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Turkish Press Review, 98-08-12
From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>
12.08.98
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning
CONTENTS
[01] THREE SOLDIERS KILLED IN CLASHES
[02] PKK TERRORISTS KILL MAYOR
[03] REPORT OF ISTANBUL POLICE DEPARTMENT
[04] YILMAZ VISITS TRABZON
[05] TUSIAD REPORT ON TRNC
[06] CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY TO HELP KOSOVO CHILDREN
[07] UNICEF AND SHCEK CONDUCTING STUDY OF STREET CHILDREN
[08] US GREEK LOBBY INTENSIFIES ANTI-TURKISH INITIATIVES
[09] S AND P POSITIVE ABOUT TURKISH ECONOMY
[10] TURK-OWNED TELECOMMUNICATIONS FIRM REDUCES PRICES
[01] THREE SOLDIERS KILLED IN CLASHES
Three soldiers were killed and five wounded during clashes
between a group of PKK terrorists and security forces in Aktuluk,
Tunceli, in the southeast of Turkey.
Meanwhile, security forces reported that operations are
continuing to find the terrorists who attacked and killed the
owner of a tourism centre in Uzungol, Black Sea. It was also
announced that security measures have been increased in and
around the Uzungol tourism region. /Milliyet/
[02] PKK TERRORISTS KILL MAYOR
Members of the PKK terrorist organization killed Idris Meydan,
Mayor of Kocapinar in the Ercis district of Van yesterday.
Meanwhile, members of the illegal TIKKO organization killed Hidir
Yazir, father of Democratic Left Party (DSP) Tunceli Central
District Chairman Huseyin Yazir. Operations to capture the
terrorists are continuing in the region. /Cumhuriyet/
[03] REPORT OF ISTANBUL POLICE DEPARTMENT
Istanbul Police Headquarters intelligence services have prepared
a report on the instructions of Chief of Police, Hasan Ozdemir.
According to the 130-page report fundamentalist and far-left
organizations are intensely activite in and around Istanbul. The
report said: "There are 13 fundamentalist organizations, five of
which are pro-Hizbullah, active in Istanbul. The Hizbullah and
IBDA_C are the most dangerous armed organizations. Mass
demonstrations with arms are being organized by the Muslim Youth
Organization." /Milliyet/
[04] YILMAZ VISITS TRABZON
Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz visited Trabzon yesterday. As a
result of floods in the six districts of Trabzon, 13 people have
lost their lives and 43 people are still missing. Mesut Yilmaz
noted that the state would do its best to help those who have
suffered during the floods in the region. /Cumhuriyet/
[05] TUSIAD REPORT ON TRNC
The Turkish Businessmen's and Industrialists' Association
(TUSIAD) issued yesterday a report on the "Economy of the Turkish
Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC): Problems and Solution
Proposals". The report has been jointly prepared by TUSIAD and
the Turkish Cypriot Businessmen's Association (ISAD). The report
includes proposals to increase the level of prosperity in the
TRNC. /Cumhuriyet/
[06] CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY TO HELP KOSOVO CHILDREN
A campaign has been started to help the children of Kosovo who
are among the 370,000 people who have been forced out of that
area by Serbian attacks over the past six months. An action plan
was announced yesterday at a press conference held at the
Children's Foundation Cultural Centre in Istanbul. Children's
Foundation Chairman, Mustafa Ruhi Sirin, said that in the past
six months 2,100 children have been killed in Kosovo and 3,500
wounded. /All papers/
[07] UNICEF AND SHCEK CONDUCTING STUDY OF STREET CHILDREN
The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the
Social Services Children's Protection Institution (SHCEK) are
cooperating to carry out a study on street children in Turkey and
their difficult living conditions. Research into the fears and
anxieties of these children and their expectations from society
has begun, the Anatolia news agency reported yesterday. The study
will cost $35,000 and will involve street children between the
ages of eight and 18.
[08] US GREEK LOBBY INTENSIFIES ANTI-TURKISH INITIATIVES
The Greek lobby in the US has intensified efforts to influence
President Bill Clinton to adopt anti-Turkey positions and to
persuade members of Congress to agree that the disputed Aegean
rocks of Kardak (Imia) belong to Greece, the Anatolia news agency
reported yesterday. The agency said that the American Hellenic
Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) has recently stepped
up lobbying activities to secure a statement from Clinton that
any Turkish counteraction against the looming deployment of the
controversial Russian-made S-300 missiles on Greek Cyprus would
be followed by an "American military response and would harm
Turkish-American relations".
[09] S AND P POSITIVE ABOUT TURKISH ECONOMY
Standard and Poors (S and P), an international rating firm,
announced a positive evaluation about the economic situation in
Turkey yesterday when it said that it appreciated improvements in
the Turkish economy. The firm, however, did not elevate Turkey's
long-term and short-term credit grades, which are "B". /Hurriyet/
[10] TURK-OWNED TELECOMMUNICATIONS FIRM REDUCES PRICES
Atanet, a telecommunications firm established by young Turkish
entrepreneurs in the US five years ago , has reduced telephone
calls prices aiming to compete with giant communications
companies operating in the US. /Hurriyet/
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