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Turkish Press Review, 97-06-18
From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>
CONTENTS
[01] ERBAKAN SET TO STEP DOWN TODAY
[02] COURT ISSUES INJUNCTION AGAINST KOMBASSAN
[03] GAMBIAN PRESIDENT IN TURKEY
[04] TURKEY SENDS WARSHIPS TO EGYPT
[05] TURKISH VESSELS IN CYPRUS
[06] US TO PRIMAKOV: "WE ARE AGAINST MISSILES IN CYPRUS"
[07] TURKEY AND UKRAIN SIGN PIPELINE DEAL
[08] WILLIAM COHEN: "TURKEY ATTACKED TERRORISTS IN NORTHERN IRAQ"
[09] ANKARA REACTS TO GREEK REMARKS ON AEGEAN ISLETS
[10] GREECE-TURKEY FRIENDSHIP
[11] NATO SHOULD STAY IN BOSNIA
[12] PKK ARRESTS IN GERMANY
[13] TOURISM LOOKING GOOD
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1997
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press
this morning.
[01] ERBAKAN SET TO STEP DOWN TODAY
Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan will visit today President
Demirel and submit his resignation in line with the coalition protocol
foreseeing a transfer of the premiership to Tansu Ciller, leader of
the junior partner of the coalition government. Ciller expects to be
assigned with the task of setting up a new government. However,
President Demirel will have the final say in the issue. /All papers/
[02] COURT ISSUES INJUNCTION AGAINST KOMBASSAN
A commercial court in Ankara issued yesterday an injunction
against Kombassan Holding, following an application by the Capital
Market Board (SPK). The court has blocked bank accounts and assets of
the company amounting to TL 15 trillion.
Kombassan is accused of collecting money from the public both
inside and outside Turkey by offering its shares for sale without
having obtained prior permission from related state organs. The
injunction aims to secure the return of funds to whose who subscribed
and to block further similar transactions. /All papers/
[03] GAMBIAN PRESIDENT IN TURKEY
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is paying an official visit to
Turkey on the invitation of President Demirel. In a meeting
yesterday, the two presidents discussed prospects for improving
bilateral relations and possible areas of cooperation. Jammeh invited
Turkish entrepreneurs to invest in Gambia. /Hurriyet/
[04] TURKEY SENDS WARSHIPS TO EGYPT
Turkey has sent five warships that participated in the Sea
Wolf'97 military exercises in the Aegean to the Egyprian port of
Alexandria. The ships will stay there until June 20, with the
commanding personnel of the visiting Turkish fleet scheduled to visit
Egyptian military officials. Specialists note that the visit of
Turkish warships to Egypt showed the importance Turkey accords Egypt.
The move is made in the aftermath of a recent visit by five
Turkish navy vessels to the Israeli port of Haifa. Diplomatic sources
in Turkey and Israel have denied claims that Turkey and Israel will
stage joint military maneuvres during the visit of Turkish vessels to
Israel. Officials noted that the date of future exercises planned
within the framework of Turco-Israeli agreements for military training
cooperation has still not been fixed. /Milliyet/
[05] TURKISH VESSELS IN CYPRUS
Following maneuvres in the Aegean, another two Turkish frigates
have arrived in the Turkish Cypriot harbors of Kyrenia and Famagusta.
The Greek Cypriot administration voiced protests against the arrival
of the military ships, claiming that Turkey was staging a show of
force. The Turkish ships will remain in the Cypriot harbors until
June 20. /Hurriyet/
[06] US TO PRIMAKOV: "WE ARE AGAINST MISSILES IN CYPRUS"
US State Department Spokesman Nicholas Burns voiced US concern
over prospects for shipment of Russian SA-100 missiles to the Greek
Cypriot sector. Burns described such efforts as a setback to
diplomatic peace efforts. He recalled that Greek Cypriot leader
Klerides had promised that no components of the missile system would
reach Cyprus before March 1998. "This gives time for negotiations
which we hope will make sufficient progress among the parties so that
it won't be necessary to deploy these missiles on the island," Burns
said.
The Clinton administration has initiated a number of moves in an
effort to settle the Cyprus issue. In addition to a series of new
appointments to vital posts in involved countries, now the appointment
of present US State Department Spokesman Nicholas Burns to Athens as
US Ambassador is being discussed. /Sabah/
[07] TURKEY AND UKRAIN SIGN PIPELINE DEAL
Turkey and Ukraine will sign today an agreement for the
construction of the Samsun-Ceyhan pipeline. The agreement will be
signed by Energy Minister Recai Kutan and his Ukrainian counterpart in
Ankara. According to observers, the pipeline will facilitate the
transportation of 25 million tons of oil to Western markets. /All
papers/
[08] WILLIAM COHEN: "TURKEY ATTACKED TERRORISTS IN NORTHERN IRAQ"
US Secretary of Defense William Cohen voiced support for the
Turkish Armed Forces cross-border operation in Northern Iraq. In
reply to a question accusing Turkey of invading Northern Iraq, Cohen
said that simply was not the case and pointed out that the operation
was initiated in a move to sweep away PKK terrorists from the region.
/All papers/
[09] ANKARA REACTS TO GREEK REMARKS ON AEGEAN ISLETS
In response to a statement by Greek President Costis
Stephanopoulus claiming that "all islands, islets and rocks in the
Aegean belong to Greece", Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman Omer
Akbel said that such remarks were "unacceptable". He added that
Ankara's stance was widely known and that another statement would be
issued if necessary. /All papers/
[10] GREECE-TURKEY FRIENDSHIP
Members of five political parties with seats in parliament have
set up a new group to promote deeper ties of friendship between Turkey
and Greece. Head of the group, Hakan Tartan from the DSP said
yesterday that "our most important aim is to develop dialogue and
bring in peace and love." /Cumhuriyet/
[11] NATO SHOULD STAY IN BOSNIA
President Suleyman Demirel is quoted in Bosnia newspapers as
saying that NATO peace units currently deployed in the region should
stay on longer. Although the US has declared that the SFOR units
should leave in 1998, Demirel said in his newspaper interviews that
for the sake of stability, the units have to stay longer. /Milliyet/
[12] PKK ARRESTS IN GERMANY
During police raids in Bavaria, German security forces have
arrested seventeen members of the PKK terrorist organization, and
seized large amounts of propaganda materials. The seventeen arrested
suspects face charges of being involved in violence, extortion and
terrorism. _Sabah
[13] TOURISM LOOKING GOOD
The number of foreign tourists coming to Turkey in May has, for
the first time, passed the one million threshold. Figures for May
show a 16.68 percent increase over the same month last year. /All
papers/
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