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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 04-09-16Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>CONTENTS
[01] ADULTERY IS NOT A CRIMEANKARA - Turkish Parliament decided that adultery is not a crime. Turkish MPs adopted on Thursday an article of the Turkish penal code (TCK) on which Justice & Development Party (AK Party) claimed to submit a motion to consider adultery as crime. The article was entitled, ''violation of responsibility stemming from family law.''16 Eylül 2004 Perşembe - 16:38 [02] DEBATES ON TCK DRAFTANKARA - ''If Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputies try to introduce an amendment to criminalize adultery, we will leave the General Assembly and not join the debates,'' said Ali Topuz, Republican People's Party (CHP) Group Acting Chairman.16 Eylül 2004 Perşembe - 15:56 [03] PEPE MEETS KOSOVAR PMPRISTINA - Turkish Environment & Forestry Minister Osman Pepe met Kosovar Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi on Thursday.16 Eylül 2004 Perşembe - 15:31 [04] DENKTAS SAYS CYPRUS PROBLEM IS A QUESTION OF RIGHTS AND LAWLEFKOSA - Rauf Denktas, President of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said, ''Cyprus issue is an issue completely based on rights and law.''16 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 15:31 [05] IMF DELEGATION MEETS TIM EXECUTIVESISTANBUL - International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation headed by Chief of Turkey Desk Reza Moghadam met executives of Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) on Thursday.16 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 14:42 [06] ENERGY MINISTER GULER LEAVES FOR BRITAINISTANBUL - Turkish Energy & Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler said, ''Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline project is progressing rapidly and it has reached a good stage.''16 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 14:42 [07] TURKISH COURT REJECTS DETAINEES' DEMANDS TO BE RELEASEDISTANBUL - Istanbul Criminal Court rejected one more time on Thursday the demands of 6 detainees who were members of al-Qaeda organization and who asked for their release.16 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 14:10 [08] AKSU: ''THERE IS NO SYSTEMATIC TORTURE IN TURKEY''ANKARA - ''There is no systematic torture in Turkey. Our basic policy regarding torture and maltreatment is zero tolerance'', Turkish Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu said.16 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 14:01 [09] PM ERDOGAN: ''WE WILL LAUNCH A CAMPAIGN TO INTRODUCE NEW TL ACROSS COUNTRY SOON''ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, ''we will launch a campaign to introduce new Turkish lira (YTL) across the country in the coming days.''16 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 13:52 [10] SLOVAKIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER CSAKY IN ANKARAANKARA - Slovakian Deputy Prime Minister Pal Csaky met Turkey's Secretary General for the European Union (EU) Murat Sungar on Thursday16 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 13:18 [11] TURKISH POLICE DETAINS 24 ILLEGAL MIGRANTS IN CALDIRANCALDIRAN - Turkish police arrested 24 illegal migrants in eastern city of Van, sources said on Thursday.16 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 11:17 [12] TURKISH DELEGATION PROCEEDS TO KHARTOUMKHARTOUM - Turkish delegation who handed humanitarian aid to Sudanese officials in Darfur region proceed to Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, on Thursday.16 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 11:17 [13] RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT ON TURKEYWASHINGTON - International Religious Freedom Report, released by the United States, said that the (Turkish) constitution assures freedom of religion and the government generally respects religious rights in Turkey. However, the government imposes some restrictions on Muslim and other religious groups and on (Muslim) religious expression in government offices and state-run institutions, including universities.16 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 11:01 [14] TURKEY AND KOSOVO SIGN ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION PROTOCOLPRISTINA - Turkish Environment & Forestry Minister Osman Pepe and Kosovar Environment & Spatial Planning Minister Ethem Ceku signed on Wednesday a protocol on environmental cooperation.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 22:12 [15] ARTICLE 312 OF TCK AMENDEDANKARA - Article 312 of Turkish Penal Code (TCK) was amended on Wednesday.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 20:15 [16] DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF TCDD TO BE DISMISSEDANKARA - Suleyman Karaman, the Director General of Turkish State Railways (TCDD), and Ali Kemal Ergulec, the Deputy Director General of TCDD, would be dismissed, sources said on Wednesday.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 20:15 [17] TURKISH POLICE ARREST 66 ILLEGAL MIGRANTS IN EDIRNEEDIRNE - Turkish police arrested 66 illegal migrants in northwestern city of Edirne, sources said on Wednesday.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 17:26 [18] TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER DUE TO BRITAIN & AZERBAIJANANKARA - Turkish Energy & Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler would go to Britain on Thursday, sources said on Wednesday.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 17:25 [19] EU PLEASED WITH TURKEY'S DECISION TO EXCLUDE ADULTERY FROM NEW PENAL CODEBRUSSELS - European Union (EU) officials were pleased with Turkish MPs' decision to exclude adultery from the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) draft currently under discussion at the parliament, Jean-Christophe Filori, the spokesman of Guenter Verheugen, EU Commissioner for enlargement, said on Wednesday.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 17:25 [20] TURKEY'S HUMANITARIAN AID REACHES SUDANDARFUR - Two military cargo planes loaded with humanitarian aid from Turkey landed Darfur region of Sudan on Wednesday.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 17:24 [21] TURKISH PARLIAMENT ADOPTS NEW 30 ARTICLES OF TURKISH PENAL CODEANKARA - Turkish parliament adopted 30 more articles of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) draft on Wednesday.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 17:22 [22] TURKISH COURT REJECTS DETAINEES' DEMANDS TO BE RELEASEDISTANBUL - Istanbul Criminal Court rejected on Wednesday the demands of 13 detainees who were members of al-Qaeda organization and who asked for their release.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 17:22 [23] CICEK: ''THERE IS NO SYSTEMATIC TORTURE IN TURKEY''ANKARA - Turkish Justice Minister Cemil Cicek said, ''there is no systematic torture in Turkey.''15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 17:22 [24] TURKISH FM SAYS IRAQIS SHOULD BEHAVE MORE CAREFULLY TOWARDS TURKSANKARA - The Iraqis should behave more carefully towards Turks, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Wednesday.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 16:42 [25] SUDANESE FM: ''WE APPRECIATE TURKEY'S AID''CAIRO - ''We appreciate Turkey's humanitarian aid for Darfur region'' said Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Ismail Osman.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 15:51 [26] ENVIRONMENT & FORESTRY MINISTER PEPE LEAVES FOR KOSOVOISTANBUL - Turkish Environment & Forestry Minister Osman Pepe left for Kosovo on Wednesday.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 15:49 [27] FM GUL RECEIVES ROHAN AND LEQUILLERANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul received Pierre Lequiller, Chairman of the French National Assembly Delegation to the European Union (EU), and Albert Rohan, rapporteur of the Independent Commission on Turkey.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 15:48 [28] 5TH REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION TO BE HELD IN ISTANBULANKARA - The 5th Regional Conference on Migration organized by the Council of Europe (COE) will be held in Istanbul between September 30th and October 1st.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 15:47 [29] TURKEY SENDS HUMANITARIAN AID TO TAL AFARANKARA - Turkey will send the first portion of humanitarian aid to Tal Afar city of Iraq within few days, sources said on Wednesday.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 15:47 [30] TURKISH PARLIAMENT ADOPTS NEW 19 ARTICLES OF TURKISH PENAL CODEANKARA - Turkish parliament adopted 19 more articles of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) draft on Wednesday.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 15:21 [31] PM ERDOGAN ATTENDS THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FORUM CONGRESSISTANBUL - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, ''war strategies should rapidly leave their places to a human culture which covers peace, brotherhood and freedom.''15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 14:15 [32] PALESTINE-TURKEY INTERPARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP GROUP CHAIRMAN EXPECTED IN ANKARAANKARA - Palestine-Turkey interparliamentary friendship group chairman Sherif Mashaal who was not earlier allowed to leave Israel (for Turkey) will arrive in Ankara this evening.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 13:57 [33] 'YES FOR EUROPE' MEETING TO BE HELD IN ANTALYAISTANBUL - 'YES for Europe', the European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs, will hold its meeting in southern city of Antalya between September 23rd and 26th.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 12:56 [34] TALAT SAYS (UN) SECRETARY GENERAL WILL UNDERTAKE A NEW INITIATIVE IN CYPRUSLEFKOSA - Mehmet Ali Talat, Prime Minister of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said that when Greek Cypriot leader Tassos Papadopoulos gave up avoiding meetings, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan would undertake a new initiative in Cyprus.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 12:56 [35] TURKISH TRANSLATOR, KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ, TO RETURN TO TURKEYISKENDERUN - Aytullah Gezmen, Turkish translator who was kidnapped by insurgents in Iraq on July 24 and was released yesterday and will return to Turkey within two days15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 12:55 [36] TURKISH INDUSTRY & TRADE MINISTER MEETS GAGAUZIAN DELEGATIONANKARA - Turkish Industry & Trade Minister Ali Coskun meet Stephan Lasir, the speaker of People's Assembly of Gagauzia Region of the Republic of Moldova, and accompanying delegation on Wednesday.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 12:09 [37] TURKISH GENDARMERY DETAINS 20 ILLEGAL MIGRANTS IN HATAYANTAKYA - Turkish gendarmery detained 20 illegal migrants in southern city of Hatay, sources said on Wednesday.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 12:08 [38] ISTANBUL POLICE CHIEF CERRAH RETURNS FROM THE UNITED STATESISTANBUL - Istanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah returned from the United States on Wednesday. Cerrah was in the United States as the guest of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of U.S. Department of Justice15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 12:02 [39] POLICE SEIZES 25 KG OF HASHISH IN SAMSUNSAMSUN - Turkish police seized 25 kg of hashish in Bafra township of northern city of Samsun on Wednesday.15 Eylül 2004 Çarşamba -- 09:56
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