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ANADOLU AGENCY

NEWS

25 AUGUST 2000

Friday

CONTENTS

[01] TURKEY-PRESS SCAN

[02] TURKEY'S NEW UN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE PAMIR STARTS HIS NEW POST IN NEW YORK

[03] INVESTMENTS OF THE EU AND TURKISH INSURANCE COMPANIES

[04] FRENCH PRIESTS ADMIRE OTTOMAN ARTIFACTS

[05] EUROPEAN JUNIOR WEIGHT-LIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS -OZ OF TURKEY WINS ONE SILVER AND TWO BRONZE MEDALS

[06] SOCCER - EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

[07] MANY GRAVES AND SHRINES FOUND IN ARTVIN

[08] IZMIR STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTA DUE TO FAR EAST

[09] KURSK SUBMARINE DISASTER -GENERAL TURKERI, CHAIRMAN OF GENERAL STAFF'S INTELLIGENCE UNIT, SIGNS CONDOLENCE BOOK AT RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN ANKARA

[10] SOCCER - EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

[11] ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BARAK DUE IN TURKEY

[12] ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES MINISTER ERSUMER: -''AZERBAIJANI NATURAL GAS WILL COME TO TURKEY TOGETHER WITH TURKMEN NATURAL GAS''

[13] EUROPEAN JUNIOR WEIGHT-LIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS -SAGIR OF TURKEY WINS THREE SILVER AND AVCI WINS THREE BRONZE

[14] FOREST FIRES IN LATAGAN AND MARMARIS TOWNSHIPS OF MUGLA

[15] FOOTBALL: UEFA CUP -GAZIANTEPSPOR TO PLAY WITH CD ALAVES OF SPAIN AND ANTALYASPOR WITH SV WERDER BREMEN OF GERMANY

[01] TURKEY-PRESS SCAN

HURRIYET (LIBERAL)

MASTER PROGRAMME ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOR POLICE AND GENDARME
For the first time in Turkey, police and gendarme are studying human rights in a master programme. Ten policemen and two gendarmes are attending the master programme at Hacettepe University's Human Rights Application and Research Center. The policemen and gendarmes who voluntarily enrolled the classes will be given a Phd once they complete the programme. Anthropologic basis of human rights, ethics and human rights, human rights concepts and its varieties, assessment problems of human rights, development of democracy and human rights, human rights, law and state are some of the courses included in this programme.

MILLIYET (LIBERAL)

GARBAGE STRIKE SUSPENDED FOR TWO MONTHS
The Ministers Council suspended for two months the strike of the garbage collectors which was continuing in Izmir and Istanbul and said the strike was threatening public health. Municipality executives who represented the employers were pleased while the workers and their union were angry about the decision.

SABAH (LIBERAL)

ALAN MAKOVSKY FROM U.S. THINK-TANK INSTITUTION SAYS
TURKISH GOVERNMENT IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK
Alan Makovsky who has been the Director of Washington Institute Turkey Research Center for six years told Sabah that the U.S. government finds the Turkish government's activities successful such as the improvements in social security system, internatinal arbitration law, removing military judges from the State Security Courts (DGMs) and agreements with the IMF. Makovsky said Sezer's election as the president proved the political liveliness in Turkey. He also noted that the United States finds Ecevit successful in fighting against torture in Turkey. Responding to a question, Makovsky said a Kurdish state would not be set up in Northern Iraq in near future.

CUMHURIYET (LEFT)

Denizli and Cankiri had more quakes in number. A total of 15 quakes occurred in Turkey on August 20, 2000, and 10 of them were in Denizli. All the quakes in Denizli province were slight.

DEMIREL TO SET UP EUROPEAN UNION FOUNDATION
Former President Suleyman Demrel is getting prepared to set up a foundation which will carry out works regarding Turkish-EU relations. It was reported that Demirel sent letters to the leaders of the European countries related with the foundation. Demirel is getting prepared for an intense program in September as the policy is expected to be intensified in autumn.

RADIKAL (LEFT)

RECENT REPORT OF NSC: ''THE STATE BESIEGED''
According to the recent report of the National Security Council (NSC), 253 head officials and some governors are fundamentalists. The Council of Ministers decided to launch efforts immediately for the legalization of the decree having the force of law (KHK) on civil servants.

RAND: ''TURKEY IS NEW GEO-STRATEGIC POWER''
The RAND think-tank institution which is based in the U.S. said in a report titled ''The Future of Turkish-Western Relations'' that Turkey appeared as a new geo-strategic power in its region.

The report noted that ''during the Cold War, Turkey played a critical role in the containment of Soviet power. There was agreement between the United States and Western Germany, in particular, on the central importance of Turkey in Western strategy. A similar recognition of the Turkish role generated support. During the 1990s, however, this consensus disappeared. Security debates in the United States and Europe acknowledge Turkey's geopolitical significance and the need to reinvigorate relations. But there has been relatively little progress in defining what a new agenda for strategic cooperation between Turkey and the West should include.''

YENİ BİNYIL (LIBERAL)

20,000 QUAKE SURVIVORS LIVE IN TENTS
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit responded to the questions of the press on the first anniversary of the devastating August 17 quake. Ecevit said there were only 24 ''missings,'' adding that permanent houses will be given to 40, 665 quake survivors. He said financial support was provided to 4,000 quake survivors who build up their houses. He said 20,000 families with their own will, were living in tents instead of the prefabricated houses.

TURKIYE (RIGHT)

BAHCELI: ''NO PROBLEM WITH THE PRESIDENT''
Devlet Bahceli, the Deputy Prime Minister and the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), said there was no tension between President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and the government, adding that, ''issuing of the law depends on the will of the Parliament, however, law on civil servants will be issued from the Parliament.''

ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)

Administrators of unions criticized the decision for postponement sand said, ''there has been injustice to the workers.''

FROM JOURNEY OF ''HOPE'' TO TOMATO FIELDS
The passengers of ''hope'' who come to the southern coasts of Italy through illegal ways, work in tomato fields till they get the permission of settlement in Italy. Citizens of various countries who come to Italy by ships from Albania, Turkey and Greece, say that they work in tomato fields as Italians don't want to work there.

A total of 140 persons have been settled in a social settlement place called Casa Regina near Otranto city. Twenty Turkish citizens who are among them said they came to Italy by taking all the risks and they have to fulfil some conditions before getting the permission to settle in Italy.

[02] TURKEY'S NEW UN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE PAMIR STARTS HIS NEW POST IN NEW YORK

Pamir has taken over the post from Ambassador Volkan Vural who was appointed as the secretary general in charge of Turkey's relations with the EU at the Foreign Ministry.

Ambassador Pamir will present his letter of credentials to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Friday.

[03] INVESTMENTS OF THE EU AND TURKISH INSURANCE COMPANIES

According to the data of Turkey Insurance companies, investments of insurance companies in Turkey increased from 430 million Euro to 1.542 billion Euro in 1992-1998 period.

In this period, investments of insurance companies of the 15 EU member countries increased from 1.671 trillion Euro to 3.696 Euro. The figures in question state 121.2 percent increase.

When the distribution of investments is considered, very interesting outcomes are seen.

TYPE OF INVESTMENTS (percent)

EU(AVER.) TURKEY
------------------------ -------- ------
Real Estate, Building 5.0 9.2

Investments in related comp. 3.5 4.2

Shares 31.8 4.6

Bonds and other fixed prof. 39.1 66.6

Loans 13.6

Deposits in banks 1.6 15.2

Others 5.3 0.2 [00] FOREST FIRES -25 HECTARES OF FORESTED AREA DESTROYED IN FOREST FIRES
ANKARA, Aug 25 (A.A) - A total of 25 hectares of forested area was burnt in forest fires which broke out in various regions of the country. All fires were taken under control.

Forest Ministry Fire Operation Center report said forest fires which broke out in Fethiye, Tekirdag-Saray, Tekirdag-Sarkoy, Istanbul-Alemdag, Inegol, Amasya-Vezirkopru, Corum, Canakkale, Sinop and Balikesir-Dursunbey were taken under control.

The statement said cool and rainy weather began to be influential in northern regions, yet noted that still there was risk of fire in Adana and Kahramanmaras provinces in southern region and in Izmir and Mugla provinces in Aegean region.

[04] FRENCH PRIESTS ADMIRE OTTOMAN ARTIFACTS

French priests and their wives, who also visited Italian Catholic Church, received information from officials of Samsun Archeology and Ethnography Museum about the artifacts.

Priest Remi Fitterer told A.A correspondent that they were fascinated by the Ottoman artifacts.

Fitterer said that they came to Black Sea Region to visit churches in Samsun and Trabzon and to meet with Christian society.

They were astonished by the cultural variety in Turkey, Fitterer noted.

Fitterer added that they saw that Turkey is rich of history and that they will also visit other parts of Turkey in every opportunity.

[05] EUROPEAN JUNIOR WEIGHT-LIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS -OZ OF TURKEY WINS ONE SILVER AND TWO BRONZE MEDALS

Oz became silver medalist in snatch event while he became bronze medalist in clean and jerk and total.

The championships will end on August 27.

[06] SOCCER - EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

There are 32 teams playing in eight groups of four.

Galatasaray soccer club has been matched with AS Monaco of France, Glasgow Rangers of Scotland and SK Sturm Graz of Austria in the Group D while Besiktas soccer club of Turkey has been matched with FC Barcelona of Spain, AC Milan of Italy and AFC Leeds United of Britain in the Group H.

Collated draw is as follows:

GROUP (A):
Real Madrid CF (Spain)

Spartak Moscow (Russia)

TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Germany)

Sporting Lisbon (Portugal)

GROUP (B):
SS Lazio Rome (Italy)

Arsenal (Britain)

AC Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)

Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)

GROUP (C):
Valencia CF (Spain)

Olympique Lyon (France)

Pire Olympiakos (Greece)

SC Heerenveen (the Netherlands)

GROUP (D):
AS Monaco (France)

GALATASARAY (Turkey)

Glasgow Rangers (Scotland)

SK Sturm Graz (Austria)

GROUP (E):
FC Juventus Torino (Italy)

Deportivo La Coruna (Spain)

Panathinaikos (Greece)

Hamburg SV (Germany)

GROUP (F):
FC Bayern Munih (Germany)

Paris Saint Germain (France)

Rosenborg BK Trondheim (Norway)

Helsingborgs IF (Sweden)

GROUP (G):
Manchester United (Britain)

PSV Eindhoven (the Netherlands)

Dinamo Kiev (Ukraine)

RSC Anderlecht (Belgium)

GROUP (H):
FC Barcelona (Spain)

AC Milan (Italy)

AFC Leeds United (Britain)

BESIKTAS (Turkey)

In the groups, first matches will be played between September 12-13, the second matches between September 19-20, te third matches between September 26-27, the fourth matches between October 17-18, the fifth matches between October 24-25 and the sixth matches between November 7-8.

[07] MANY GRAVES AND SHRINES FOUND IN ARTVIN

Archeological searches carried out by Van Yuzuncu Yil University's Arts and History Department and Culture Ministry since 1992, were finalized on August 20.

Six experts headed by Associate Professor Osman Aytekin carried out searches in Yusufeli and Savsat townships between August 7 and 20.

A total of 13 historical graves and a construction which was registered as a tomb but in fact was a chapel were found in Kilickaya hamlet, Alanbasi, Altparmak, Kopluce, Demirkent and Ishan villages of Yusufeli.

Experts also found 34 historical graves, two shrines and four grave stones in Sogutlu district, Ciritduzu, Cevizli, Koprulu and Pinarli villages of Savsat.

[08] IZMIR STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTA DUE TO FAR EAST

Kenan Gokkaya, the Director of IZDSO, told a press conference on Friday that IZDSO will go on a tour to Far Eastern countries, including Malaysia and Japan, between September 9 and October 10.

Gokkaya said that this tour will be organized upon the invitation of Japan and that it will be financed by Japanese Concert Organization Committee.

There will not be any soloists in their tour, Gokkaya noted, adding Japanese Yoshinao Osawa will conduct the orchestra in all concerts.

Gokkaya stated that the orchestra will give 14 concerts in 11 cities of Japan and that they will give two concerts in Malaysia.

Before it leaves for the Far East, the orchestra will give a concert in Kulturpark Tennis Club to contribute to Turkish-Greek friendship on August 31, Gokkaya stressed.

Gokkaya added that Greek bousouki player Manulas Pupis will be the soloist in the concert and Japanese Osawa will conduct the orchestra.

[09] KURSK SUBMARINE DISASTER -GENERAL TURKERI, CHAIRMAN OF GENERAL STAFF'S INTELLIGENCE UNIT, SIGNS CONDOLENCE BOOK AT RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN ANKARA

He expressed the Turkish Armed Forces' profound sorrow over demise of Russian sailors.

The Kursk Submarine sank on August 12 after it was shattered by an explosion while taking part in naval exercises in the Barents Sea off Russia's northern coast. All 118 sailors aboard were killed in the disaster.

[10] SOCCER - EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

According to the fixture, Galatasaray soccer club which has been matched with AS Monaco of France, Glasgow Rangers of Scotland and SK Sturm Graz of Austria in the Group D will play its first match on September 12.

Meanwhile, Besiktas soccer club of Turkey which has been matched with FC Barcelona of Spain, AC Milan of Italy and AFC Leeds United of Britain in the Group H, will play its first match on September 13.

Fixtures for the Champions League soccer competition in the Group D and the Group H are as follows:

Group D:

SK Sturm Graz (Austria)

Fixtures:

Tuesday, Sept 12 : Galatasaray v AS Monaco

Glasgow Rangers v SK Sturm Graz

Wednesday, Sept 20 : SK Sturm Graz v Galatasaray

AS Monaco v Glasgow Rangers

Wednesday, Sept 27 : AS Monaco v SK Sturm Graz

Galatasaray v Glasgow Rangers

Tuesday, Oct 17 : SK Sturm Graz v AS Monaco

Glasgow Rangers v Galatasaray

Wednesday, Oct 25 : AS Monaco v Galatasaray

SK Sturm Graz v Glasgow Rangers

Tuesday, Nov 7 : Galatasaray v SK Sturm Graz

Glasgow Rangers v AS Monaco

GROUP H:

BESIKTAS (Turkey)

Fixtures:

Wednesday, Sept 13 : FC Barcelona v AFC Leeds United

AC Milan v Besiktas

Tuesday, Sept 19 : Besiktas v FC Barcelona

AFC Leeds United v AC Milan

Tuesday, Sept 26 : AFC Leeds United v Besiktas

FC Barcelona v AC Milan

Wednesday, Oct 18 : Besiktas v AFC Leeds United

AC Milan v FC Barcelona

Wednesday, Oct 24 : AFC Leeds United v FC Barcelona

Besiktas v AC Milan

Wednesday, Nov 8 : FC Barcelona v Besiktas

AC Milan v AFC Leeds United

[11] ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BARAK DUE IN TURKEY

The Foreign Ministry said that Middle East peace talks will be discussed during Barak's one-day visit to Ankara.

Barak is expected to meet with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and some other officials.

Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian President, had earlier visited Ankara within framework his visits which target at finding support to his stance in Middle East peace talks.

[12] ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES MINISTER ERSUMER: -''AZERBAIJANI NATURAL GAS WILL COME TO TURKEY TOGETHER WITH TURKMEN NATURAL GAS''

Ersumer received John Wolf, the Energy Adviser of U.S. President Bill Clinton for Caspian Basin.

Addressing journalists following the meeting, Ersumer said that talks focused on Turkmenistan-Turkey natural gas project and Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project.

Ersumer stressed that an important progress had been recorded in works carried out by Azerbaijani state-run petroleum company SOCAR on the issue of financing the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project.

Noting that the U.S. Secretary of Energy would pay a visit to Kazakhstan in coming days, Ersumer told reporters that initiatives to include Kazakh oil in the project were underway.

Recalling that contract of the consortium carrying out works to bring Turkmen natural gas to Turkey, ended at the end of March, Ersumer said, ''the Shell Company has submitted a new contract. We expect the contract to be approved in coming days.''

Meanwhile, John Wolf said in his part they planned to hold a meeting with potential investors soon as the main engineering works started for the Baku- Ceyhan project.

Wolf stressed that they expected Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey to come together within framework of the Turkmenistan-Turkey natural gas project.

Responding to a question, Ersumer said, ''agreement was signed on the issue of Iranian natural gas. Iranian natural gas will come to Turkey in July, 2001.''

[13] EUROPEAN JUNIOR WEIGHT-LIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS -SAGIR OF TURKEY WINS THREE SILVER AND AVCI WINS THREE BRONZE

Abdurrezzak Avci, competing in same category, won three bronze medals on the secod day of the championships.

Sagir became silver medalist in snatch, clean and jerk and total while Avci became the bronze medalist in snatch, clean and jerk and total.

The championships will end on August 27.

[14] FOREST FIRES IN LATAGAN AND MARMARIS TOWNSHIPS OF MUGLA

Fire-fighting teams backed by helicopters rushed to the area to extinguish the fires.

[15] FOOTBALL: UEFA CUP -GAZIANTEPSPOR TO PLAY WITH CD ALAVES OF SPAIN AND ANTALYASPOR WITH SV WERDER BREMEN OF GERMANY

Gaziantepspor's first match will be away while Antalyaspor will host its first match.

First matches will be played on September 14 and the return matches will be held on September 28.

Below listed the teams that will play in UEFA Cup first tour:

Lokomotiv Moskow (Russia)-Neftochimik Burgaz (Bulgaria)

Norrkoping (Sweden)-Slovan Liberec (Czech Republic)

Rapid Bucharest (Romania)-FC Liverpool (Britain)

FC Zurich (Switzerland)-KRC Genk (Belgium)

NK Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia)-Espanyol Barcelona (Spain)

Vorskla Poltava (Ukraine)-FC Boavista Porto (Portugal)

Brondby IF (Denmark)-NK Osijek (Croatia)

Ruch Chorzow (Poland)-FC Internazionale Milan (Italy)

Pobeda Prilep (Macedonia)-AC Parma (Italy)

Torpedo Moscow (Russia)-Lozan Sports (Switzerland)

Celta de Vigo (Spain)-NK Rijeka (Croatia)

Leicester City (Britain)-FK Kızılyıldız Belgrad (Yugoslavia)

FC Zimbru Kisinev (Moldova)-Hertha BSC Berlin (German)

Roja JC Kerkrade (the Netherlands)-ASK Inter Bratislava (Slovakia)

Kryvbas Kryviy Rih (Ukraine-FC Nantes Atlantique (France)

PAOK Selonica (Greece)-Beitar Jerusalem (Israel)

FC Tirol Innsbruck (Austria)-AC Fiorentina (Italy)

KV Club Brugges (Belgium)-Apoel Lefkose (Greek Cypriot administration)

CSKA Moskow (Russia)-Viborg (Denmark)

Celtic Glasgow (Scotland)-HJK Helsinki (Finland)

Gueugnon (France)-Iraklis Selonica (Greece)

FC Chelsea (Britain)-FC Saint Gallen (Switzerland)

Real Zaragoza (Spain)-TS Wisla Krakow (Poland)

FC Kaiserslautern (Germany)-FC Bohemians (Ireland)

FK Molde (Norway)-Rayo Vallecano (Spain)

Nova Gorica (Slovenia)-AS Roma (Italy)

AIK Solna Stockholm (Sweden)-Herfolge BK (Denmark)

VFB Stuttgart (Germany)-Hearts of Midlothians (Scotland)

Vitesse Arnhem (the Netherlands)-Maccabi Haifa (Israel)

Vasas Budapest (Hungary)-AEK Athens (Greece)

FC Porto (Portugal)-FK Partizan Belgrad (Yugoslavia)

Alania Vladikavkaz (Russia)-KS Amica Wronki (Poland)

SK Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)-Akademisk Boldklub Copenhagen (Denmark)

SK Rapid Vien (Austria)-Orgryte IS (Sweden)

KAA Gent (Belgium)-AFC Ajax Amsterdam (the Netherlands)

Lilleström (Norway)-Dinamo Moskova (Russia)

Graz AK (Avustria)-FC Kosice (Slovakia)

CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria)-MTK Hungaria Budapest (Hungary)

CD Alaves (Spain)-Gaziantepspor (Turkey)

Antalyaspor (Turkey)-SV Werder Bremen (Germany)

Halmstad (Sweden)-Benfica SL Lizbon (Portugal)

Dunaferr SE (Hungary)-Feyenoord Rotterdam (the Netherlands)

Lierse SK (Belgium)-Girondins de Bordeaux (France)

Polonia Warsaw (Poland)-Udinese Calcio (Italy)

FC Basel (Switzerland)-Brann SK Bergen (Norway)

Petra Drnovice (Czech Republic)-TSV 1860 Munich (Germany)

Napredak Krusevac (Yugoslavia)-OFI Crete (Greece)

Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)-NK Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)

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