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Turkish Press Review, 98-04-14
From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>
14.04.98
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning
CONTENTS
[01] YILMAZ VISITS UZBEKISTAN
[02] TANER PARTICIPATES IN IMF MEETING
[03] KARADAYI IN AZERBAIJAN
[04] ERSUMER RECEIVES US DELEGATION
[05] AGRICULTURE MINISTER TOURING AMERICAN FARMS
[06] SYNDICATION CREDIT FOR DEMIRBANK
[07] NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE DEVOTES WIDE COVERAGE TO ATATURK
[08] INTEREST RATES FALL, STOCK EXCHANGE RISES
[09] TWO PKK TERRORISTS SEIZED
[10] SEMDIN SAKIK BROUGHT TO TURKEY
[11] EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTHEAST ANATOLIA
[12] POLICE WEEK CELEBRATED
[01] YILMAZ VISITS UZBEKISTAN
Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz and the Turkish delegation
accompanying him are continuing with their contacts in Uzbekistan.
Following meetings between Yilmaz and Uzbek President Islam Kerimov
and the Turkish and Uzbek delagations, a joint declaration was issued.
Yilmaz and Kerimov signed four agreements for the training of border
personnel, for the prevention of smuggling of historical and cultural
assets, the protection of copyright, and for more cooperation in
economy and trade. /Sabah/Milliyet_
[02] TANER PARTICIPATES IN IMF MEETING
State Minister Gunes Taner and a delegation accompanying him is
going today to the United States where they will participate in the
annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World
Bank. In their contacts with IMF officials, a survey will be made on
the latest results of Turkish economic policy. A spokesman from the
Turkish delegation declared that a more detailed inspection will be
made on April 27, when the IMF representatives will be in Ankara for
an annual assessment. /Hurriyet/
[03] KARADAYI IN AZERBAIJAN
The Chief of General Staff Ismail Hakki Karadayi yesterday went
to Azerbaijan. Responding to suggestions that his visit was
unexpected and whether the Army had any concern over the provocative
remarks targeting Azebaijan by Armenia's newly elected president
Robert Kocarian, Karadayi said it was a "normal visit" to a friendly
country and that matters of that kind were the business of
politicians. He also answered a question on the security of the
proposed Baku-Ceyhan pipeline saying that this problem should be
solved through the ccoperation of all the parties involved.
/Hurriyet/
[04] ERSUMER RECEIVES US DELEGATION
Turkish Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Cumhur Ersumer
yesterday received a US delegation headed by Chairman of the
Allocations Committee of the US House of Representatives, Bob
Livingston. Following a briefing, during which information was given
to the US delegation regarding Turkey's future energy demands, a press
conference was held jointly by Undersecretary of Turkish Energy and
Natural Resources Ministry, Yurdakul Yigitguden, and Livingston.
Furnishing information regarding the meeting, Yigitguden said that
they had gathered to exchange views on proposed energy cooperation
between Turkey and the US. /Milliyet/
[05] AGRICULTURE MINISTER TOURING AMERICAN FARMS
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Mustafa Tasar is
continuing his US visit aiming to have contacts with American
officials on agricultural matters such as an agricultural products
stock exchange, and cooperation between the two countries in
agriculture and animal husbandry. At the beginning of his trip, Tasar
visited several farms and organizations having enormous production
capacities. Before participating in a meeting on "job opportunities
in agriculture", he met with his American counterpart, Dan Clickman in
Washington. He is scheduled to leave Washington today for New York
where he will stay until his return on the 16th of April. /Hurriyet/
[06] SYNDICATION CREDIT FOR DEMIRBANK
Demirbank has received one-year term syndication credits worth
$150 million under the leadership of the Bank of America and
Bayerische Vereinsbank and with the participation of 26 international
banks. Thus, Demirbank now has foreign credits worth $220 million
including a previous credit facility worth $70 million, which it
received in March. /Milliyet/
[07] NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE DEVOTES WIDE COVERAGE TO ATATURK
Itogi, published by the US Newsweek magazine in Russian, gave
wide coverage to Ataturk, founder of the Turkish Republic, in its
latest issue. The magazine promoted Ataturk's accomplishments under
the title of "important figures of the century". It also noted that
Ataturk established the "Turkish Republic" instead of an empire, by
setting up a secular state and removing the Caliphate. /Milliyet/
[08] INTEREST RATES FALL, STOCK EXCHANGE RISES
The Turkish stock exchange reached 3,645 points yesterday with a
daily transaction volume of TL 83.4 trillion. Meanwhile, interest
rates fell two points on average. Developments stemming from new
economic optimism, which continued during the nine-day holiday,
positively affected the markets. /Sabah/
[09] TWO PKK TERRORISTS SEIZED
Two members of the PKK terrorist organization who left put a bomb
in a park in Sultanahmet, Istanbul on 12 April and wounded nine
civilians three of whom were tourists, have been seized by security
forces. Questioned at the Department of the Struggle Against
Terrorism, the PKK members confessed that they had been trained in PKK
camps in Greece for three months and that they had come to Turkey just
a day before the incident. /Sabah/Cumhuriyet_
[10] SEMDIN SAKIK BROUGHT TO TURKEY
Semdin Sakik, sheltered by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
after escaping from the PKK terrorist organization, has been arrested
and brought to Turkey by a special team of the Office of the Chief of
General Staff. Before the operation, Turkish Foreign Ministry and
National Intelligence Agency (MIT) officials asked Mesut Barzani,
leader of the KDP to hand Sakik over to Turkey. However, Barzani
refused, claiming that it would put him into a difficult position
opposite factions in the troubled region of northern Iraq. /Sabah/
Cumhuriyet/ Milliyet/
[11] EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTHEAST ANATOLIA
An earthquake measuring five 5 points on the Richter Scale was
recorded yesterday in the southeast regions. The epicentre of the
quake was the Karliova township of Bingol. Fifteen people had been
reported injured.
Meanwhile a second earthquake was reported in Erzurum with an
intensity of 4.1 points. Although no casualties have been reported,
damage is severe. /Sabah/ Milliyet_
[12] POLICE WEEK CELEBRATED
The 153rd anniversary of the Security Administration was
celebrated yesterday. At the opening ceremony taking place in front
of the Directorate General of Security, students from the Police
Academy pledged their allegience to the Republic and Ataturk, the
founder of the Republic. Director General of Security, Necati
Bilican, said that the organization was now more successful in the
services it was rendering throughout the country when compared to
recent years and added that it would continue to serve the nation as
it was expected to. /Hurriyet/
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