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CONTENTS [01] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''I RESIGN IF IT IS NECESSARY'' [02] TENSION BETWEEN GEORGIA AND ADZHARIA -MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: ''TURKEY CAREFULLY FOLLOWS CROSS-BORDER DEVELOPMENTS'' [03] BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AMORIM DUE IN TURKEY [04] MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONDEMNS SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN ASHDOD [05] DE SOTO MEETS WITH DENKTAS [06] DEPPLER: ''IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING'' [07] WORLD BANK PRESIDENT SAYS TURKEY A PERFECT PLACE TO INVEST [08] STATE MINISTER BABACAN SAYS THREE PERCENT CURRENT ACCOUNTS DEFICIT PROGRAMMED IN 2004 ON THE BASIS OF GNP [09] PLACE AND LEVEL OF QUARTET CONFERENCE TO TAKE PLACE AMONG TWO SIDES IN CYPRUS, TURKEY AND GREECE STILL UNCERTAIN [10] TURKISH POLICE CONFISCATE 153.8 KG HEROIN IN ISTANBUL [11] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL: ''AJARIA AUTONOMOUS REGION IS A PART OF GEORGIA'' [12] BABACAN SAYS TURKEY'S FIVE PERCENT GROWTH RATE TO CONTINUE [13] TREASURY SELLS 91-DAY DISCOUNTED REFERENCE BONDS [14] INVESTMENT CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL MEETING STARTS [15] DE SOTO TO MEET WITH SIDES IN CYPRUS SEPARATELY [16] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL: ''FAILING TO EXERT EFFORTS FOR A LASTING SOLUTION ON CYPRUS IS TO HIDE PROBLEM BEHIND DOOR'' [17] STATE MINISTER BABACAN SAYS TURKEY WILL BE A COUNTRY WHICH WILL OFFER EASIER INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES EACH PASSING DAY [18] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL SAYS THEY WANT STABILITY AND TRANQUILITY IN THEIR NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES [19] BABACAN MEETS HIGH-LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS OF MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES IN ISTANBUL [20] WORLD BANK PRESIDENT SAYS FORMATION OF INVESTMENT CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL IS AN IMPORTANT STEP [21] WORLD BANK PRESIDENT WOLFENSOHN ARRIVES IN ISTANBUL [22] CYPRUS TALKS TO CONTINUE ON MONDAY [23] ANTALYA TO HOST FIRST MEETING OF COMCEC NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE [24] TURKISH CYPRIOT CONSTITUENT STATE CONSTITUTION ANNOUNCED [25] CULTURE AND TOURISM MINISTER MUMCU: -''THE REAL PROBLEM IS NOT TURKEY'S MEMBERSHIP, BUT EU'S ENLARGEMENT PROCESS'' [26] DENKTAS: ''I WILL EXPLAIN THE FACTS TO OUR PEOPLE AS OF MARCH 22'' [27] CULTURE AND TOURISM MINISTER MUMCU VISITS INTERNATIONAL TOURISM STOCK EXCHANGE FAIR IN BERLIN [28] TRNC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS PREPARES DRAFT LAW ABOUT REFERENDUM

REFERENDUM TO BE HELD ON APRIL 20

LEFKOSA - ''National Solidarity Council'' which was formed by rightist parties outside the government including the main opposition National Unity Party (UBP) and forty-eight civil organizations in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) asked TRNC President Rauf Denktas to continue exerting efforts after resigning as the President while he said that he resigns if it is necessary

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi - 23:01

[02] TENSION BETWEEN GEORGIA AND ADZHARIA -MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: ''TURKEY CAREFULLY FOLLOWS CROSS-BORDER DEVELOPMENTS''

ANKARA - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Turkey has been ''carefully following'' the tension between the Georgian government and the Autonomous Republic of Adzharia

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi - 23:01

[03] BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AMORIM DUE IN TURKEY

ANKARA - Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim will pay an official visit to Turkey between March 19-20 upon invitation of Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi - 23:00

[04] MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONDEMNS SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN ASHDOD

ANKARA - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs harshly condemned the suicide bombings which killed and wounded people in Israel's Ashdod city

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 23:00

[05] DE SOTO MEETS WITH DENKTAS

LEFKOSA - United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy to Cyprus Alvaro de Soto met with President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on Monday

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 22:59

[06] DEPPLER: ''IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING''

ISTANBUL - IMF Europe Department Director Michael Deppler has said that the Investment Advisory Council Meeting in Istanbul on Monday was very productive

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 22:59

[07] WORLD BANK PRESIDENT SAYS TURKEY A PERFECT PLACE TO INVEST

ISTANBUL - Turkey was a perfect place to invest, World Bank President James Wolfensohn said on Monday

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 22:58

[08] STATE MINISTER BABACAN SAYS THREE PERCENT CURRENT ACCOUNTS DEFICIT PROGRAMMED IN 2004 ON THE BASIS OF GNP

ISTANBUL - State Minister Ali Babacan said on Monday that current accounts deficit in 2003, on the basis of Gross National Product (GNP) was 2.9 percent, stating that three percent current accounts deficit was programmed in the year 2004 on the basis of GNP.

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 16:59

[09] PLACE AND LEVEL OF QUARTET CONFERENCE TO TAKE PLACE AMONG TWO SIDES IN CYPRUS, TURKEY AND GREECE STILL UNCERTAIN

ANKARA - Place and level of quartet conference to take place among Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Greek Cypriot side, Turkey and Greece were still uncertain, sources said on Monday.

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 16:59

[10] TURKISH POLICE CONFISCATE 153.8 KG HEROIN IN ISTANBUL

ISTANBUL - Turkish police seized 153 kilograms 800 grams of heroin in two separate operations, Istanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah said on Monday.

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 16:58

[11] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL: ''AJARIA AUTONOMOUS REGION IS A PART OF GEORGIA''

IZMIR - Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Monday that Ajaria Autonomous Region was a part of Georgia, and noted that, ''we suggest them not be split up and disrupt their authority.''

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 16:58

[12] BABACAN SAYS TURKEY'S FIVE PERCENT GROWTH RATE TO CONTINUE

ISTANBUL - Turkey's growth rate was expected to be around five percent and inflation was forecast to drop to one-digit figure in 2005, State Minister Ali Babacan stressed on Monday.

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 16:58

[13] TREASURY SELLS 91-DAY DISCOUNTED REFERENCE BONDS

ANKARA - Treasury sold on Monday 91-day discounted reference bonds denominated in Turkish lira (TL).

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 14:50

[14] INVESTMENT CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL MEETING STARTS

ISTANBUL - Investment Consultative Council meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, started on Monday. High level administrators of multinational companies join the meeting.

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 11:02

[15] DE SOTO TO MEET WITH SIDES IN CYPRUS SEPARATELY

LEFKOSA - United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy to Cyprus Alvaro de Soto will start to meet with sides in Cyprus separately as of Monday by changing the procedure in Cyprus negotiations which had started between Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and Greek Cypriot side on February 19 in order to find a fair and lasting solution to Cyprus issue before May 1 on basis of Annan plan.

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 11:02

[16] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL: ''FAILING TO EXERT EFFORTS FOR A LASTING SOLUTION ON CYPRUS IS TO HIDE PROBLEM BEHIND DOOR''

IZMIR - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Sunday that Cyprus question should be solved in a fair way and in line with rights and laws. He said, ''failing to exert efforts to find a lasting solution on Cyprus, is to hide the problem behind the door.''

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 11:02

[17] STATE MINISTER BABACAN SAYS TURKEY WILL BE A COUNTRY WHICH WILL OFFER EASIER INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES EACH PASSING DAY

ISTANBUL - State Minister Ali Babacan said on Monday that Turkey would be a country which would offer easier investment opportunities each passing day.

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 11:02

[18] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL SAYS THEY WANT STABILITY AND TRANQUILITY IN THEIR NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES

IZMIR - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Sunday that incidents which occurred in Syria after a football match caused uneasiness. ''We want stability and tranquility in our neighbors,'' he noted.

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 11:01

[19] BABACAN MEETS HIGH-LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS OF MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES IN ISTANBUL

ISTANBUL - State Minister Ali Babacan met on Monday with high-level administrators of multi-national companies who are attending the meeting of Investment Consultative Council in Istanbul.

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 11:01

[20] WORLD BANK PRESIDENT SAYS FORMATION OF INVESTMENT CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL IS AN IMPORTANT STEP

ISTANBUL - World Bank President James Wolfensohn said on Sunday that formation of Investment Consultative Council was an important step for Turkey.

15 Mart 2004 Pazartesi -- 11:00

[21] WORLD BANK PRESIDENT WOLFENSOHN ARRIVES IN ISTANBUL

ISTANBUL - World Bank President James Wolfensohn arrived in Istanbul on Sunday.

14 Mart 2004 Pazar -- 16:22

[22] CYPRUS TALKS TO CONTINUE ON MONDAY

LEFKOSA - The negotiation process, which started on February 19, 2004 with the aim to find a fair and lasting solution to the Cyprus issue on the basis of the plan of United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan until May 1, 2004 will continue on Monday.

14 Mart 2004 Pazar -- 16:22

[23] ANTALYA TO HOST FIRST MEETING OF COMCEC NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE

ANKARA - The first meeting of Negotiating Committee of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) will be held in southern province of Antalya between April 6 and 9, 2004.

14 Mart 2004 Pazar -- 13:47

[24] TURKISH CYPRIOT CONSTITUENT STATE CONSTITUTION ANNOUNCED

LEFKOSA - The Turkish Cypriot Constituent State draft Constitution, which will take effect after a likely agreement in Cyprus was announced on Saturday.

14 Mart 2004 Pazar -- 13:47

[25] CULTURE AND TOURISM MINISTER MUMCU: -''THE REAL PROBLEM IS NOT TURKEY'S MEMBERSHIP, BUT EU'S ENLARGEMENT PROCESS''

BERLIN - Culture and Tourism Minister Erkan Mumcu has said, ''the real problem is not Turkey's European Union membership, but it is the EU's enlargement process.''

14 Mart 2004 Pazar -- 13:47

[26] DENKTAS: ''I WILL EXPLAIN THE FACTS TO OUR PEOPLE AS OF MARCH 22''

LEFKOSA - President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has said, ''we received information saying that Greece would do nothing at the four-party conference that is expected to start on March 24 under the negotiation process in Cyprus, and open the way for United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to fill in the blanks. I will explain all facts to our people as of March 22.'

14 Mart 2004 Pazar -- 11:26

[27] CULTURE AND TOURISM MINISTER MUMCU VISITS INTERNATIONAL TOURISM STOCK EXCHANGE FAIR IN BERLIN

BERLIN - Culture and Tourism Minister Erkan Mumcu visited the International Tourism Stock Exchange Fair in German capital Berlin.

14 Mart 2004 Pazar -- 11:26

[28] TRNC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS PREPARES DRAFT LAW ABOUT REFERENDUM -REFERENDUM TO BE HELD ON APRIL 20

LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Council of Ministers has prepared a draft law about referendum under its efforts to find a fair and lasting solution to the Cyprus issue

14 Mart 2004 Pazar -- 11:25

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