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TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (November 2, 1995)
From: hristu@arcadia.harvard.edu (Dimitrios Hristu)
Subject: TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (November 2, 1995)
CONTENTS
[01] PRESIDENT DEMIREL MEETS BALKAN COMMISSION
[02] US HITS BACK AT PKK MEETING IN MOSCOW
[03] KAZAKH OIL TO BE TRANSPORTED THROUGH TURKISH PIPELINE
[04] 29TH UFTAA WORLD CONGRESS IN ISTANBUL
[05] TURKEY TO IMPOSE QUOTAS ON CHINA
[06] ISRAELI NAVAL COMMANDER IN TURKEY
[07] 17 SEPARATISTS KILLED, THIRTEEN CAPTURED
[08] TURKEY AND US COOPERATE ON BORDER SECURITY
[09] AID SENT TO AZERBAIJAN
[10] SWISS CONFERENCE ON TURKEY
WITH THE COMPLIMENT OF
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF PRESS AND INFORMATION
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
NOVEMBER 2, 1995
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press
this morning.
[01] PRESIDENT DEMIREL MEETS BALKAN COMMISSION
President Suleyman Demirel received Leo Tindemans, chairman of
the International Balkan Commission and former Belgian prime
ministers, and two commission members, Simone Veil and John
Roper, at the Presidential Palace yesterday. The commission was
formed under the auspices of the Aspen Institute in Berlin and
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington to
study the conflicts in the Balkans and the inevitable new
structure that the region will assume. The commission will
visit Athens today after leaving Ankara.
[02] US HITS BACK AT PKK MEETING IN MOSCOW
US State Department Spokesman Nicholas Burns on Tuesday said the
Clinton Administration had relayed its concerns to the Russian
government over the meeting of the so-called "Kurdish
parliament- in-exile" at the Russian Parliament building in
Moscow. Burns said the "Kurdish parliament" was financed by the
PKK. The Russian Foreign Ministry the same day denounced the
meeting and denied any part. But, despite strong protests from
Ankara, it did not intervene in the meeting, which continued
yesterday. Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman Omer Akbel said
yesterday that the Russian explanations had not satisfied
Ankara, arguing that, despite Moscow's statement, nothing had
been done to prevent the meeting. "It falls on the Russian side
to rapidly heal the wound caused to Turkish-Russian relations,
otherwise, Turkey will negatively draw the necessary
conclusions" Akbel told a press briefing yesterday.
In Washington, Burns said: "As we have acted with other
European countries in the past, when the "Kurdish
parliament-in-exile" (KPIE) was held in those countries, as in
the case of the Netherlands a couple of months ago, we shared
our concerns about this organization with the Russian
government. This is an organization which is financed directly
by the PKK, Kurdistan Workers' Party. That is a vicious
terrorist organization that attacks Turkey and Western Europe,
threatens the lives of Americans, as well as Turks and other
nationals. We repeatedly made it clear that neither the PKK nor
the KPIE should acquire or receive any legitimacy, any support,
any hospitality from civilized countries". Burns added that the
Russian Foreign Ministry had issued a statement saying they were
opposed to the meeting in Moscow. Burns noted that it was a
very encouraging statement from his collegue, the Russian
Foreign Ministry Spokesman.
On Tuesday, Ambassador Nuzhet Kandemir sent a letter to the 21
members of the US Congress who had previously sent a letter to
President Bill Clinton on October 6 urging recognition of the
KPIE. "As you must very well know, the idea for the creation of
such an organization was inspired by the PKK terrorist
organization" Kandemir said. After recalling the State
Department's view that the PKK was a brutal terrorist
organization, Kandemir said: "In the light of the above, it is
equally disturbing to note that you and your distinguished
colleagues would even think of choosing to support the KPIE".
/Hurriyet-Milliyet-Cumhuriyet/
[03] KAZAKH OIL TO BE TRANSPORTED THROUGH TURKISH PIPELINE
Kazakh oil, produced in the Caspian Sea, will probably be
exported by a pipeline passing through Turkey, Vyacheslav
Gizzatov, Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister said. Gizzatov noted
that they were in favour of transporting an annual 20 million
metric tons of Kazakh oil by the pipeline through Georgia and
Turkey. The other part of the Kazakh oil will be sent to
international markets through a pipeline to the Russian port of
Novorossiysk. /All papers/
[04] 29TH UFTAA WORLD CONGRESS IN ISTANBUL
At a press conference yesterday, officials from the Universal
Federation of Travel Agents' Association (UFTAA) and the
Association of Turkish Travel Agents (TURSAB) discussed the
goals of the 29th UFTAA World Congress scheduled to begin in
Istanbul tomorrow. Praising the excellent promotional work that
has been done for the event, UFTAA President Len Taylor said
that the congress will focus on determining new and effective
strategies for the travel industry. In the front line in the
fight against "sex tourism", UFTAA will also present its
"Charter for the Child and the Travel Agent" to President
Suleyman Demirel for his official signature during the congress.
Nihat Boytuzun, congress chairman, said that the 29th UFTAA
World Congress- expected to include the tourism ministers of
eight countries and 654 delegates from 73 countries- will
greatly contribute to the development of tourism in Turkey.
/Hurriyet/
[05] TURKEY TO IMPOSE QUOTAS ON CHINA
Turkey will have to impose import quotas on a number of Chinese
products after it completes customs union with the 15 nations of
the EU, Turkish trade officials said yesterday. They said
Turkey will impose quotas on Chinese-made clothing accessories,
sports shoes, other shoes of certain specification, ceramic
kitchenware, audio recorders, compact radios and toys. A
Cabinet decision concerning import surveillance and protection
against non-GATT nations was published yesterday in the Official
Gazette. The decision also notes that the government might
devise protective measures, when necessary, against imports from
Azerbaijan, Albania, Belarus, Armenia, China, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, North Korea, Mongolia, Moldova,
Uzbekistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and
Vietnam. /Hurriyet/
[06] ISRAELI NAVAL COMMANDER IN TURKEY
Adm.Ami Ayalon, the commander of Israel's Naval Forces, arrived
in Turkey on Tuesday as the official guest of Adm.Guven Erkaya,
commander of the Turkish Naval Forces. Adm.Ayalon visited Gen.
Ismail Hakki Karadayi, chief of the general staff, and Defence
Minister Vefa Tanir yesterday. Tanir said that relations
between the two countries had deep historical roots. Today
Ayalon will visit Adm.Salim Dervisoglu, commander of the Navy,
and Adm. Alper Tezeren, commander of the Naval Academy.
Adm.Ayalon will leave Turkey tomorrow.
[07] 17 SEPARATISTS KILLED, THIRTEEN CAPTURED
Nine militants of the PKK terrorist organization were killed
during clashes and 13 militants were captured in the southeast.
A spokesman for the Diyarbakir-based emergency rule region said
that three militants were killed in Batman's Gercus district,
three in Tunceli's Hozat district, two in Hakkari's Cukurca
district, and one in Mardin's Kiziltepe district. A total of 13
militants were captured during military operations in Bitlis,
Bingol, Siirt and Tunceli, and a militant surrendered in
Batman's Kozluk district.
Meanwhile, eight PKK militants and five soldiers were killed
during military operations on Mount Ararat. Military officials
said that weapons were confiscated and military operations were
still continuing in the region. /Sabah/
[08] TURKEY AND US COOPERATE ON BORDER SECURITY
Dr.Lynn Davis, US Undersecretary for Weapons Inspection and
International Security, and an accompanying delegation have
arrived in Ankara to discuss security issues, and especially
Turco-Iraqi border security. In a press conference after the
meetings, Davis said that the aim of the contacts was to improve
Turkish defences against terrorist activities and border
infiltrations. With NATO being a high-level defence
organization, Turkish border security issues concerned also
Turkey's NATO allies, US officials noted. US Ambassador to
Ankara, Marc Grossman, said that US-Turkey discussions on border
observation systems were continuing and added that an eventual
agreement would be discussed in bilateral meetings planned for
December. /Cumhuriyet/
[09] AID SENT TO AZERBAIJAN
After a recent fire in the Baku metro causing heavy damages and
high loss of life, Turkey has extended humanitarian aid to
Azerbaijan. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Omer Akbel said
yesterday that a cargo plane carrying food and medicine worth
$36,710 had been sent to Baku. On the other hand,the Red
Crescent Organization has also sent 6 tons of milk powder, 2
tons of sugar, one ton of edible oil and 500 kg of medicine
together with financial aid worth $60,000. /Sabah/
[10] SWISS CONFERENCE ON TURKEY
A "Look at the Liberalization Process" conference was held in
the Turkish Embassy in Bern yesterday. In his opening speech,
Ambassador Riza Turmen discussed the reasons for the differences
in Turkish and European outlooks on statehood. Prof.Bakir
Caglar, who also participated in the conference, said that with
recent the amendments in Article 8 of the Constitution, Turkey
had acquired Anti-Terrorism Law at the European level.
/Hurriyet/
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