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CONTENTS [01] CYPRUS TALKS SECOND DAY STARTS IN U.N. [02] ZIYAL MEETS SEPARATELY WITH DE SOTO AND WESTON [03] POWELL SPEAKS TO GUL BY PHONE [04] EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MUBARAK RECEIVES PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN, FOREIGN MINISTER GUL AND CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF OZKOK [05] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN HOLDS MEETING ON CYPRUS ISSUE AT PRIME MINISTRY [06] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAHER [07] PRESIDENT SEZER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK OF EGYPT (3)

MUBARAK: ''TURKEY AND EGYPT HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING PROTECTION OF IRAQ'S

NEW YORK - Second day session of Cyprus talks organized by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan started at 11 p.m. Turkish local time in the U.N. headquarters in New York on Wednesday

[02] ZIYAL MEETS SEPARATELY WITH DE SOTO AND WESTON

NEW YORK - Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal, who is currently in New York, met separately with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's special envoy to Cyprus Alvaro De Soto and U.S. Special Cyprus Coordinator Thomas Weston

[03] POWELL SPEAKS TO GUL BY PHONE

ANKARA - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke to Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul by phone on Wednesday.

[04] EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MUBARAK RECEIVES PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN, FOREIGN MINISTER GUL AND CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF OZKOK

ANKARA - President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, who is currently in Turkey on a working visit, received on Wednesday Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul and Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi Ozkok.

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 23:35

[05] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN HOLDS MEETING ON CYPRUS ISSUE AT PRIME MINISTRY

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan held on Wednesday a meeting at Prime Ministry to evaluate the recent developments about Cyprus issue.

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:45

[06] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAHER

ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul met on Wednesday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher.

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:45

[07] PRESIDENT SEZER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK OF EGYPT (3) -MUBARAK: ''TURKEY AND EGYPT HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING PROTECTION OF IRAQ'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND NATIONAL UNITY''

ANKARA - President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, who is currently in Turkey on a working visit, has said that Turkey and Egypt had been advocating protection of Iraq's territorial integrity and national unity.

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 17:42

[08] AI SECRETARY GENERAL KHAN VISITS PRIME MINISTRY HUMAN RIGHTS CHAIRMAN BICAK

ANKARA - Amnesty International (AI) Secretary General Irene Khan and an accompanying delegation visited on Wednesday Prime Ministry Human Rights Chairman Vahit Bicak.

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 17:42

[09] PRESIDENT SEZER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK OF EGYPT (2) -SEZER: ''WE HAVE REACHED A CONSENSUS OVER IMPORTANCE OF SETTLEMENT OF A FAIR AND COMPREHENSIVE PEACE IN MIDDLE EAST FOR REGIONAL STABILITY''

ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has said, ''we have reached a consensus over importance of settlement of a fair and comprehensive peace both in Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Arab conflicts for regional stability.''

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 17:42

[10] PRESIDENT SEZER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK OF EGYPT (1) -SEZER: ''WE HAVE SIMILAR VIEWS AND TARGETS ABOUT PROTECTION OF IRAQ'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND NATIONAL UNITY''

ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has said, ''Turkey and Egypt are the symbols of stability in the Middle East. There have been an exemplary co-operation between our countries. This co-operation has been making a valuable contribution to settlement of peace and stability in the region.''

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 16:19

[11] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN SAYS POLICY IN CYPRUS TALKS SET BY COOPERATION AND COMPROMISE

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that policy to be pursued by Turkish delegation in Cyprus talks in New York had been set at the end of cooperation and compromise of all concerned parties of the issue.

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 16:19

[12] SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER PERSSON DUE IN TURKEY

ANKARA - Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson will pay an official visit to Turkey between February 17 and 18.

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 16:18

[13] COLLAPSED BUILDING IN KONYA -KONYA GOVERNOR KAYHAN:''SEARCH-RESCUE ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED''

KONYA - Konya Governor Ahmet Kayhan said on Wednesday that search and rescue activities that were carried out in the rubble of the collapsed building were completed.

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 16:18

[14] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN SAYS TRNC HAS SOME SENSITIVITIES THAT CAN'T BE GIVEN UP

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) had some sensitivities that could not be given up.

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 16:18

[15] PRESIDENT OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO MAROVIC DUE IN TURKEY

ANKARA - President of Serbia and Montenegro Svetozar Marovic will come to Turkey on Thursday as the official guest of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 13:00

[16] GENERAL DEBATE ON CYPRUS POSTPONED BY PARLIAMENT

ANKARA - Pre-meeting of a motion on holding a general debate in parliament on Cyprus issue scheduled to be held on Wednesday was postponed.

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 12:59

[17] 2004 PRIVATIZATION PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED

ANKARA - Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan announced on Wednesday 2004 privatization programme in a news conference.

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 11:16

[18] TRNC FM DENKTAS:''IT CAN BE SAID THAT NEGOTIATIONS HAVE STARTED''

NEW YORK - TRNC Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Serdar Denktas said on Wednesday after the first session of Cyprus negotiations that ''it can be said that the negotiations have started, there is not any imposition.''

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 10:12

[19] CYPRUS TALKS ADJOURNED UNTIL WEDNESDAY

NEW YORK - The tripartite meeting of TRNC President Rauf Denktas, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and Greek Cypriot leader Tassos Papadopoulos was adjourned until Wednesday.

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 10:12

[20] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN DEFINES HIS VISIT TO SOUTH KOREA AS FRUITFUL

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan defined early on Wednesday his visit to South Korea as fruitful.

11 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 10:11

[21] TURKEY WELCOMES LIBYA'S STEPS TO BAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND NUCLEAR TESTS

ANKARA - Turkey welcomed on Tuesday Libya's move to be a side to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction.

10 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 17:40

[22] AN IRAQI PERSON UNDERGOES OPEN HEART SURGERY IN ISTANBUL

ISTANBUL - An Iraqi man among 12 Iraqi people who were brought to Istanbul for treatment underwent on Tuesday an open heart surgery in Medical Park Hospital.

10 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 16:50

[23] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT TURKEY WILL GET A NEGOTIATION DATE FROM EU THIS YEAR

WARSAW - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul expressed belief on Tuesday that Turkey would get a date from the European Union (EU) to start full membership negotiations at the end of 2004.

10 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 16:10

[24] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL SAYS PROVIDING KURDS IN NORTH OF IRAQ WITH A SEPARATE STRUCTURE IS A BIG CONCERN FOR ALL REGIONAL COUNTRIES

WARSAW - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday that providing the Kurds in north of Iraq with a separate structure was a big concern for all regional countries.

10 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:57

[25] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL SAYS TURKEY WANTS CO-EXISTENCE OF TWO SOCIETIES IN CYPRUS

WARSAW - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday that Turkey wanted co-existence of two societies in Cyprus.

10 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:55

[26] ERDOGAN: ''DENKTAS'S WITHDRAWING FROM NEGOTIATIONS IS OUT OF QUESTION''

AYDIN PLANE - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas's withdrawing from the Cyprus negotiations was out of question.

10 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:28

[27] CONSTITUTIONAL COURT WARNS FELICITY PARTY

ANKARA - The Constitutional Court made a warning to the Felicity Party as it uses the outlawed Socialist Party's abbreviation of ''SP''.

10 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 15:28

[28] PUK OFFICIAL SALIH MEETS WITH KORUTURK -EIGHT MORE INJURED PEOPLE TO BE SENT TO TURKEY

ANKARA - Patriotic Union of Iraqi Kurdistan (PUK) high-level official Berham Salih met on Tuesday with Turkey's Special Envoy to Cyprus Osman Koruturk. During the meeting, Salih conveyed their request to send eight more people, who were seriously injured in the twin suicide attacks on offices of PUK and Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Irbil on the first day of Muslim's Feast of Sacrifice on February 1, 2004, to Turkey for medical treatment.

10 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 13:24

[29] AI SECRETARY GENERAL VISITS PARLIAMENT

ANKARA - Parliamentary European Union (EU) Adjustment Commission Chairman Yasar Yakis received on Tuesday Amnesty International (AI) Secretary General Irene Khan and accompanying delegation.

10 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 12:20

[30] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN DEPARTS FROM SOUTH KOREA

PUSAN - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan departed on Tuesday from South Korea.

10 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 12:19

[31] SECURITY FORCES SEIZE 245.1 KG OF HEROIN IN EDIRNE AND MERSIN

EDIRNE - Security forces seized on Tuesday 245 kg and 100 grams of heroin in two operations launched in northwestern Edirne and southern Mersin provinces.

10 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 11:25

[32] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN ATTENDS MEAL HOSTED BY HYUNDAI COMPANY IN HIS HONOR

PUSAN - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Hyundai Company's setting up an automobile factory in Turkey in 1995 was an important step taken to develop economic relations between two countries.

10 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 10:05

[33] DEATH TOLL RISES TO 92 IN COLLAPSED BUILDING IN KONYA

KONYA - Death toll increased to 92 in the collapse of an eleven-storey building in Konya on Tuesday.

10 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 09:50

[34] TOBB CHAIRMAN HISARCIKLIOGLU: ''TURKISH PRIVATE SECTOR WANTS TO TAKE PLACE AT NEGOTIATION TABLE WHERE FUTURE OF IRAQ WILL BE DISCUSSED''

BAGHDAD/ANKARA - Union of Turkish Chambers of Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) Chairman Rifat Hisarciklioglu has said, ''we, as the Turkish private sector, want to take place at the negotiation table where re-building process and future of Iraq will be discussed.''

10 Şubat 2004 Salı -- 09:50

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