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TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (September 29, 1995)

From: hristu@arcadia.harvard.edu (Dimitrios Hristu)

Turkish News Directory

Subject: TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (September 29, 1995)


CONTENTS

  • [01] TURKEY SLAMS US SENATE DECISION ON FOREIGN AID

  • [02] BOSNIA ASKS SUPPORT FROM TURKEY IN PEACE TALKS

  • [03] NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES N.IRAQ

  • [04] STRONG ELECTION WINDS BLOWING

  • [05] US CALLS PKK VIOLENT TERRORISTS

  • [06] CYPRUS AGREEMENT BEFORE EU MEMBERSHIP

  • [07] ANKARA HAPPY ABOUT ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN DEAL

  • [08] EU DEBATE ON GOVERNMENT CRISIS

  • [09] SOARES PROMISES FULL SUPPORT

  • [10] SAUDI COMMITTEE VISITS ITO

  • [11] KOHL: TURKEY'S STABILITY IS TO OUR BENEFIT

  • [12] FOREIGN CURRENCY RESERVES SOAR AGAIN

  • [13] TRADING AT TURKISH FREE ZONES CLIMBS 51 %

  • [14] PKK KILL 12 CIVILIANS IN NORTHERN IRAQ


  • TURKISH PRESS REVIEW

    FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 1995

    Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning

    [01] TURKEY SLAMS US SENATE DECISION ON FOREIGN AID

    Turkey expressed its uneasiness over a US Senate decision which imposes conditions on Turkey regarding the use of US foreign aid. "This is a very unfortunate development while the two countries' bilateral relations are rapidly improving in all aspects and in a period when the US and Turkey have common strategic interests" Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesman Nurettin Nurkan said. Nurkan warned that the attitude of the US on foreign aid credits would hurt the Turkish people who had national pride. "Some Congress members, who are acting according to some lobbies with short-term political concerns, are also harming US national interests" Nurkan added. He said it had been expected that the foreign aid draft would be reviewed by the Conference Committee on Thursday. "We hope that the members of this committee will act with responsibility and prevent these amendments from negatively impacting our bilateral relations" he concluded. /Cumhuriyet/

    [02] BOSNIA ASKS SUPPORT FROM TURKEY IN PEACE TALKS

    Bosnia-Herzegovina asked support from Turkey while a new regional map is being drawn up. Foreign Minister Erdal Inonu met with his Bosnian and Croatian counterparts, Muhammed Sacirbey and Mate Granic, yesterday morning in New York. Sacirbey said that Bosnia-Herzegovina needs Turkey's influence on its side during the peace talks. He also asked Inonu for Turkey's help in moving Bosnian refugees from Bihac to the township of Velika Kladusa. The ministers indicated that the next stage in the process would be to establish a cease-fire and to redraw territorial boundaries. Bosnia and Croatia also proposed that Turkey participates in an extended Western Contact Group. The group was originally formed by the US, Britain, France, Germany and the Russian Federation. The foreign ministers also agreed to meet again in Istanbul late October or early November. Meanwhile, in his speech to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, Inonu disclosed that Turkey was ready to take part in the multinational peacekeeping force which is to be deployed in Bosnia. /Hurriyet/

    [03] NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES N.IRAQ

    The National Security Council (MGK), Turkey's highest advisory body, discussed yesterday several domestic and foreign issues related to the country's security, and particularly the situation in northern Iraq. An MGK statement released after the four-hour meeting, chaired by President Suleyman Demirel, said foreign and domestic developments affecting Turkey's security were reviewed. Prime Minister-designate Tansu Ciller, Chief of the General Staff Gen.Ismail Hakki Karadayi, Deputy Premier Hikmet Cetin, some ministers, commanders of the forces and other top civilian and military officials attended Thursday's MGK meeting.

    [04] STRONG ELECTION WINDS BLOWING

    In another surprise move Prime Minister-designate Tansu Ciller spoke on the phone yesterday with Chairman of the Supreme Election Board, Nihat Yavuz. The main point of the conversation was that Ciller told Yavuz that he should get things ready for a December election.

    Preparations for a general election can be completed within sixty days, but now the parties have to come up with the cash. Yavuz has already told Ciller that she will have to cough up 2.8 trillion TL.

    The prospect of a December vote has again thrown the political scene into confusion. Most parties were getting ready for Ciller to set up a minority government after the DYP-ANAP coalition debacle. Now the field is wide open, with a whole new target to reach-3.5 million new young voters. /Hurriyet/

    [05] US CALLS PKK VIOLENT TERRORISTS

    A top US official, Philip Wilcox said yesterday that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was nothing more than a violent terrorist organization. Wilcox also noted that it was a shame that many people had confused a fight for human rights with terrorism.

    US State Department's coordinator for counter-terrorism, Wilcox added that the US was concerned about PKK terrorism, because to some extent the lives of some US citizens were being jeopardized. Wilcox said that he was convinced that the PKK was to be severely condemned for its violent acts of terrorism. /Hurriyet/

    [06] CYPRUS AGREEMENT BEFORE EU MEMBERSHIP

    President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Rauf Denktas said in a newspaper interview that there could be no membership deal with the European Union (EU), before agreement was reached on the island itself. Cyprus is split between the Turkish and Greek communities on the island, and until the breach is healed, there could be no talk of further developments with the EU-something that the Greek side has been pressing for, commented Denktas.

    TRNC President Denktas noted too that integration with the EU was nonsense while the island was still divided over basic issues that included the form of government best suited to conditions on the island. He also accused the the Greek side of trying to sabotage ties between the TRNC and mainland Turkey. /Cumhuriyet/

    [07] ANKARA HAPPY ABOUT ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN DEAL

    Ankara said yesterday that the new agreement signed between Israel and Palestine was a step towards a new peace and stability in the region. Government representatives said that the government was happy about the development, brought to reality during a ceremony in Washington. /Cumhuriyet/

    [08] EU DEBATE ON GOVERNMENT CRISIS

    This coming monday, EU foreign ministers will gather to discuss the government crisis in Turkey. The ministers will ponder ways to help Turkey out of the current situation, and seek ways of persuading the European Parliament to vote in favour of customs union with Turkey.

    If everything works out for the best, full customs union between Turkey and the EU should become a reality on January 1 next year. /Hurriyet/

    [09] SOARES PROMISES FULL SUPPORT

    Portuguese President Mario Soares reassured Ankara that he would do his best to ensure Turkish entry into the customs union. "I will try to point out the advantages of Turkey's membership in the customs union for both Turkey and the EU" he told an audience at a conference "EU: Problems and Perspectives" at Bilkent University. In his speech, Soares said that Turkey had to take some steps and give some guarantees, so that those who support Turkey would have some ground to stand on. Soares left Ankara yesterday. /Cumhuriyet/

    [10] SAUDI COMMITTEE VISITS ITO

    Seyh Abdurrahman Al-Jeraisy has called on Turkish businessmen to take up their share of the trade between Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Al-Jeraisy, chairman of the Saudi Arabian Chamber of Commerce's Council took up the issue while visiting the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO). He stressed that the meetings which he has been holding include how to improve bilateral relations, and what kinds of products might find favour on both sides. ITO Board Chairman Atalay Sahinoglu said that for the most part relations between the two countries were warm, so it was all the more striking that the trade balance between the two was so low.

    [11] KOHL: TURKEY'S STABILITY IS TO OUR BENEFIT

    German Chancellor Helmut Kohl expressed his hope yesterday that internal political developments and especially steps toward the improvement of human rights in Turkey would develop in such a way as to facilitate the customs union. Kohl was speaking at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. "There are very many Turks living in Germany" Kohl said. "Turkey's problems concerning its southeastern region affect us as well. Every step toward stability in the country will be to our benefit too".

    [12] FOREIGN CURRENCY RESERVES SOAR AGAIN

    Turkey's foreign currency reserves resumed an upward trend between September 15 and 22, despite the Central Bank's (CB) bold moves to erode these reserves prior to that week, official figures disclosed yesterday. The CB said that foreign currency reserves jumped by $392 million to $15.561 billion on September 22, the highest ever reserve figure. The CB announced on Sepptember 26 that it had temporarily stopped all foreign currency purchases because of excess reserves.

    [13] TRADING AT TURKISH FREE ZONES CLIMBS 51 %

    Trading at Turkey's six free zones jumped 51 % to $1.748 billion in the first eight months of the current year, the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat said yesterday. The office said the Mersin free zone on the east Mediterranean coast was top market in terms of trade volume. Total free zone exports to Turkey soared by 33 % to $584.6 million in the first eight months. Turkey's exports to free zones in the same period rose by a slower 15 % to $312.9 million. Free zone exports to Turkey since 1988 totalled $2.222 billion, and imports from Turkey were %1.396 billion. There are a total of 806 firms operating at Turkey's six free zones in Mersin, Antalya, Izmir, Istanbul Airport, Istanbul (leather) and Trabzon. Of those, 648 are Turkish and 158 are foreign firms.

    [14] PKK KILL 12 CIVILIANS IN NORTHERN IRAQ

    Voice of the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (IKDP) has claimed that four terrorists have been killed, and sixteen captured in northern Iraq. The same sources reported that yesterday terrorists attacked the Etrus camp near Zaho killing 14 civilians and kidnapping 40 others. Five terrorists were killed by security forces in a fight near Hanako, Igdir. Seven more terrorists preparing for training in a terrorist camp were captured in Istanbul. In another incident in Kahramanmaras last night, terrorists attacked the Adatepe Dam site and fled after setting fire to machinery. /Sabah/

    END

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