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Turkish Press Review, 98-04-16Turkish Press Review Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>16.04.98Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morningCONTENTS
[01] ISTANBUL STOCK EXCHANGE UPSWING CONTINUESIn line with the calm atmosphere prevailing in the Turkish politics, the Istanbul Stock Exchange is on the upswing and yesterday reached 3.821 points with a daily transaction volume of 125.1 billion, setting a record. This has also been observed by the British Robert Flemings Investment Bank , the latest report of which notes that the Istanbul Stock Exchange has been advancing beyond the required trading level. /Sabah/[02] SATELLITE FAIR OPENSA satellite and cable television broadcasting industry fair, which is a unique example of its kind in and around Turkey, is opening tomorrow on the campus of Istanbul Technical University. This fair, bringing together the world's leading communications firms, will last until Sunday. /Sabah/[03] EU COMMISSIONER COMES TO TURKEY FOR LOBBYINGEuropean Union Commissioner responsible for the industry and information technologies, Martin Bangemann, will come to Turkey soon when he will meet with Prime Minister Mesut Yżlmaz and Industry Minister Yalim Erez. During this high level visit, Bangemann will convene with the members of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmens Association (TUSIAD), aiming to lobby them for the continuation of relations in non-political fields despite the bottle-neck in Turkey-EU politics. /Sabah/[04] TURKEY TO ESTABLISH KOBIs IN KYRGYZSTANTurkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz yesterday called on Turkish businessmen to make more investments in Kyrgyzstan. Noting that Turkey would continue to support the establishment of Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (KOBIs) in Kyrgyzstan, Yilmaz said that a great part of the $75 million-credit provided to Kyrgyzstan by the Turkish Eximbank was being utilized. Projects where the remaining credit will be used will be determined shortly. On the second day of his visit to Kyrgyzstan, Prime Minister Yilmaz visited Kyrgyz Parliament Speaker Mukambaev. Later Kyrgyz Prime Minister Kubanicbek Cumaliyev and Yilmaz attended a Turkish-Kyrgyz Business Council meeting.Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev gave a banquet in Yilmaz's honour yesterday evening. Akayev praised Ataturk, founder of the Turkish Republic, and said that they would take into consideration the reforms made by Ataturk in the struggle against fundamentalist expansion. /Milliyet-Sabah/ [05] US DEFENCE SECRETARY TO VISIT TURKEYUS Secretary of Defence William Cohen is expected to arrive in Ankara tomorrow according to press releases. Cohen will likely be received by President Suleyman Demirel and also meet with officials to talk about Turkey's role in NATO and other strategic matters. Cohen will also try to patch up relations between Turkey and the US.After his visit to Ankara, Cohen will journey on to other Middle East countries including Jordan, Egypt, Israel and finally Greece. /Hurriyet/ [06] BOEING DELIVERING ON TIMEBoeing has announced that six passenger planes ordered by Turkish Airlines (THY) will be delivered on time without any postponement. Mark Hooper, responsible for Boeing Central Asia-Europe Communications, yesterday detailed the delivery programme. Accordingly, two of the 737-type planes will be delivered in July, three in August and one in September. /Milliyet/[07] TURKEY'S VICTORYFollowing the capture of Semdin Sakik, a high-level PKK administrator, the British Financial Times newspaper said in its yesterday's issue that Turkey had won a victory against the PKK terrorist organization. The New York Times newspaper also devoted wide coverage to the operation during which Semdin Sakik was caught in northern Iraq and brought to Turkey.Similarly, New Izvestiya, a Russian newspaper, noted that since Turkey has brought under control the PKK militants in Southeastern Anatolia, and with the construction of a Baku-Ceyhan pipeline project, there will be new economic growth in the region, thus taking military action off the agenda. /Milliyet/ [08] US INITIATIVES TO RECOGNIZE TRNCThe Greek Cypriot press claims in a confidential report sent by the Greek Permanent UN Representative, Hristos Zaharakis, to the Greek Foreign Ministry, that the US is launching initiatives on a proposal for the recognition of Turkish Cyprus as a state. According to the Greek Cypriot press, Zaharakis in his report dated March 19 noted that the US will advance its efforts to this end within the framework of a "Dayton-type conference" planned to be held next summer. The report calls on the Greek and Greek Cypriot governments to be "careful". /Milliyet/[09] TRILATERAL BALKAN SUMMIT MEETS IN ANTALYAPresident Suleyman Demirel joins his Bulgarian and Romanian counterparts for a trilateral Balkan summit in the Mediterranean province of Antalya today. The President will be accompanied by a high-level delegation including Foreign Minister Ismail Cem when he meets Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov and Romanian President Emil Constantinescu for the trilateral summit, the first phase of which was held in Varna in October last year. The leaders are also expected to discuss regional security concerns such as Kosovo, organized crime, terrorism, drug and arms smuggling and money laundering. /Milliyet-Cumhuriyet/[10] TURKEY'S FOREIGN CAPITAL PERMITS FOR MARCH AT $134 MLNTurkey's foreign capital permits stood at $134 million in March, according to figures supplied by the Treasury on Wednesday. A Treasury statement said that a total of $435 million has been permitted in the first three months of this year. The total value of all foreign capital permits since 1980 was $22.6 billion, the statement said. /Milliyet/[11] GREEKS HARASS TURKISH FAMILIESOver the past holiday period, three businessmen from Izmir and their families hired some local cruise boats to sail round the Aegean Sea coastline. They also sailed round Kardak island where they were confronted by a Greek Navy assault boat, which harassed them until a Turkish Navy vessel came along and saved them all from a difficult situation.After spending a night in Bodrum, the three families sailed on to the Greek island of Kos where again they were subjected to harassment and attacks when even the young children on the island pelted them all with rubbish. At the first opportunity, they all left the island and returned to Turkish waters. Later the businessmen noted that Greek police officials on the island did nothing to help them. /Hurriyet/ [12] "OPERATIONS AGAINST PKK WILL CONTINUE"Chief of General Staff officials announced yesterday that operations similar to the one during which Semdin Sakik was captured, will continue. They said, "PKK teams in the mountains are finished. Most of the captured terrorists are women and teenagers. The PKK terrorist organization has been marginalized. It is turning into a crime organization depending on advantage."Meanwhile representatives of the Foreign Ministry abroad are instructed to follow the activities of the PKK terrorists organization especially in Europe and the Russian federation where the organization has been trying to gain support. /Cumhuriyet/ [13] KARADAYI IN AZERBAIJANIsmail Hakki Karadyi, Chief of the General Staff, has gone on to Tbilisi after completing his contacts in Azerbaijan. Before his departure from Baku, Karadyi said that socially and economically Azerbaijan would be the star of the future. He added that the azerbaijan visit had been very fruitful for both countries and that Turkey welcomed recent developments in Azerbaijan. /Cumhuriyet/[14] COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH GEORGIAChief of General Staff Ismail Hakki Karadayi and Georgian Defense Minister General Vardiko Nadibadzade signed yesterday an agreement for more military training cooperation. The agreement also includes mutual visits by expert teams in military areas, information exchange, military technical cooperation, cooperation in NATO programmes, and security measures. /Cumhuriyet/[15] YILMAZ, "TURKEY'S EU OBSTACLE IS GERMANY"Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, answering questions put by German weekly newspaper "Die Zeit" said that Germany's discrimination between Turkey and the former Warsaw Pact member countries was unacceptable. He claimed that the European Union former term chairman and Luxembourg Prime Minister J. Claude Junker had obeyed the orders of the German Prime Minister. Yilmaz continued, "If the EU accepts Greek Cyprus as full member, the division of the island will be officially accepted. If this happens then Turkey will integrate with Turkish Cyprus." He said that Germany was the obstacle to Turkey's full EU membership. /Cumhuriyet/[16] CEM, "THERE IS EQUALITY IN BOSNIA"Turkey follows a balanced policy towards Bosnia-Herzegovina. Foreign Minister Ismail Cem said that Turkey had an "equal value" and balanced policy towards the peoples of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia. In the second leg of his current visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina Ismail Cem held meetings with the delegations of his Bosnian counterpart Zadansko Privic. After the meetings Cem said that Turkey would continue to support Bosnia, which was in a process of reconstruction in every field.Deputy Foreign Ministry of Serbia, Dragan Bozanic, who attended the meetings, told Cem that they would also like to improve their relations with Turkey. In another meeting with the Head of the Sarajevo Canton, Mithad Haradzic asked Turkish firms to invest in the region. During the meetings a highway project which will tie Croatia to Europe was also discussed. Later Cem was received by President Alia Izzetbegovic, who complained to Cem about refugee problems. /Cumhuriyet-Hurriyet/ Turkish Press Review Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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