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Turkish Press Review, 98-01-12
From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>
CONTENTS
[01] PM YILMAZ EVALUATES GOVERNMENT'S FUTURE
[02] THY JET PLANE OVERSHOOTS RUNWAY, TWO INJURED
[03] FM CEM WILL PAY VISITS TO CHINA AND JAPAN
[04] AUTHORITIES HOLD OVER 1,300 IN IMMIGRANT RAIDS
[05] PROTECTION IN AUTOMOTIVES DECREASES
[06] FRIGATES ARRIVE IN TURKEY
[07] NEW MILITARY COOPERATION WITH ISRAEL
[08] PRISONERS ON HUNGER STRIKE
[09] SARAL ASSUMES OFFICE AS ANKARA'S NEW POLICE DIRECTOR
[10] ANKARA: PANGALOS A 'DESCENDANT OF GREEK FASCISM'
[11] WASHINGTON: NO WORLD RECOGNITION FOR 10-MILE GREEK AIRSPACE
[12] TURKEY APPOINTS AMBASSADORS TO IRAN AND 12 OTHER COUNTRIES
[13] ENERGY MINISTER ERSUMER PRESSES FOR BAKU-CEYHAN PIPELINE
[14] TRNC PRESIDENT VOICES ANXIETY OVER GREEK ATTITUDES
[15] TRNC PRESIDENT VOICES ANXIETY OVER GREEK ATTITUDES
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF PRESS AND INFORMATION,OFFICE OF PRIME MINISTER
12.01.98
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning
[01] PM YILMAZ EVALUATES GOVERNMENT'S FUTURE
Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, in a programme on the private NTV
channel over the weekend, commented on Turkey's political and economic
situation and answered questions about his government. Mesut Yilmaz,
saying that Turkey should give priority to fighting inflation, added:
"We have come to the end of a period during which we have lived beyond
our scarce resources". Yilmaz mentioned that if Republican People's
Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal promise to maintain support for the
Motherleft-D coalition, his government could apply a one-year intensive
economic programme to fight inflation.
Yilmaz said that providing no extraordinary developments arose, the
government would not raise the price of consumer goods for the first six
months of 1998. Yilmaz added that the retirement age should be 58 for
woman and 60 for men. /All papers/
[02] THY JET PLANE OVERSHOOTS RUNWAY, TWO INJURED
A Turkish Airways (THY) passenger plane overshot the runway when
landing in heavy fog on Sunday at the Black Sea city of Samsun, slightly
injuring two pilots. THY officials said the plane, a British-made
Avroliner RJ100, was on a domestic flight from Istanbul to Samsun with
68 passangers. Damage to the tail and nose sections of the aircraft,
which contain radar equipment, occurred in the incident, said a THY
official. The pilots were fine, he added. /All papers/
[03] FM CEM WILL PAY VISITS TO CHINA AND JAPAN
In the aftermath of the EU Luxembourg Summit late last year when EU
countries shied away from granting Turkey EU candidate member status,
Turkish foreign policy-makers decided to suspend political relations
with EU countries. This decision had its impact on Foreign Minister
Ismail Cem's programme for this year. Cem will limit his contacts with
EU countries and will concentrate instead on improving relations with
China, Japan, Arabian countries, the Turkish Republics and Balkan
countries.
In February, Cem will pay a visit to China, and he is also planning
to hold contacts in Japan. In a move to improve relations with the Arab
world, Cem is also making preparations to visit Saudi Arabia and other
Gulf countries. /Hurriyet/
[04] AUTHORITIES HOLD OVER 1,300 IN IMMIGRANT RAIDS
Police arrested more than 1,300 people yesterday in a stepped-up
effort to stem the flow of illegal immigrants through Turkey to western
Europe, a police officer said. The Anatolian news agency said police
detained 1,374 people, more than 1,000 of them citizens of other
countries, in a sweeping operation around Istanbul in the early hours of
Sunday.
[05] PROTECTION IN AUTOMOTIVES DECREASES
Protection in the automotives sector has decreased by 10 % in
average. With the Import Regime published in the Official Gazette on
January 9, Turkey realized a 10 % harmonization with the Joint Customs
Tariff in sensitive products. /Milliyet-Sabah/
[06] FRIGATES ARRIVE IN TURKEY
Three "Oliver Hazard Perry" class frigates, which the US is handing
over to Turkey on a grant and loan basis, will join Turkish Naval Forces
today. The TCG Giresun, TCG Gemlik and TCG Gaziantep frigates will be
handed over during a ceremony in a S.Carolina Naval Base. One of the
frigates will sail to Turkey in March and the other two in April.
/Milliyet/
[07] NEW MILITARY COOPERATION WITH ISRAEL
One of the leading newspapers in Israel, den Haaretz has devoted
wide coverage to a visit by Turkish Land Forces Commander Gen.Huseyin
Kivrikoglu to Israel at the beginning of next month. An article in the
newspaper recalled that in order to turn the Patton tanks deployed by
Turkey into Merkava style tanks developed by Israel, the Israeli
military industry has developed a special project called "Turkish
structure". The article noted that it was a great technological
success. /Milliyet/
[08] PRISONERS ON HUNGER STRIKE
New groups of prisoners in different prisons have started to go on
hunger strike. Families of prisoners are trying frantically to draw
public attention to the hunger strikes. In Erzurum, 370 poiitical
prisoners are on hunger strike to protest conditions in the prison. In
Gebze Prison, 77 prisoners (suspected of being PKK members) went on a
rotating hunger strike on Friday to support the Erzurum prisoners'
hunger strikes, which are now into their 53rd day. Prisoners in Siirt
Prison are on the 33rd day of their hunger strike. /All papers/
[09] SARAL ASSUMES OFFICE AS ANKARA'S NEW POLICE DIRECTOR
Cevdet Saral took over office as the capital's new police director
during a change-over ceremony on Sunday. During the ceremony, following
a moment of silence for Ataturk, the career details of Saral and of his
predecessor Mehmet Cebe were read out and the people attending the
ceremony were given information about the services they have rendered so
far. /All papers/
[10] ANKARA: PANGALOS A 'DESCENDANT OF GREEK FASCISM'
Turkey on Saturday branded Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros
Pangalos as a 'descendant of Greek fascism' and rejected as racist his
accusation that Ankara was conducting a genocide programme against its
Kurdish citizens. "Today's descendant of Greek fascism and racism is
again dragging the country into another adventure" the Turkish Foreign
Ministry said in a written response to remarks by Pangalos.
"Mr.Pangalos, with his racist provocations, is dynamiting Europe's
well-being and the foundations of peace" the statement said. "Greek
fascists under the leadership of those resembling Pangalos sent
thousands of Greek Jews to the death camps, surrendering them to the
German occupiers with their own hands" the statement added. /All
papers/
[11] WASHINGTON: NO WORLD RECOGNITION FOR 10-MILE GREEK AIRSPACE
The US State Department reaffirmed a policy position it has stated
in the past: Washington does not recognize the ten mile air space
Greece has unilaterally declared around its Aegean islands. Not only
that, but "other nations" do not recognize it either" department acting
spokesman James Foley said on Friday. /All papers/
[12] TURKEY APPOINTS AMBASSADORS TO IRAN AND 12 OTHER COUNTRIES
A decree related to the appointment of Turkish ambassadors to Iran
and 12 other countries was published in the Official Gazette on Friday.
Sencar Ozsoy, former ambassador to Buenos Aires, was appointed
ambassador to Tehran, and in this way diplomatic relations with Iran
have been normalized. Turkish Ambassador to Tehran Osman Koruturk, was
called back last year for ministerial duties in Ankara, following
tensions in bilateral relations, and Turkey was represented in Tehran at
the charge-d'affairs level for a couple of months.
New ambassadors were also appointed to Buenos Aires, Baku, Manama,
Abu Dhabi, Doha, Islamabad, Vilnius, Tripoli, Tbilisi, Ashkabad and
Singapore. /All papers/
[13] ENERGY MINISTER ERSUMER PRESSES FOR BAKU-CEYHAN PIPELINE
Energy Minister Cumhur Ersumer will meet today with the US Deputy
Energy Secretary. During the meeting, the materialization of the
Baku-Ceyhan pipeline project to carry Caspian oil to world markets will
be discussed. /Sabah/
[14] TRNC PRESIDENT VOICES ANXIETY OVER GREEK ATTITUDES
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas
said that Greece and the Greek Cypriot community were pursuing very
hazardous policies designed to resolve the Cyprus question at the
expense of Turkish Cypriot's rights.
Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Ambassador Korkmaz Haktanir
is paying an official visit to Northern Cyprus to discuss recent
developments regarding the Cyprus problem. /Sabah/
[15] TRNC PRESIDENT VOICES ANXIETY OVER GREEK ATTITUDES
As IMF officials announced that their visit to Turkey will be
postponed for one week, Turkish bureaucrats are busy making preparations
for the visit. Economy specialists will meet ministers in charge of
national economy and finance to brief them about the issues to be
discussed with IMF representatives. /Hurriyet/
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