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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-07-21
CONTENTS
[01] TURKEY PARTICIPATES IN BREEZE-2002 NAVAL MANEUVER
[02] AGRICULTURE MINISTER GOKALP DUE TO PAKISTAN ON MONDAY
[03] ECEVIT: ''IF A DECISION HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO HOLD EARLY
[04] ECEVIT SAYS HE DOESN'T OPPOSE TO EARLY ELECTIONS REGARDING ONLY
[05] ANAP REJECTS DSP GROUP'S PROPOSAL TO POSTPONE ELECTIONS
[06] ECEVIT: ''CYPRUS QUESTION DOES NOT INTEREST EUROPE IN REGARD TO
[07] ECEVIT: ''THERE ARE SOME CLAIMS SAYING THAT AK PARTY WILL GET AN
[08] GUREL SAYS EU MEMBERSHIP BEFORE A SOLUTION ON CYPRUS WILL BE A
[09] KAHKONEN EXPECTED TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON MONDAY
[10] BAHCELI: ''A DATE WAS SET TO HOLD ELECTIONS. ELECTION PROCESS HAS
[11] TREASURY TO HOLD THREE BOND AUCTIONS THIS WEEK
[12] BAHCELI: ''IT IS OUR NATIONAL DUTY TO MAINTAIN EXISTENCE OF TRNC
[13] TPAO IN IRAQ
[14] JOSE CARRERAS GIVES A CONCERT IN ANCIENT CITY OF EPHESUS
[01] TURKEY PARTICIPATES IN BREEZE-2002 NAVAL MANEUVER
ANKARA - Salihreis Frigate, Kalkan and Marti assault boats and Saros
and Fatsa mine counter-measure vessels from the Turkish Naval Forces
are participating in the ''Breeze-2002'' active naval maneuver hosted
by Bulgaria and exercised under the Partnership for Peace (PfP).
[02] AGRICULTURE MINISTER GOKALP DUE TO PAKISTAN ON MONDAY
ANKARA - Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Husnu Yusuf Gokalp will
leave for Pakistan on Monday to attend the first meeting of the
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member countries' agriculture
ministers.
[03] ECEVIT: ''IF A DECISION HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO HOLD EARLY
ELECTIONS, I WOULD HAVE BEGUN MAKING PREPARATIONS TO HAND OVER MY
LEADERSHIP''
ANKARA - Prime Minister and Democratic Left Party (DSP) leader Bulent
Ecevit said on Sunday, ''if a decision had not been taken to hold early
elections before April of 2004, I would have begun making preparations
to hand over my DSP leadership.''
[04] ECEVIT SAYS HE DOESN'T OPPOSE TO EARLY ELECTIONS REGARDING ONLY
HIS PARTY
ANKARA - Prime Minister and Democratic Left Party (DSP) leader Bulent
Ecevit said on Sunday that he did not oppose to early elections
regarding only his political party.''
[05] ANAP REJECTS DSP GROUP'S PROPOSAL TO POSTPONE ELECTIONS
ANKARA - The Motherland Party (ANAP) rejected the Democratic Left
Party's (DSP) proposal to postpone the early election that was planned
to be held on November 3, 2002.
[06] ECEVIT: ''CYPRUS QUESTION DOES NOT INTEREST EUROPE IN REGARD TO
COPENHAGEN CRITERIA''
ANKARA - Prime Minister and Democratic Left Party (DSP) leader Bulent
Ecevit said on Sunday, ''the Cyprus question does not interest Europe
in regard to Copenhagen criteria. A satisfactory solution could not be
reached on the island because of interest of the European Union (EU) in
Cyprus.''
[07] ECEVIT: ''THERE ARE SOME CLAIMS SAYING THAT AK PARTY WILL GET AN
OVERWHELMING VICTORY IN ELECTIONS AND HADEP CAN EXCEED THRESHOLD. IF
ALL THESE CLAIMS COME TRUE, TURKEY CAN FACE EXTREMELY SERIOUS PROBLEMS
ABOUT ITS REGIME''
ANKARA - Prime Minister and Democratic Left Party (DSP) leader Bulent
Ecevit said on Sunday, ''there are some claims saying that Justice and
Development Party (AK Party) will get an overwhelming victory in the
elections and the People's Democracy Party (HADEP) can exceed the
threshold. If all these claims come true, Turkey can face extremely
serious problems about its regime.''
[08] GUREL SAYS EU MEMBERSHIP BEFORE A SOLUTION ON CYPRUS WILL BE A
PROBLEM OF EUROPE
LEFKOSA - Deputy Prime Minister Sukru Sina Gurel said on Saturday that
if (Cyprus's) European Union (EU) membership is accepted then this
would be Europe's problem rather than Turkey.
[09] KAHKONEN EXPECTED TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON MONDAY
ANKARA - International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Turkey Desk Chief Juha
Kahkonen who concluded his works, is expected to depart from Turkey on
Monday after holding a press conference.
[10] BAHCELI: ''A DATE WAS SET TO HOLD ELECTIONS. ELECTION PROCESS HAS
BEGUN. NO ONE SHOULD STEP BACK AT THIS POINT''
ANKARA - State Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Nationalist Movement
Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli said on Saturday, ''a date was set to
hold elections. Election process has begun. No one should step back at
this point.''
[11] TREASURY TO HOLD THREE BOND AUCTIONS THIS WEEK
ANKARA - Treasury will hold three auctions this week to sell 91-day
reference bonds, 224-day bonds and 348-day discounted bonds denominated
in U.S. dollar.
[12] BAHCELI: ''IT IS OUR NATIONAL DUTY TO MAINTAIN EXISTENCE OF TRNC
AND TO PROVIDE ITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT''
ANKARA - State Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Nationalist Movement
Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli sent a congratulary message to
President Rauf Denktas of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on
the occasion of the 28th anniversary of Cyprus Peace Operation.
[13] TPAO IN IRAQ
ANKARA - The Turkish Petroleum International Company (TPIC), a
subsidiary of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), will carry out
drilling works in three different areas in Iraq as it earlier won the
international drilling tender by the Iraqi Oil Ministry.
[14] JOSE CARRERAS GIVES A CONCERT IN ANCIENT CITY OF EPHESUS
IZMIR - Worldwide famous tenor Jose Carreras gave a concert in the
theatre in the ancient city of Ephesus at Saturday night within the
framework of the 16th International Izmir Festival organized by Izmir
Culture, Art and Education Foundation (IKSEV).
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