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Turkish Press Review, 98-04-01

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From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>

01.04.98

Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning


CONTENTS

  • [01] FOREIGN MINISTER CEM IN PAKISTAN
  • [02] "PKK IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION"
  • [03] TURKISH-MACEDONIAN-GREEK CULTURE MINISTERS IN STOCKHOLM
  • [04] EIGHT PERCENT GROWTH RATE
  • [05] ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
  • [06] EU MESSAGE TO ANKARA: NO BLOCK TO EXPANSION
  • [07] DEMIREL OPENS ANTALYA AIRPORT TERMINAL
  • [08] YILMAZ TALKS TO GERMAN PRESS

  • [01] FOREIGN MINISTER CEM IN PAKISTAN

    Foreign Minister Ismail Cem has gone to Pakistan. During his two-day official visit Cem will exchange views on bilateral and regional issues and discuss ways to strengthen cooperation between Turkey and Pakistan. Completing his Pakistan visit Cem will go to Turkmenistan tomorrow for a day-day official visit to discuss bilateral, political and regional relations. /Sabah/

    [02] "PKK IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION"

    A Spokesman for US Secretary of State James Rubin has evaluated the PKK as a "brutal and separatist" terror organization. He added that the department had evaluated the escape of high level leaders from the PKK organization. /Cumhuriyet/

    [03] TURKISH-MACEDONIAN-GREEK CULTURE MINISTERS IN STOCKHOLM

    "A Power of Culture" summit organized by UNESCO in Stockholm started on Monday. A 30-member Turkish delegation is headed by Culture Minister Istemihan Talay. Macedonian, Greek and Turkish culture ministers, Slobodan Unkovski, Evangelos Venizelos and Istemihan Talay met at the opening of "Historical Macedonian Hphotograph exhibition. Inviting Talay to Athens, Venizelos said that culture was a way to find peace. Talay also said that he would like to host his Greek counterpart in Ankara and Istanbul. /Cumhuriyet/

    [04] EIGHT PERCENT GROWTH RATE

    Turkey's Gross National Product (GNP) amounted to TL 29.7 quadrillion in 1997 according to current rates. In a report by the State Institute of Statistics, the per capita GNP in 1997 totalled $3,048. Turkey's growth rate was 8 % in fixed prices in 1997. /Milliyet/

    [05] ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

    While the European Union (EU) was meeting with the Greek Cypriot Administration in Brussels yesterday, the first meeting of the Association Council of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), which aims at economic integration between the two countries, was being held in Ankara. A declaration following the Association Council gave a message to the EU and Greek Cypriots that a historical mistake was being made. In the declaration, measures to be taken for the realization of economic integration between Turkey and the TRNC were outlined.

    The declaration also noted that the integration process already established in military and economic areas between the Greek Cypriot Administration and Greece was now completed at the political level with full membership negotiations initiated between the EU and Greek Cyprus. The declaration said: "It is seen that it is not possible to achieve an improvement in finding a solution to the Cyprus problem unless it is accepted that there are two separate and equal states on the island". /Milliyet/

    [06] EU MESSAGE TO ANKARA: NO BLOCK TO EXPANSION

    The European Union (EU) which officially started full membership negotiations with the Greek Cypriot administration yesterday sent a message to Ankara saying: "Don't obstruct". EU term-president and British Foreign Minister Robin Cook said: "No one should obstruct the EU expansion process". French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine said, for his part, that while the EU has kept its 1995 promise to Greek Cyprus regarding full membership negotiations, the EU has not kept its promise to Turkey for financial assistance. EU Commissioner responsible for Foreign Relations Hans Van Den Broek also pointed out that financial aid should be released.

    Cook further noted that they were seeking to find a way for the development of the EU Association Agreement with Turkey and that the Association Council would convene next month. /Milliyet/

    [07] DEMIREL OPENS ANTALYA AIRPORT TERMINAL

    A new international flights terminal was opened yesterday with a ceremony in which President Suleyman Demirel, Prime Minister Mesut Yżlmaz and other high level ministers participated. Speaking at the ceremony, Demirel complained about bureaucratic obstacles preventing Turkey from improving. /Hurriyet/

    [08] YILMAZ TALKS TO GERMAN PRESS

    Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz yesterday met with German journalists in Antalya, who were invited to Turkey by Oger Tur, tourism agency. Responding to a suggestion by a German journalist that the number of German tourists would be reduced because of recent remarks against Germany by Yilmaz himself, Yilmaz said that his remarks had been misinterpreted and that Turkish and German friendship would easily overcome problems arising from this misunderstanding. /Hurriyet/
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