESIDENT SEZER SAYS DEMISE OF TRAYKOVSKI IS A GRAVE LOSS FOR BOTH MACEDONIA AND [18] MINNIHANOV SAYS TUPRAS'S SALE COMPLIES WITH BOTH TURKISH AND RUSSIAN LAWS [19] CHP DEPUTY CHAIRMAN REACTS TO PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''WE SEE A PREMIER ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL MASS MEDIA ORGANS REMOTELY FOR FIRST [20] IMF TURKEY DESK CHIEF MOGHADAM ARRIVES IN ISTANBUL [21] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL HOLDS A PRESS CONFERENCE (2) -''WE ARE TAKING MEASURES TO PREVENT ANY HAZARD IN THE STRAITS'' [22] TURKEY REPAYS USD 2.4 BILLION IN FOREIGN DEBT BETWEEN FEBRUARY 2-25 [23] GUL: ''RUSSIAN SIDE HAS GIVEN US LIST OF CERTAIN PERSONS CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ACTS OF TERRORISM'' [24] STATE MINISTER BABACAN DEPARTS FOR IRELAND

ANKARA - General Staff Secretary-General Sabri Demirezen said on Friday that Turkish Armed Forces always supported finding a lasting and fair solution to Cyprus question.

27 Şubat 2004 Cuma - 18:15

[02] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''WE DISCUSS 'GIVE-AND-TAKE' PROCESS, BUT CANNOT PROGRESS IN DESIRED LEVEL''

LEFKOSA - President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said on Friday that they discussed ''give-and-take'' process, but could not progress in the desired level.

27 Şubat 2004 Cuma - 18:15

[03] TUSIAD ADMINISTRATORS AND IMF DELEGATION DISCUSS ECONOMY, INDUSTRY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNREGISTERED ECONOMY

ISTANBUL - International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation headed by IMF Turkey Desk Chief Reza Moghadam met with administrators of Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen Association (TUSIAD) in Istanbul on Friday.

27 Şubat 2004 Cuma - 18:14

[04] PROVISIONAL FOREIGN TRADE FIGURES IN DECEMBER 2003

ANKARA - Exports and imports amount to 4 billion 492 million 272 thousand U.S. dollars and 8 billion 55 million 329 thousand U.S. dollars respectively in December 2003.

27 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 18:14

[05] BHARTI SAYS TARGET IS TO REACH ONE BILLION DOLLARS OF TRADE VOLUME BETWEEN TURKEY AND INDIA UNTIL END OF 2005

TRABZON - Counsellor of Indian Embassy in Ankara Manoj Bharti said on Friday that their target was to reach one billion dollars of trade volume between Turkey and India until the end of 2005.

27 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 14:58

[06] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAHIN RECEIVES SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY

ANKARA - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin received on Friday Spanish Ambassador to Turkey Manuel de La Camara.

27 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 14:57

[07] IMF DELEGATION MEETS WITH ADMINISTRATORS OF TUSIAD

ISTANBUL - International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation headed by IMF Turkey Desk Chief Reza Moghadam met with administrators of Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen Association (TUSIAD) in Istanbul on Friday.

27 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 14:57

[08] AGREEMENT ON SALE OF LIQUOR ADMINISTRATION OF TEKEL SIGNED

ANKARA - Agreement on sale of liquor administration of state-run Tobacco and Liquor Administration (TEKEL) was signed on Friday.

27 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 13:06

[09] TURKISH MEMBERS OF NATO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY'S SUBCOMMITTEE DUE TO CROATIA

ANKARA - The Turkish members of NATO Parliamentary Assembly Subcommittee on Security and Defense headed by AK Party deputy Vahit Erdem will go to Croatia between 1-4 March.

27 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 13:06

[10] STATE MINISTER TUZMEN RETURNS TO TURKEY

ANKARA - State Minister Kursad Tuzmen returned to Turkey on Friday after completing his visit to Ukraine.

27 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 11:51

[11] TURKEY TO TAKE PART IN 119 TOURISM FAIRS THIS YEAR

ANKARA - Turkey will take part in 119 tourism fairs which will be organized in various countries this year.

27 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 11:51

[12] IMF DELEGATION VISITS IMKB

ISTANBUL - International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation headed by IMF Turkey Desk Chief Reza Moghadam started its program in Istanbul on Friday by visiting the Istanbul Stock Exchange (IMKB).

27 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 11:51

[13] GUL: ''TURKEY AND RUSSIA DISCOVER EACH OTHER AGAIN''

MOSCOW/ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has said, ''Turkey and Russia discover each other again.''

27 Şubat 2004 Cuma -- 08:57

[14] COAST GUARD TEAMS RECOVER FIVE MORE BODIES

AYVALIK - Coast guard teams have found bodies of five people, who were among passengers of a boat, which capsized and sank off Ayvalik town of northwestern province of Balikesir two days ago.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 18:54

[15] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''WE HOPE TO FINALIZE SUCCESSFULLY PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESS IN CYPRUS TILL MARCH 22''

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, ''we hope to finalize successfully the psychological process in Cyprus till March 22, 2004. I believe that President Rauf Denktas of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat and Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Serdar Denktas will carry out the negotiation process without engulfing in tension of the atmosphere. I also believe that it will be a success of their diplomatic approach.''

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 18:50

[16] BARTENDER OCAK SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR KEEPING BRITISH GIRL UNDER LEGAL AGE BY FORCE AND STATUTORY RAPE

GAZIANTEP - Mehmet Sedat Ocak, who brought Rachael Lloyd of Britain to his house in southeastern province of Gaziantep to marry with her, was sentenced to five years and three months in prison for keeping a girl under legal age by force and statutory rape.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 18:50

[17] MACEDONIAN PRESIDENT TRAYKOVSKI KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH -PRESIDENT SEZER SAYS DEMISE OF TRAYKOVSKI IS A GRAVE LOSS FOR BOTH MACEDONIA AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has described demise of Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski in a plane crash as a grave loss for both Macedonia and the international community.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 16:49

[18] MINNIHANOV SAYS TUPRAS'S SALE COMPLIES WITH BOTH TURKISH AND RUSSIAN LAWS

ANKARA - Rustam Minnihanov, Prime Minister of Republic of Tatarstan and the Chairman of Executive Board of Tatneft, said on Thursday that sale of Turkish Oil Refineries Corp (Tupras) complied with both Turkish and Russian laws and there was not any problem.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 16:48

[19] CHP DEPUTY CHAIRMAN REACTS TO PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''WE SEE A PREMIER ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL MASS MEDIA ORGANS REMOTELY FOR FIRST TIME''

ANKARA - Kemal Anadol, the deputy chairman of the parliamentary group of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), reacted to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ''request for auto-censorship of press'' for the news about the ongoing Cyprus talks.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 16:48

[20] IMF TURKEY DESK CHIEF MOGHADAM ARRIVES IN ISTANBUL

ISTANBUL - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Turkey Desk Chief Reza Moghadam arrived in Istanbul on Thursday.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 15:08

[21] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL HOLDS A PRESS CONFERENCE (2) -''WE ARE TAKING MEASURES TO PREVENT ANY HAZARD IN THE STRAITS''

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has said, ''the measures taken by Turkey about passages from the Straits do not have the target of preventing tankers from passing through the Straits. We are taking measures to prevent any hazard in the Straits.''

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 15:07

[22] TURKEY REPAYS USD 2.4 BILLION IN FOREIGN DEBT BETWEEN FEBRUARY 2-25

ANKARA - Turkey repaid a total of 2 billion 488.20 million U.S. dollars in foreign debt between February 2 and 25, 2004.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 14:50

[23] GUL: ''RUSSIAN SIDE HAS GIVEN US LIST OF CERTAIN PERSONS CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ACTS OF TERRORISM''

MOSCOW - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Thursday that the Russian side gave them the list of certain Turkish citizens who were claimed to be involved in acts of terrorism, adding that they would investigate that.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 13:19

[24] STATE MINISTER BABACAN DEPARTS FOR IRELAND

ANKARA - State Minister Ali Babacan departed for Ireland on Thursday to represent Turkey in meetings organized by the EU Term Presidency.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 12:31

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