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Turkish Press Review, 05-08-31
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Summary of the political and economic
news in the Turkish press this morning
31.08.2005
NATION MARKS VICTORY DAY,
OZKOK CAUTIONS ON A RECENT WAVE OF TERRORIST
ATTACKS
ERDOGAN DUE TO TRAVEL TO
ITALY TO ATTEND A FORUM
IN BAKU, TRNC DELEGATION
ATTENDS A FORUM OF AZERBAIJANI-TURKISH
BUSINESSMEN ASSOCIATION
ERDOGAN ADDRESSES NATION,
TOUTS TURKEY’S PROGRESS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS
FRANCE: “WE WILL NOT CREATE
A CRISIS IN THE EU”
ERDOGAN: “WE ARE COMMITTED
TO NEW IRAQI IDEAL”
EU COMMISSION: “NO EU
MEMBER STATE DEMANDED TURKEY’S EU TALKS TO BE
DELAYED”
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: “THE
EU WILL BEGIN ANKARA’S EU TALKS ON OCT. 3”
INVESTMENTS OF ENGLISH
CLOTHING COMPANIES FLOW FROM CHINA TO TURKEY
TURKEY IS THE SAFEST
COUNTRY IN EUROPE
FROM THE COLUMNS... FROM
THE COLUMNS... FROM THE COLUMNS...
TERRORISM AND MORAL VALUES
BY TURKER ALKAN (RADIKAL)
CONTENTS
[01] NATION MARKS VICTORY DAY, OZKOK
CAUTIONS ON A RECENT WAVE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS
[02] ERDOGAN DUE TO TRAVEL TO ITALY
TO ATTEND A FORUM
[03] IN BAKU, TRNC DELEGATION
ATTENDS A FORUM OF AZERBAIJANI-TURKISH
BUSINESSMEN ASSOCIATION
[04] ERDOGAN ADDRESSES NATION, TOUTS
TURKEY’S PROGRESS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS
[05] FRANCE: “WE WILL NOT CREATE A
CRISIS IN THE EU”
[06] ERDOGAN: “WE ARE COMMITTED TO
NEW IRAQI IDEAL”
[07] EU COMMISSION: “NO EU MEMBER
STATE DEMANDED TURKEY’S EU TALKS TO BE DELAYED”
[08] EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: “THE EU
WILL BEGIN ANKARA’S EU TALKS ON OCT. 3”
[09] INVESTMENTS OF ENGLISH CLOTHING
COMPANIES FLOW FROM CHINA TO TURKEY
[10] TURKEY IS THE SAFEST COUNTRY IN
EUROPE
[11] FROM THE COLUMNS... FROM THE
COLUMNS... FROM THE COLUMNS...
[12] TERRORISM AND MORAL VALUES
BY TURKER ALKAN (RADIKAL)
[01] NATION MARKS VICTORY DAY, OZKOK
CAUTIONS ON A RECENT WAVE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS
August 30 Victory Day was celebrated
yesterday with ceremonies throughout the
country, in the Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus (TRNC) and in Turkey’s missions abroad.
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Parliament Speaker
Bulent Arinc, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan and Chief of General Staff. Gen Hilmi
Ozkok watched ceremonies at the Ataturk Culture
Center. Later, Ozkok hosted a reception to mark
the day. Addressing the gathering, Ozkok
cautioned on a recent wave of terrorist attacks,
adding that everyone in Turkey should be aware
of his responsibility. Ozkok added that he
welcomed the government’s support for the
Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in its fight against
terrorism. /All papers/
[02] ERDOGAN DUE TO TRAVEL TO ITALY
TO ATTEND A FORUM
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due tomorrow to travel to
Naples, Italy to receive the Mediterranean
Institutional Award, which will be given by the
Mediterranean Laboratory Foundation. Later,
Erdogan will proceed to Milan to attend a forum
which will be organized by an Italian think-tank
Ambrosetti. Erdogan is expected to make a speech
at the forum, which will focus on geopolitics,
economy, science and recent political
developments. Italian Prime Minister Silvio
Berluscoi is also expected to attend the forum.
/Star/
[03] IN BAKU, TRNC DELEGATION
ATTENDS A FORUM OF AZERBAIJANI-TURKISH
BUSINESSMEN ASSOCIATION
A Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) delegation, which flew
directly from the Ercan Airport to Baku last
week, yesterday attended a forum organized by
the Azerbaijani-Turkish Businessmen Association.
Addressing the forum, TRNC former President Rauf
Denktas said that Azerbaijan and the TRNC could
cooperate in the economic field. “We understood
this at our meeting with Azerbaijani President
Ilham Alýyev,” he said. Denktas further said
that he appreciated Azerbaijan for organizing
direct flights from Baku to the TRNC and the
TRNC to Baku, adding that the Turkish Cypriots
also received invitations from other Turkish
speaking republics following Azerbaijan.
/Turkiye/
[04] ERDOGAN ADDRESSES NATION, TOUTS
TURKEY’S PROGRESS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS
Appearing on television yesterday to address the nation, Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey became one
of the star countries in the world through
successes it achieved in the last three years.
“Meetings, economic, political, and military
summits such as NATO, the Organization of the
Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
held in Turkey also prove this,” said Erdogan,
these developments couldn’t even be imagined in
the past. The premier further stressed that
Turkey’s future was very bright. /Turkiye/
[05] FRANCE: “WE WILL NOT CREATE A
CRISIS IN THE EU”
France, which has been recently threatening via various ranking French
officials who say: “Turkey should recognize
Greek Cyprus,” otherwise the negotiations with
the European Union may not begin on Oct. 3,
alleviated its stance yesterday. French Foreign
Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy, said: “France
did not want to create a new crisis in Europe.”
At the annual meeting of the French ambassadors
to foreign countries, Douste-Blazy stated that
if a country that would like to join the EU
(Turkey), rejected recognizing an EU country
(Greek Cyprus), it would not be an appropriate
condition. Douste-Blazy said that, therefore, an
EU country France had the right to demand Turkey
to clarify its attitude on the Cyprus issue, and
added: “This is a legitimate demand. France is
not looking for creating a new crisis in
Europe.” /Milliyet/
[06] ERDOGAN: “WE ARE COMMITTED TO
NEW IRAQI IDEAL”
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that Turkey is committed to
the new Iraqi ideal in an article published in
Wall Street Journal, one of the most prestigious
dailies in the US. Erdogan also announced that,
in Iraq where everything had changed
dramatically, all the segments of the society
had been struggling to establish security,
stability, but this could be achieved if
ethnical and religious diversity was taken into
consideration as a source of wealth, not
competition. Erdogan also stated that Turkey was
concerned over the terrorist activities and
instability in Iraq. /Milliyet/
[07] EU COMMISSION: “NO EU MEMBER
STATE DEMANDED TURKEY’S EU TALKS TO BE DELAYED”
European Union Commission Head Jose Manuel Barroso said yesterday that
no EU member state demanded from the commission
to delay Turkey’s EU talks, scheduled to begin
on Oct. 3. Speaking to Polish daily Wyborcza,
Barroso said that the commission didn’t receive
any demand from any EU member state to delay
Ankara’s accession talks. Barroso stated that
the EU Commission was preparing for Turkey’s EU
talks, adding that it was the responsibility of
the EU member states to decide when Turkey’s
talks would begin. /Turkiye/
[08] EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: “THE EU
WILL BEGIN ANKARA’S EU TALKS ON OCT. 3”
European Parliament President Josep Borrell said yesterday that the
European Union would begin Ankara’s EU talks on
Oct. 3, adding that this was the promise of the
Union. “The EU will keep its promise,” said
Borrell, adding that Christian Democrats leader
Angela Merkel’s opposition to Turkey’s EU
membership was about the elections in Germany.
Borrell added that the Europeans weren’t
rational in evaluating Turkey’s EU membership
bid. /Turkiye/
[09] INVESTMENTS OF ENGLISH CLOTHING
COMPANIES FLOW FROM CHINA TO TURKEY
The Financial Times wrote that the investments of the English clothing
companies began to flow from China to Turkey,
India, and East Europe as these companies want
to reply to the rapid changes in fashion with
the same momentum. The billionaire retailer
Philip Green announced that they have abandoned
China since December and that began to work with
Turkey and Eastern European countries which are
closer to the market. Green said that in China
the quality was very high and the costs are very
low, but China could not quickly meet the
demands of the market. /Milliyet/
[10] TURKEY IS THE SAFEST COUNTRY IN
EUROPE
The officials of the Centraal Beheer, one of the leading insurance
companies based in the Netherlands, said in
their statement published in Telegraaf that
Turkey was the best country in Europe in terms
of security. France, mostly preferred by Dutch
tourists for vacation, is the most insecure
country. Dutch tourists are faced with robberies
mostly in France, Spain and Italy. /Milliyet/
[11] FROM THE COLUMNS... FROM THE
COLUMNS... FROM THE COLUMNS...
[12] TERRORISM AND MORAL VALUES
BY TURKER ALKAN (RADIKAL)
Columnist Turker Alkan comments on the terrorism and possible reasons
and solutions to this problem. A summary of his
column is as follows:
“Terrorist attacks are increasing in the
entire world and it’s likely to increase more in
the future. Everybody’s suggesting a solution.
Some people say that the only solution is more
democracy and others don’t agree with this. Some
people say that the problem essentially derives
from inequality and exploitation and others say
that if we know the identity of terrorists, this
problem would be solved. Another suggestion has
come from Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc
recently. He said, ‘We can solve this problem
only by channeling towards moral values.’ Of
course, Arinc is not an ordinary person, but a
parliament speaker. He must know something to
say this. However, considering the terrorist
attacks of recent years, actually I don’t
observe such a problem as the lack of belief or
moral values. On the contrary, it seems to me
that the people causing terrorism have some
‘extra moral values.’
Recently, a terrorist said, ‘We’re killing
people for God’s sake.’ Can you say that the
people who believe in God and call his name
before committing suicide with bomb and killing
hundreds of people lack moral values? I can’t
say this. Of course, not all the people who
believe in God are terrorists. Nobody can say
such a thing. However, most of the terrorists
are extremely committed to their religion, give
importance to moral values too much and ready to
end their lives for this. We have seen the
bloody examples of this both in Turkey and
abroad. All these attacks were carried out by
the people who express their devotion for moral
values, weren’t they? How many of these
terrorists said that they weren’t committed to
moral values? None of them…
Some people who think like Mr. Arinc has an
answer to this. They say, ‘These terrorists
believe in wrong moral values. Our moral values
are right. If they believe in ours, there would
be no problem.’ Actually, some of the problems
derive from the discussion that my moral values
are superior to yours! Maybe, the main reason of
terrorism is fanaticism. Of course, there is no
need to be religious to be a fanatic. You can be
a fanatic nationalist or a fanatic leftist. The
remedy to this illness isn’t following such
conventional views as moral values which might
create more fanaticism. On the contrary, the
people can get rid of fanaticism as long as they
start to ask questions, analyze conventional
views and develop their views freely. This way
their mentalities would be free and it gets
unlikely for them to use violence.”
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