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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 04-10-28Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>CONTENTS
[01] ERDOGAN ARRIVES IN ITALYROME - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Rome, Italy late on Thursday28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe - 23:25 [02] SENER: ''WE AIM TO INCREASE TRADE VOLUME BETWEEN TURKEY AND GEORGIA TO 1 BILLION DOLLARS''TBILISI - ''We aim to increase trade volume between Turkey and Georgia to 1 billion U.S. dollars,'' said Turkish State Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe - 22:49 [03] ARAFAT: ''MY HEALTH IS GOOD, I HAD A SLIGHT SICKNESS''JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said on Thursday, ''my health is good. I had only a slight sickness.''28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe - 22:43 [04] PM ERDOGAN ADDRESSES NATIONANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed nation on Thursday.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 21:45 [05] ERDOGAN LEAVES FOR ITALYANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan left for Rome, Italy on Thursday to attend signing ceremony of European Constitution.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 21:42 [06] UNAKITAN LEAVES FOR BRITAINISTANBUL - Turkish Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan left for Britain on Thursday.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 19:57 [07] TURKEY WELCOMES WITHDRAWAL PLAN OF SHARONANKARA - Turkey welcomed the approval of Israeli Parliament on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw from Gaza Strip and a part of West Bank.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 19:51 [08] GUL, CICEK AND AKSU HOLD MEETING ON EU ISSUEANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, Justice Minister Cemil Cicek and Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu held a working meeting to assess Turkey's situation in EU process and to discuss the things to be fulfilled until December 17th.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 19:36 [09] TURKISH MINEX-2004 EXERCISE TO BE PERFORMED IN AEGEAN SEA IN NOVEMBERANKARA - Turkish Minex-2004 Exercise will be performed in Aegean Sea between November 1st and 2nd.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 17:26 [10] TUZMEN MEETS PM OF WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE IN REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICACAPE TOWN - Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen, who is holding meetings in the Republic of South Africa, met Ebrahim Rasool, Premier of Western Cape State.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 17:17 [11] GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE TO MAKE ITS DECISION AT THE ELEVENTH HOURLEFKOSA - The Greek Cypriot side will make its decision at the eleventh hour whether to use its veto in case the EU-member countries decide (on December 17th) to open entry talks with Turkey.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 16:18 [12] ARINC RECEIVES IRAQI AMBASSADOR OMRANANKARA - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc received on Thursday Iraqi Ambassador to Turkey Sabah J.Omran. Omran who recently started his mission in Turkey, informed Arinc on latest developments in Iraq.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 14:59 [13] TURKISH PRESIDENT, PM, CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF ISSUE MESSAGES ON REPUBLIC DAYANKARA - Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Thursday that Turkey expects equal treatment from the European Union (EU), as it did for other candidate countries.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 14:59 [14] PM ERDOGAN AND FM GUL DUE TO ROMEANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul will leave for Rome later on Thursday to attend the signing ceremony for EU Constitution.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 13:46 [15] SECURITY FORCES ARREST 21 ILLEGAL MIGRANTS IN EDIRNEEDIRNE - Security forces arrested 21 foreigners in Meric town of northwestern city of Edirne on Thursday as they were trying to flee to Greece.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 13:45 [16] TEN DEV-SOL MEMBERS SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENTISTANBUL - Ten people were sentenced on Thursday to life imprisonment on charges of being a member of the illegal, extreme leftist Dev-Sol organization, and on charges of being involved in attacks in which six policemen were killed and eight others were injured.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 13:03 [17] TURKISH GENDARMERY SEIZE C-4 EXPLOSIVES IN BATMANBATMAN - Turkish gendarmery seized 3.1 kilograms of C-4 explosives in southeastern city of Batman, the Gendarmery Command said on Thursday.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 13:02 [18] TURKEY REPAYS USD 1.2 BN IN FOREIGN DEBTANKARA - Turkey repaid 1.2 billion U.S. dollars in foreign debt between October 1st and 27th, 2004.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 12:46 [19] FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES RISE BY USD 348 MILLIONANKARA - Foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank rose by 348 million U.S. dollars between October 15th and 22nd, 2004.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 12:45 [20] STATE MINISTER AKSIT: ''WE WELCOME ADOPTION OF BILL ON ESTABLISHMENT OF DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR WOMEN'S STATUS AND PROBLEMS BY TURKISH PARLIAMENT''ANKARA - Turkish State Minister Guldal Aksit said Thursday that adoption of bill on the establishment of ''Directorate General for Women's Status and Problems'' by the Turkish Parliament is a step towards the development and protection of women's rights.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 11:51 [21] TURKISH FM MONITORS DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING HEALTH OF ARAFATANKARA - ''Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is closely monitoring developments regarding health of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat'', sources said on Thursday.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 11:44 [22] ARINC AND PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONS HAVE A BUSY PROGRAM TILL DECEMBER 17THANKARA - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc and parliamentary commissions will have a busy diplomacy traffic till December 17th when the EU would make a decision whether to open entry talks with Turkey, sources told the A.A on Thursday.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 11:33 [23] TURKISH-SYRIAN BORDER TO BE CLEARED FROM LANDMINESJOHANNESBURG - Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen, who is currently paying a visit to South Africa, said on Thursday that Denel, one of the leading South African defense industry firms, was interested in the project to clear Turkish-Syrian border from landmines.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 10:39 [24] WORLD BANK TO EXTEND TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO TURKEY FOR MODERNIZATION OF RAILWAYSANKARA - The World Bank will extend technical and financial support to Turkey for modernization of railways, sources told the A.A on Thursday.28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 10:31 [25] TUSIAD TO HOLD A SEMINAR IN MILANOISTANBUL - The Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) will co-sponsor a seminar titled ''New Industry Centers in Turkey and Sectoral Developments'' with the Italian Confederation of Industrialists (CONFINDUSTRIA) in Milano today (Thursday).28 Ekim 2004 Perşembe -- 10:27 [26] SWISS TOURIST DIES IN HOSPITAL AFTER SHE WAS INJURED IN TURKISH BATH BLASTALANYA - Sonja Birgit, a Swiss tourist who was injured in a blast in Turkish bath in Alanya town of southern city of Antalya last week, died at hospital on Wednesday, sources said.27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 21:23 [27] NSC DEBATES DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING EU AND IRAQANKARA - Turkish National Security Council (NSC) debated developments regarding the European Union (EU) and Iraq in its regular meeting on Wednesday.27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 19:15 [28] SOUTH AFRICA: A NEW TARGET FOR TURKEY'S EXPORTSJOHANNESBURG - Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen Wednesday called on South African authorities to sign free trade and economic cooperation agreements with Turkey, and to make joint investments in third countries.27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:24 [29] FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS IN FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 2004ANKARA - Turkey's exports rose by 32.2 percent, and reached 44.7 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of 2004 when compared with the same period of the previous year, Turkish State Institute of Statistics (SIS) announced on Wednesday.27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:02 [30] PM ERDOGAN TO GO TO ITALY ON THURSDAYANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will go to Italy on Thursday.27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 15:26 [31] FORMER PM YILMAZ AND FORMER STATE MINISTER TANER SENT TO HIGH TRIBUNALANKARA - Turkey's parliament Wednesday voted to send former prime minister Mesut Yilmaz and former state minister Gunes Taner to the High Tribunal to stand trial over a bank privatization scandal.27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 15:18 [32] TAN: ''ONLY ERDOGAN, GUL, CHIRAC, RAFFARIN AND SCHROEDER ATTENDED SUMMIT MEETING IN GERMANY''ANKARA - ''Only Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, French President Jacques Chirac, French Prime Minister Jean Pierre Raffarin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder attended the summit meeting which was held in Berlin, Germany yesterday,'' said Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Namik Tan on Wednesday.27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 14:20 [33] TOBB AND WORLD BANK SIGN MOUANKARA - The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and World Bank Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in evaluation of investment milieu in Turkey.27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 14:15 [34] FINANCE MINISTER UNAKITAN PRESENTS DRAFT BUDGET FOR 2005ANKARA - Turkish Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan submitted the draft budget for 2005 to the Turkish Parliamentary Budget and Planning Commission on Wednesday.27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 13:44 [35] ARINC: ''THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT TURKEY IN EUROPE WILL BE KNOWN IN DECEMBER''ANKARA - ''Turkey is geographically and culturally part of Europe. Those, who don't want to accept this, will be known on December 17th,'' said Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc.27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 13:26 [36] ITALIAN MINISTER TREMAGLIA TO VISIT IZMIRIZMIR - ''Mirko Tremaglia, Italian minister responsible for the Italians living abroad, will pay an official visit to western city of Izmir between November 8th and 9th,'' said Italian Consul in Izmir Michele Tommasi on Wednesday27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 13:15 [37] TURKEY'S FIRST ''ENERGY PARK'' TO OPEN ON OCTOBER 29THANKARA - Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler announced Wednesday that Turkey's first ''Energy Park'' will be inaugurated on October 29th.27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 13:14 [38] CICEK: ''WE WILL SEND NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO UKRAINE ON MONDAY FOR EXTRADITION OF KIRCI''ANKARA - Turkish Justice Minister Cemil Cicek said on Wednesday that necessary documents would be sent to Ukraine next Monday for extradition of Haluk Kirci.27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 12:49 [39] FOREST FIRE IN SYRIA -FIRE-FIGHTING TEAMS FROM HATAY JOIN EFFORTS TO EXTINGUISH FIREANTAKYA - Fire-fighting teams from southern Turkish city of Hatay joined efforts to extinguish a forest fire in mountainous area near Latakia city of Syria.27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 12:49 [40] SECURITY FORCES KILL 3 TERRORISTS IN TUNCELITUNCELI - Security forces killed three terrorists in a clash in a rural area near Mazgirt town of eastern city of Tunceli.27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 12:36 [41] ANTALYA TO BE PROMOTED AT ''MONACO WORLD SUMMIT''ANTALYA - Turkey's southern resort city of Antalya will be the ''Guest City of Honor'' of the 16th Session of the Monaco World Summit.27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 11:41 [42] CAIRO AIRPORT AUTHORITIES MISTREAT TURKISH CITIZENSCAIRO - The Egyptian authorities are continuing to mistreat Turkish passengers at the Cairo Airport, it was reported and the Turkish Embassy in Cairo announced that ''such treatments are unacceptable and unjustifiable.'27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 10:51 [43] FOREST FIRE IN SYRIA -TURKEY SENDS THREE PLANES AND ONE HELICOPTERANKARA - Three C-130 planes of Turkish General Staff are helping Syrian fire-fighters extinguish a forest fire in mountainous area near Latakia city of Syria.27 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba -- 09:53
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