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Turkish Press Review, 97-08-06
From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>
CONTENTS
[01] TOP FOREIGN POLICY MAKERS MEET PRESIDENT
[02] INCREASE IN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
[03] EXPORT BOOM
[04] IMKM PRESIDENT HOSPITALIZED
[05] IMF PRAISES THE NEW GOVERNMENT
[06] FM CEM OFF TO LEFKOSA
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
AUGUST 6, 1997
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this
morning
[01] TOP FOREIGN POLICY MAKERS MEET PRESIDENT
Top level government officials gathered for a foreign policy summit at
the presidential palace yesterday. In a two-and-a-half hour meeting
President Demirel discussed recent foreign policy developments with
Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, Deputy Prime Ministers Bulent Ecevit and
Ismet Sezgin, State Ministers Sukru Sina Gurel, Ahad Andican, Isin
Celebi, Refaiddin Sahin, Foreign Minister Ismail Cem and a number of
other officials.
Hot issues such as the Cyprus problem, relations with EU and relations
with Greece were high on the meeting's agenda. No statement was
released after the meeting. /All papers/
[02] INCREASE IN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
Industrial production for June rose by 9.8 percent in comparison to
June 1996, outstripping Turkey's gross national product growth rate
for the first quarter of the year amounting to 5.6 percent. According
to State Statistics Institute figures, there was a 10.6 percent in
manufacturing, and a 7.6 percent increase in the electric, gas and
water sector. /All papers/
[03] EXPORT BOOM
Exports for July increased by 17 percent in comparison to the same
month of the previous year, the Turkish Exporters' Assembly announced
yesterday. Exports for July amounted to 2.254 billion dollars with a
22 percent increase in textile exports and 36 percent increase in raw
material exports. /Cumhuriyet/
[04] IMKM PRESIDENT HOSPITALIZED
The president of the Istanbul Stock Exchange Tuncay Artun was rushed
to the International Hospital yesterday after slipping into a diabetic
coma, hospital officials said. Artun, suffering from a pancreas
infection, was under intensive care and was attached to a respiratory
machine. /All papers/
[05] IMF PRAISES THE NEW GOVERNMENT
International Monetary Fund (IMF) members have declared that they
welcome the ANASOL-D coalition government's economic projects. The
IMF officials reported that the Turkish economy realised an average 8
percent growth in the 1995-1996 period. They added that there would
be an estimated 5.5 percent growth rate in the economy in 1997 and
that the export rate would highly increase.
The IMF Executive Board noted that growth in Turkish economy was based
on strong trends and that foreign exchange reserves were at sufficient
levels. It was stressed that Turkey's economic potential would be
maintained by a stable macro-economic environment. It was further
pointed out that foreign investment would have to be encouraged to
speed up the privatization process and that legal changes in line with
those needs should be realised as soon as possible. /Cumhuriyet/
[06] FM CEM OFF TO LEFKOSA
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem will go to Lefkosa in order to
exchange views with President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of
Northern Cyprus before the second round of talks between Rauf Denktas
and Glafkos Clerides, leader of the Greek Cypriot community on 11
August.
At a foreign policy meeting held yesterday at the presidency, the
Cyprus issue was discussed in detail. FM sources reported that Cem
would also convey the results of the meeting and a message from
President Suleyman Demirel to Denktas. /Milliyet/
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