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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-07-08
CONTENTS
[01] RESIGNATIONS OF THREE MORE DSP DEPUTIES PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT
[02] TURKEY'S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO U.N. SAYS TURKEY WILL NOT
[03] EIGHT MORE DEPUTIES FROM DSP RESIGN
[04] ONAL RESIGNS FROM MINISTRY AND DSP
[05] RESIGNATIONS FROM DSP CONTINUE
[06] TALAY RESIGNS FROM HIS POST AND DSP
[07] OZKAN RESIGNS FROM DSP AND MINISTRY
[08] CAKMAKOGLU ARRIVES IN SOFIA
[09] PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT RECEIVES TOBB CHAIRMAN HISARCIKLIOGLU
[10] HELICOPTER CRASH IN MARMARIS FLIGHT TECHNICIAN IN HELICOPTER DIES
[11] HELICOPTER CRASH IN MARMARIS
[12] RESCUE TEAMS LEAVE FOR THE ACCIDENT AREA AFTER HELICOPTER GOES
[13] CIEPO 15TH SYMPOSIUM STARTS IN LONDON
[14] MHP GROUP OPENS TEXT TO SIGNATURE CALLING PARLIAMENT
[15] BAHCELI MEETS WITH MHP DEPUTY GROUP LEADER AYDIN
[16] BTC PROJECT GENERAL MANAGER TOWNSHEND: ''BTC WILL MAKE TURKEY A
[17] HALICI: ''AS DSP, WE DO NOT THINK OF HOLDING EARLY ELECTIONS''
[18] BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PIPELINE PROJECT
[19] NUMBER OF FOREIGN TOURISTS INCREASES BY 7.8 PERCENT
[20] JAPANESE PARLIAMENT DELEGATION VISITS PARLIAMENT
[21] TREASURY SELLS 364-DAY DISCOUNTED STATE BONDS
[22] ECEVIT TO MEET WITH OZKAN TODAY
[23] TREASURY TO HOLD TWO AUCTIONS ON TUESDAY
[24] POPULATION IN TURKEY TO REACH 70 MILLION IN SEPTEMBER
[25] MONTHLY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INCREASED BY 11 PERCENT IN MAY
[26] PRICE OF ONE U.S. DOLLAR INCREASES TO 1 MILLION 680 TL
[27] CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO DISCUSS CLOSURE CASE AGAINST HADEP
[28] 16TH INTERNATIONAL GOLDEN KARAGOZ FOLK DANCES CONTEST STARTS
[29] BAHCELI'S CALL FOR EARLY ELECTIONS DERVIS: ''I DON'T WANT TO MAKE
[30] YILMAZ: ''WE BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO HOLD
[01] RESIGNATIONS OF THREE MORE DSP DEPUTIES PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT
ANKARA - Resignations of three more deputies of the Democratic Left
Party (DSP) were presented to the Office of Parliament Speaker on
Monday.
[02] TURKEY'S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO U.N. SAYS TURKEY WILL NOT
MAKE CONCESSIONS OF CYPRUS JUST FOR EU
NEW YORK - Turkey's Permanent Representative to the United Nations
(U.N.) Umit Pamir said on Monday that Turkey would not make concessions
of Cyprus just for the European Union (EU)
[03] EIGHT MORE DEPUTIES FROM DSP RESIGN
ANKARA - A total of eight more deputies resigned from Democratic Left
Party (DSP) on Monday.
[04] ONAL RESIGNS FROM MINISTRY AND DSP
ANKARA - Recep Onal resigned both from State Ministry and Democratic
Left Party (DSP) on Monday.
[05] RESIGNATIONS FROM DSP CONTINUE
ANKARA - DSP deputies Tamer Kanber and Perihan Yılmaz resigned from
their party on Monday.
[06] TALAY RESIGNS FROM HIS POST AND DSP
ANKARA - Culture Minister Istemihan Talay announced his resignation
from his post as a Culture Minister and from his party Democratic Left
Party (DSP) on Monday afternoon.
[07] OZKAN RESIGNS FROM DSP AND MINISTRY
ANKARA - Istanbul deputy Husamettin Ozkan resigned from State Ministry,
Democratic Left Party (DSP) and his post as the Deputy Prime Minister.
[08] CAKMAKOGLU ARRIVES IN SOFIA
SOFIA - National Defense Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu came to Sofia
as the official guest of his Bulgarian counterpart Nikolay Svinarov on
Monday.
[09] PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT RECEIVES TOBB CHAIRMAN HISARCIKLIOGLU
ANKARA - Rifat Hisarcıklıoglu, the Chairman of the Union of Chambers
and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) said on Monday that he told
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit that Ecevit would play a basic mission in
overcoming the recent problems in political life.
[10] HELICOPTER CRASH IN MARMARIS FLIGHT TECHNICIAN IN HELICOPTER DIES
MARMARİS - One person died and four others were injured in helicopter
crash in Marmaris township in Aegean Mugla Province on Monday.
[11] HELICOPTER CRASH IN MARMARIS
MARMARIS - A helicopter crashed near Marmaris Town of Aegean Mugla
Province on Monday.
[12] RESCUE TEAMS LEAVE FOR THE ACCIDENT AREA AFTER HELICOPTER GOES
DOWN NEAR MARMARIS
IZMIR - Mugla Governor Huseyin Aksoy has said that a helicopter
carrying five people went down near Marmaris on Monday afternoon.
[13] CIEPO 15TH SYMPOSIUM STARTS IN LONDON
LONDON - The International Committee of Pre-Ottoman and Ottoman Studies
(CIEPO) 15th Symposium started in London on Monday.
[14] MHP GROUP OPENS TEXT TO SIGNATURE CALLING PARLIAMENT
EXTRAORDINARILY ON SEPTEMBER 1
ANKARA - Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Group opened a text to
signature on Monday which makes a call to the Parliament to convene
extraordinarily on September 1 to take a decision for early election.
[15] BAHCELI MEETS WITH MHP DEPUTY GROUP LEADER AYDIN
ANKARA - Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) deputy group leader Koray
Aydın said on Monday that MHP leader and Deputy Prime Minister Devlet
Bahceli instructed him to start the process to call Parliament to an
extraordinary meeting on September 1.
[16] BTC PROJECT GENERAL MANAGER TOWNSHEND: ''BTC WILL MAKE TURKEY A
GLOBAL CENTER OF ENERGY INDUSTRY''
ISTANBUL - Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline Project Director Michael
Townshend has said that the project which has been planned for ten
years is now being implemented and the announcements of the
environmental effect assessment works draft report to public was an
important milestone for the project.
[17] HALICI: ''AS DSP, WE DO NOT THINK OF HOLDING EARLY ELECTIONS''
ANKARA - Democratic Left Party (DSP) Deputy Group Chairman Emrehan
Halici said on Monday, ''as members of the DSP, we do not think of
holding early elections. Statement of State Minister, Deputy Prime
Minister and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli was
not a call for early elections.'
[18] BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PIPELINE PROJECT
ISTANBUL - An important stage has been completed within the framework
of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Crude Oil Pipeline Project (BTC HPBH) which will
transport Caspian oils to world markets.
[19] NUMBER OF FOREIGN TOURISTS INCREASES BY 7.8 PERCENT
ANKARA - Number of foreign tourists visiting Turkey increased by 7.8
percent in May of 2002 when compared with the previous year's same
month.
[20] JAPANESE PARLIAMENT DELEGATION VISITS PARLIAMENT
ANKARA - Parliamentary Foreign Commission Chairman Kamran Inan received
on Monday Kanezo Muraoka, the Japanese-Turkish Interparliamentary
Friendship Group Chairman and the accompanying delegation.
[21] TREASURY SELLS 364-DAY DISCOUNTED STATE BONDS
ANKARA - Treasury on Monday auctioned 364-day discounted state bonds
denominated in U.S. dollar.
[22] ECEVIT TO MEET WITH OZKAN TODAY
ANKARA - Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit will receive State Minister and
Deputy Prime Minister Husamettin Ozkan on Monday.
[23] TREASURY TO HOLD TWO AUCTIONS ON TUESDAY
ANKARA - The Treasury will hold two auctions on Tuesday. Treasury will
hold two auctions to sell 154-day and 238-day bonds on Tuesday, July
9.
[24] POPULATION IN TURKEY TO REACH 70 MILLION IN SEPTEMBER
ANKARA - Population in Turkey is expected to reach 70 million at the
end of September. Turkey's population which is now (mid-2002) estimated
to be 69,741,000 is foreseen to rise to 70,297,000 at the end of 2002.
[25] MONTHLY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INCREASED BY 11 PERCENT IN MAY
ANKARA - The State Institute of Statistics (DIE) announced on Monday
results of monthly industrial production index.
[26] PRICE OF ONE U.S. DOLLAR INCREASES TO 1 MILLION 680 TL
NATIONAL-100 INDEX REDUCES 512.76 POINTS
ISTANBUL - Price of one U.S. dollar increased to 1 million 680 thousand
Turkish liras (TL) in the free market in Istanbul on Monday.
[27] CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO DISCUSS CLOSURE CASE AGAINST HADEP
ANKARA - The Constitutional Court will discuss the closure case against
the People's Democracy Party (HADEP) on Tuesday.
[28] 16TH INTERNATIONAL GOLDEN KARAGOZ FOLK DANCES CONTEST STARTS
BURSA - The 16th International Golden Karagoz Folk Dances organized by
Bursa Culture, Art and Tourism Foundation (BKSTV) will start on
Sunday.
[29] BAHCELI'S CALL FOR EARLY ELECTIONS DERVIS: ''I DON'T WANT TO MAKE
COMMENT AT THIS STAGE''
SAMOS ISLAND, Greece - State Minister Kemal Dervis said late on Sunday
regarding State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Devlet Bahceli's
call for early elections, ''I don't want to comment at this stage.''
[30] YILMAZ: ''WE BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO HOLD
ELECTIONS ON TIME''
BELEK - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, who also
acts as leader of the Motherland Party (ANAP), said on Sunday, ''we
will remain loyal to decision taken at last week's summit meeting among
leaders of three political parties forming the coalition government. We
believe that it would be more appropriate to hold elections on time.''
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