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Turkish Press Review, 97-02-20Turkish Press Review Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>CONTENTS
TURKISH PRESS REVIEWFEBRUARY 20, 1997Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning.[01] ART MEETINGS BEGIN IN WASHINGTONThe annual meeting of the American Turkish Council (ATC) began in the U.S. capital on Wednesday. State Minister Abdullah Gul and Minister for National Defense Turhan Tayan are attending the meetings.Tayan, while in Washington will also meet with his U.S. counterpart, William Cohen. Gul will meet Undersecretary for Political Affairs Peter Tarnoff at the U.S. State Department during his stay in Washington./Cumhuriyet/Sabah_ [02] TURKEY AND LATVIA SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENTChief of Staff Ismail Hakki Karadayi and Latvian Defense Minister Andrejs Kranstins signed a military cooperation agreement concerning science, training and technology. Karadayi said that the agreement was very important for peace in Europe. The agreement aims to develop cooperation in the fields of military medicine, technology, finance and security and defense. Latvia and Turkey signed an agreement to encourage investment as well./Hurriyet/[03] ARAFAT ARRIVES IN ANKARAYasser Arafat, the Palestinian President, arrived in Ankara on Wednesday afternoon at the invitation of President Suleyman Demirel. Official talks will begin on Thursday when Arafat meets with Demirel, Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, Foreign Minister Tansu Ciller, Parliamentary Speaker Mustafa Kalemli, ANAP leader Mesut Yilmaz, DSP leader Bulent Ecevit and CHP leader Deniz Baykal./Sabah/Cumhuriyet_[04] CILLER: NATO, WEU AND EU WILL EXPAND TOGETHERTurkish Foreign Minister Tansu Ciller returned yesterday from a NATO meeting in Brussels and said that Turkey did not oppose the expansion of European institutions, including NATO."The European Union (EU) is the economic and political dimension of Europe, the Western European Union is the defense dimension and NATO is the power dimension. So the EU, WEU and NATO cannot be separate. They will expand together," Ciller said. Ciller said that she had emphasized during the meeting the importance of good relations between NATO and Russia, a neighbour of Turkey./All papers/ [05] TANK EMBARGO AGAINST GREECEBecause of the deep tension between Turkey and Greece, a number of western countries have called for restrictions on Greek military purchases, particularly on new tank purchasing agreements.Already there are news reports that Greek orders for new US made M1 Abraham tanks and German made Leopard 2 tanks have been blocked. There are reports that Greek efforts to purchase other weapons systems have also been stopped./Sabah/ [06] NATO INCREASES PRESSURE TO END AEGEAN TENSIONIn new moves to prevent serious conflict between Turkey and Greece in the Aegean region, NATO is assuming a more active role in the region. NATO has taken action to become the decision maker in the Aegean, rather than allow either Turkey or Greece to predominate.Following after Turkey, Greece too has begun to show signs of agreement with NATO proposals for radar systems and a telephone hot line between Ankara and Athens. /Hurriyet/ [07] GERMANY PROPOSES CYPRUS SOLUTIONThe Athens Eksusia newspaper reported yesterday that during talks between German Defence Minister Volker Ruhe and his Greek counterpart Akis Chohakopulos, the German minister suggested new proposals to bring an end to the Cyprus issue. The paper did not elaborate on just how Germany planned to end the Cyprus crisis. /Cumhuriyet/[08] RENAULT TO EXPORT 3000 CARS TO TUNISIA AND EGYPT IN 1997Car maker Oyak Renault Automobile Comp. has sent its first shipment of 650 Renault automobiles to Tunisia and Egypt from the Sea of Marmara Port of Mudanya, the company said on Wednesday. The company plans to export 3,000 vehicles to the two North African nations in 1997. Oyak Renault aims to export 7,000 automobiles in 1997./Hurriyet/[09] MOVES TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT TO GAP REGIONOfficials from the GAP region are also attending the round of meetings and talks in the US during which state minister Abdullah Gul hopes to clarify Turkey's stance on various issues.The GAP region officials want to attract more US investment to the southeastern regions of Turkey, and have gone to the US armed with facts and figures with which they want to convince US business leaders. Noting the value of such visits, officials have suggested that more such tours should be arranged. /All papers/ END Turkish Press Review Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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