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TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (January 4, 1996)From: "Demetrios E. Paneras" <dep@bu.edu>Turkish News DirectoryCONTENTS[01] HOLBROOKE HOLDS STRATEGY MEETING ON CYPRUS[02] INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT JUMPS 7.9% IN JAN-NOV[03] TURKEY TO BRIEF ARABS, WEST ON SYRIA WATER DISPUTE[04] TURKEY-US TO START N.IRAQ TALKS[05] LAKE VAN PRESERVATION PROJECT[06] 'INFORMATION SOCIETY AND INTERNET' CONFERENCE IN ANKARA[07] TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN BULGARIA AGAINST TURKS ESCALATE[08] TRADE UNION SEMINAR IN ISTANBULTURKISH PRESS REVIEWTHURSDAY JANUARY 4, 1996Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning[01] HOLBROOKE HOLDS STRATEGY MEETING ON CYPRUSRichard Holbrooke, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs, yesterday held a meeting at the State Department to determine a strategy for the months ahead to bring Turkish and Greek sides to the table to solve the thirty-three-year-old Cyprus problem. In an interview he gave to The Washington Post, Holbrooke, who will retire from the State Department at the end of February, announced 1996 as the year of the "big push" in Cyprus.Holbrooke will be leaving Washington on January 22 to visit Athens, Ankara and Nicosia. But before he leaves, he will attend a large gathering of Greek-Americans on January 10, when he is expected to deliver an address that will touch upon the Cyprus issue as well. The situation regarding the future of Cyprus is getting hotter-with new initiatives coming from the European Union (EU). Tomorrow, Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Emamuela Scammaca will come to Turkey for talks about the island. Like the US, the EU also wants to see a firm solution to the problems splitting the two communities on the island. The involvement of the Italian new term president has added momentum to flagging efforts. /Cumhuriyet-Hurriyet/
[02] INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT JUMPS 7.9% IN JAN-NOVTurkey's industrial production boomed in the first eleven months of 1995, official figures revealed yesterday. The State Institute of Statistics (DIE) said that industrial output soared 7.9 % in real terms in the January-November period of 1995, compared with a 5.7 % plunge in the corresponding period of 1994. The DIE also said that total industrial production in November rose 11 % (in real terms) over the same months last year while the machine industry, a sub-sector of the manufacturing industry, grew a sharp 23.1 % in the first eleven months of 1995.The paper and printing industry grew by 17.8 %, the chemicals industry by 8.9 % and the earthenware products industry by 9.4 %. Those increases sent the manufacturing industry's average growth rate up by 8.2 % in the January-November period. The energy sector, which includes electricity, gas and water, reported a 9.8 % output growth in the same period. /All papers/
[03] TURKEY TO BRIEF ARABS, WEST ON SYRIA WATER DISPUTETurkey said yesterday it would put its side of a row with neighbouring Syria over the waters of the Euphrates river to the Arab states and Western allies this week. "We will give information on our position to the representatives in Ankara of Arab countries and Western countries with a direct interest in the issue" Foreign Ministry Spokesman Omer Akbel told a news conference yesterday. The briefings will take place this week and any interested diplomat can participate, Akbel said.Meanwhile, US government officials say that before Israel gets too involved in the water issues currently creating problems between Turkey and Syria, Israel needs to pay more attention to its own difficulties with the Palestinians and their water problems. According to the officials, Israel's own water problems are far more urgent than those of Syria, and need more urgent attention. The thought current in Washington circles is that the Syrian problem needs to be taken up from scratch and completely reviewed. /Milliyet-Cumhuriyet/
[04] TURKEY-US TO START N.IRAQ TALKSTurkish and American officials will meet in Washington next week for talks concerning northern Iraq, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Omer Akbel disclosed yesterday. Akbel told the weekly press briefing that Deputy Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Ali Tuygan will head the Turkish delegation in the talks scheduled for January 8-9. The sides will basically exchange views regarding the issues connected with the Western-protected Kurdish enclave, the spokesman said.As the West presses for a solution to the disagreements between the two major Kurdish groups in Northern Iraq, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Ann Clywd, one of the foremost representatives of the British Labour Party and one of the members of the non-governmental Committee for Democratic Rights in Iraq, has arrived in Turkey. Commenting on the situation in Northern Iraq, Clywd noted that the ties between the KDP and PUK were very weak, and added that consensus between the two Kurdish groups was a prerequisite for finding a solution to the problems in the region. Meanwhile, US officials are also trying to arrange a Barzani-Talabani meeting. It has been reported that the two parties have to a great extent reached agreement regarding the distribution of the revenues collected at the Habur border gate as well as on the disarmament of Erbil. /Milliyet/
[05] LAKE VAN PRESERVATION PROJECTFrequently noted as being the region where the Garden of Eden was planted, the area around Lake Van is now in need of some more care and protection. Following studies by universities in Turkey, especially Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and Bogazici University, 1.6 million dollars is going to be set aside for projects to restore the region.New studies and programmes will soon be set up within the framework of the "European Council Environmental Programme Project" with a view to preserving the marshlands and other vital areas of the lakeside regions. Efforts will be made to stop factories dumping their waste products into the lake. /Cumhuriyet/
[06] 'INFORMATION SOCIETY AND INTERNET' CONFERENCE IN ANKARAA conference entitled "Information Society and Internet" organized by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and the University and Research Librarians' Association (UNAK) will be held on January 8-9 in Ankara. The conference will include talks such as "National Networks and Network Policy in Turkey", "European Academic and Industrial Research Network (EURO-Cairn), "Media and the Internet" and "Information Services and Internet in Turkey: Basic Problems and Implementation".
[07] TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN BULGARIA AGAINST TURKS ESCALATEA bomb hidden in the car of Mumin Emin, Deputy Chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), a party largely composed of Bulgaria's ethnic Turks, exploded yesterday in Kircali. Emin was not in his car at the time. Bulgarian security officials said an investigation into the explosion was underway. Terrorist activities in Bulgaria, especially those aimed against Turks, have shown an increase recently.
[08] TRADE UNION SEMINAR IN ISTANBULA three-day seminar on "Social Rights and Free Circulation", organized by the European Trade Unions Confederation (ETUC), started today in Istanbul. Members of the European Parliament, confederation officials from various European countries, government officials, Turk-Is and DISK representatives, academicians and deputies will participate in the seminar. The seminar, held after the customs union became effective on January 1, is evaluated as carrying special importance for Turkey. /Cumhuriyet/END |
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