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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-07-05
CONTENTS
[01] ECEVIT RECEIVES B'NAI B'RITH INTENATIONAL CHAIRMAN HEIDEMAN
[02] JAPANESE LOAN OFFERED TO TURKEY WITH FAVOURABLE TERMS
[03] BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTRY:''WE'LL SUPPORT TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP AS
[04] ''TURKISH TOURISM SECTOR IN EU INTEGRATION PROCESS'' SEMINAR
[05] TURKEY AND JAPAN SIGN CREDIT AGREEMENT OF 100 MILLION USD FOR
[06] FITCH AFFIRMS ISTANBUL MUNICIPALITY'S LONG TERM FOREX RATING AT
[07] PEARSON SAYS PERFECT WORKS INCLUDING EXTREMELY IMPORTANT REFORMS,
[08] TREASURY TO HOLD THREE AUCTIONS NEXT WEEK
[09] DANISH AMBASSADOR IN ANKARA HOPPE: ''TURKEY WILL SURELY BE A
[10] TURKEY-IRAQ JEC MEETINGS
[11] OPERATIONS IN GREECE AGAINST NOVEMBER 17 ORGANIZATION ANKARA
[12] ECEVIT: ''I AM AT MY POST AS PRIME MINISTER. THERE IS NO NEED TO
[13] ECEVIT SAYS HIS STEPPING DOWN FROM HIS POST DID NOT COME TO AGENDA
[14] ECONOMIC COORDINATION MEETING ENDS (2) STATE MINISTER FOR ECONOMY
[15] PETROL OFISI SIGNS USD 75 MILLION OF SYNDICATED LOAN AGREEMENT
[16] ECONOMIC COORDINATION MEETING ENDS (1) DERVIS: ''WE WANT BANKING
[17] BRITISH AMBASSADOR VISITS AK PARTY LEADER ERDOGAN
[18] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ SAYS A HEALTH TEAM SHOULD MAKE A
[19] GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS RELEASED
[20] TURKEY DONATES SIX MILLION U.S. DOLLARS TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
[21] ISAF UNDER TURKEY'S COMMAND
[22] AGRICULTURE MINISTRY TO FORM ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION CENTER IN
[23] STATE MINISTER DERVIS SAYS TURKEY HAS VERY STRONG ECONOMIC
[24] TREASURY TO REPAY 4.2 QUADRILLION TL IN DOMESTIC DEBT NEXT WEEK
[25] TURKEY CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE TO JOIN EU'S SIXTH FRAME PROGRAMME
[26] ''HITTITES: NATION OF 1,000 GODS'' EXHIBIT TO OPEN IN BERLIN
[27] TURKEY TO JOIN JSF PROJECT NEXT WEEK
[28] GREEK-FLAGGED OIL TANKER PASSES THROUGH ISTANBUL STRAIT AFTER
[29] TWO POLICEMEN DIE, ONE HEZBOLLAH TERRORIST KILLED IN ELAZIG
[30] MEETING BETWEEN DERVIS AND BANKING SECTOR OFFICIALS BEGINS
[31] TWO POLICEMEN DIE, ONE HEZBOLLAH TERRORIST KILLED IN ELAZIG
[32] GREENPEACE'S PROTEST ON GREEK FLAGGED TANKER ENDS
[01] ECEVIT RECEIVES B'NAI B'RITH INTENATIONAL CHAIRMAN HEIDEMAN
ANKARA - Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit received Chairman of a Jewish
association B'nai B'rith International Chairman Richard Heideman on
Friday afternoon.
[02] JAPANESE LOAN OFFERED TO TURKEY WITH FAVOURABLE TERMS
ISTANBUL - Treasury Deputy Undersecretary Aydin Karaoz has said that
the credit that is taken from the Japanese government for the
fortification of bridges and viaducts in Marmara region will be
deferred for ten years and thereafter payment will be made over a
40-year period with a 0.95 percent interest rate.
[03] BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTRY:''WE'LL SUPPORT TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP AS
LONG AS IT IMPLEMENTS COPENHAGEN CRITERIA''
LONDON - British Foreign Ministry has responded to the sixth Turkey
report that was announced by the British Parliament Foreign Relations
Commission about two months ago.
[04] ''TURKISH TOURISM SECTOR IN EU INTEGRATION PROCESS'' SEMINAR
SIDE - Turkey's Secretary General for European Union (EU) Volkan Vural
said on Friday that Turkey does not have any deficiencies in its
structure when compared to EU countries, adding that, ''may be the
economic indicators are not good, but Turkey, with its current legal
substructure, has institutions which take under guarantee a market
economy which functions better than other candidate countries.
[05] TURKEY AND JAPAN SIGN CREDIT AGREEMENT OF 100 MILLION USD FOR
FORTIFICATION OF BRIDGES AND VIADUCTS IN MARMARA REGION
ISTANBUL - The Turkish government signed Friday a credit agreement of
12 billion 22 million Japanese Yen (about 100 million USD) with Japan
for the project to seismic fortification of Bogazici (Bosphorus),
Fatih Sultan Mehmet and Halic (Golden Horn) bridges and viaducts on the
connection roads in Turkey's Marmara region.
[06] FITCH AFFIRMS ISTANBUL MUNICIPALITY'S LONG TERM FOREX RATING AT
''B''
ANKARA /LONDON - Fitch, a leading rating organization, affirmed
Istanbul Municipality's long term foreign currency rating at ''B''.
[07] PEARSON SAYS PERFECT WORKS INCLUDING EXTREMELY IMPORTANT REFORMS,
WILL PUT TURKEY IN A MORE SOUND PLACE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NEAR
FUTURE
ADANA - U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Robert W. Pearson said on Friday
that perfect works including extremely important reforms, would put
Turkey in a more sound place for economic growth in near future.
[08] TREASURY TO HOLD THREE AUCTIONS NEXT WEEK
ANKARA - The Treasury will hold three auctions next week. On Monday,
July 8, Treasury will auction 364-day Discounted State Bonds
denominated in U.S. dollar. On Tuesday, July 9, Treasury will hold two
auctions to sell 154-day and 238-day bons.
[09] DANISH AMBASSADOR IN ANKARA HOPPE: ''TURKEY WILL SURELY BE A
MEMBER OF THE EU ONE DAY''
SIDE - ''Turkish Tourism Sector in European Union Integration
Progress'' seminar, jointly held by Turkish-European Union (EU)
Association (TURKAB), Antalya Chamber of Trade and Industry (ATSO), and
Mediterranean Touristic Hotel Keepers Union (AKTOB) started in Side
Township in southern Antalya province.
[10] TURKEY-IRAQ JEC MEETINGS
ANKARA - The 14th Term Meetings of Turkey-Iraq Joint Economic and
Technical Cooperation Committee (JEC) were held in Iraqi capital
Baghdad.
[11] OPERATIONS IN GREECE AGAINST NOVEMBER 17 ORGANIZATION ANKARA
PLEASED OVER OPERATIONS HOWEVER THINKS THEY ARE DELAYED
ANKARA - Ankara on Friday said it welcomed the operations of Greece
against November 17 terrorist organization, however noted that the
operations had to be launched long before.
[12] ECEVIT: ''I AM AT MY POST AS PRIME MINISTER. THERE IS NO NEED TO
ACTIVATE MECHANISM OF PROXY''
ANKARA - Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said on Friday, ''I am at my post
as the prime minister. There is not need to activate the mechanism of
proxy.''
[13] ECEVIT SAYS HIS STEPPING DOWN FROM HIS POST DID NOT COME TO AGENDA
OF YESTERDAY'S ECONOMY SUMMIT MEETING (2)
ANKARA - Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said on Friday that his stepping
down from his post did not come to the agenda during yesterday's
economy summit meeting.
[14] ECONOMIC COORDINATION MEETING ENDS (2) STATE MINISTER FOR ECONOMY
DERVIS: ''WE ARE ON THE EVE OF MORE BEAUTIFUL DAYS. I AM SURE WE WILL
OVERCOME THIS LACK OF CONFIDENCE''
ISTANBUL - State Minister for Economy Kemal Dervis said on Friday that
Turkey was on the eve of more beautiful days, expressing belief that he
was sure Turkey would overcome this lack of confidence.
[15] PETROL OFISI SIGNS USD 75 MILLION OF SYNDICATED LOAN AGREEMENT
ISTANBUL - Main oil distributor Petrol Ofisi signed a 75 million U.S.
dollars of syndicated loan with ten banks led by Citibank and ABN Amro
Bank.
[16] ECONOMIC COORDINATION MEETING ENDS (1) DERVIS: ''WE WANT BANKING
SECTOR TO BE KEPT UNDER A VERY TIGHT CONTROL AND NOT TO EXPERIENCE
MISTAKE OF THE PAST ONCE AGAIN''
ISTANBUL - State Minister Kemal Dervis for Economy said on Friday, ''we
want banking sector to be kept under a very tight control, and not to
experience mistakes of the past once again.''
[17] BRITISH AMBASSADOR VISITS AK PARTY LEADER ERDOGAN
ANKARA - British Ambassador to Turkey Peter Westmacott visited AK Party
leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday.
[18] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ SAYS A HEALTH TEAM SHOULD MAKE A
STATEMENT ABOUT ECEVIT'S HEALTH WHICH WILL RELIEVE PEOPLE
ISTANBUL - Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said on Friday that a
health team should make a statement that Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit
would re-start his active duties soon in order to relieve the people.
[19] GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS RELEASED
ISTANBUL - Twelve Greenpeace activists who were detained after holding
a protest aboard a Greek-flagged oil tanker were released by the
prosecutor's office on Friday.
[20] TURKEY DONATES SIX MILLION U.S. DOLLARS TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
ANKARA - Turkey has donated 6 million U.S. dollars to
Bosnia-Herzegovina to repay its natural gas debt to the Russian
Federation.
[21] ISAF UNDER TURKEY'S COMMAND
ANKARA - Confidence and support of Afghan people gradually increases in
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) which acts under the
command of Turkey. Security in Kabul and environs is reported to be
calmer when compared to the previous periods.
[22] AGRICULTURE MINISTRY TO FORM ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION CENTER IN
AFGHANISTAN
ANKARA - Agriculture and Rural Affairs Ministry will put into practice
an animal breeding project in Afghanistan in order to develop animal
breeding sector which was negatively affected by the atmosphere of war
in that country and in order to find a solution to food problem of the
Afghan people.
[23] STATE MINISTER DERVIS SAYS TURKEY HAS VERY STRONG ECONOMIC
STRUCTURE
ISTANBUL - State Minister Kemal Dervis said on Friday that he told in
the meeting with bankers that Turkey had a very strong economic
structure.
[24] TREASURY TO REPAY 4.2 QUADRILLION TL IN DOMESTIC DEBT NEXT WEEK
ANKARA - Treasury will repay 4 quadrillion 214.4 trillion Turkish liras
(TL) in domestic debt next week.
[25] TURKEY CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE TO JOIN EU'S SIXTH FRAME PROGRAMME
ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ANKARA - Turkey continues to negotiate with the European Union (EU) to
join the EU's Sixth Frame Programme on Science and Technology.
[26] ''HITTITES: NATION OF 1,000 GODS'' EXHIBIT TO OPEN IN BERLIN
ANKARA - Culture Minister Istemihan Talay will open the exhibition
''The Hittites: Nation of 1,000 Gods'' in Berlin in Germany
[27] TURKEY TO JOIN JSF PROJECT NEXT WEEK
WASHINGTON D.C. - Turkey will announce officially next week in
Washington that it will take part in the Joint Strike Fighter-JSF
project which is being developed under the leadership of the U.S.
[28] GREEK-FLAGGED OIL TANKER PASSES THROUGH ISTANBUL STRAIT AFTER
GREENPEACE PROTEST
ISTANBUL - Greek-flagged oil tanker passed on Friday through Istanbul
Strait after the protest of the Greenpeace members ended.
[29] TWO POLICEMEN DIE, ONE HEZBOLLAH TERRORIST KILLED IN ELAZIG
ELAZIG - A clash erupted between the members of the Hezbollah terrorist
organization and security forces in Mustafapasa neighbourhood of
eastern Elazęg province early on Friday. Two policemen died and one
terrorist was killed in the clash.
[30] MEETING BETWEEN DERVIS AND BANKING SECTOR OFFICIALS BEGINS
ISTANBUL - State Minister Kemal Dervis met with the leading names of
banking sector at breakfast in Istanbul on Friday
[31] TWO POLICEMEN DIE, ONE HEZBOLLAH TERRORIST KILLED IN ELAZIG
ELAZIG - A clash erupted between the members of the Hezbollah terrorist
organization and security forces in Mustafapasa neighbourhood of
eastern Elazęg province early on Friday.
[32] GREENPEACE'S PROTEST ON GREEK FLAGGED TANKER ENDS
ISTANBUL - Greenpeace activists who held a protest on Greek flagged oil
tanker on Thursday, were taken into custody by coast guard teams on
Friday.
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