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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 04-05-21Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>CONTENTS
[01] FOREIGN MINISTRY: ''UNITED STATES DIDN'T REQUEST ADDITIONAL SOLDIERS FROM TURKEY FOR AFGHANISTAN''ANKARA - The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the United States had not asked Turkey to send additional troops to Afghanistan.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma - 20:09 [02] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN RETURNS TO TURKEYISTANBUL - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned to Turkey on Friday after completing his formal visit to Romania21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma - 19:24 [03] GENERAL STAFF CHIEF AND GEORGIAN PRESIDENT MEET IN ISTANBULISTANBUL - Turkish General Staff Chief General Hilmi Ozkok and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had a meeting in Istanbul on Friday21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma - 19:24 [04] ISRAELI AMBASSADOR AVIVI VISITS CHPANKARA - Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Onur Oymen met with Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Pinhas Avivi on Friday.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 18:44 [05] GERMAN NAVAL FORCES COMMANDER DUE IN TURKEYANKARA - German Naval Forces Commander Lutz Feldt would visit Turkey between May 24 and 27 as the official guest of Turkish Naval Forces Commander Ozden Ornek, Turkish Naval Forces Command said on Friday.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 18:34 [06] TRNC PRIME MINISTER TALAT SENDS A LETTER TO ANNANLEFKOSA - Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has sent a letter to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan before submission of Cyprus report to the United Nations Security Council.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 17:13 [07] TURKISH PRIME MINISTER SAYS TURKISH AND ROMANIAN BUSINESSMEN HAVE WILL TO SHOW A GOOD EXAMPLE OF SOLIDARITYBUCHAREST - Turkish Prime Minister said on Friday that Turkey and Romania had the will to show a good example of solidarity.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 17:11 [08] GUL: ''WE ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS IN PALESTINE''ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has said, ''we are extremely concerned about the recent developments in Palestine. Such policies make steps taken to provide peace in the Middle Easter more difficult.''21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 16:57 [09] TURKISH PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF KINSMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS IN ROMANIABUCHAREST - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met on Friday with representatives of associations of kinsmen in Romanian capital Bucharest21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 16:44 [10] TURKISH SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE 37 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN AYDINAYDIN - Turkish security forces captured 37 illegal immigrants in Kuyucak town of Aegean Aydin province, sources said on Friday.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 16:44 [11] GEORGIAN PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI INVITES TURKISH BUSINESSMEN TO INVEST IN HIS COUNTRYISTANBUL - President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia has invited Turkish businessmen to invest in Georgia.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 16:27 [12] GUL: ''TENSE ATMOSPHERE IN MIDDLE EAST SHOULD NOT BE FURTHER ESCALATED''ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has said, ''tension has already escalated in the whole Middle East. It is useless to make it more difficult.''21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 15:52 [13] GUL: ''IT IS TOO EARLY TO TALK ABOUT DISPATCH OF TURKISH SOLDIERS TO AFGHANISTAN''ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has said, ''it is too early to talk about dispatch of Turkish soldiers to Afghanistan.''21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 15:52 [14] TURKISH AND SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTERS TO ATTEND CEREMONY TO BE HELD ON ANNIVERSARY OF PLANE CRASH IN TRABZONTRABZON - Turkish National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul and Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono would attend a ceremony to commemorate victims of a plane crash in Macka town of northern Trabzon province on its first anniversary, sources said on Friday.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 15:45 [15] EMEP PROTESTS ISRAEL'S ATTACKS ON PALESTINIAN PEOPLEANKARA - A group of members of the Work Party (EMEP) has held a demonstration in front of the Israeli Embassy in Ankara to protest recent attacks on Palestinian people.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 15:40 [16] TURKISH PRESIDENT RATIFIES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTSANKARA - Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer ratified constitutional amendment package, Presidential Press Center said on Friday.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 15:29 [17] TURKISH INTERIOR MINISTER TO VISIT PAKISTAN BETWEEN MAY 27 AND 30ANKARA - Turkish Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu would visit Pakistan between May 27 and 30, Interior Ministry said on Friday.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 14:22 [18] FENER GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCH LEADS RELIGIOUS CEREMONY IN NEVSEHIRNEVSEHIR - Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew led on Friday a religious ceremony at the Church of Constantine and Helen in Mustafapasa hamlet in Urgup town of central Nevsehir province.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 14:22 [19] TWO AFGHANS WHO ENTER TURKEY ILLEGALLY FREEZE TO DEATHVAN - Two Afghans who entered Turkey illegally in Baskale town of eastern Van province froze to death on Friday.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 14:15 [20] CZECH PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO VISIT TURKEYANKARA - Josef Jarab, the chairman of the Committee for Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security of the Senate of the Czech Republic, and the accompanying delegation will pay a visit to Turkey between May 23 and 27, 2004 as the official guest of Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Commission Chairman Mehmet Dulger.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 14:09 [21] WORLD BANK AND TURKEY COMPLETE NEGOTIATIONS ON 1 BILLION USD PFPSAL IIIANKARA - The World Bank and the Government of Turkey completed negotiations on a 1 billion U.S. dollars third programmatic financial and public sector adjustment loan (PFPSAL III), the World Bank said on Friday.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 14:00 [22] DUKE OF YORK PRINCE ANDREW DUE IN TURKEYANKARA - Duke of York Prince Andrew will visit Turkey between May 24 and 26.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 13:58 [23] TURKISH PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF ROMANIAN SENATE VACAROIUBUCHAREST - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met on Friday with President of Romanian Senate Nicolae Vacaroiu.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 13:56 [24] TURKEY GETTING PREPARED TO UNDERTAKE ACTIVE ROLE IN AFGHANISTANANKARA - Turkey is getting prepared to undertake an active role in Afghanistan within the framework of NATO again, sources said on Friday.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 13:56 [25] BABACAN: ''NEGOTIATIONS WITH WORLD BANK HAVE BEEN COMPLETED''ANKARA - Turkish State Minister Ali Babacan has said, ''negotiations on financial and public sector adjustment loan for the third financial and public reform program under the country assistance strategy (CAS) worth of 4.5 billion U.S. dollars with the World Bank between 2004 and 2006 have been completed.''21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 13:55 [26] ARINC TO VISIT MOROCCOANKARA - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc will pay a state visit to Morocco between May 24 and 28, 2004 as the guest of Abdelwahed Radi, the speaker of the House of Representatives of Morocco.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 13:43 [27] ECONOMY MINISTER OF NETHERLANDS BRINKHORST DUE IN TURKEYANKARA - Economy Minister of the Netherlands Laurens Jan Brinkhorst will come to Turkey on Monday.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 12:55 [28] TURKISH PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF ROMANIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES DORNEANUBUCHAREST - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met on Friday with President of Romanian Chamber of Deputies Valer Dorneanu.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 11:55 [29] TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER GUL SAYS A POSSIBLE EARLY ELECTION IN TRNC WILL BE WRONGMOSCOW - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Friday regarding Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat's bringing early election onto agenda that it was not right to change politicians in a critical stage.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 11:55 [30] TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER GUL SAYS TURKISH-RUSSIAN RELATIONS ARE MORE DIFFERENT THAN BEFOREMOSCOW - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Friday that Turkish-Russian relations were more different than they were ten years ago.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 11:54 [31] GEORGIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER GULANKARA - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili received on Friday Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 11:54 [32] TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER GUL MEETS WITH GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ZURABISHVILIANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul met on Friday with Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zurabishvili.21 Mayıs 2004 Cuma -- 11:54 [33] TURKISH PRESIDENT SAYS PRESERVATION OF GEORGIA'S SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AMONG PRIORITIES OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICYANKARA - Preservation of Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity were among priorities of Turkish foreign policy, Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Thursday.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 22:36 [34] TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER ATTENDS OIC-MIDDLE EAST QUARTET MEETING IN RUSSIAMOSCOW - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul attended on Thursday the meeting held in Russian capital Moscow between the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Middle East Quartet formed Russia, the United States, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) to discuss recent developments in Palestine.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 22:26 [35] TURKISH PARLIAMENT SPEAKER DEFINES HIS MEETINGS IN STRASBOURG FRUITFULISTANBUL - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc said on Thursday that his participation in the European Conference of Presidents of Parliaments in Strasbourg was very beneficial to stress importance Turkey attached to the Council of Europe (COE) and to explain Turkey's efforts on the road to European Union (EU) membership.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 22:26 [36] TURKISH PARLIAMENT SPEAKER DEFINES ATTACK ON INNOCENT PEOPLE IN GAZA INHUMANEISTANBUL - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc said on Thursday that missile attack on innocent people in Gaza was an inhumane incident.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 21:39 [37] TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH HIS SENEGALESE COUNTERPARTMOSCOW - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul met on Thursday with Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs Tidiane Gadio in Russian capital Moscow.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 21:36 [38] GEORGIAN PRESIDENT SAYS TURKISH-GEORGIAN RELATIONS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE FOR REGIONANKARA - Turkish-Georgian relations were of critical importance for regional peace and stability, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Thursday.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 21:36 [39] TURKISH PRIME MINISTER SAYS TURKEY AND ROMANIA CAN LAY ENERGY LINE BENEATH SEABUCHAREST - Turkey and Romania could lay energy line beneath the sea, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 20:31 [40] EXPLOSION OCCURS IN PARKING LOT OF FAST FOOD RESTAURANT IN ISTANBULISTANBUL - An explosion occurred in a vehicle in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant in Kadikoy district of Istanbul, sources said on Thursday.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 19:41 [41] GUL IN MOSCOW: ''THERE HAVE BEEN WORRYING DEVELOPMENTS IN PALESTINE''MOSCOW - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has said there had recently been worrying developments in Palestine, adding, ''incidents there have been developing in a way that worries whole world.''20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 19:33 [42] NO REQUEST FOR DISPATCH OF TURKISH TROOPS TO AFGHANISTANANKARA - Turkish National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul has said that the Turkish National Defense Ministry had not received yet a formal request for dispatch of Turkish troops to Afghanistan20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 17:46 [43] GEORGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER BEZHUASHVILI VISITS TURKISH NATIONAL DEFENSE MINISTER GONULANKARA - Georgian Defense Minister Gela Bezhuashvili visited on Thursday Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 17:18 [44] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL MEETS WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROVMOSCOW - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Thursday20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 17:18 [45] ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ILIESCU RECEIVES TURKISH PREMIER ERDOGANBUCHAREST - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was received by Romanian President Ion Iliescu in Bucharest on Thursday20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 17:18 [46] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''RENEGOTIATION OF ANNAN'S PLAN WOULD BE A VERY SERIOUS MISTAKE''LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas has said that renegotiation of Annan's plan would be a very serious mistake20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 17:17 [47] SEZER-SAAKASHVILI JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE -SAAKASHVILI SAYS GEORGIA EXPECTS TURKEY'S ASSISTANCE IN INTEGRATION WITH NATOANKARA - President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia said on Thursday that Georgia was expecting Turkey's assistance in integration with NATO20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 17:17 [48] SEZER-SAAKASHVILI JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE -SEZER: ''IT IS IMPORTANT TO SOLVE ABKHAZIA AND SOUTHERN OSETIA PROBLEMS IN PEACEFUL WAYS''ANKARA - Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Thursday that Turkey was closely following the problems in Southern Caucasia, adding that it was important to solve Abkhazia and Southern Osetia problems in peaceful ways and within territorial integrity of Georgia20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 17:17 [49] ERDOGAN AND NASTASE HOLD JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE (2)BUCHAREST - Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase has said that Romania would extend necessary support to Turkey's European Union (EU) membership20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 17:13 [50] ERDOGAN AND NASTASE HOLD JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE (1)BUCHAREST - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that relations between Turkey and Romania would reach the future in a very different way after Turkey started accession talks with the European Union (EU)20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 17:13 [51] TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY CONDEMNS ISRAELI ATTACK ON RAFAH REFUGEE CAMPANKARA - Turkish Foreign Ministry harshly condemned on Thursday the Israeli attack which was launched on Palestinians during a protest march in Rafah city in Gaza Strip yesterday20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 17:13 [52] SPORTS-TANJEVIC FORMALLY SIGNS 3-YEAR CONTRACT TO COACH TURKISH NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAMISTANBUL - Bogdan Tanjevic of Serbia-Montenegro has formally signed a three-year contract to coach the Turkish National Basketball Team20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 17:12 [53] EXERCISE DAMSEL FAIR-2004 STARTSIZMIR - A NATO Southern Region mine countermeasures exercise named Damsel Fair-2004 which was planned by the NATO Southern Europe Allied Naval Forces Command (COMNAVSOUTH) has started in Kusadasi Bay, off the coast of Turkey on Thursday20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 17:12 [54] PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI OF GEORGIA WELCOMED WITH OFFICIAL CEREMONYANKARA - An official welcoming ceremony has taken place at the Cankaya Presidential Palace for President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia, who is currently in Ankara on a three-day state visit as guest of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 13:36 [55] TURKISH PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN WELCOMED WITH OFFICIAL CEREMONY IN ROMANIABUCHAREST - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was welcomed with an official ceremony by Prime Minister Adrian Nastase of Romania on Thursday.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 13:06 [56] PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI OF GEORGIA VISITS MAUSOLEUM OF ATATURKANKARA - President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia, who is currently in Ankara on a three-day state visit as guest of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, visited the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern and secular Republic of Turkey, on Thursday.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 12:33 [57] ERDOGAN ARRIVES IN ROMANIABUCHAREST - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Romania on Thursday on an official visit as the guest of Prime Minister Adrian Nastase of Romania.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 12:33 [58] ARINC TO VISIT MOROCCOANKARA - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc will pay a state visit to Morocco between May 24 and 28, 2004 as the guest of Abdelwahed Radi, the speaker of the House of Representatives of Morocco.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 12:33 [59] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN LEAVES FOR ROMANIA: (3) -''I BELIEVE THAT MY VISIT WILL ACCELERATE OUR RELATIONS''ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, ''I believe that my visit will accelerate our bilateral relations with Romania.''20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 12:33 [60] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN LEAVES FOR ROMANIA: (2) -''UNITED STATES HAS REQUESTED TURKEY TO SEND SOLDIERS TO AFGHANISTAN''ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, ''the United States has requested Turkey to send soldiers to Afghanistan. However, the issue has not acquired a certain quality yet.''20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 12:32 [61] EMINENT PHILOSOPHER NAISBITT DUE IN ISTANBULISTANBUL - Eminent philosopher John Naisbitt, who has been observing social tendencies and developing trends in the world, will come to Istanbul on June 8, 2004 to attend a conference as speaker.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 11:18 [62] PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI ARRIVES IN TURKEYANKARA - President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia came to Ankara on Thursday on a three-day state visit as guest of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 11:02 [63] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN LEAVES FOR ROMANIA (1)ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan left for Romania as the official guest of Prime Minister Adrian Nastase of Romania on Thursday.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 11:02 [64] GUL: ''WE HARSHLY CONDEMN YESTERDAY'S EVENT IS GAZA''MOSCOW - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has said, ''we consider Israel's demolishing houses of civilians in Gaza and killing of more than 30 people in its operation in Gaza an extremely dangerous development.''20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 11:01 [65] OIC DELEGATION INCLUDING ATALAY MEETS WITH COWENDUBLIN - The delegation of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) including Turkish State Minister Besir Atalay met with Foreign Minister Brian Cowen of current European Union (EU) term president Ireland late on Wednesday.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 10:22 [66] ARINC: ''NUMBER OF TURKISH PEOPLE'S APPLICATIONS TO ECHR HAS DROPPED''STRASBOURG - Number of Turkish people's applications to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has dropped, Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc said on Wednesday.20 Mayıs 2004 Perşembe -- 10:22
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