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Turkish Press Review, 96-09-12Turkish Press Review Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>CONTENTS
TURKISH PRESS REVIEWTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1996Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning. [01] ANKARA, BAGHDAD AT ODDS OVER SECURITY ZONEAnkara has persuaded Saddam Hussein's envoy to Ankara that it has legitimate security concerns at its border but the two capitals still disagree on the temporary security zone which would protect Turkey from attacks by separatist Kurds.Ambassador Yasar Yakis reportedly told a news conference that Turkey had asked Baghdad to agree to its plans for a security zone across its borders, or undertake to ensure the border's security with its own troops. An Iraqi delegation headed by Hammadi, an advisor to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, participated in negotiataions with Turkish Foreign Ministry officials. A senior official said that the Iraqi delegation had asked Ankara to abandon its proposal for a temporary security zone and advised Turkey to reach agreements with the Iraq-based Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). Ankara replied to the Iraqi proposal by expressing its fears about security. Ankara said that the presence of a temporary security zone on Iraqi soil would be helpful to Turkish troops who would cross the border to hunt down PKK militants. Iraq has stated that the establishment of the zone would be a violation of Iraqi sovereignity./Cumhuriyet/Milliyet_ [02] TURKEY AIDS CIA AGENTS FOR 'HUMANITARIAN' REASONSWith the U.S. administration working with Turkey to assist those Kurds who helped the CIA in northern Iraq, Ankara said that they had evaluated the transit passage demand from the 'humanitarian' viewpoint.The United States asked Turkey to help with the transit passage of certain Kurds from Iraq to the United States. Foreign Ministry spokesman Omer Akbel in the weekly press conference said that although they knew neither the exact number of applicants or whether they had worked for the CIA, Turkey would evaluate the request from a humanitarian point of view. Akbel added that there were no camps in Turkey for the refugees. /Sabah/ [03] US CLAIMS SADDAM HUSSEIN IS A THREAT TO TURKEYAdding a new page to the Iraqi 'threat assessment', the State department on Tuesday claimed that Saddam Hussein was a threat to Turkey as well. In explaining the logic of the 'no-fly zone' in the north, State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns said that it barred Saddam's 'maneuverability in an offensive against Turkey or against Iran, or against any other state in the region.""We're primarily concerned with Turkey, which is our NATO ally. When an irresponsible autocrat like Saddam is in possession of all sorts of missiles and of offensive military hardware, we act to protect our allies where they are. Turkey can take care of itself. It is a strong, vital country with a sense of its own national interests. Turkey will defend itself. Saddam Hussein would be terribly unwise to threaten Turkey in the north," Burns said./Sabah/ [04] IRAQ WARNS NEIGHBOURS ON KURDISH ISSUEIraq stated on Wednesday that the victory by its new Kurdish allies in the north of the country was a warning to Iran and Turkey that interference in Iraqi Kurdish affairs would have a "boomerang" affect."All countries in the region concerned with the Kurdish issue have to learn vital lessons from the latest events in northern Iraq," the government newspaper al-Jumhouriya said. /Cumhuriyet/ [05] CIA LINKS GREECE TO PKKThe Greek government, through its National Intelligence Service, is supporting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), according to a story in the Washington Times which quoted unnamed CIA sources.The Times reported that, according to CIA sources, "the chief of Greece's National Intelligence Service met in Athens last month with two PKK terrorist leaders" to tell them to relocate their training bases out of Greece. Greek police shut down a PKK training camp in February on Euboe island, located north of Athens, according to the Washington Times. A PKK safe house was also raided in March near Athens. "However, U.S. officials said it is not clear that the Athens government has ended all support for the PKK, including the practice of allowing PKK terorists to transit freely through Greece," the Times wrote. The Greek Embassy in Washington denied all allegations./All Papers/ [06] UN ENVOY CALLS FOR AN END TO CYPRUS TENSIONA United Nations envoy met separately with leaders of the two communities in Cyprus on Wednesday and called for an end to the latest flare-up of tension on the island.Han Sung-Joo, a special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Gali, told reporters after a 75-minute meeting with President Rauf Denktas that his priority was to find a way to defuse the latest escalation of tension on the island. Diplomatic sources said that Sung-Joo told Denktas at the meeting that he wanted both communal leaders to issue a joint statement and advise that the people show restraint. Sources said that President Denktas showed eagerness in issuing such a joint statement and repeated his call for an urgent meeting with Greek Cypriot leader Clafkos Clerides to defuse the tension. /All Papers/ [07] INONU VOTED DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF SOCIALIST INTERNATIONALProf. Erdal Inonu has been appointed a deputy chairman of Socialist International, a global uniting left-wing parties, Anatolia news agency reported. Inonu, a prominent Turkish social democrat from many years, held many senior cabinet posts.[08] TURKISH AND US EXPERT TO TRAIN KAZAK SERGEANTKazakhstan is to open a sergeant training school, with instructors from the United States and Turkey, to help alleviate the current problems in the poorly trained Kazak army, tha Anatolia news agency reported.Turkish and American military experts will train the students of the 100-students sergeant school. The school is to give placement priority to orphans and those from large families. [09] TURKEY, FRANCE SIGNS COOPERATION PROTOCOL ON JOINT ENERGY PROJECTSTurkey and France signed a cooperation agreement establishing a joint study group during the recent visit of energy officials to France, Energy Ministry Undersecretary Ugur Dogan said.Dogan said that French companies were preparing to submit bids to Turkey for the construction of the Artun, Yusufeli, Borcka and Muratli dams planned for the water-rich Coruh river. The joint investment projects would be carried out by the state pipeline company BOTAS, the State Hydraulics Works (DSI) and the national power company TEAS which are directly concerned with energy investments./All Papers/ [10] TURKISH JOINT BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING WITH SLOVAKIA, CZECH REPUBLICTurkish-Slovakian and Turkish-Czech joint business council meetings within the framework of the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) will be held in Slovakia and the Czech Republic on September 18-20.The business delegation is made up of Turkish Slovakian Business Council Chairman Mehmet Kabasakal, Turkish Czech Business Council Chairman Sureyya Yucel Ozden, Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) Chairman Husamettin Kavi, high-level officials from the Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretary and representatives of approximately 25 firms. /All Papers/ [11] TURKISH BUSINESSMAN NAMED DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF UNICEThe chairman of the Turkish businessman and Industrialist's Association (TUSIAD), Halis Komili, has been named the deputy chairman of the Union of European Industrialists' and Employers' Confederation, TUSIAD said in a written statement. Komili is the only deputy chairman who is from a country which is not a member of the European Union. Komili will being in his duties with the executive board meeting to be held in Brussels on September 17./All Papers/[12] FORMER HEAD OF DIE RECEIVES "ADOLPH QUETELET" AWARDThe former chairman of the State Institute of Statistics (DIE), Prof. Orhan Guvenen, has been awarded the "Adolph Quetlet" medal by the international Institute of Statistics, DIE revealed on Wednesday. Prof.Guvenen was given his award in the Conference of the International Institute of Statistics held in Washington./All Papers/END Turkish Press Review Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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