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Turkish Press Review, 04-11-10
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Summary of the political and economic
news in the Turkish press this morning
10.11.2004
TURKEY COMMEMORATES ATATURK
GUL: “THE EU REPORT PROPOSING THE
START OF ANKARA’S ACCESSION TALKS IS PARLIAMENT’S
SUCCESS”
PARLIAMENT SENDS FORMER STATE
MINISTERS TO FACE SUPREME COURT
PARLIAMENT COMMISSION WORKS ON NEW
CMUK
TURKISH TRUCK DRIVER KILLED IN IRAQ
CRASH REPORT SAYS TRAIN BROKE SPEED
LIMIT
IHT: “EUROPEAN BUSINESS BACKS
TURKEY’S EU BID”
ITALIAN OFFICIAL VISITS TURKEY,
PREDICTS START TO EU TALKS
BARTOLOMEOS GIVES FAST-BREAKING
DINNER AT ALMSHOUSE
BABACAN TOUTS RECORD YEAR FOR
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE
COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…
FALLUJAH
BY FIKRET BILA (MILLIYET)
CONTENTS
[01] TURKEY COMMEMORATES ATATURK
[02] GUL: “THE EU REPORT PROPOSING THE START
OF ANKARA’S ACCESSION TALKS IS PARLIAMENT’S SUCCESS”
[03] PARLIAMENT SENDS FORMER STATE MINISTERS
TO FACE SUPREME COURT
[04] PARLIAMENT COMMISSION WORKS ON NEW CMUK
[05] TURKISH TRUCK DRIVER KILLED IN IRAQ
[06] CRASH REPORT SAYS TRAIN BROKE SPEED
LIMIT
[07] IHT: “EUROPEAN BUSINESS BACKS TURKEY’S
EU BID”
[08] ITALIAN OFFICIAL VISITS TURKEY,
PREDICTS START TO EU TALKS
[09] BARTOLOMEOS GIVES FAST-BREAKING DINNER
AT ALMSHOUSE
[10] BABACAN TOUTS RECORD YEAR FOR FOREIGN
DIRECT INVESTMENT
[11] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM
THE COLUMNS…
[12] FALLUJAH
BY FIKRET BILA (MILLIYET)
[01] TURKEY COMMEMORATES ATATURK
Republic of Turkey founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who
died 66 years ago today at the age of 58, will be
commemorated throughout the country and Turkey’s foreign
missions abroad. The first state ceremony is set to be
held at Ataturk’s mausoleum (Anitkabir) in Ankara, where
his body has lain at rest for 51 years, with the
attendance of top officials led by President Ahmet
Necdet Sezer. The nation will observe a minute of
silence at 9:05 a.m. along with air raid sirens. An open
panel featuring speeches by Sezer and Premier Recep
Tayyip Erdogan will begin at the Turkish Language
Institute Conference hall at 10:00 a.m. In addition,
yesterday Sezer, Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc,
Erdogan, Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi Ozkok, and
various party leaders, including opposition Republican
People’s Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal, issued
messages marking Ataturk’s passing. In his message,
Sezer said that in order to protect and preserve
Ataturk’s legacy, one needed to constantly guard the
independence of the country and the secular republic,
adding that Ataturk remained in the hearts and minds of
all the citizens, and continued to light the nation’s
way forward. /Turkiye/
[02] GUL: “THE EU REPORT PROPOSING THE START
OF ANKARA’S ACCESSION TALKS IS PARLIAMENT’S SUCCESS”
Addressing Parliament’s Planning and Budget
Commission yesterday, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul
hailed last month’s historic European Commission
progress report, which proposed beginning Ankara’s
European Union accession talks, as Parliament’s success.
“As a result of Parliament’s sterling performance, the
commission proposed beginning our accession talks,” said
Gul, adding that efforts were continuing to change
unfavorable elements of the report. Touching on the
Cyprus issue, Gul stated that Turkey recognizing the
Greek Cypriot administration was out of the question.
Also touching on the Armenian issue, Gul said that
Ankara favored good relations with all countries, but
that Armenia was currently occupying 20% of Azerbaijan’s
territory. Later, Gul said that the US’ Greater Middle
Eastern Initiative (GME) was a sensitive issue. He
conceded that the project might have secret aims, but
added that if Turkey doesn’t take part, then it could
have unwanted results for Ankara. /Aksam/
[03] PARLIAMENT SENDS FORMER STATE MINISTERS
TO FACE SUPREME COURT
In separate votes yesterday, Parliament’s General
Assembly decided to send two former public works and
housing ministers, Koray Aydin and Yasar Topcu, to the
State Supreme Court to face trial. Both ministers have
been charged with corruption during their terms in
office. /Turkiye/
[04] PARLIAMENT COMMISSION WORKS ON NEW CMUK
Continuing its work yesterday on a Penal Procedural
Law (CMUK) bill proposing a number of changes to the
current law, a Parliament Justice Subcommission approved
182 articles of the bill. One of the controversial
articles enables the justice minister to ask the
republican prosecutor to open a case. /Turkiye/
[05] TURKISH TRUCK DRIVER KILLED IN IRAQ
A Turkish truck driver was killed yesterday in an
attack in Beyci, a town in northern Iraq. His death
followed the killing of two other truck drivers last
week. /Cumhuriyet/
[06] CRASH REPORT SAYS TRAIN BROKE SPEED
LIMIT
An Independent Science Council established by the
government to investigate this summer’s train crash in
Pamukova yesterday released its final report on the
incident. At a press conference, council head Dr. Siddik
Yarman said that the 400-page report was the result of
three months of work. He said that the 80 kilometers per
hour speed limit for trains in the region had been
exceeded by the conductors. /Turkiye/
[07] IHT: “EUROPEAN BUSINESS BACKS TURKEY’S
EU BID”
European business is supporting the start of Turkey’s
European Union membership talks, the International
Herald Tribune reported yesterday. “If European business
backs Turkey,” wrote the paper, “it does so because
Turkey’s strong economic growth of the past three years
and the government’s modernization programs, which are
opening important trade and investment opportunities,
are rooted in the drive for EU membership.” /Star/
[08] ITALIAN OFFICIAL VISITS TURKEY,
PREDICTS START TO EU TALKS
Mirko Tremaglis, Rome’s state minister responsible
for Italians living abroad, yesterday paid a visit to
Izmir. Meeting with Izmir Provincial Governor Yusuf Ziya
Goksu and Municipality Mayor Aziz Kocaoglu, Tremaglia
said that Italians living in Turkey are very happy and
contribute to the nation’s economy. “I have no doubt
that the European Union will give Turkey a date for
accession talks at its summit next month,” added the
Italian official. “Turkey is part of Europe.” /Star/
[09] BARTOLOMEOS GIVES FAST-BREAKING DINNER
AT ALMSHOUSE
Fener Greek Patriarch Bartolomeos on Monday gave a
fast-breaking dinner for residents of Istanbul’s
almshouse. Speaking at the dinner, which 700 people
attended, Bartolomeos said that churches, mosques and
synagogues coexisting side by side in Istanbul were a
concrete symbol of Turkey’s religious tolerance.
/Hurriyet/
[10] BABACAN TOUTS RECORD YEAR FOR FOREIGN
DIRECT INVESTMENT
State Minister for the Economy Ali Babacan yesterday
predicted that this year could be a record-breaking one
for Turkey attracting foreign direct investment (FDI),
adding that in the first nine months of 2004, incoming
FDI had surpassed $2 billion. Speaking at a conference
marking Toyota’s 10th production anniversary in Turkey,
Babacan said, “Our government knows that we’re running a
marathon,” adding that there were some circles working
against it. “However, we’re determined to finish this
race.” Babacan said that the government would continue
its efforts to improve Turkey’s investment climate.
/Aksam/
[11] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM
THE COLUMNS…
[12] FALLUJAH
BY FIKRET BILA (MILLIYET)
Columnist Fikret Bila comments on the US military
offensive in Fallujah and Turkey’s view of this. A
summary of his column is as follows:
“This week the US launched an offensive into
Fallujah, Iraq. It wants to take this city with great
military force. After the recent US elections, everybody
was wondering if it would attack starting with Fallujah
or shift the Iraq issue to an international basis.
Ankara wanted Bush to put more importance on diplomatic
channels. However, the White House gave the order just
after the elections. Can it solve its problems in Iraq
with more attacks? Can it end the resistance and ensure
stability in Iraq? Analysts aren’t optimistic. Military
analysts say that the US offensive which started in
Fallujah might move to other cities as well. According
to them, guerilla-type resistance can’t be stopped this
way. Such resistance puts little stock in particular
cities or geographical control, so they could just move
to another city. In addition, the US offensive in
Fallujah will only make Arabs angrier and feed the
resistance. With such a foundation, no proper census or
elections can be conducted.
The Sunni Arabs, in particular, might boycott
elections. More importantly, as Foreign Minister
Abdullah Gul emphasized, the resulting parliament would
not represent all of Iraq, and this could call into
operation its legitimacy. Ankara is trying to ensure
that Sunni Arabs will take part in the elections as
well. For this reason, it didn’t favor the Fallujah
offensive. However, today we see that Bush believes that
he can solve things with a military ‘victory.’ Fallujah
proves this. He’s spending his victory capital on
military might. I wonder what sort of a solution the
European Union will propose during the upcoming Egypt
meeting of Iraq’s neighbors and the G-8.”
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