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Turkish Press Review, 98-09-11
From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>
11.09.98
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning
CONTENTS
[01] TASAR IN GERMANY
[02] UN GENERAL COUNCIL 53RD TERM
[03] TURKISH-ALBANIAN AGREEMENT
[04] FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES REACH $22 BILLION
[05] TALABANI ANNOYS ANKARA
[06] FOREST FIRES IN ISTANBUL
[07] RIOTS IN PRISON END
[08] CEM SENDS A LETTER TO AZIZ
[09] INTENSIVE PROGRAMME WITH IRAN
[10] ALLIANCE AGAINST TURKEY
[11] TURKISH AND ISRAELI INTELLECTUALS MEET
[12] TRNC TO HOLD GENERAL ELECTIONS IN DECEMBER
[13] MILLER IN ATHENS
[14] TURKISH TEXTILES FAIR IN BUDAPEST
[15] NEW MEASURES FOR JUDICIAL SYSTEM
[16] BARZANI: POSITIVE FIRST DAY OF WASHINGTON VISIT
[17] SECOND RAMSTORE IN MOSCOW
[18] TURKEY AN EXAMPLE FOR EUROPAY
[19] TURKEY HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CERAMICS
[20] DEMIREL'S REPLY TO IRANIAN MINISTER
[21] TURKEY HANDS NOTE TO LIBYA
[22] AKBANK GETS SYNDICATION LOAN
[23] TURKISH WORLD YOUTH DAYS AND CONGRESS
[24] TURKISH FILMS FESTIVAL IN NETHERLANDS
[01] TASAR IN GERMANY
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Mustafa Tasar went
yesterday to Germany to hold various contacts. Prior to his
departure, he made a statement at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport,
saying that he would visit Germany upon the invitation of Mayor
of the Kassel District in Germany, Georg Lewandowiski. He noted
that he would also participate in an exhibition on agriculture in
Kassel, the Anatolia news agency reports.
[02] UN GENERAL COUNCIL 53RD TERM
General meetings to be attended by heads of state and foreign
ministers during the 53rd Term of the UN General Council
will start on September 21. Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz
and Foreign Minister Ismail Cem are expected to represent Turkey
at the meetings which will last for two weeks, the Anatolia news
agency reports.
[03] TURKISH-ALBANIAN AGREEMENT
An administrative contract regarding the implementation of the
social security agreement between Turkey and Albania was signed
yesterday. Labour and Social Security Minister Nami Cagan said
during the signing ceremony in Istanbul that the social security
agreement signed between Turkey and Albania on July 15, 1998, in
Tirana, would contribute to further develop economic and
political cooperation between the two countries. Albanian Labour
and Social Affairs Minister Anastas Angjeli said for his part
that the agreement was an indication of the friendship between
the two countries, the Anatolia news agency reports.
[04] FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES REACH $22 BILLION
Central Bank foreign exchange reserves have exceeded $22 billion.
Foreign exchange reserves, which increased by $39 million between
August 28 and September 4, reached $22.004 billion on September
4. /Milliyet/
[05] TALABANI ANNOYS ANKARA
Remarks made by Celal Talabani, Chairman of the Patriotic Union
of Kurdistan (PUK), have been evaluated as "shooting himself in
the foot". Just before sending a delegation to make peace with
Ankara, Talabani made statements in Tehran that the Turkish
Foreign Ministry was "up in arms" yesterday before meeting with
the PUK delegation. Talabani not only demanded "support for the
human rights, freedoms asnd special personality of the Kurdish
people" in his meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros
Pangalos in Tehran, but also accused Turkey of basing its troops
permanently in northern Iraq.
While the Foreign Ministry was trying to depicher the meaning of
Talabani's remarks, a PUK mission was being welcomed in Ankara
for mending ties betwen the PUK and Ankara. The delegation, led
by Dr.Fouad Masoum and including Adnan Moufti, Muhammed Tevfik
Rahim and the PUK's Ankara representative, Shazad Saib, was
received by senior Foreign Ministry officials in the morning,
with talks continuing during an official lunch. /All papers/
[06] FOREST FIRES IN ISTANBUL
During forest firests in four separate places of Istanbul, nearly
60 hectares of forest have been ruined. The fire in the Beykoz
district yesterday afternoon has been extinguished with the
support of helicopters coming from Canakkale and Izmit. While two
children in the forest have been saved by the teams from the
Regional Directorate of Forest Administration, two people have
been taken into custody regarding the incident. It is reported
that forest fires in Kavacik, Sariyer, Kartal/Gulsuyu and Catalca
could be sabotage. /Cumhuriyet_
[07] RIOTS IN PRISON END
Riots launched by prisoners in the Ankara Central Closed Prison
ended yesterday. It is reported that meetings between the
officials of the prison and the prisoners ended with a
reconciliation. /Cumhuriyet/
[08] CEM SENDS A LETTER TO AZIZ
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem has sent a letter to
Pakistani Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz and has given detailed
information regarding the proposal made by President of the
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Rauf Denktas for the
establishment of a "Cyprus Condeferation" and Turkey's policy
concerning Cyprus. /Cumhuriyet/
[09] INTENSIVE PROGRAMME WITH IRAN
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail cem, who will visit Iran for an
official visit, will discuss regional problems especially
Afghanistan and the PKK terrorist organization. Cem will go to
Tehran today. Turkey wants Iran to accelerate diplomatic
initiatives to avoid the conflicts in Afghanistan spreading
towards other regional countries. During his visit to Iran, Cem
will also take up the issues of economic relations and natural
gas agreements between Turkey and Iran. /Cumhuriyet/
[10] ALLIANCE AGAINST TURKEY
It is reported that an alliance should be established against the
Turkish-Israeli cooperation. According to an editorial in the
Iran Daily newspaper published by the Iranian official news
agency (IRNA), military training agreement further developed
following the recent visit of Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz
will be more dangerous with the participation of Jordan in the
alliance.
The editorial noted that Iran should establish a regional defense
alliance with the participation of Greece and Armenia. It added
that Syria and Iraq could also participate in the alliance.
/Cumhuriyet/
[11] TURKISH AND ISRAELI INTELLECTUALS MEET
Israeli and Turkish intellectuals and scientists will attend a
panel-discussion which will last for two days next week.
Prof.Mithat Melen and Prof.Hasan Koni will head the meetings
organized with the initiatives of Israeli Consular and Israeli
Culture Attache. The meetings will be held in Istanbul on
September 15-16. /Cumhuriyet/
[12] TRNC TO HOLD GENERAL ELECTIONS IN DECEMBER
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) will hold general
elections on December 6, a parliamentary committee announced
yesterday. The Legal and Political Affairs Committee of the TRNC
Parliament decided unanimously on the election date, the Anatolia
news agency reported.
[13] MILLER IN ATHENS
US State Department Special Coordinator for Cyprus Thomas Miller
was scheduled to arrive in Athens late on Thursday evening for
talks with Greek Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos on Cyprus. The
Greek Foreign Ministry said that no statement would be made
following the meeting, the Anatolia news agency reported
yesterday.
[14] TURKISH TEXTILES FAIR IN BUDAPEST
The "Turkish Textiles, Leather and Fashion Days" Fair will open
in Budapest between November 5 and 8. The Foreign Trade
Undersecretariat will provide subsidies to participating Turkish
companies, the Anatolia news agency reported.
[15] NEW MEASURES FOR JUDICIAL SYSTEM
The Ministry of Justice is planning to propose to Parliament a
package of solutions for the problems in the judicial system when
the parliamentary recess is over in October, the Anatolia news
agency reported. The announcement was made late on Wednesday by
Justice Minister Hasan Denizkurdu at a reception marking the
beginning of the new judicial year.
Among the proposals are a new regulation preventing an
overabundance of case files in the Council of State and letting
smaller cases be dealt in local administrative courts. Another
proposal is to speed up the process in the solution of disputes
concerning bank check fraud.
[16] BARZANI: POSITIVE FIRST DAY OF WASHINGTON VISIT
Mesut Barzani, Chairman of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
in Iraq, said that although it was only the first day of his
official visit to Washington and too early to comment, he thought
all of the meetings on Wednesday had been "positive". Barzani is
visiting Washington at the official invitation of the State
Department. In related event, the Department next week will host
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Celal Talabani for a visit on
September 14-16. /All papers/
[17] SECOND RAMSTORE IN MOSCOW
Economic crisis in Russia has not hindered the the business
volume of Ramstore hypermarket opened with the partnership of
Migros and Enka, but instead increased it. The second Ramstore
hypermarket, larger than the first, will be opened in November
and the foundations of a third store will be laid down. This
development is expected to be source of prestige for the Moscow
Mayor Yuri Lujkov, as there is great anxiety due to the crisis in
Russia where there are rumorus there would be a shortage of
consumer goods during the winter. /Hurriyet/
[18] TURKEY AN EXAMPLE FOR EUROPAY
At the Fourth Banking Conference organized in Cannes, France by
Europay International, one of the largest payment systems along
with Mastercard and Maestro, Turkey was shown as the best example
in rapid development. At the conference, attended by 900 bankers
representing seven thousand European banks, it was stressed that
with the high performance Turkey has shown during the second half
of 1997, and the first half of 1998, the country became the
seventh largest market of Europay. /Hurriyet/
[19] TURKEY HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CERAMICS
An annual meeting of "European Producers of Ceramics and Health
Equipment" was held in Istanbul yesterday. Speaking at the
conference attended by the representatives of 63 producer
companies, Chairman of the Federation Riuou Yudn, said that
Turkey was one of the important countries in the ceramics sector.
Yudn also added that the Federation had benefitted from the works
of Turkish companies as a federation. /Hurriyet/
[20] DEMIREL'S REPLY TO IRANIAN MINISTER
President Demirel who received Iranian Minister of
Communications, Mahmut Hoccedi, stated that every regime is valid
for its country and no one should interfere in other's affairs.
Non-interference is one of the pre-requisites of peace. He also
added that Turkish-Israeli relations are not against Iran. The
Iranian Minister expressed his pleasure over the signing of a
treaty on communications with Turkey and presented a letter by
Iranian President Khatemi to President Demirel. /Hurriyet/
[21] TURKEY HANDS NOTE TO LIBYA
Members of the PKK terrorist organization, wearing uniforms and
carrying PKK banners and posters of Abdullah Ocalan, head of the
PKK, marched during an official ceremony in the Libyan capital of
Tripoli on September 1, marking the anniversary of the military
cope bringing Libyan Head of State Muammar al-Qaddafi to power.
The Foreign Ministry handed a protest note to Libya after Turkish
Ambassador to Tripoli, Mufit Ozdes who attended the ceremony in
which Qaddafi, high-level Libyan officials and foreign diplomats
were present, immediately informed the ministry of the event.
The Turkish Ambassador returned home on September 4, at the order
of his ministry. The event was also deliberated during a foreign
policy summit in the Presidential Palace the previous day,
chaired by President Suleyman Demirel and attended by Prime
Minister Mesut Yilmaz, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit,
Foreign Minister Ismail Cem, State Minister Sukru Sina Gurel,
Chief of the General Staff Gen.Huseyin Kivrikoglu and high
level Foreign Ministry officials. They decided to take severe
measures against Libya. /Sabah/
[22] AKBANK GETS SYNDICATION LOAN
Akbank, a private Turkish bank, has received a syndication loan
worth 160 million dollars from international markets. /Sabah/
[23] TURKISH WORLD YOUTH DAYS AND CONGRESS
The "Seventh Turkish World Youth Days and Congress" organized by
the Unity of Turkish World Youth will take place in the Kazakh
city of Turkistan between 15-20 September, the Anatolia news
agency reports.
[24] TURKISH FILMS FESTIVAL IN NETHERLANDS
A Turkish Films Festival began in Amsterdam, the capital of the
Netherlands, yesterday. The festival will last until the end of
September, the Anatolia news agency reports.
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