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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 04-05-11Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>CONTENTS
[01] FOREIGN MINISTRY DEPUTY UNDERSECRETARY ILKIN BRIEFS AMBASSADORS OF EU MEMBER COUNTRIES IN ANKARAANKARA - Turkish Foreign Ministry Deputy Undersecretary Baki Ilkin briefed on Tuesday the ambassadors of the European Union (EU) member countries in Ankara.11 Mayıs 2004 Salı - 18:46 [02] TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER GUL RECEIVES CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY STATE SECRETARY BISCEVICANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul received on Tuesday Croatian Foreign Ministry State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic.11 Mayıs 2004 Salı - 18:46 [03] BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER IN GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE VISITS TRNC PRIME MINISTRY FOR FIRST TIMELEFKOSA - British High Commissioner in the Greek Cypriot side Lyn Parker visited Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Prime Ministry for the first time on Tuesday and met with Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat.11 Mayıs 2004 Salı - 18:45 [04] TURKISH PRIME MINISTER SAYS POVERTY IS SOURCE OF TERRORISMANKARA - Poverty was the source of terrorism, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 17:55 [05] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''WE WILL NOT BE OFFENDED IF TURKISH GOVERNMENT, WHICH RECOGNIZES TRNC, ALSO RECOGNIZES GREEK CYPRIOT REPUBLIC''LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas said on Tuesday, ''we will not be offended if Turkish government, which recognizes TRNC, also recognizes a Greek Cypriot Republic that is neighbor of TRNC.''11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 17:55 [06] TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEIVES INDIAN CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFFANKARA - Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer received on Tuesday Indian Chief of General Staff Admiral Madhvendra Singh.11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 16:05 [07] OIC-COMCEC FOLLOW UP COMMITTEE MEETING STARTSISTANBUL - The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) Follow-up Committee's 20th Meeting started in Istanbul on Tuesday.11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 15:43 [08] TRNC FOREIGN MINISTER DENKTAS DUE TO ANKARALEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Serdar Denktas will go to Ankara on Wednesday.11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 15:24 [09] TURKISH TREASURY SELLS 196-DAY DISCOUNTED BONDS AND 511-DAY STATE NOTESANKARA - Turkish Treasury held on Tuesday two auctions to sell 196-day discounted Treasury bond denominated in Turkish lira (TL) and 511-day discounted state notes denominated in TL.11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 15:04 [10] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''SECOND REFERENDUM DIVIDES PEOPLE INTO FOUR''LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas said on Tuesday that if a second referendum regarding Annan Plan was held, this would mean to disregard the will of people.11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 14:46 [11] TURKISH PRIME MINISTER SAYS HIGHER EDUCATION IS AN AREA WHICH WILL BE ARRANGED BY PARLIAMENTANKARA - Higher education was an area which would be arranged by the Turkish parliament, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 14:29 [12] TURKISH, GREEK AND ITALIAN TEAMS PARACHUTE IN SELCUK FOR PEACESELCUK - Turkish, Greek and Italian parachuting teams jumped with parachute over Selcuk town of Turkey's western province of Izmir on Tuesday under an activity called ''Aegean Sea of Peace Friendship Parachuting 2004''.11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 14:15 [13] TURKISH PRESIDENT SAYS TURKEY CAN'T ACCEPT TURKISH CYPRIOT PEOPLE'S BEING UNJUSTLY TREATED BECAUSE OF A RESULT FOR WHICH THEY AREN'T RESPONSIBLEANKARA - Turkey could not accept Turkish Cypriot people's being unjustly treated because of a result for which they were not responsible, Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Tuesday.11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 13:48 [14] DSI: ''WE CAN SELL WATER ALSO TO GREEK ISLANDS UNDER MANAVGAT PEACE WATER PROJECT''ANTALYA - Turkish State Water Works (DSI) Director General Prof. Dr. Veysel Eroglu has said that they could sell water also to Greek islands under the Manavgat Peace Water Project if there was such a demand.11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 13:33 [15] U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WANTS TO INCREASE TRADE WITH TURKEYANKARA - United States Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President for International Affairs Daniel Christman has said that they wanted to increase trade with Turkey and the current amount of investments in Turkey.11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 12:35 [16] TURKISH LAND FORCES COMMANDER GEN. YALMAN DUE IN TRNC ON WEDNESDAYLEFKOSA - Turkish Land Forces Commander General Aytac Yalman will come to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on Wednesday on an official visit11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 11:27 [17] SHIP CARRYING TRUCKS SINKS OFF KARPAS CAPE IN TRNC -24 OUT OF 26 CREW MEMBERS RESCUEDMERSIN - A ship sank off Karpas cape in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), 24 out of 26 crew members have been rescued and search-rescue efforts are under way to find the two missing crew members, sources said on Tuesday11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 11:26 [18] INDIAN GENERAL STAFF CHIEF ADMIRAL SINGH VISITS GEN. OZKOKANKARA - Indian General Staff Chief Admiral Madhvendra Singh visited Turkish General Staff Chief Gen. Hilmi Ozkok in Ankara on Tuesday11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 11:26 [19] TURKISH MPS TO VISIT NORWAYANKARA - A Turkish parliamentary delegation headed by Parliamentary Commission for Foreign Affairs Chairman Mehmet Dulger will go to Norwegian capital Oslo on Wednesday11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 11:26 [20] CENTRAL BANK INTERVENES IN FOREX MARKETANKARA - The Central Bank intervened in the foreign exchange market by selling foreign currency on Tuesday11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 11:26 [21] TURKISH PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION IN WASHINGTONWASHINGTON - Turkish-U.S. Interparliamentary Friendship Group Executive Board headed by Justice and Development Party (AK Party) parliamentarian Egemen Bagis met with U.S. National Security Council Senior Director for European and Eurasian Affairs and U.S. President George W. Bush's special assistant Dan Fried at the White House on Monday11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 11:25 [22] ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTRY MINISTER PEPE LEAVES FOR FINLANDANKARA - Turkish Environment and Forestry Minister Osman Pepe left early on Tuesday for Finland upon official invitation of Finnish Agriculture and Forestry Minister Juha Korkeaoja11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 11:25 [23] PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ARINC ARRIVES IN AMMANAMMAN - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc arrived in Jordanian capital Amman late on Monday to attend ''Iraq's Neighboring Countries Parliament Speakers Meeting''11 Mayıs 2004 Salı -- 11:25 [24] TURKISH TRANSPORTATION MINISTER SAYS INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC TO TRNC SHOULD START FROM NOW ONLEFKOSA - International air traffic to Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) should start after Ercan Airport had been renovated, Turkish Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim said on Monday.10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 23:03 [25] TURKISH PARLIAMENT SPEAKER LEAVES FOR JORDANANKARA - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc left on Monday for Jordan to attend the meeting of parliament speakers of neighbor countries to Iraq.10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 23:03 [26] TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS TURKEY EXPECTS ISLAM WORLD TO LIFT EMBARGOES ON TURKISH CYPRIOTSANKARA - Turkey expected the Islam world to lift embargoes on Turkish Cypriot people and to take action to upgrade status of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Monday.10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 22:07 [27] TURKISH JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS EVERYBODY SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ATTITUDES THAT CAN CAST A SHADOW OVER TURKEY'S DEMOCRATIC VIEWANKARA - Everybody should refrain from attitudes that could cast a shadow over the democratic view of Turkey, Turkish Justice Minister and government spokesman Cemil Cicek said on Monday.10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 21:37 [28] TURKISH JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS PARLIAMENT WILL DECIDE ON DRAFT YOK LAWANKARA - Turkish parliament would take the decision on the draft Higher Education Board (YOK) law, Turkish Justice Minister and government spokesman Cemil Cicek said on Monday.10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 21:06 [29] TURKISH STATE MINISTER MEETS WITH SYRIAN TRANSPORTATION MINISTERANKARA - Efforts of Syria to open a consulate in southern Gaziantep province were very pleasing, Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen said on Monday.10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 20:45 [30] TURKISH STATE MINISTER SAYS UNJUST EMBARGOES ON TURKISH CYPRIOTS SHOULD BE LIFTEDLEFKOSA - Unjust embargoes imposed on Turkish Cypriot people should be lifted after separate simultaneous referenda held in Cyprus on April 24, Turkish State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener said on Monday.10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 20:30 [31] ERCAN AIRPORT OF TRNC RE-OPENED TO TRANSPORTATIONLEFKOSA - Ercan Airport in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), which has been renovated in line with international standards and the capacity of which has been increased with Turkey's assistance, was re-opened to transportation on Monday after it was closed for about two years.10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 19:54 [32] SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE 72 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO TRY TO PROCEED ABROAD IN EDIRNE IN LAST THREE DAYSEDIRNE - Security forces captured 72 illegal immigrants as they were trying to proceed abroad in northwestern province of Edirne in the last three days.10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 19:12 [33] PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ARINC RECEIVES GERMAN GREENS MP ROTHANKARA - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc has said that Turkey had made great reforms in fields of democratization and freedoms and it was the most essential duty to put those reforms into practice10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:35 [34] TURKISH FINANCE MINISTER UNAKITAN AND STATE MINISTER TUZMEN TO REPRESENT TURKEY AT OECD MINISTERIAL COUNCIL MEETING IN PARISPARIS - Turkish Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan and State Minister Kursad Tuzmen will represent Turkey in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Council Meeting which will be held in Paris between May 13 and 1410 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:35 [35] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SENER AND TRANSPORTATION MINISTER YILDIRIM ARRIVE IN TRNCLEFKOSA - Turkish State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener and Turkish Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim arrived in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on Monday to attend opening of modernized Ercan Airport10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:34 [36] TURKISH PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ARINC DUE IN STRASBOURGSTRASBOURG - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc will come to Strasbourg on May 16 to attend Parliamentary Summit at the Council of Europe (COE)10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:34 [37] KHARRAZI MEETS WITH ZIYAL (2) -TURKEY'S UNEASINESS OVER FREEZING OF TURKISH COMPANY'S RIGHT TO OPERATE IMAM KHOMEINI AIRPORT CONVEYED TO KHARRAZIANKARA - Turkey's uneasiness over freezing of the right which was granted to Turkish-Austrian Tepe-Akfen-Vie consortium to operate an international airport in Tehran was expressed during meeting of Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal and Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi, sources said on Monday10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:34 [38] SYRIAN TRANSPORTATION MINISTER UBAYD VISITS TURKISH TRANSPORTATION MINISTER YILDIRIMANKARA - Syrian Transportation Minister Makram Ubayd, who came to Turkey for Turkey-Syria Joint Transportation Commission meeting, visited Turkish Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim on Monday10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:33 [39] TURKISH-GERMAN INTERPARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP GROUP CHAIRPERSON ROTH WELCOMES RECENT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN TURKEYANKARA - Turkish-German Interparliamentary Friendship Group Chairperson Claudia Roth said on Monday that they supported Turkey's European Union (EU) membership and welcomed especially the recent constitutional amendments10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:33 [40] TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER GUL: ''LEYLA ZANA ISSUE IS NOT BROUGHT ONTO AGENDA DURING MEETING WITH ROTH''ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Monday that Leyla Zana issue was not brought onto agenda during his meeting with Turkish-German Interparliamentary Friendship Group Chairperson Claudia Roth10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:33 [41] LAW ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS PRESENTED TO PRESIDENTIAL PALACEANKARA - The law on constitutional amendments was presented to the Presidential Palace on Monday10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:32 [42] EU COMMISSION'S REPRESENTATIVE TO TURKEY KRETSCHMER SAYS THEY CANNOT UNDERVALUE TURKEY'S STEPS ON THE PATH TO EU MEMBERSHIPANKARA - European Union (EU) Commission's Representative to Turkey Hans Joerg Kretschmer said on Monday that Turkey's steps on the path to EU could not be undervalued10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:32 [43] JEEP RUNS INTO GAS STATION IN TRABZON, CAUSING EXPLOSION AND FIRE -SIX INJUREDTRABZON - Fire broke out in a gas station near motorway between Besikduzu and Vakfikebir towns of northern province of Trabzon after a jeep of which brakes failed hit its LPG filling depot, sources said on Monday10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:32 [44] KHARRAZI MEETS WITH ZIYALANKARA - Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi met with Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal in Ankara late on Sunday10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:31 [45] SECURITY FORCES INTERCEPT NEARLY ONE TONES OF DRUGS AT EDIRNE BORDER GATES IN FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 2004EDIRNE - Security forces seized a total of 937,6 kg of drugs at Kapikule, Ipsala and Derekoy border gates of northwestern Edirne province in the first four months of 200410 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:31 [46] TURKISH ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTRY MINISTER PEPE DUE TO FINLANDANKARA - Turkish Environment and Forestry Minister Osman Pepe will go to Finland on Tuesday on an official visit upon invitation of Finnish Agriculture and Forestry Minister Juha Korkeaoja10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:30 [47] 20TH MEETING OF COMCEC FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE TO START IN ISTANBULANKARA - The 20th meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) Follow-up Committee will start at Istanbul's The Marmara Hotel on Tuesday10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:30 [48] PRIME MINISTER HARIRI OF LEBANON DUE IN TURKEYANKARA - Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri of Lebanon will pay a state visit to Turkey between May 12 and 13, 2004 as the guest of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:30 [49] GONUL: ''135 MILLION TONS OF OIL WERE TRANSPORTED THROUGH TURKISH STRAITS''BERLIN - Turkish National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul has said, ''135 million tons of oil were transported through Turkish Straits last year. This amount is expected to increase by nearly 50 percent in 2010.'10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:30 [50] TWO SOLDIERS KILLED IN AN AMBUSH IN DIYARBAKIRDIYARBAKIR - Members of the terrorist organization of PKK (KONGRA-GEL) have detonated a remote-controlled land mine as a military vehicle passed by, killing two soldiers in Lice town of southeastern province of Diyarbakir10 Mayıs 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:29
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