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Turkish Press Review, 96-07-16
From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>
CONTENTS
[01] KALEMLI MEETS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART
[02] GREECE SET TO LIFT VETO ON MEDITERRANEAN FUNDS
[03] IRANIAN DEPUTY FM VISITS ANKARA
[04] FOUR GUNMEN KILLED IN ISTANBUL POLICE STATION ATTACK
[05] BEATTIE AND ALBRIGHT TO ARRIVE IN ANKARA ON FRIDAY
[06] DEMIREL MEETS TRNC AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY
[07] NEW PROSPECTS FOR BAKU-SUPSA PIPELINE
[08] TOUGH COMPETITION IN THE IRAQI MARKET
[09] PROVIDE COMFORT ON THE AGENDA
[10] EUROPEANS TO REVIEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TURKEY
[11] PKK MEETING IN ROME
[12] MORE OPERATIONS AGAINST PKK
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
TUESDAY JULY 16, 1996
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning
[01] KALEMLI MEETS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART
Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Kalemli will meet on Thursday
with Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin instead of
President Boris Yeltsin, who has gone to a sanatorium near Moscow
for two weeks of rest. Kalemli, who began his programme in Moscow
on Monday, and a group of Turkish deputies met with Duma Speaker
Gennady Selezniyev. Kalemli warned that separatists of the PKK
terrorist organization use every opportunity to win support in
Russia while his Russian counterpart replied: "This should not be
a problem any more. Some of our deputies attended meetings of the
Kurds living in Russia. However, we do not support the PKK. We
have respect for the Turkish Constitution and the choices of
Turks. The Duma will never support organizations that carry out
terrorist activities against Turkey". /Hurriyet/
[02] GREECE SET TO LIFT VETO ON MEDITERRANEAN FUNDS
At the EU Council of Ministers in Brussels on Monday, Greece
agreed in principle to lift its veto on a European Union
programme that will pump $3.7 billion into the southern
Mediterranean region, EU diplomats said. They said Greek Foreign
Minister Theodoros Pangalos had signalled that he was prepared to
lift Athens' objections to regulations administering the
so-called MEDA agreement.
The MEDA programme will provide countries stretching from Morocco
to Turkey with 3.4 billion European currency units over five
years as part of the EU's plans to shore up security along its
southern flank. Diplomats said that Pangalos had agreed to lift
Greece's veto and that EU term-president Ireland would issue a
statement concerning Greek-Turkey relations and bring up the
issue when Turkish Foreign Minister Tansu Ciller visits Dublin on
Wednesday. /Hurriyet/
[03] IRANIAN DEPUTY FM VISITS ANKARA
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Alaadin Burujerdi will visit
Ankara on Thursday without a specific agenda, Foreign Ministry
Spokesman Omer Akbel told the foreign press at a weekly briefing.
Akbel said that Burujerdi would meet Foreign Ministry Deputy
Undersecretary Ali Tuygan for an exchange of views. /Milliyet/
[04] FOUR GUNMEN KILLED IN ISTANBUL POLICE STATION ATTACK
A group of gunmen opened fire on Gultepe Police Station in
Istanbul early on Monday morning, wounding two police officers.
The subsequent chase ended when four of the gunmen were killed in
an exchange of gunfire. Four others were taken into custody.
Speaking to journalists later on Moday afternoon, Interior
Minister Mehmet Agar said that the gunmen were members of the
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C).
/All papers/
[05] BEATTIE AND ALBRIGHT TO ARRIVE IN ANKARA ON FRIDAY
At his weekly press briefing for the foreign press, Foreign
Ministry Spokesman Omer Akbel said yesterday that Richard
Beattie, US President Bill Clinton's envoy, and Madeline
Alrbight, the permanent envoy of the US to the UN, will arrive in
Ankara on Friday for talks on a large variety of issues,
including the Cyprus problem. The spokesman said the agenda of
the talks with Beattie and Albright will not be limited to
Cyprus. "We would not be surprised if other subjects of bilateral
and regional interest were raised" he said, adding that Iraq
might be discussed in view of the possible Iraqi oil sales.
/All papers/
[06] DEMIREL MEETS TRNC AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY
Turkish President Suleyman Demirel received Turkish Cypriot
Ambassador to Turkey Nazif Borman yesterday at the Cankaya Palace
on the occasion of 20 July Peace and Freedom Day. Noting that
integration of Southern Cyprus into the EU without considering
Northern Cyprus was against international agreements, Demirel
said: "Cyprus cannot enter the EU before Turkey". /Cumhuriyet/
[07] NEW PROSPECTS FOR BAKU-SUPSA PIPELINE
Richard Matske, President of the Chevron Oil Company that has
undertaken the drilling of Kazakh oil, suggested that a part of
the Kazakh oil could be exported through the Baku-Supsa pipeline,
planned to carry Azeri early oil. Drawing attention to the rich
Kazakh oil reserves, Matske said that Russian pipelines would not
be sufficient to carry Kazakh oil to world markets. The Chevron
president dicussed the issue also during a meeting with Azeri
President Haydar Aliyev. /Milliyet/
[08] TOUGH COMPETITION IN THE IRAQI MARKET
With the opening of the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline, Turkey will
have to compete with many countries over food, medicine and basic
commodities exports to Iraq. Within the framework of UN
decisions, the exports will be realized as a result of open
bidding so that Iraq is given the opportunity to buy best quality
goods at the cheapest price. Delegations from various countries
such as China, Indonesia, Italy, Belgium, France and Turkey have
arrived in Iraq to negotiate with Iraqi officials. /Milliyet/
[09] PROVIDE COMFORT ON THE AGENDA
US Second Chief of the General Staff General Joseph Ralston, who
has arrived in Ankara to discuss the future of the multinational
peace force Provide Comfort, has met with the Second Chief of the
Turkish General Staff General Cevik Bir and Foreign Ministry
Undersecretary Onur Oymen. The US is planning some
reconstructions in the structure of the Provide Comfort force
that would persuade the new coalition government to extend the
period of stay of the force. /Milliyet/
[10] EUROPEANS TO REVIEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TURKEY
The European Parliament (EP) during sessions planned for later
this month will be looking at current political developments in
Turkey. Top of the EP agenda will be the Erbakan led coalition
government and other pressing matters involving human rights
issues. Some European parliamentarians will take up the question
of whether or not secularism will be protected in the future, and
the matter of customs union developments will also be taken up.
/Hurriyet/
[11] PKK MEETING IN ROME
In a move to refurbish its image and take on the appearance of
legal functions, the PKK Kurdish Parliament in-exile has been
holding meetings in Rome. A sixty-five person delegation met in a
hotel in the suburbs of Rome where the decision to meet every
three months in different European cities was taken. The
so-called Kurdish Parliament confirmed its anti-Turkish policies.
/Hurriyet/
[12] MORE OPERATIONS AGAINST PKK
Meanwhile in Turkey, operations against the PKK terror
organization continue at full strength. Both sides have recently
suffered losses: in a PKK ambush near the southeastern town of
Tunceli, an officer and three soldiers were killed when their
vehicle was raked with PKK gunfire. In other PKK attacks, another
soldier was killed but the terrorists have been taking much more
severe losses. /All papers/
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