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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-10-09

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From: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>

CONTENTS

  • [01] ANAP LEADER YILMAZ SAYS TURKEY'S RELATIONS WITH EU TO SLOW DOWN IF
  • [02] U.S ASKS EU TO START MEMBERSHIP NEGOTIATIONS WITH TURKEY
  • [03] TURKEY EXPRESSES SORROW FOR ISRAELI FORCES' USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE IN
  • [04] FM GUREL CAN'T CONTACT WITH VERHEUGEN
  • [05] FOREIGN MINISTRY:''THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS ARE FAR FROM MEETING
  • [06] FM GUREL:''EU COULDN'T CORRECTLY ASSESS PROGRESS TURKEY RECORDED
  • [07] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ SAYS REFORMS UNDERTAKEN BY TURKEY SHOULD BE
  • [08] VERHEUGEN:''NOV. 3 ELECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT, WE WANT TO KNOW WHO WE'RE
  • [09] EU COMMISSION TO PRESENT AN EXPANDED STRATEGY DOCUMENT BEGINNING OF NEXT
  • [10] PRODI SAYS EU COMMISSION TO HELP TURKEY
  • [11] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE (2)
  • [12] TOBB REPRESENTATIVE ERIS ELECTED TO EUROCHAMBRES GENERAL ASSEMBLY
  • [13] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE (1)
  • [14] KAMUSEN LAWYER APPLIES FOR THE ANNULMENT OF COURT DECISION TO CHANGE
  • [15] VESSELS HIGHER THAN 200 AND 250 METERS WITH DANGEROUS CARGO NOT TO BE
  • [16] EU COMMISSION RATIFIES ENLARGEMENT STRATEGY REPORT
  • [17] TUSIAD THIS TIME TURNS ITS DIRECTION TOWARD EU CANDIDATE COUNTRIES
  • [18] VERHEUGEN:''DISCUSSIONS ON DATE TO START NEGOTIATIONS WOULD BE
  • [19] PRIME MINISTER RASMUSSEN DENMARK SENDS A LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT
  • [20] INTERIOR MINISTER ECEMIS TO GO TO LUXEMBOURG
  • [21] EU COMISSION PRESIDENT PRODI: -''TURKEY HAS RECORDED IMPORTANT PROGRESS''
  • [22] EU COMMISSION ANNOUNCES PROGRESS REPORTS FOR CANDIDATE COUNTRIES -TURKEY
  • [23] NGO REPRESENTATIVES LOBBYING FOR TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP IN BRUSSELS
  • [24] EU TRADE ATTACHES TO VISIT GAZIANTEP
  • [25] THE NUMBER OF TOURISTS COMING ANTALYA IN AUTUMN SEASON REACHES A RECORD
  • [26] FOREIGN MINISTRY:''KDP AND PUK SHOULD REMEMBER THAT ALL REGULATIONS IN
  • [27] FOREIGN MINISTRY DOES NOT CONFIRM NEWS REPORT SAYING A DELEGATION FROM
  • [28] EU EXTENDS FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO BASIC EDUCATION IN TURKEY
  • [29] EU COMMISSION RATIFIES ENLARGEMENT STRATEGY REPORT: ''TURKEY CAN REACH
  • [30] BAHCELI:''WE RESPECT THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S DECISION, BUT IT'S
  • [31] DIE ANNOUNCES FOREIGN TRADE INDICES
  • [32] ANNOUNCEMENT OF EU PROGRESS REPORT -DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ TO HOLD
  • [33] OYAKBANK INCREASES INTEREST RATE FOR 1-MONTH TL DEPOSITS
  • [34] PRESIDENT SEZER: ''IT IS NOT CORRECT TO BAN TV CHANNELS''
  • [35] REPRESENTATIVES OF EU COUNTRIES MEET WITH ZIYAL
  • [36] ECO HIGH RANKING CIVIL SERVANTS MEETING STARTS
  • [37] COUNCIL OF STATE PERMITS INVESTIGATION INTO CORRUPTION IN BLUE STREAM
  • [38] BELGIAN SUPREME COURT REJECTS OBJECTION OF SABANCI FAMILY IN ERDAL CASE
  • [39] TURKISH LIRA DEPOSIT BUYING AUCTION -AVERAGE INTEREST RATE BECOMES 48.32
  • [40] CHHIBBER SAYS ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS BETTER THAN OBSERVED
  • [41] PETKIM GENERAL DIRECTOR ERTUNC: ''PETKIM'S PRIVATIZATION WILL BE
  • [42] TIME TO BE SET BACK BY ONE HOUR ON OCTOBER 27
  • [43] ANKARA CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST IP LEADER PERINCEK
  • [44] CENTRAL BANK SAYS UNCERTAINTY CAUSED BY POSSIBILITY OF MILITARY OPERATION
  • [45] U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RATIFIES BILL ON QUALIFIED INDUSTRIAL ZONES
  • [46] EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO DECLARE ENLARGEMENT STRATEGY PAPER 2002
  • [47] TURKEY AND IRAN REVIEW AND SIGN AGREEMENT ON NATURAL GAS PURCHASE

    • [01] ANAP LEADER YILMAZ SAYS TURKEY'S RELATIONS WITH EU TO SLOW DOWN IF MHP-AKP COALITION COMES TO POWER

    ANKARA - Deputy Prime Minister, State Minister and the leader of the Motherland Party (ANAP) Mesut Yżlmaz said on Wednesday that if a coalition government between the Republican People's Party (CHP) and Justice and Development Party (AKP) is formed after the elections, the Turkey-EU relations will slow down.

    09.10.2002

    [02] U.S ASKS EU TO START MEMBERSHIP NEGOTIATIONS WITH TURKEY

    WASHINGTON D.C. - Stressing that Turkey's future is in Europe, the U.S. State Department on Wednesday asked the European Union to move toward membership for Turkey as soon as possible.

    09.10.2002

    [03] TURKEY EXPRESSES SORROW FOR ISRAELI FORCES' USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE IN GAZA STRIP

    ANKARA - Foreign Ministry Spokesman Yusuf Buluc said on Wednesday that the use of excessive force by the Israeli forces during the operation against Khan Younis refugee camp on October 7 caused deep sorrow in Turkey.

    09.10.2002

    [04] FM GUREL CAN'T CONTACT WITH VERHEUGEN

    ANKARA - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sukru Sina Gurel has sent a written message to EU Commissioner for Enlargement Guenter Verheugen about the Progress Report when he couldn't reach him on Tuesday, but he couldn't also get any response to his message.

    09.10.2002

    [05] FOREIGN MINISTRY:''THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS ARE FAR FROM MEETING TURKEY'S EXPECTATIONS''

    ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Ministry has said that the proposals on the enlargement report announced by the EU Commission today was generally far from meeting Turkey's expectations.

    09.10.2002

    [06] FM GUREL:''EU COULDN'T CORRECTLY ASSESS PROGRESS TURKEY RECORDED RECENTLY''

    ANKARA - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sukru Sina Gurel said on Wednesday that the EU could not assess correctly the progress recorded by Turkey recently.

    09.10.2002

    [07] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ SAYS REFORMS UNDERTAKEN BY TURKEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT TO START NEGOTIATIONS

    ANKARA - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yżlmaz said on Wednesday that the reforms undertaken by Turkey to date have to be considered sufficient to start membership talks with the EU.

    09.10.2002

    [08] VERHEUGEN:''NOV. 3 ELECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT, WE WANT TO KNOW WHO WE'RE DOING BUSINESS WITH AND THE PROGRAM OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT''

    ANKARA - EU Commissioner for Enlargement Guenter Verheugen has said that Turkey was closer to Europe after the release of the Progress Report today.

    09.10.2002

    [09] EU COMMISSION TO PRESENT AN EXPANDED STRATEGY DOCUMENT BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR

    BRUSSELS - The EU Commission which didn't give any date about when to start full membership talks with Turkey in its technical assessment reports, has announced that it would present an expanded strategy document in the beginning of 2003.

    09.10.2002

    [10] PRODI SAYS EU COMMISSION TO HELP TURKEY

    BRUSSELS - EU Commission President Romano Prodi said in the news conference with EU Commissioner for enlargement Guenter Verheugen that ''Turkey recorded great progress, however it couldn't fully fulfil the Copenhagen criteria.''

    09.10.2002

    [11] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE (2)

    ANKARA - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said on Wednesday that the documents released by the European Union (EU) Commission revealed that the EU Commission had failed to display its will and courage towards fulfilling its responsibilities to Turkey.

    09.10.2002

    [12] TOBB REPRESENTATIVE ERIS ELECTED TO EUROCHAMBRES GENERAL ASSEMBLY

    ANKARA - Union of Turkish Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) Representative Meral Gezgin Eris was elected to the Administrative Council by getting the highest number of votes during the election at the ''Eurochambres General Assembly'' Associate Members Administrative Council which was held in Anvers, Belgium on Wednesday.

    09.10.2002

    [13] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE (1)

    ANKARA - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, speaking about the Turkey Progress Report announced by European Union (EU) Commission, pointed out that, ''I can not say that anything different was issued apart from our expectations.''

    09.10.2002

    [14] KAMUSEN LAWYER APPLIES FOR THE ANNULMENT OF COURT DECISION TO CHANGE OCALAN'S DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE SENTENCE

    ANKARA - Turkish Public Workers' Labor Union's (Kamu-Sen) lawyer Sedat Aksakallihas presented Ankara State Security Court (DGM) a petition asking for the annulment of the court decision to change terrorist chief Ocalan's death penalty to life sentence.

    09.10.2002

    [15] VESSELS HIGHER THAN 200 AND 250 METERS WITH DANGEROUS CARGO NOT TO BE ALLOWED TO PASS FROM STRAITS AT NIGHT

    CANAKKALE - Vessels higher than 200 and 250 meters which are carrying dangerous cargo will not be allowed to pass from Canakkale and Istanbul Straits at nights. The vessels which do not have risk and sea pollution insurance also will not be allowed to enter the Turkish Straits.

    09.10.2002

    [16] EU COMMISSION RATIFIES ENLARGEMENT STRATEGY REPORT

    BRUSSELS - The European Union (EU) Commission officially announced on Wednesday the Enlargement Strategy Report 2002 and progress reports for 13 candidate countries.

    09.10.2002

    [17] TUSIAD THIS TIME TURNS ITS DIRECTION TOWARD EU CANDIDATE COUNTRIES

    ISTANBUL - Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) will this time carry out its lobby activities with visits to the European Union (EU) candidate countries. TUSIAD currently carries out lobby activities in the capital cities of EU member countries to open ways for Turkey's EU full membership prior to Copenhagen Summit.

    09.10.2002

    [18] VERHEUGEN:''DISCUSSIONS ON DATE TO START NEGOTIATIONS WOULD BE UNPRODUCTIVE''

    BRUSSELS - Speaking at the EU Parliament, EU Commissioner for Enlargement Guenter Verheugen said that discussions regarding starting full membership talks with Turkey would be ''unproductive.''

    09.10.2002

    [19] PRIME MINISTER RASMUSSEN DENMARK SENDS A LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT

    ANKARA - Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark, the current term president of the European Union (EU), sent a letter to Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit on Wednesday, and said that they expected Turkey to put into practice the arrangements about the EU adjustment package enacted by the parliament.

    09.10.2002

    [20] INTERIOR MINISTER ECEMIS TO GO TO LUXEMBOURG

    ANKARA - Interior Minister Muzaffer Ecemis will go to Luxembourg to attend the EU countries and candidates Justice and Interior Ministers Council Meeting.

    09.10.2002

    [21] EU COMISSION PRESIDENT PRODI: -''TURKEY HAS RECORDED IMPORTANT PROGRESS''

    BRUSSELS - European Union (EU) Commission President Romano Prodi said on Wednesday that Turkey had recorded important progress in fulfilling Copenhagen criteria, and added that Turkey, however, should expend additional efforts.

    09.10.2002

    [22] EU COMMISSION ANNOUNCES PROGRESS REPORTS FOR CANDIDATE COUNTRIES -TURKEY NOT GIVEN A DATE FOR BEGINNING OF ACCESSION NEGOTITAIONS

    BRUSSELS - European Union (EU) Commission officially announced on Wednesday the progress reports for the candidate countries.

    09.10.2002

    [23] NGO REPRESENTATIVES LOBBYING FOR TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP IN BRUSSELS

    BRUSSELS - Turkey Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) Chairman Rifat Hisarciklioglu, Economic Development Foundation (IKV) Chairman Meral Gezgin Eris, Confederation of Revolutionary Workers' Union (DISK) Chairman Suleyman Celebi, Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (KESK) Chairman Sami Evren who are currently in Brussels to gather support for Turkey's EU membership answered reporters' questions on Wednesday.

    09.10.2002

    [24] EU TRADE ATTACHES TO VISIT GAZIANTEP

    GAZIANTEP - A delegation of trade attaches from European Union (EU) member countries will visit southeastern Gaziantep province within the scope of Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP) tour on October 11.

    09.10.2002

    [25] THE NUMBER OF TOURISTS COMING ANTALYA IN AUTUMN SEASON REACHES A RECORD LEVEL

    ANTALYA - The number of tourists who visited southern Antalya province was 181 thousand 244 in the first week of October.

    09.10.2002

    [26] FOREIGN MINISTRY:''KDP AND PUK SHOULD REMEMBER THAT ALL REGULATIONS IN NORTHERN IRAQ ARE TEMPORARY''

    ANKARA - The Turkish Foreign Ministry stated on Wednesday that Turkey regarded the rapprochement between the two Kurdish groups in Northern Iraq, --the Iraqi Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) and Iraqi Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)-- and the Kurdish parliament, as temporary.

    09.10.2002

    [27] FOREIGN MINISTRY DOES NOT CONFIRM NEWS REPORT SAYING A DELEGATION FROM PENTAGON TO VISIT TURKEY

    ANKARA - Foreign Ministry did not officially confirm the news reports that a military delegation would come from Pentagon to Turkey, yet stated that contacts between Turkish and the U.S. military officials were natural.

    09.10.2002

    [28] EU EXTENDS FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO BASIC EDUCATION IN TURKEY

    ANKARA - National Education Minister Necdet Tekin and Representative of the European Commission to Turkey Hansjoerg Kretschmer announced on Wednesday that the formal launch of the ''Support to Basic Education Programme'' financed by the European Union (EU), which provides 100 Meuro in non reimbursable grant funding to the Turkish government.

    09.10.2002

    [29] EU COMMISSION RATIFIES ENLARGEMENT STRATEGY REPORT: ''TURKEY CAN REACH ITS EU TARGET IF IT CONTINUES ITS REFORMS''

    BRUSSELS - The EU Commission ratified Wednesday progress reports on 13 EU candidates and 2002 Enlargement Strategy Report.

    09.10.2002

    [30] BAHCELI:''WE RESPECT THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S DECISION, BUT IT'S CURIOUS THAT THIS DECISION CAME ONE DAY BEFORE THE RELEASE OF THE PROGRESS REPORT''

    CANKIRI - After the Constitutional Court rejected Nationalist Movement Party's (MHP) demand to cancel some of the articles of the EU Adjustment Bill, MHP leader Devlet Bahceli said that his party respected the court decision but he added that he found it curious that this decision came only one day before the release of the progress report about Turkey.

    09.10.2002

    [31] DIE ANNOUNCES FOREIGN TRADE INDICES

    ANKARA - Export quantity index increased by 11.8 percent and import quantity index rose by 16.9 percent in July of 2002.

    09.10.2002

    [32] ANNOUNCEMENT OF EU PROGRESS REPORT -DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE AT 17.00 LOCAL TIME

    ANKARA - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz will hold a news conference on Wednesday at 17.00 local time.

    09.10.2002

    [33] OYAKBANK INCREASES INTEREST RATE FOR 1-MONTH TL DEPOSITS

    ISTANBUL - Oyakbank increased interest rate for 1-month Turkish lira (TL) deposits from 47 to 48 percent.

    09.10.2002

    [34] PRESIDENT SEZER: ''IT IS NOT CORRECT TO BAN TV CHANNELS''

    ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Wednesday that it was not correct to order some television channels off the air.

    09.10.2002

    [35] REPRESENTATIVES OF EU COUNTRIES MEET WITH ZIYAL

    ANKARA - Christian Hoppe, the Ambassador of Denmark, the current term president of the European Union (EU) to Turkey, said on Wednesday that Turkey was a part of the EU's enlargement process.

    09.10.2002

    [36] ECO HIGH RANKING CIVIL SERVANTS MEETING STARTS

    ISTANBUL - Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) High Ranking Civil Servants Meeting started on Wednesday in Istanbul.

    09.10.2002

    [37] COUNCIL OF STATE PERMITS INVESTIGATION INTO CORRUPTION IN BLUE STREAM PROJECT

    ANKARA - The Council of State Department no:2 has permitted investigation against former chairmen of Pipeline Transportation Inc. (Botas) Nevzat Arseven and Gokhan Yardim and four former members of Botas Board on charges of corruption in the Blue Stream Project.

    09.10.2002

    [38] BELGIAN SUPREME COURT REJECTS OBJECTION OF SABANCI FAMILY IN ERDAL CASE

    BRUSSELS - The Belgian Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday the objection of lawyers of Sabanci family in the case of Fehriye Erdal, one of the assailants of businessman Ozdemir Sabanci assassination.

    09.10.2002

    [39] TURKISH LIRA DEPOSIT BUYING AUCTION -AVERAGE INTEREST RATE BECOMES 48.32 PERCENT

    ANKARA - The average interest rate in Wednesday's Turkish lira (TL) deposit buying auction held by the Central Bank in the Interbank Money Market became 48.32 percent.

    09.10.2002

    [40] CHHIBBER SAYS ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS BETTER THAN OBSERVED

    ISTANBUL - World Bank Turkey Director Ajay Chhibber said on Wednesday that economic recovery in Turkey was better than the observed.

    09.10.2002

    [41] PETKIM GENERAL DIRECTOR ERTUNC: ''PETKIM'S PRIVATIZATION WILL BE INITIATED IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS MONTH''

    IZMIR - Petrochemistry Holding Inc. (PETKIM) General Director Sedat Ertunc said on Wednesday that PETKIM's privatization would be initiated in the second half of this month.

    09.10.2002

    [42] TIME TO BE SET BACK BY ONE HOUR ON OCTOBER 27

    ANKARA - Daylight saving time to end at the end of this month. Time will be set back by one hour on October 27.

    09.10.2002

    [43] ANKARA CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST IP LEADER PERINCEK ON CHARGES OF HIS STATEMENT THAT ''MIT GAVE CONTROL OF ITS ARCHIVES TO MOSSAD''

    ANKARA - Ankara Chief Prosecutor's Office filed on Wednesday a lawsuit against Labour Party (IP) leader Dogu Perincek on charges of his statement that ''National Intelligence Organization (MIT) gave the control of its archives to Israeli intelligence service MOSSAD.''

    09.10.2002

    [44] CENTRAL BANK SAYS UNCERTAINTY CAUSED BY POSSIBILITY OF MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST IRAQ WILL NEGATIVELY AFFECT INFLATION RATES

    ANKARA - The Central Bank has said that the uncertainty caused by possibility of a military operation against Iraq and increase in crude oil prices were considered factors that might negatively affect inflation rates in coming period.

    09.10.2002

    [45] U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RATIFIES BILL ON QUALIFIED INDUSTRIAL ZONES

    WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives ratified on Wednesday the bill to amend the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985 to allow for the designation of Israeli-Turkish qualifying industrial zones. The bill foresees tax free export of products to be manufactured in qualified industrial zones established in Turkey to the United States with the participation of Israel.

    09.10.2002

    [46] EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO DECLARE ENLARGEMENT STRATEGY PAPER 2002

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission will officially declare the Enlargement Strategy Paper 2002 and Regular Reports on progress towards accession by each of the candidate countries on Wednesday afternoon.

    09.10.2002

    [47] TURKEY AND IRAN REVIEW AND SIGN AGREEMENT ON NATURAL GAS PURCHASE

    TEHRAN - Turkey and Iran reviewed and signed late on Tuesday the agreement on natural gas purchase during Energy and Natural Resources Minister Zeki Cakan's visit to Iran.

    09.10.2002

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