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Turkish Press Review, 96-08-06Turkish Press Review Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>CONTENTS
TURKISH PRESS REVIEWTUESDAY AUGUST 6, 1996Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning[01] DEMIREL POSTPONES HIS VISITSPresident Suleyman Demirel's six-day trip to Malaysia, the Philippines and Bangladesh, which was due to begin on September 2, has been postponed. The official reason given by Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesman Nurettin Nurkan yesterday for the postponement was "a change in the President's working programme". /All papers/[02] ERBAKAN TO VISIT IRANPrime Minister Necmettin Erbakan will visit Iran on 10-12 August. His tour starting in Tehran, will also take him to Pakistan (Aug.12-14), Singapore (Aug.14-16), Malaysia (Aug.16-18), and Indonesia (Aug.18-20). Erbakan will be among the guests at Pakistan's 49th independence day celebrations on August 14, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday. Erbakan will also meet Pakistani President Farooq Leghari, Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and National Assembly (lower house) Speaker Yousaf Raza Gilani. /All papers/[03] RP SEEKS SOLUTION TO PKK PROBLEMUpon the demand of Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, Welfare Party (RP) deputies have begun intense initiatives to solve the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) problem. RP Diyarbakir Deputy Yakup Hatipoglu said that intellectuals, leaders of political parties and if necessary, leaders of foreign countries would support the initiatives. M.Fuat Firat, RP Istanbul Deputy defended proposals for a general amnesty that would include PKK members. Justice Minister Sevket Kazan, displaying a positive approach towards allowing a Kurdish TV channel said that the State had to establish such a TV channel. Forcing the closure of pro-PKK MED TV had not solved the problem said Kazan, adding that instead of trying to block illegal broadcasting, the State TV channel would openly broadcast in the Kurdish language. He stressed that a Kurdish TV channel should be established by the State. Justice Minister Sevket Kazan said in a press statement at the Turkish Grand National Assembly that Parliament would hold an extraordinary session at the end of August to discuss an amendment to the Law of Regional Administration and the lifting of the state emergency in at least six regions.DYP coalition partner also supported Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan's initiative to start an "indirect dialogue" with the PKK. /Hurriyet-Cumhuriyet/ [04] TURKEY GRANTS $903 MILLIONS WORTH OF INCENTIVES IN FIRST HALFThe Treasury undersecretariat has granted $903.4 million in investment incentive certificates during the first half of the current year. The incentives granted amounted to $216.143 million more than in the corresponding period last year. In June, 442 projects worth TL 144.64 trillion received investment incentive certificates.The projects which received investment incentive certificates from the Treasury were listed in the Official Gazette on Monday. Of the total investment incentives in June, the services sector was granted TL 23.6 trillion, energy TL 12 trillion and agriculture TL 845.9 billion worth of certificates. The projects are expected to create jobs for more than 23 thousand people. /All papers/ [05] IMF DELEGATION CANCELS VISITA delegation from the Internatioanl Monetary Fund (IMF) has cancelled its visit to Turkey, originally scheduled for August 5, 1996. The IMF informed Turkish authorities of their planned visit a few months ago, according to Treasury officials. /All papers/[06] NO OFFICIAL ISRAELI VISIT THIS WEEKThe Foreign Ministry said yesterday an expected visit by an Israeli official to sign a defence industry cooperation agreement had been postponed. "The visit will not happen this week because the necessary preparations have not been completed" Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesman Ambassador Nurettin Nurkan said. Israel's undersecretary of defence, David Ivry, was expected in Ankara to sign an agreement, initialled in March. Nurkan noted that the cabinet had not given the authority to sign the agreement. /All papers/[07] TURCO-JAPANESE COOPERATIONThe Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Mining Research Institute (MTA) will train experts from Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Turkish-Speaking Republics in extraction of underground resources. A statement issued by the Japanese Embassy said that experts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Bosnia-Herzegovina will attend courses which will start in March, 1997, and last for three years. /Cumhuriyet/[08] TURKEY APPLIES TO UN TO IMPORT OILAn application to import a limited amount of oil from Iraq was made by Turkey to the UN yesterday. Turkey is one of the countries that has suffered the most from the UN economic embargo on Iraq since the Gulf War. A written statement issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that according to the application Turkey would buy a limited amount of oil from Iraq and would sell food and medicine to Iraq.Meanwhile, the US administration has reported that there have been some developments during meetings regarding a plan which enables Iraq to sell oil in return for food. US State Department Spokesman Nicholas Burns said at a press conference that they expected that meetings and discussions held in the UN would be completed soon. Burns added that he would examine Turkey's application to the UN Sanctions Committee. On the other hand, the Iraq administration has stated that they hope the UN will let Turkey trade with Iraq again. An article in the Es Savra newspaper in Iraq recalled that Turkey wanted permission from the UN and said: "We call on the UN to respond positively". /Cumhuriyet/ END Turkish Press Review Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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