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Turkish Press Review, 98-08-04
From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>
04.08.98
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning
CONTENTS
[01] SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL MEETING
[02] PRESIDENT APPROVES AWARD FOR KARADAYI
[03] CREDENTIALS TO DEMIREL
[04] INTERIOR, JUSTICE, TRANSPORTATION MINISTERS TO RESIGN
[05] TURKEY-TRNC COOPERATION
[06] MASHEDOV MEETS WITH CINDORUK
[07] AUSTRIAN-TURKISH ASSOCIATIONS' UNION VISITS TURKEY
[08] SIEMENS' LEASING COMPLETES FIRST YEAR IN TURKEY
[09] TURKEY TO BE CAR PRODUCTION CENTER
[10] CANEVI IN IIF ADMINISTRATION
[11] 'EVIL FRONT' AGAINST TURKEY
[12] SUCCESS OF TURKISH STUDENT IN US
[13] TURCO-GREEK COOPERATION
[14] IGHT PKK TERRORISTS CAPTURED
[15] NARCOTICS WORTH TRILLIONS OF TL SEIZED
[01] SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL MEETING
The Supreme Military Council (YAS), which determines promotions
and retirements of Turkish Armed Forces personnel, convened
yesterday for a four-day meeting headed by Prime Minister Mesut
Yilmaz. The council members visited Ataturk's Mausoleum in the
morning. The YAS meeting will end on Thursday.
The current chief of General Staff, Gen.Ismail Hakki Karadayi,
will be retiring this year and is to be replaced by Land Forces
Commander Gen.Huseyin Kivrikoglu. The vacant position left by
Kivrikoglu will be filled by 1st Army Commander Gen.Atilla Ates.
Deputy Chief of General Staff Gen.Cevik Bir will be appointed to
the 1st Army. The current Gendarmerie Forces Commander,
Gen.Fikret Ozden Boztepe, will be retiring this year along with
Gen.Karadayi. A number of high-ranking officers are expected to
be promoted. /All papers/
[02] PRESIDENT APPROVES AWARD FOR KARADAYI
President Suleyman Demirel has approved a decision taken by the
Council of Ministers to award Chief of General Staff General
Ismail Hakki Karadayi with a state "Order of Merit" award. In a
statement by the Presidential Press Office, it was stated
yesterday that the President would approve the presenting of
the "Order of Merit" medal to Chief of General Staff General
Ismail Hakki Karadayi in recognition of his devoted, loyal
services to the Turkish Republic, the territorial integrity of
the country, and the preservation of peace and unity in Turkish
society with success. /Sabah/
[03] CREDENTIALS TO DEMIREL
Bosnia-Herzegovina's new ambassador to Turkey, Besim Spahic,
presented his credentials to President Suleyman Demirel
yesterday. Ambassador Spahic replaces Ambassador Hajruddin Somun,
who was the first Bosnian envoy to Turkey. President Demirel also
accepted the credentials of Moldovian Ambassador Fiodor Angheli
yesterday. Ambassador Angheli, who is of Gagauz origin, delivered
a speech in Turkish.
The European Union (EU) Commission's new representative in
Ankara, Ambassador Karen Fogg of Britain, presented her
credentials to Demirel yesterday. Ambassador Fogg replaces
Ambassador Michael Lake, also of Britain, as the highest EU envoy
in Turkey. After presenting her credentials, Ambassador Fogg had
talks with Demirel, the Anatolia news agency reported.
[04] INTERIOR, JUSTICE, TRANSPORTATION MINISTERS TO RESIGN
Following the July 31 agreement on an election date, the
interior, justice and transportation ministers have until 5:00
p.m. today to resign from their posts, as stipulated by Article
14 of the Constitution. The Executive Board of the Motherland
Party (ANAP) assembled yesterday and reportedly discussed the
resignation of the ministers who have adopted Tuesday, August 4,
as their resignation date. /All papers/
[05] TURKEY-TRNC COOPERATION
A protocol between Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus (TRNC) for cooperation on reforestation was signed
yesterday by Turkish Forestry Minister Ersin Taranoglu and his
counterpart in the TRNC, Kenan Akin. Deputy Prime Minister and
Chairman of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) Bulent Ecevit
attended the protocol signing, the Anatolia news agency reported.
Ecevit, in a speech at the Prime Ministry, said that a forest
fire in Yesilirmak in the TRNC, which broke out last month
causing the loss of many hectares of forested land, was a sad
event, adding that fire-fighting was made easier by the help that
was sent from Turkey.
[06] MASHEDOV MEETS WITH CINDORUK
Chechen Head of State Aslan Mashedov, who is currently in
Istanbul, met with Chairman of the Democrat Turkey Party (DTP)
Husamettin Cindoruk yesterday. Mashedov noted that the Chechen
people had received great support in their just cause. Cindoruk
said for his part that the Chechen people had many diplomatic
achievements and had the right to be happy. /Hurriyet/
[07] AUSTRIAN-TURKISH ASSOCIATIONS' UNION VISITS TURKEY
Members of the Executive Board of the Austrian-Turkish
Associations' Union will visit Turkish President Suleyman Demirel
today. They will present a goodwill letter from Austrian
President Thomas Klestil to Demirel, in which Klestil invites
Demirel to Austria in November. /Hurriyet/
[08] SIEMENS' LEASING COMPLETES FIRST YEAR IN TURKEY
The latest link in the chain of Siemens' leasing companies which
have been established in 15 countries, Siemens Leasing-Turkey
aims to become one of Europe's top 10 leasing firms within the
next five years. One of the top ranking institutions in the
leasing sector, Siemens Leasing is now one year old, an
anniversary marked by a press conference in Istanbul yesterday.
At the conference, Siemens Leasing-Turkey Board Chairman and
SIMKO Trade and Industry Corp.Deputy General Manager Christoph
Urban gave general information about Siemens' projects planned
for Turkey and made an evaluation of the first year of Siemens
Leasing-Turkey operations. /All papers/
[09] TURKEY TO BE CAR PRODUCTION CENTER
The Ford car production center for which the foundations
were laid on 26 July in Golcuk, Izmit has attracted the attention
of Western countries. The weekly British newspaper The European
quoted that with its geographic location and natural resources, a
powerful automobile industry could be constructed in Turkey like
that in Detroit, the US. The newspaper reported that the Turkish
government had donated the land to the Koc-Ford joint venture to
construct the factory in return for building a university, adding
that this was a sign of the importance that Turkey attached to
foreign investment. /Milliyet/
[10] CANEVI IN IIF ADMINISTRATION
Chairman of the Turkish Economy Bank (TEB), Yavuz Canevi, has
been elected to the Executive Board of the International
Institute of Finance (IIF), established by leading world
finance institutions in 1980. /Milliyet/
[11] 'EVIL FRONT' AGAINST TURKEY
Armenian institutions in America have started efforts to prevent
the establishment Turkish departments in American universities.
With this aim in mind they have formed an 'evil front' against
Turkey with Greek, Greek Cypriot and Kurdish societies in
America. US Armenian National Committee chairman Vicken
Sonentaz-Papazyan claims that the Turkish government is one of
duplicity and deceit. /Milliyet/
[12] SUCCESS OF TURKISH STUDENT IN US
Ibrahim Deletioglu, studying law in Illinois University, has been
included to the "Who is Who in American Universities" catalogue
of university successes. The university has also presented an
award to Deletioglu in recognition of his success.
/Cumhuriyet-Milliyet/
[13] TURCO-GREEK COOPERATION
A meeting between delegations from Turkey and Greece was held in
Gumulcine (Komotini) yesterday. Edirne Governor Mehmet Canseven
said in a statement that they went to Greece at the invitation of
Rodop Governor Stergios Stavropoulos, who visited Edirne last
year. The meeting was held in a friendly atmosphere, the Anatolia
news agency reported yesterday.
[14] IGHT PKK TERRORISTS CAPTURED
In Pazarcik, Kahramanmaras, eight PKK terrorists have been
captured. Security operations are still going on. /Sabah/
[15] NARCOTICS WORTH TRILLIONS OF TL SEIZED
Turkish narcotics agents yesterday found and seized 300 kgs of
morphine base worth a trillion Turkish liras in the fuel tank of
a truck coming from Iran. Three people were taken into custody in
connection with the incident. Their names have not been
disclosed. Governor of Kilis, near the Syrian border, Guner Ozmen
said that they would ask for four days from the Public
Prosecutor's Office to investigate the matter. /Hurriyet/
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