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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 04-09-23Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>CONTENTS
[01] PM ERDOGAN RETURNS FROM BRUSSELSANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned to Ankara late on Thursday.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe - 22:41 [02] FM GUL CALLS FOR BAN ON NUCLEAR TESTSNEW YORK - Turkish Foreign Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul called on countries, which support Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) but still have not approved it, to adopt the treaty.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe - 22:29 [03] GREEK MAYOR DECORATES TURKISH AMBASSADOR ALPOGAN WITH ATHENS MEDAL OF HONORATHENS - Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyianni decorated Turkish Ambassador to Greece Yigit Alpogan with Athens Medal of Honor on Thursday.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe - 22:17 [04] SAUDI ARABIA'S NATIONAL DAY RECEPTIONANKARA - Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Turkey Mohammad al-Bassam hosted a reception late on Thursday at Ankara's Hilton Hotel to mark his country's National Day.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 21:39 [05] SOCIALIST GROUP IN EP: ''IF EU COMMISSION SAYS YES, SO DO WE''BRUSSELS - ''If the European Union (EU) Commission sheds green light for starting full membership talks (with Turkey), we will support this decision,'' said Martin Schulz, the leader of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 20:49 [06] FM GUL TO ADDRESS UN GENERAL ASSEMBLYNEW YORK - Turkish Foreign Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul will address the United Nations General Assembly today.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 20:13 [07] TURKISH PREMIER DEPARTS FROM BRUSSELSBRUSSELS - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan departed from Brussels late on Thursday.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 20:12 [08] PM ERDOGAN (2): ''NO REASON REMAINED FOR NOT WINNING 'YES' FROM EU''BRUSSELS - ''Turkey has met all conditions of the Copenhagen political criteria and adjustment laws, and no reason remained for not winning 'yes' from the European Union (EU),'' said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 20:12 [09] PM ERDOGAN (1): ''WE WILL NOT INCLUDE ADULTERY IN PENAL CODE''ANKARA - ''We will not include an article in Turkish Penal Code (TCK) which does not exist in draft TCK. I am talking about adultery,'' said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 20:12 [10] TURKEY AND ALGERIA SIGN JEC PROTOCOLANKARA - Turkey and Algeria signed on Thursday Turkey-Algeria Joint Economic Commission (JEC) 8th Term Meeting's protocol.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 20:12 [11] AK PARTY APPLIES TO PARLIAMENT SPEAKER'S OFFICE FOR PARLIAMENTARY SESSIONANKARA - Justice and Development Party (AK Party) applied to Parliament Speaker's Office for a parliamentary session at 11.00 hrs local time on September 26th.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 20:11 [12] FM GUL: ''EU WILL SET NEGOTIATION DATE FOR TURKEY WITHOUT SPENDING TIME AND PUTTING FORWARD ANY CONDITION ON DECEMBER 17TH''NEW YORK - ''The European Union (EU) will make its decision on start of membership negotiations with Turkey during its December 17th summit,'' said Turkish Foreign Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul on Thursday.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 20:10 [13] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS TO VISIT MALATYALEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas will go to Turkey's eastern city of Malatya, sources said on Thursday.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 20:10 [14] TURKISH GENDARMERY CAPTURE 41 ILLEGAL MIGRANTS IN VANVAN - Turkish gendarmery captured 41 illegal migrants in Ercis town of eastern city of Van, sources said on Thursday.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 19:27 [15] BENDIT: ''WE SUPPORT START OF ENTRY TALKS BETWEEN TURKEY AND EU''BRUSSELS - ''We support start of entry talks between Turkey and the European Union (EU),'' said Daniel Cohn-Bendit, leader of German Green Party in European Parliament.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 19:26 [16] ONE SOLDIER KILLED IN BASKALEVAN - One soldier was killed by a group of unidentified assailants in Baskale town of eastern city of Van, sources said on Thursday.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 19:26 [17] FINANCE MINISTER UNAKITAN RECEIVES IMF DELEGATIONANKARA - Turkish Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan met on Thursday International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation headed by Turkey Desk Chief Reza Moghadam.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 17:46 [18] NEYZI: ''TURKISH FIRMS ARE STILL READY AND AVAILABLE TO MAKE BUSINESS IN IRAQ''ISTANBUL - ''Turkish firms are still ready and available to make business in Iraq and there is no decrease in business volume,'' said Halim Neyzi, the chairman of American Business Forum in Turkey (ABFT).23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 17:21 [19] WATSON: ''WE SHOULD SHOW THAT EU IS NOT A CHRISTIAN CLUB''BRUSSELS - ''The European Union (EU) should show that it is not a Christian club,'' said Graham Watson, chairman of the Liberal group in the European Parliament.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 17:19 [20] CELIK: ''WE INVITE PARLIAMENT TO HOLD AN EMERGENCY MEETING ON SUNDAY''ANKARA - Faruk Celik, the deputy chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) group in parliament, said on Thursday that they would ask the Parliament Speaker's Office to convene the parliament at an emergency meeting at 11.00 hrs local time on September 26th23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 16:41 [21] IMF: ''TURKEY ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING A NEW TIGER ECONOMY''[22] WASHINGTON/ANKARA - ''Turkey has undergone an amazing recovery since the 2001 crisis. Now that Turkey is on its way to becoming a new tiger economy,'' International Monetary Fund said23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 16:40[23] VERHEUGEN'S STATEMENT CAUSE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON TURKISH ECONOMYISTANBUL - Turkish markets have positively responded to the statement of European Union (EU) Commissioner for Enlargement Guenter Verheugen who said after his meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that there were no further obstacles on Turkey's path to EU entry talks.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 15:39 [24] ERDOGAN: ''WE ARE CALLING AN EMERGENCY SESSION OF PARLIAMENT ON SUNDAY''BRUSSELS - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Parliament will be called to convene for an emergency meeting to be held on Sunday.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 15:39 [25] AK PARTY TO ASK PARLIAMENT SPEAKER TO CONVENE PARLIAMENT ON SEPT 26THANKARA - Faruk Celik, the deputy chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) group in parliament, said on Thursday that they would ask the Parliament Speaker's Office to convene the parliament at an emergency meeting at 15.00 hrs local time on September 26th.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 14:55 [26] ERDOGAN-VERHEUGEN HOLD JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE (3) -VERHEUGEN: ''WE HAVE DETERMINED THERE IS NO SYSTEMATIC TORTURE''BRUSSELS - European Union (EU) Commissioner for Enlargement Guenter Verheugen said on Thursday that there was no systematic torture in Turkey. He told a news conference that this would be explained in details in the progress report.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 14:55 [27] ERDOGAN MEETS PRODIBRUSSELS - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met on Thursday European Commission President Romano Prodi.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 14:38 [28] ERDOGAN-VERHEUGEN HOLD JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE (2) -ERDOGAN: ''WE ARE DETERMINED TO TAKE SERIOUS STEPS''BRUSSELS - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, after his meeting with European Union (EU) Commissioner Guenter Verheugen, that Turkey was determined to take serious steps in its EU membership process.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 13:49 [29] ERDOGAN-VERHEUGEN HOLD JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE (1) -VERHEUGEN: ''THERE ARE NO FURTHER OBSTACLES ON TURKEY'S PATH TO EU''BRUSSELS - European Union (EU) Commissioner Guenter Verheugen for Enlargement said on Thursday, after his meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that there were no further obstacles on Turkey's path to EU entry talks.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 13:24 [30] ERDOGAN-VERHEUGEN MEETING ENDSBRUSSELS - The meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and European Union (EU) Commissioner Guenter Verheugen ended.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 13:23 [31] AYDIN: ''PARLIAMENT WILL CONVENE ON SUNDAY''BRUSSELS - Turkish State Minister Mehmet Aydin said on Thursday that Parliament would convene at an emergency session on Sunday.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 13:23 [32] FRENCH PRIME MINISTER RAFFARIN: -''TURKEY HAS MADE PROGRESS TO ADJUST ITS LAWS TO EU NORMS''BRUSSELS - Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said on Thursday, ''Turkey has made progress in adjusting its laws and institutions to the European Union (EU) norms.''23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 13:22 [33] TURKISH-FINNISH BUSINESS FORUM -LEHTOMAKI: ''WE ARE WAITING FOR COMMISSION REPORT IMPATIENTLY''ISTANBUL - ''We are waiting for the Commission Report impatiently. We hope the decisions will support Turkey's accession to the EU,'' Foreign Trade & Development Minister Paula Lehtomaki of Finland said on Thursday.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 12:43 [34] ERDOGAN-VERHEUGEN MEETING STARTSBRUSSELS - Meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and European Union (EU) Commissioner for Enlargement Guenter Verheugen started in Brussels.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 12:43 [35] GUL MEETS ZEBARINEW YORK - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul, who is currently in New York to attend the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly, met Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Wednesday.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 12:43 [36] GUL MEETS SHALGAM OF LIBYANEW YORK - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul, who is currently in New York to attend the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly, met Libyan Secretary of General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison & International Cooperation Abd Al-Rahman Shalgam on Thursday.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 11:55 [37] UNITED STATES GIVES SIGNS OF SUPPORT TO TURKEYNEW YORK - U.S. Under Secretary for Economic, Business & Agricultural Affairs Alan Larson has given the sign that the United States would continue supporting Turkey's efforts to modernize its economy in cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 11:43 [38] UNITED STATES GIVES SIGNS OF SUPPORT TO TURKEYNEW YORK - U.S. Under Secretary for Economic, Business & Agricultural Affairs Alan Larson has given the sign that the United States would continue supporting Turkey's efforts to modernize its economy in cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 11:43 [39] COMMENTING ON TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP, SOLANA: ''LAST MINUTES ALWAYS PASS IN DIFFICULTY''NEW YORK - ''We have reached the most important and critical minutes. Utmost care should be shown in the last minutes. Last minutes always pass in difficulty,'' Javier Solana, the high Representative of the European Union (EU) for common foreign and security policy said on Thursday while commenting on Turkey's EU membership process.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 11:42 [40] NEW NAMES APPOINTED TO REPRESENTATIONS IN UN, NATO, AND OSCEANKARA - New names were appointed to Turkey's permanent representations in UN, NATO, and OSCE, it was reported on Thursday.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 10:29 [41] TURKCELL: ''IRANCELL WILL BECOME A LICENSED OPERATOR AFTER PAYING LICENSE FEE OF 300 MILLION EUROS''ISTANBUL - Turkcell, one of the leading GSM operators in Turkey, said on Thursday that the Irancell would become a licensed operator after paying the license fee of 300 million euros.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 10:29 [42] TURKCELL: ''IRANCELL WILL BECOME A LICENSED OPERATOR AFTER PAYING LICENSE FEE OF 300 MILLION EUROS''ISTANBUL - Turkcell, one of the leading GSM operators in Turkey, said on Thursday that the Irancell would become a licensed operator after paying the license fee of 300 million euros.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 10:29 [43] SECURITY FORCES INTERCEPT NEARLY 100 ILLEGAL MIGRANTS IN ISTANBULISTANBUL - Security forces intercepted nearly 100 foreigners in Sisli district of Istanbul who had entered Turkey illegally to proceed to European countries.23 Eylül 2004 Perşembe -- 10:20
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