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Turkish Press Review, 98-08-26

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

26.08.98

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


CONTENTS

  • [01] TANER TO MEET WITH CHERNOMYRDIN
  • [02] EXPLOSION IN FEED PLANT: 16 INJURED
  • [03] TURKEY TO DEFEND MEAT PROHIBITION
  • [04] SAVAS SUBMITS A REPORT TO ANKARA CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
  • [05] TURKEY REJECTS SYRIAN CALL TO CONVENE JOINT WATER COMMITTEE
  • [06] CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF CHANGES, NOT THE POLICY
  • [07] INTERNATIONAL TOURISM, CULTURE CONGRESS
  • [08] DENIZKURDU HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE
  • [09] INTERNATIONAL TOURISM FAIR IN TURKEY
  • [10] BUSINESSMEN MEET IN ISTANBUL
  • [11] EDUCATION RIGHTS OF KOSOVO TURKS
  • [12] DANGER IN BOSPHORUS
  • [13] MILITARY PLANE CRASHES
  • [14] TURKEY TO JOIN FOREIGN MARKETS IN SEPTEMBER

  • [01] TANER TO MEET WITH CHERNOMYRDIN

    State Minister Gunes Taner will meet with Russian Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin today. President of the Central Bank Gazi Ercel, Deputy Undersecretary of the Treasury Cuneyt Sel, and Deputy Undersecretary of the State Planning Organization Faik Oztrak will also participate in the meeting during which Turkey's contributions to a solution to the Russian economic crisis will be taken up. President of the Russian Central Bank Sergei Dubinin and high-level bureaucrats are also expected to attend the meeting.

    Yesterday morning, Taner visited Ramstore, the biggest hypermarket in Moscow. Later, Taner called Turkish bankers in Moscow to a meeting. Taner put questions to Turkish bankers about Russian foreign exchange reserves and other macro-economic indicators.

    Meanwhile, Russian newspapers published in Moscow noted yesterday that Turkish State Minister Gunes Taner and his accompanying delegation were visiting Russia to look into how Turkey could extend financial and technical assistance to Russia. Taner is the first state minister to visit Russia following the outset of the current economic crisis there. /Sabah/

    [02] EXPLOSION IN FEED PLANT: 16 INJURED

    Sixteen people including three seriously were injured in an explosion at Abalioglu Feed Industry Facilities on the Denizli-Pamukkale highway. Environment Minister Imren Aykut and Denizli Governor Yusuf Ziya Goksu visited the injured at the local hospital and wished them a rapid recovery. /Sabah/

    [03] TURKEY TO DEFEND MEAT PROHIBITION

    Turkey will defend a prohibition on animal and meat imports dating from 1996 to support domestic animal husbandry at a meeting in September in Geneva. On 15-16 September, the World Trade Organization (WTO) will meet to discuss complaints from the US about Turkey which has prohibited imports of meat by claiming that Turkey blocks free trade. In order to prepare Turkey's defense, meetings have started among the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Ministry, the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat and other government departments. /Sabah/

    [04] SAVAS SUBMITS A REPORT TO ANKARA CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

    Vural Savas, the chief prosecutor of the High Court of Appeals, has submitted a report to the Ankara chief prosecutor's office to enable former officials of the now-defunct Welfare Party (RP) to be put on trial and face sentences of up to three years for their involvement in trying to conceal a total of TL 1 trillion from Ministry of Finance auditors. Savas stated that it was mandatory by law to transfer all of a party's assets to the Treasury upon its closure. /All papers/

    [05] TURKEY REJECTS SYRIAN CALL TO CONVENE JOINT WATER COMMITTEE

    Putting forth "adverse developments" in bilateral relations as the reason, Turkey has rejected demands from Syria that a joint Turco-Syrian-Iraqi technical committee dealing with water issues be revived in 1998. The joint Turco-Syrian-Iraqi technical committee convened for the last time in 1992. "It is too early to revive the water committee process. This does not appear to be possible in the near future. First Syria should take steps on a number of disputed issues, including terrorism" a Foreign Ministry official was quoted as saying yesterday. /Cumhuriyet/

    [06] CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF CHANGES, NOT THE POLICY

    Chief of General Staff Gen.Ismail Hakki Karadayi, who will retire on 30 August, said that the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) are determined to continue the struggle against fundamentalism and remain the guard of Turkey during his official farewell visits yesterday to the Defense Ministry, Chief of Gendarmery and the Air Force. He added that the chiefs may change but the policy remained the same. /All papers/

    [07] INTERNATIONAL TOURISM, CULTURE CONGRESS

    The "First International Cultural Heritage, Multicultural Points of Attraction and Tourism Congress" a joint undertaking of Bosphorus University's Applied Tourism Administration and Research Centre, the Comparative European Studies Centre, the Economic and Social History Foundation of Turkey and the World Tourism Organization convened in Istanbul yesterday. Until the year 2020, Turkey's tourism policy will follow world trends in emphasizing diversification of services and products. The conference continues until 27 August. /All papers/

    [08] DENIZKURDU HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE

    Justice Minister Hasan Denizkurdu yesterday announced to members of the press following an hour-long meeting with Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz that a dossier containing six charges had been prepared and would be sent to France on Monday. A hearing is scheduled for mid-September as to whether or not French authorities would extradite Alaattin Cakici, the head of a large criminal organization, who faces criminal charges in Turkey. The justice minister further noted that the claim that Cakici could face execution if returnd to Turkey was erroneous. It did not create an obstacle for his return because Turkey had only to guarantee that he would not be executed. Therefore, there could be no objection to returning to Turkey for trial. /Sabah/

    [09] INTERNATIONAL TOURISM FAIR IN TURKEY

    Turkey will host EMITT'99, the East Mediterranean International Travel and Tourism Fair, in Istanbul between 18-21 February 1999. Nearly 500 organizations from 50 different countries will participate in the fair, which is the largest of all the fairs organized in the Mediterranean countries. /Hurriyet/

    [10] BUSINESSMEN MEET IN ISTANBUL

    A "global business policy council" meeting, organized by A.T.Kearney, a management consultancy firm, will be held in Istanbul on September 1-3, when presidents of 50 international firms will attend. Bulent Eczacibasi, the head of the executive board of Eczacibasi and Muharrem Kayhan, the chairman of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association will represent Turkish business circles. /Sabah/

    [11] EDUCATION RIGHTS OF KOSOVO TURKS

    Turks living in Kosovo are asking for equal rights in education along with Albanians. Albanians who have refused the education programme imposed by the Serbian administration have been applying their own education programme for seven years. However, Turkish children are forced to continue their education in government-run official schools. /Cumhuriyet/

    [12] DANGER IN BOSPHORUS

    A Greek tanker loaded with crude oil run aground yesterday in Uskudar, Istanbul. According to officials the tanker, called the 'Crudegulf', was transporting 140 thousand tons of crude oil from Russia to Italy, and ran aground while passing through the Bosphorus. A technical fault caused the incident and rescue work was started immediately, noted officials. /Milliyet/

    [13] MILITARY PLANE CRASHES

    A C-37 type military training plane crashed yesterday in Saruhan, Izmir. According to military sources, the crew of the plane parachuted to safety. After crashing, the plane exploded and burst into flames. /Milliyet/

    [14] TURKEY TO JOIN FOREIGN MARKETS IN SEPTEMBER

    Because of the instability prevailing in international markets, Turkey is going to join foreign borrowing markets in September. Treasury officials announced yesterday that Turkey together with Poland and the Czech Republic have the chance to join international markets following the Russian economic crisis. Despite the economic crisis in Asia, Turkey has succeeded in obtaining the support of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and international rating institutions. The Treasury will give authority to international broker institutions for selling securities. /Milliyet/
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