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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 03-02-04Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>CONTENTS
[01] TOURISM MINISTER AKSIT LEAVES FOR GREECEISTANBUL - Tourism Minister Guldal Aksit left late on Tuesday for Greek capital Athens on an official visit04.02.2003 [02] CULTURE MINISTER CELIK LEAVES FOR AZERBAIJANISTANBUL - Culture Minister Huseyin Celik left late on Tuesday for Azerbaijani capital Baku to attend the 19th Term Meeting of the Joint Administration Of Turkic Culture And Art General Directorate's (TURKSOY) Standing Committee04.02.2003 [03] NORTHERN IRAQI OPPOSITION GROUPS' MEMBERS ARRIVE IN ANKARAANKARA - Iraqi Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) leader Jalal Talabani, Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) high-ranking official for regional administration Nechirvan Barzani and Iraqi Turkmen Front Chairman Sanan Ahmet Aga arrived in Ankara late on Tuesday04.02.2003 [04] TURKEY ASKS SUPPORT OF GERMANY, FRANCE AND BELGIUM UNDER NATO AHEAD OF ANY OPERATION AGAINST IRAQANKARA - Turkey has once again conveyed to the NATO through the German, French and Belgium ambassadors in Ankara that Turkey should be defended by its NATO allies during any possible U.S.-led military operation against Iraq04.02.2003 [05] GUCLU RECEIVES ETHIOPIAN AMBASSADOR IN ANKARA HULLUKAANKARA - Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Sami Guclu has said that they wished progress would be recorded in relations between Turkey and Ethiopia also in field of economy04.02.2003 [06] PRIME MINISTER GUL RECEIVES YUGOSLAVIAN FM SVILANOVICANKARA - Prime Minister Abdullah Gul received on Tuesday Yugoslavian Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic04.02.2003 [07] HOLIDAY CANCELLED AT FOREIGN MINISTRY'S DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED WITH IRAQANKARA - Foreign Minister Yasar Yakıs said on Tuesday that the holiday due to ''feast of sacrifice'' was cancelled for Foreign Ministry personnel who work in all departments dealing with Iraq04.02.2003 [08] YUGOSLAVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SVILANOVIC VISITS FOREIGN MINISTER YAKISANKARA - Foreign Minister Yasar Yakis met on Tuesday with his Yugoslavian counterpart Goran Svilanovic04.02.2003 [09] PRIME MINISTER GUL HAS PHONE CONVERSATION WITH U.S. VICE PRESIDENT CHENEYANKARA - Prime Minister Abdullah Gul talked to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on the phone on Tuesday.04.02.2003 [10] BUSH'S ADVISER KHALILZAD ARRIVES IN ANKARAANKARA - U.S. President George W. Bush's envoy to the Iraqi opposition, Zalmay Khalilzad, said on Tuesday that they expected Turkey's cooperation regarding Iraqi issue.04.02.2003 [11] CHP TO VOTE AGAINST ALL MOTIONS EXCEPT MOTION ON SENDING SOLDIERS TO NORTHERN IRAQANKARA - Republican People's Party (CHP) will vote against all motions except the motion on sending soldiers to Northern Iraq.04.02.2003 [12] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS SAYS THEY WILL NOT GIVE KARPAZ AND GUZELYURTLEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas said on Tuesday that they were not giving and would never give Karpaz and Guzelyurt04.02.2003 [13] ERDOGAN TO ANNOUNCE HIS PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDACY FROM SIIRT PROVINCE ON THURSDAYANKARA - Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan will announce his parliamentary candidacy from southeastern Siirt province on Feb 6, Thursday.04.02.2003 [14] SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER LINDH EXPRESSES PLEASURE TO BE IN DIYARBAKIR AFTER EMERGENCY RULE IS LIFTEDDIYARBAKIR - Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh said on Tuesday that she was pleased to be in southeastern Diyarbakir province after the emergency rule had been lifted.04.02.2003 [15] BAYKAL: ''SHOW HAS COME TO AN END ON THE IRAQ ISSUE''ANKARA - Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal said on Tuesday, ''Turkey could not display the necessary sensitivity about the Iraq issue and wasted its time. The show has come to an end now. We cannot expend any more efforts to deceive ourselves and others.''04.02.2003 [16] PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ARINC: ''IF GOVERNMENT WANTS TO GET AUTHORITY IN LINE WITH ARTICLE 92 OF CONSTITUTION, LIMITS OF THAT AUTHORITY HAVE TO BE CERTAIN''ISTANBUL - Parliament Speaker Bulent Arınc said on Tuesday that ''if the government wants to get an authority in line with Article 92 of the Constitution, the limits of this authority have to be certain.''04.02.2003 [17] IRAQI OPPOSITION GROUPS TO MEET IN ANKARAANKARA - Some of Iraqi opposition groups will meet in Ankara on Thursday.04.02.2003 [18] AK PARTY LEADER ERDOGAN: ''TURKEY SHOULD ACTIVELY TAKE PART IN DECISION TAKING MECHANISM IF EXISTING STRUCTURE IN IRAQ CHANGES''ANKARA - Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that ''if the existing structure in Iraq changes and a new structure is formed following a possible operation against Iraq, Turkey has to actively take part in the decision making mechanism of this process.''04.02.2003 [19] AK PARTY LEADER ERDOGAN SAYS SERIOUS DEVELOPMENTS ARE APPROACHING IN IRAQ ISSUEANKARA - Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that serious developments were approaching in Iraq issue and initiatives against war were pleasing efforts.04.02.2003 [20] BAYKAL MEETS WITH LINDHANKARA - Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal met on Tuesday with Foreign Minister Anna Lindh of Sweden who is currently in Turkey on a three-day visit.04.02.2003 [21] YUGOSLAVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SVILANOVIC ARRIVES IN ANKARAANKARA - Foreign Minister of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Svilanovic arrived on Tuesday in Ankara on a working visit.04.02.2003 [22] LINDH MEETS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATIONSANKARA - Foreign Minister Anna Lindh of Sweden who is currently in Turkey on a three-day visit, met on Tuesday with representatives of human rights associations.04.02.2003 [23] FORMER DEPUTIES OF DEP APPLY TO ANKARA DGM FOR RE-TRIALANKARA - A total of four former deputies of the Democracy Party (DEP), which was banned by the Constitutional Court, applied to the Ankara State Security Court (DGM) no: 1 with the request of re-trial.04.02.2003 [24] CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REJECTS REQUEST FOR CANCELLATION OF PARLIAMENTARY DECISION ABOUT DISPATCH OF TURKISH SOLDIERS ABROAD AND DEPLOYMENT OF FOREIGN SOLDIERS IN TURKEYANKARA - The Constitutional Court's decision to reject the request for cancellation of the parliamentary decision authorizing the government about dispatch of Turkish soldiers abroad and deployment of foreign soldiers in Turkey under the Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, was published in the Official Gazette on Tuesday.04.02.2003 [25] U.S. PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPECIAL ASSISTANT KHALILZAD TO ARRIVE IN ANKARAANKARA - Zalmay Khalilzad, the Special Assistant to U.S. President George Bush for Near East, South West Asian and North African Affairs, is expected to arrive in Ankara on Tuesday.04.02.2003 [26] EU COMMISSIONER PATTEN DUE IN TURKEYANKARA - European Union (EU) Commissioner Chris Patten for External Affairs will come to Ankara on Wednesday.04.02.2003 [27] EXPORTS OF TEXTILE AND READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHING FROM BURSA INCREASEBURSA - Exports of textiles from northwestern province of Bursa increased by 23.8 percent, and exports of ready-to-wear clothings rose by 54.4 percent in January of 2003.04.02.2003 [28] EFFORTS RESUMED TO FIND FOUR MISSING CREW MEMBERSZONGULDAK - Efforts were resumed on Tuesday morning to find four missing crew members of the Russian-flagged freighter, which sank 40 kilometers off the Eregli town of northern province of Zonguldak yesterday.04.02.2003 [29] SECOND EU ADJUSTMENT PACKAGE COMES INTO FORCEANKARA - The law envisaging amendments to some laws which was known as the second European Union (EU) adjustment package in the public opinion, came into force on Tuesday after being published in the Official Gazette.04.02.2003 [30] PRIME MINISTER GUL SAYS THEY ARE PREPARING TO SUBMIT DECREE ON IRAQI ISSUE TO PARLIAMENT THIS WEEKANKARA - Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Monday that preparations continued to submit the decree on authorization of government about recent developments in Iraq to parliament within that week04.02.2003 Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |