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Turkish Press Review, 06-05-01
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Summary of the political and economic
news in the Turkish press this morning
01.05.2006
ERDOGAN TO ATTEND ANNUAL ECO
MEETING IN BAKU, WILL WARN IRANIAN PRESIDENT
OVER NUCLEAR PROGRAM
ERDOGAN: “TURKEY WILL MAKE
EFFORTS ON AGRICULTURE”
BAYKAL CRITICIZES GOVT’S
AGRICULTURE POLICIES
GUL CRITICIZES FRANCE OVER
BILLS PROPOSING JAIL TIME, FINES FOR “GENOCIDE”
DENIAL
GREEK FM BAKOYANNIS:
“ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL ISN’T UP FOR DEBATE”
DEFENSE MINISTER GONUL: “MINE
CLEARING WILL BE EXPENSIVE”
TURKEY TO BUY “INTELLIGENT
ROCKETS” FROM US
BAHCELI: “IT’S TIME FOR THE MHP
TO COME TO POWER”
BBP’S YAZICIOGLU URGES NATIONAL
UNITY
FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE
COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMN
PRIME MINISTER’S LONGING FOR A
ROSE GARDEN
BY TUFAN TURENC (HURRIYET)
CONTENTS
[01] ERDOGAN TO ATTEND ANNUAL ECO
MEETING IN BAKU, WILL WARN IRANIAN PRESIDENT
OVER NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[02] ERDOGAN: “TURKEY WILL MAKE EFFORTS
ON AGRICULTURE”
[03] BAYKAL CRITICIZES GOVT’S
AGRICULTURE POLICIES
[04] GUL CRITICIZES FRANCE OVER BILLS
PROPOSING JAIL TIME, FINES FOR “GENOCIDE” DENIAL
[05] GREEK FM BAKOYANNIS: “ADDITIONAL
PROTOCOL ISN’T UP FOR DEBATE”
[06] DEFENSE MINISTER GONUL: “MINE
CLEARING WILL BE EXPENSIVE”
[07] TURKEY TO BUY “INTELLIGENT ROCKETS”
FROM US
[08] BAHCELI: “IT’S TIME FOR THE MHP TO
COME TO POWER”
[09] BBP’S YAZICIOGLU URGES NATIONAL
UNITY
[10] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE
COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMN
[11] PRIME MINISTER’S
LONGING FOR A ROSE GARDEN
BY TUFAN TURENC (HURRIYET)
[01] ERDOGAN TO ATTEND ANNUAL ECO
MEETING IN BAKU, WILL WARN IRANIAN PRESIDENT
OVER NUCLEAR PROGRAM
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan is due to attend the annual meeting of
the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) to
be held in Baku, Azerbaijan this Friday. During
his stay in Baku, Erdogan is expected to urge
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad to change
course on Tehran’s nuclear program. Erdogan will
tell Ahmedinejad that his government should be
more transparent on the issue and meet the needs
of the international community. In related news,
the nuclear program’s chief negotiator Ali
Larijani is due to visit Ankara this month.
/Aksam/
[02] ERDOGAN: “TURKEY WILL MAKE EFFORTS
ON AGRICULTURE”
Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday
that Turkey has so far had the most difficulty
in the agriculture sector during its European
Union accession process. Speaking at a
conference in Istanbul on agriculture in
Turkey’s EU integration period, Erdogan said
that Turkey would work hard to reach the
standards of the EU on agriculture. Stressing
that Turkey was currently carrying out its
screening process, the premier said the most
difficult part would be agriculture among the 35
main negotiations chapters, adding that the
process would be accomplished with the support
of all related organizations, including
professional chambers, farmers and
non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Furthermore, Erdogan also attended his Justice
and Development Party (AKP) Edirne Second
Ordinary Provincial Congress. Addressing the
gathering, he underlined that general elections
would be held as scheduled in fall 2007, not
before. He added that his government’s main
concern was to serve the nation. /Turkiye/
[03] BAYKAL CRITICIZES GOVT’S
AGRICULTURE POLICIES
Speaking
at a weekend conference on “Agriculture in
Turkish-European Union Integration,” opposition
Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Deniz
Baykal criticized the government’s agricultural
policies, adding that farmers had gotten poorer
under Justice and Development Party (AKP) rule.
Saying that the EU’s agricultural financial aid
wouldn’t always be available to Turkey, Baykal
stressed that Turkey needed to solve its problem
itself. Also addressing the gathering,
Agricultural and Rural Affairs Minister Mehdi
Eker said that Turkey hasn’t kept up with
technological developments in agriculture even
though it’s an agricultural country. For his
part, State Minister for the Economy Ali Babacan
said that agricultural enterprises should leave
behind their traditional ways in favor of a
modern structure. Saying that the agricultural
sector wasn’t meeting expectations, Babacan
added that productivity in the sector was very
low. /Sabah/
[04] GUL CRITICIZES FRANCE OVER BILLS
PROPOSING JAIL TIME, FINES FOR “GENOCIDE” DENIAL
Foreign
Minister Abdullah Gul has sharply criticized
France for five bills in the legislative
pipeline proposing jail sentences of up to one
year and fines for denying the so-called
Armenian genocide. Last week, Gul met with his
French counterpart Philippe Douste-Blazy during
the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Sofia.
Gul said that if Turkish politicians paying an
official visit to France are asked by reporters
about the so-called Armenian genocide, they
would say that the allegations don’t reflect the
facts. “Then will you put these politicians in
jail?” asked Gul. /Milliyet/
[05] GREEK FM BAKOYANNIS: “ADDITIONAL
PROTOCOL ISN’T UP FOR DEBATE”
Greek
Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis said over the
weekend that the Customs Union is an issue which
interests the entire European Union, not only
Athens. Bakoyannis said that there would be no
debate over the additional protocol and that
there was a chance some tension would be felt on
the issue. /Cumhuriyet/
[06] DEFENSE MINISTER GONUL: “MINE
CLEARING WILL BE EXPENSIVE”
Responding to a question from main opposition
Republican People’s Party (CHP) Denizli Deputy
Mustafa Gazalci about a tender for mine
clearing, Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul said
yesterday that the cost of work to clear mined
areas is being explored, and the cost would
likely exceed the money allocated. Large
cleanups aren’t among the duties of the armed
forces, he added. /Cumhuriyet/
[07] TURKEY TO BUY “INTELLIGENT ROCKETS”
FROM US
The US Defense Department
applied over the weekend for Congress to allow
the sale of 50 SLAM-ER rockets, also called
“intelligent rockets,” to Turkey. Following the
Pentagon’s approval of the sale, Ankara now
awaits Congress’ decision, which is expected to
take two weeks at most. The Pentagon stated that
the Turkey’s total payment will be $162 million
and that they would receive the rockets, the
accompanying equipment and necessary services.
“The Turkish Air Force, which has well-developed
technological capabilities, could integrate and
use these rocket systems,” said the Pentagon
statement announcing its approval of Turkey’s
intention to buy missiles. /The New Anatolian/
[08] BAHCELI: “IT’S TIME FOR THE MHP TO
COME TO POWER”
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet
Bahceli said yesterday that it was time for his
party to come to power. Speaking at the MHP’s
Izmir Eight Ordinary Provincial Congress,
Bahceli claimed that the MHP was not a far-right
or marginal party, but at the center, adding
that they embraced all social groups.
Criticizing the policies of the ruling Justice
and Development Party (AKP), Bahceli called for
early elections. /Turkiye/
[09] BBP’S YAZICIOGLU URGES NATIONAL
UNITY
Delivering a speech at his Great Unity Party
(BBP) Sixth Ordinary Congress in Ankara
yesterday, Muhsin Yazioglu said that now is the
time for unity, calling on the Turkish nation to
be alert of increasing dangers and attempts
threatening the country. Stressing that Turkey
would solve its problems by itself, Yazioglu
remarked that there was no Turkish-Kurdish
issue, but rather terrorism, adding that all
people in Turkey were members of a big family.
/Turkiye/
[10] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE
COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMN
[11] PRIME MINISTER’S
LONGING FOR A ROSE GARDEN
BY TUFAN TURENC (HURRIYET)
Columnist Tufan Turenc comments on Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A summary of his
column is as follows:
“Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is angry
with everybody, including the president,
opposition, judiciary, press, unions,
non-governmental organizations (NGOs),
universities, and defenders of the secular
regime. Whoever criticizes him or mentions his
mistakes, he gets mad. For example, he can’t
stand the opposition parties’ making opposition.
He wants Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader
Deniz Baykal (CHP), True Path Party (DYP) leader
Mehmet Agar, Motherland Party (ANAP) leader
Erkan Mumcu and Nationalist Action Party (MHP)
leader Devlet Bahceli to praise and applaud
everything he does and his party. However,
there’s no such opposition in the world. He
accuses everybody who opposes his filling state
posts with people he agrees with of not being
democratic. He doesn’t accept that these people
don’t have a place in the modern secular state.
He says that secularism and modernity should be
in accordance with his understanding and that a
mentality other than this is enmity towards
religion. Okay, but not a single country in the
world understands secularism and modernity in
the way Erdogan and his allies do. Ataturk
didn’t understand secularism and modernity that
way, either.
Secularism isn’t atheism. The most important
rule of secularism is not to use religion as a
tool for politics. However, Erdogan and his
allies do this every day, as everybody can see.
He accuses everybody who’s against this of being
enemies of religion. He gets so incensed with
those who oppose him that sometimes he forgets
that he’s the prime minister. He can’t help
using inappropriate language. For example, he
says that he doesn’t find the main opposition
party much of a challenge. However, he can’t
explain the confusing Article 6 of the
Anti-Terror Law. He insults Baykal instead of
finding out who inserted this article into the
bill and doing what’s necessary. However, he
forgets that even some people from his party
opposed including this article in the bill.
Erdogan should know that he can’t govern the
party with this much anger and that he and his
allies will make mistakes. Ruling parties which
listen to criticisms and correct their mistakes
by leaning from them can endure. Erdogan
shouldn’t forget that hard times lie in store
for Turkey. These concern terrorism, the Iran,
Iraq and Cyprus issues and the European Union,
etc. His government should get the support of
the opposition and public in order to face these
issues. However, this support can’t be ensured
with Erdogan’s stance. It’s the greatest evil
against this country to divide its people into
‘religious’ and ‘non-religious’ and using the
power of the ruling party in line with this.
This is a very mistaken path.”
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