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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 03-05-28Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>CONTENTS
[01] PARLIAMENT ADOPTS LAW THAT EASES TRNC CITIZENS' GETTING TURKISH CITIZENSHIPANKARA - The parliament adopted on Wednesday a law that made easy the proceedings for TRNC citizens to have Turkish citizenship28.05.2003 [02] JOINT DECLARATION OF OIC MEETING RELEASEDTEHRAN - Foreign Ministers of neighboring countries of Iraq convened for the third time within the scope of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) 30th Term Foreign Ministers Meeting in Tehran, Iran on Wednesday.28.05.2003 [03] NSC TAKES UP TURKEY-EU RELATIONS, CYPRUS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQANKARA - National Security Council (NSC) made a general assessment about ''Turkey-EU Relations and New Accession Partnership Document'' which was submitted to the Council and it also focused on the studies to be undertaken with EU in the coming period, during its meeting on Wednesday.28.05.2003 [04] UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY DOLHOV: ''EVERYTHING WILL BE CLEAR WHEN BLACK BOXES ARE DECODED''ANKARA - Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Ihor Dolhov said on Wednesday that it was early to say something about the cause of the plane crash in Trabzon, adding that negotiations with the Turkish side about the method of decoding the black boxes continued.28.05.2003 [05] RED CRESCENT TO SEND SECOND AID PACKAGE TO ALGERIAANKARA - Aid organization Kizilay (Red Crescent) will send second aid package to Algeria which suffered an earthquake disaster.28.05.2003 [06] TERZIC, CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, CALLS ON TURKISH BUSINESSMEN TO INVEST IN HIS COUNTRYIZMIR - Adnan Terzic, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina, called on Wednesday Turkish businessmen to invest in his country28.05.2003 [07] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL (2): ''WE ARE READY TO MAKE ACTIVE CONTRIBUTION TO MIDDLE EAST PROCESS''TEHRAN - Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Wednesday that Turkey was ready to make active contribution to the Middle East peace process28.05.2003 [08] PLANE CRASH IN TRABZON -DEATH TOLL RISES TO 75TRABZON - Trabzon Chief Prosecutor Burhan Cobanoglu said on Wednesday, ''it has become definite that there were seventy-five people aboard the plane which crashed near Macka town of Trabzon early on last Monday.'28.05.2003 [09] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL (1): ''WE HAVE TO ACT WITH FRESH AND NEW VISION''TEHRAN - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Wednesday that Islamic countries should act with a fresh and new vision28.05.2003 [10] ISRAELI TRADE ATTACHE SAYS THEY HAVE MANY SIMILARITIES WITH TURKEYADANA - Israeli Trade Attache to Turkey Avichai Levit said on Wednesday that they had many similarities with Turkey, which they considered a natural ally in regard to geography28.05.2003 [11] ERGEZEN: ''TURKEY HAS MADE NEARLY 35 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS OF CONTRACTING JOB IN ALBANIA''ISTANBUL - Public Works and Settlement Minister Zeki Ergezen said on Wednesday that Turkish companies had made nearly 35 million U.S. dollars contracting job so far in Albania, and this could be considered proof of the importance that Turkey attributed to Albania.28.05.2003 [12] PRESIDENT MOISIU OF ALBANIA SAYS TURKEY AND ALBANIA SHOULD FURTHER IMPROVE ECONOMIC RELATIONSISTANBUL - President Alfred Moisiu of Albania said on Wednesday that economic relations between Turkey and Albania should be further improved in the following periods.28.05.2003 [13] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL HOLDS BILATERAL CONTACTS IN TEHRANTEHRAN - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul held bilateral contacts in Iranian capital Tehran, where he is attending the meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Gul met with Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath, his Lebanese, Sudanese and Bangladeshi counterparts.28.05.2003 [14] GENEV: ''TURKISH COMPANIES' TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN BULGARIA IS ABOUT 150 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS''BURSA - Evgeny Genev, the trade attache of the Bulgarian Consulate General in Istanbul, said on Wednesday that Turkish companies' total investments in Bulgaria was about 150 million U.S. dollars.28.05.2003 [15] FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS DECISION ON REJECTION OF REQUEST FOR EXTRADITION OF KAPLAN IS BASED ON SUPPOSITIONS LACKING SUPPORTANKARA - The Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that they regretted that the decision on release of Metin Kaplan, the leader of the Islamic Community-Denominational Vision, was ''based on suppositions lacking support.'28.05.2003 [16] ERTUGRUL: ''ALLEGATIONS MENTIONED IN 2003 REPORT OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL DON'T REFLECT TRUTH''ANKARA - Parliamentary Human Rights Follow-Up Commission Deputy Chairman and Republican People's Party (CHP) Mus deputy Mehmet Serif Ertugrul said on Wednesday that torture was taken out of the agenda of Turkey and stated that allegations which were mentioned in the 2003 report of Amnesty International were not true.28.05.2003 [17] NSC CONVENESANKARA - The National Security Council convened under the chairmanship of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer on Wednesday.28.05.2003 [18] TURKISH RED CRESCENT TEAM IN BAGHDADBAGHDAD - Turkish Red Crescent team including Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy Cevdet Erdol held contacts with Iraqi Red Crescent officials and visited Errazi hospital on Wednesday28.05.2003 [19] YASED CHAIRMAN ERDIKLER: ''TURKEY CAN DRAW 700 BILLION U.S. DOLLARS FOREIGN CAPITAL UNTIL 2023''ISTANBUL - Foreign Capital Association (YASED) Chairman Saban Erdikler said on Wednesday that Turkey could draw 30 billion U.S. dollars foreign capital each year beginning in 2008 and a total of 700 billion U.S. dollars foreign capital until 2023 if it settled safe and stable environment for foreign capital.28.05.2003 [20] WORLD BANK VICE PRESIDENT LINN DUE IN ANKARAANKARA - World Bank Vice President Johannes Linn will come to Ankara on May 29 to take up project and program loans to be released for Turkey and to bid farewell before he retires.28.05.2003 [21] PLANE CRASH IN TRABZON -DEATH TOLL CLAIMED TO BE 75TRABZON - Trabzon Chief Prosecutor Burhan Cobanoglu said on Wednesday that there was a claim that a total of seventy-five people had been killed in plane crash in Trabzon last Monday.28.05.2003 [22] IMF STARTS STUDIES WITH ECONOMY OFFICIALS ON DRAFT LETTER OF INTENTANKARA - International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, led by Turkey Desk Chief Juha Kahkonen, started talks with the economy officials on draft letter of intent.28.05.2003 [23] TURKEY IS HOPEFUL TO START NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EU IN 2004TEHRAN - Turkey got positive signals to start talks with the European Union (EU) during the European-Mediterranean Foreign Ministers meeting which ended in Crete island of Greece on Tuesday.28.05.2003 [24] OIC FOREIGN MINISTER MEETING TO START -FM GUL IS EXPECTED TO GIVE IMPORTANT MESSAGES TO ISLAM WORLD DURING HIS SPEECHTEHRAN - The 30th meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) will start in Tehran on Wednesday. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, who will represent Turkey at the meeting, is expected to give important messages to Islam world.28.05.2003 [25] TUSIAD DELEGATION MEETS WITH WOLFOWITZWASHINGTON - Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen Association (TUSIAD) delegation met on Tuesday with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz.28.05.2003 Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |