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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 03-06-12Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>CONTENTS
[01] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN LEAVES FOR MALAYSIA (3) -''WE BELIEVE THAT MUCH INTENSE ECONOMIC COOPERATION SHOULD BE DEVELOPED WITH MALAYSIA AND PAKISTAN''ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey should further develop its economic relations with both Malaysia and Pakistan, and they would attribute importance to it12.06.2003 [02] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN LEAVES FOR MALAYSIA (2) -''SPECULATIONS OVER AEGEAN ARE BROUGHT TO AGENDA BY MEDIA IN AN EXAGGERATED WAY''ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, ''such speculations over the Aegean are always brought to agenda by the media in a very different and exaggerated way.'12.06.2003 [03] GONUL: ''IF GREECE TARGETS TO REACH A CERTAIN POINT BY ESCALATING TENSION, WE WILL NOT BE DECEIVED WITH THIS GAME''BRUSSELS - National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, who is currently in Brussels to attend the spring term meetings of NATO Defense Ministers, said on Thursday, ''if Greece targets to reach a certain point by escalating tension, we will not be deceived with this game.'12.06.2003 [04] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN LEAVES FOR MALAYSIA (1)ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan left on Thursday for Malaysia, the first stop of his Asia tour12.06.2003 [05] TURKEY WELCOMES DECISION ON REMOVAL OF NATO SOUTHERN REGION AIR FORCES COMMAND FROM ITALY IZMIRANKARA - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday that Turkey welcomed decision on removal of Southern Region Air Forces Command from Italy to western province of Izmir, which was taken during meetings of the NATO Defense Planning Committee in Belgian capital Brussels12.06.2003 [06] COE COMMISSIONER MEETS WITH JUSTICE MINISTER CICEKANKARA - Council of Europe (COE) Commissioner Alvaro Gil-Robles for Human Rights met with Justice Minister Cemil Cicek on Thursday12.06.2003 [07] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL: ''THERE IS A NEED FOR A SECOND BORDER GATE TOWARDS IRAQ''ANKARA - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Thursday that there was a need for a second border gate towards Iraq12.06.2003 [08] FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS INCLUSION OF TURKEY IN THIRD CATEGORY COUNTRIES IN TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT OF U.S DEPARTMENT OF STATE IS CONSIDERED DISAPPOINTINGANKARA - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday that inclusion of Turkey in ''third category'' countries which made no significant efforts to stop human trafficking in the trafficking in persons report of the U.S. Department of State was considered disappointing.12.06.2003 [09] COE COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS THERE ARE STILL PROBLEMS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF REFORMS IN TURKEYANKARA - Council of Europe (COE) Commissioner Alvaro Gil-Robles for Human Rights said on Thursday that there were still problems in implementation of reforms made in the field of human rights in Turkey.12.06.2003 [10] GUL MEETS WITH ROBLESANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul met on Thursday with Council of Europe (COE) Commissioner Alvaro Gil-Robles for Human Rights.12.06.2003 [11] PILOT OF PLANE WHICH CRASHES NEAR FORESTED AREA IN GUZELHISAR AND SAMURLU VILLAGES OF ALIAGA TOWN OF IZMIR DIESIZMIR - Pilot of the plane which crashed after it took off to extinguish fire which broke out in forested area near Guzelhisar and Samurlu villages of Aliaga town of western Izmir province crashed on Thursday died.12.06.2003 [12] A FIRE EXTINGUISHING PLANE CRASHES NEAR FORESTED AREA IN GUZELHISAR AND SAMURLU VILLAGES OF ALIAGA TOWN OF IZMIRIZMIR - A plane which took off to extinguish fire which broke out in forested area near Guzelhisar and Samurlu villages of Aliaga town of western Izmir province crashed on Thursday.12.06.2003 [13] FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH HEAD OF ENLARGEMENT DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF EUROPEAN COMMISSIONANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul met on Thursday with Eneko Landaburu, the head of Enlargement Directorate General of the European Commission.Following the meeting, Landaburu told reporters that the government had recorded a significant development in meeting Copenhagen criteria. 12.06.2003 [14] GUL: ''IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN PASSING THEM''ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Thursday that passing laws from the parliament was very important, but implementation of those laws was more important.12.06.2003 [15] HEALTH MINISTER AKDAG VISITS AGCABEDI REFUGEE CAMPBAKU - Health Minister Recep Akdag, who is currently in Azerbaijan, visited Agcabedi refugee camp on Thursday. Akdag came together with refugees and listened to their problems.12.06.2003 [16] U.S. STATE SECRETARY POWELL SENDS MESSAGE TO INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF NEW U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL IN ISTANBULISTANBUL - U.S. State Secretary Colin Powell said on Thursday that Turkey was headed to Europe and that they would encourage and strongly support Turkey's future in Europe while they maintained close bilateral ties.12.06.2003 [17] STATE MINISTER TUZMEN SAYS OBJECTIONS AND RESERVATIONS OF UNITED STATES ABOUT OPENING OF A SECOND BORDER GATE TOWARDS IRAQ OVERCOMEANKARA - State Minister Kursad Tuzmen for Foreign Trade said on Thursday that the objections and reservations of the United States about opening of a second border gate towards Iraq were overcome12.06.2003 [18] FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS INCREASE TO USD 63.8 BILLIONANKARA - The total foreign exchange deposit accounts at banks increased 251 million U.S. dollars to 63 billion 833 million U.S. dollars between May 23 and 30, 2003.12.06.2003 [19] NEW BUILDING OF U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL OPENED IN ISTANBULISTANBUL - The new building of the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul was opened on Thursday with a ceremony attended by Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler and U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Robert Pearson.12.06.2003 [20] TURKEY REPAYS USD 334.50 MILLION IN FOREIGN DEBT BETWEEN JUNE 2 AND 11ANKARA - Turkey repaid a total of 334.50 million U.S. dollars in external debt between June 2 and 11.12.06.2003 [21] SIXTH EU ADJUSTMENT PACKAGE SUBMITTED TO PARLIAMENT (2)ANKARA - The sixth European Union (EU) adjustment package enables private radio and television channels to broadcast in different languages and dialects, which Turkish citizens use traditionally in their daily life.12.06.2003 [22] FOREIGN TRADE FIGURES -EXPORTS INCREASE BY 30.3 PERCENT AND IMPORTS BY 22.3 PERCENT IN APRIL 2003ANKARA - Turkey's exports increased by 30.3 percent and imports rose by 22.3 percent in April 2003.12.06.2003 [23] SIXTH EU ADJUSTMENT PACKAGE PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENTANKARA - The Sixth European Union (EU) Adjustment Package was presented to Office of Parliament Speaker on Thursday.12.06.2003 [24] TURKEY OBJECTS OFFICIALLY ECHR'S DECISION THAT OCALAN'S TRIAL WAS NOT FAIR (1)STRASBOURG - Turkey objected on Thursday officially the decision of European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that trial of Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the terrorist organization, was not made fairly.12.06.2003 [25] GIL-ROBLES VISITS BUMINANKARA - Council of Europe (COE) Commissioner Alvaro Gil-Robles for Human Rights said on Thursday that there was important progress in Turkey in human rights, however, public officials should change their way of thinking.12.06.2003 [26] BASESGIOGLU: ''UNEMPLOYMENT IS ONE OF THE URGENT PROBLEMS OF TURKEY''GENEVA - Labor and Social Security Minister Murat Basesgioglu said on Thursday, ''unemployment is one of the urgent problems of Turkey like other countries due to economic crises with the influence of globalization.''12.06.2003 [27] AIR FORCES COMMANDER GENERAL ASPARUK DUE TO ALBANIAANKARA - Air Forces Commander General Cumhur Asparuk will leave for Albania on June 16.12.06.2003 [28] NATIONAL EDUCATION MINISTER CELIK GOES TO IRELANDISTANBUL - National Education Minister Huseyin Celik went to Ireland on Thursday as the guest of Ireland Minister of Education and Science Noel Dempsey.12.06.2003 Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |