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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 03-02-06Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>CONTENTS
[01] STATE MINISTER AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YALCINBAYIR: ''TURKEY'S LOSSES HAVE TO BE COMPENSATED''ANKARA - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ertugrul Yalcınbayır said on Thursday that ''even if Turkey does not enter war, the losses it faced to date have to be compensated as an equity principle.''06.02.2003 [02] ANNAN SENDS MESSAGE TO PRIME MINISTER GULNEW YORK - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan sent a message to Prime Minister Abdullah Gul asking his contribution ''to finalize the security aspects of revised Annan plan without delay.''06.02.2003 [03] PRIME MINISTER GUL MEETS WITH AMBASSADORS OF SIX COUNTRIESANKARA - Prime Minister Abdullah Gul met with ambassadors of six countries, which are neighbours of Iraq regarding the solution of the Iraqi problem by peaceful means.06.02.2003 [04] AK PARTY LEADER ERDOGAN:''TURKEY CAN'T STAY INDIFFERENT TO A WAR THAT WILL BREAK OUT JUST BESIDE IT''ANKARA - Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey could not stay indifferent to a war that will break out just beside it and that the government was resolved to take all necessary steps.06.02.2003 [05] ROBERTSON PUTS FORWARD SOME PROPOSALS ABOUT DEFENSE OF TURKEYBRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General George Robertson said on Thursday that he had put forward some proposals about defense of Turkey in a possible military operation against Iraq.06.02.2003 [06] AK PARTY LEADER ERDOGAN: ''WE DO NOT ENTER A WAR''ANKARA - Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday about developments in Iraq, ''we do not enter a war. We have been trying to take decisions concerning protection of our security and interests.''06.02.2003 [07] TURKEY POSITIVE ABOUT HOLDING NEGOTIATIONS WITH GREECE ON SECURITY IN CYPRUSANKARA - Turkey is positive about United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's invitation to Turkey and Greece to reach a compromise on the issues of security under efforts to find a solution to the Cyprus question.06.02.2003 [08] PARLIAMENT ALLOWS DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. TECHNICAL AND MILITARY PERSONNELANKARA - Parliamentary General Assembly allowed the government on Thursday to carry out necessary arrangements about deployment of U.S. technical and military personnel in Turkey for three months for modernization, development and construction of military bases and ports.06.02.2003 [09] PRIME MINISTER GUL TO MEET WITH AMBASSADORS OF REGIONAL COUNTRIESANKARA - Prime Minister Abdullah Gul will meet with ambassadors of five regional countries at 6.00 p.m. on Thursday.06.02.2003 [10] AK PARTY NOMINATES ERDOGAN FOR ELECTIONS IN SIIRTANKARA - The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) nominated its leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the elections to be held in southeastern province of Siirt on March 9, 2003.06.02.2003 [11] IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY SALEH: ''WHAT WOULD TURKEY CONSIDER IF IRAQI SOLDIERS ENTERED IN SOUTHEAST OF TURKEY?''ANKARA - Iraqi Ambassador to Turkey Talip Abid Saleh said on Thursday that respect to internal affairs should be taken as basis in relations between countries and added ''What would Turkey consider if Iraqi soldiers had entered in southeast of Turkey?''06.02.2003 [12] PRIME MINISTER GUL: ''WE ARE TRYING TO GAIN TIME''ANKARA - Prime Minister Abdullah Gul briefed deputies of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on Turkey's stance about a possible U.S.-led military operation against Iraq and on the motion to be debated at the parliament.06.02.2003 [13] TUYGAN: ''AL SIDES HIGHLIGHTED IMPORTANCE OF IRAQ'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY''ANKARA - Meeting of representatives of opposition groups in Northern Iraq with Turkish and U.S. officials ended.06.02.2003 [14] PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONVENESANKARA - Parliamentary General Assembly convened at 3.10 p.m. on Thursday under the chairmanship of Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc.06.02.2003 [15] CHP LEADER BAYKAL SAYS THEY WILL VOTE AGAINST PRIME MINISTRY MOTIONANKARA - Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal said on Thursday that they would vote against Prime Ministry motion which sought authority for deployment of U.S. technical and military personnel in Turkey for three months for modernization, development and construction of bases and ports.06.02.2003 [16] ILDEM: ''THE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN STEPS IN LINE WITH THE FRAME, WHICH WAS DRAWN DURING MONTHLY MEETING OF NSC''ANKARA - Presidential Foreign Affairs Chief Adviser Tacan Ildem said on Thursday, ''the motion of the government about deployment of U.S. technical and military personnel in Turkey for three months for modernization, development and construction of bases and ports conforms to the frame, which was drawn during monthly meeting of the National Security Council (NSC).''06.02.2003 [17] IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY SALEH SAYS A COUNTRY WHICH GIVES SUPPORT TO WAR MEANS THAT IT WILL JOIN WARANKARA - Iraqi Ambassador to Turkey Talip Abid Saleh said on Thursday that the country which gave support in any way to a possible operation of the United States against Iraq would join the war.06.02.2003 [18] CONTACTS OF RAMADAN IN ANKARAANKARA - Iraqi Vice President Taha Yasin Ramadan did not convey any special message from Baghdad government to Ankara during his unscheduled visit to Turkey on February 4, 2003.06.02.2003 [19] SESSION TO BE HELD FOR PRIME MINISTRY MOTION TO BE CLOSED TO PRESSANKARA - Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Acting Group Chairman Salih Kapusuz said on Thursday that the session which would be held in Parliament concerning Iraq would be closed to press.06.02.2003 [20] NATO COUNCIL TO CONVENEBRUSSELS - NATO Council which includes permanent representatives of 19 allied countries will hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss Iraq issue on Thursday afternoon.06.02.2003 [21] GUL: ''DIRECT INCOME SUPPORT PAYMENTS HAVE STARTED IN 32 PROVINCES''ANKARA - Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has said that direct income support payments had started in thirty-two provinces and nine towns of Konya province where any such payments had not been made so far.06.02.2003 [22] ILDEM: ''MOTION THAT GOVERNMENT SUBMITTED TO PARLIAMENT IS APPROPRIATE FOR DECISIONS WHICH WERE TAKEN AT NSC MEETING''ANKARA - Presidential Foreign Affairs Chief Adviser Tacan Ildem said on Thursday that the motion regarding deployment of U.S. technical and military personnel in Turkey for modernization, development and construction of bases and ports which the government submitted to the parliament was appropriate for decisions which were taken at the meeting of National Security Council (NSC).06.02.2003 [23] GUL: ''THERE IS NOT ANY TENSION WITH THE IMF''ANKARA - Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Thursday that any tension between Turkey and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was out of question.06.02.2003 [24] PRIME MINISTER GUL: ''WE WILL MAINTAIN OUR EFFORTS TILL THE END TO SETTLE PEACE IN THE REGION''ANKARA - Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Thursday, ''we will maintain our efforts till the end to contribute to peace and settle peace in the region. Our Arab neighbors have been cooperating with us.''06.02.2003 [25] BOMB DISPOSAL EXPERTS FIND NOTHING IN THY PLANEDIYARBAKIR - It was understood that the call claiming that a bomb was planted in a Turkish Airlines (THY) plane bound to take off from Diyarbakir to Ankara at noon on Thursday, was baseless.06.02.2003 [26] SECURITY FORCES RECEIVE AN UNANIMOUS CALL ABOUT A BOMB CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN THY PLANEDIYARBAKIR - Security forces received an unanimous call on Thursday claiming that a bomb was planted in a Turkish Airlines (THY) plane bound to take off from Diyarbakir to Ankara.06.02.2003 [27] GUL: ''WE HAVEN'T MADE COMMITMENT TO ENTER A WAR. ACTUALLY, TURKEY WON'T ENTER A WAR AND TSK WON'T ENTER COMBAT''ANKARA - Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Thursday that Turkey still held out hopes for a peaceful solution, adding, ''we have not made a commitment to enter a war. Actually, Turkey will not enter a war, and actually, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) will not enter combat.''06.02.2003 [28] ANKARA: ''TURKEY WANTS TO MAINTAIN ITS CLOSE COOPERATION WITH SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO''ANKARA - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday that Turkey wanted to maintain its friendly relations and close cooperation with ''Serbia and Montenegro''.06.02.2003 [29] GREENPEACE'S ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATION ENDSISTANBUL - Demonstration of Greenpeace activists who placed an anti-war banner which reads ''No To War'' on the Ataturk Culture Center (ATM) in Istanbul ended on Thursday. Eight of Greenpeace activists were detained.06.02.2003 [30] GREENPEACE HOLDS ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATION IN ISTANBUL -POLICE DETAIN ONE OF GREENPEACE ACTIVISTSISTANBUL - Greenpeace activists who placed an anti-war banner which reads ''No To War'' on the Ataturk Culture Center (ATM) in Istanbul on Thursday by hanging themselves down from the building's roof with ropes continue to hold demonstration. Police detained one of Greenpeace activists.06.02.2003 [31] MEETING OF NORTHERN IRAQI OPPOSITION GROUPS' REPRESENTATIVES STARTSANKARA - A meeting among the Iraqi opposition groups' representatives started in Ankara on Thursday.06.02.2003 [32] IMF DELEGATION TO COME TO TURKEY ON FRIDAYANKARA - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation headed by Turkey Desk Chief Juha Kahkonen will come to Turkey on Friday to resume talks on the fourth review of stand-by deal.06.02.2003 [33] GREENPEACE PLACE ANTI-WAR BANNER ON ATM IN ISTANBULISTANBUL - Greenpeace activists placed an anti-war banner which reads ''No To War'' on the Ataturk Culture Center (ATM) in Istanbul on Thursday by hanging themselves down from the building's roof with ropes.06.02.2003 [34] U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT UNDERSECRETARY TAYLOR DUE TO TURKEYWASHINGTON - John Taylor, the U.S. Treasury Department Undersecretary for International Affairs, will go to Turkey on Thursday to hold contacts on aid package that the United States plans to give to Turkey under any possible military operation against Iraq and on Turkey's economic program06.02.2003 Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |