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Turkish Press Review, 05-10-13
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Summary of the political and economic
news in the Turkish press this morning
13.10.2005
ERDOGAN THANKS SCHROEDER
FOR HIS SUPPORT FOR TURKEY’S EU BID
GUL MEETS WITH SERBIAN
OFFICIALS
ERDOGAN: “FUNDAMENTALISM
POSES NO DANGER TO TURKEY”
CHIEF NEGOTIATOR BABACAN:
“WE’RE A TEAM”
DANISH PM: “TURKEY IS A
GREAT DILEMMA FOR THE EU”
DEPUTY PM SAHIN MEETS WITH
ALBANIAN PM, PRAISES “FLAWLESS” RELATIONS
KURTULMUSOGLU RESIGNS FROM
CHP
FIVE SOLDIERS KILLED, FOUR
OTHERS WOUNDED IN CLASH WITH TERRORISTS
GONUL TO ATTEND EU DEFENSE
MINISTERS’ MEETING
DYP LEADER AGAR QUESTIONS
GALATAPORT DEAL
OIL REACHES GEORGIA
THROUGH BTC PIPELINE
IMF’S DAWSON HAILS
BEGINNING OF TURKEY’S ACCESSION TALKS AS
“IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT”
FROM THE COLUMNS... FROM
THE COLUMNS... FROM THE COLUMNS...
FRIEND OR FOE BY ORDER
BY NURAY MERT (AKSAM)
CONTENTS
[01] ERDOGAN THANKS SCHROEDER FOR
HIS SUPPORT FOR TURKEY’S EU BID
[02] GUL MEETS WITH SERBIAN
OFFICIALS
[03] ERDOGAN: “FUNDAMENTALISM POSES
NO DANGER TO TURKEY”
[04] CHIEF NEGOTIATOR BABACAN:
“WE’RE A TEAM”
[05] DANISH PM: “TURKEY IS A GREAT
DILEMMA FOR THE EU”
[06] DEPUTY PM SAHIN MEETS WITH
ALBANIAN PM, PRAISES “FLAWLESS” RELATIONS
[07] KURTULMUSOGLU RESIGNS FROM CHP
[08] FIVE SOLDIERS KILLED, FOUR
OTHERS WOUNDED IN CLASH WITH TERRORISTS
[09] GONUL TO ATTEND EU DEFENSE
MINISTERS’ MEETING
[10] DYP LEADER AGAR QUESTIONS
GALATAPORT DEAL
[11] OIL REACHES GEORGIA THROUGH
BTC PIPELINE
[12] IMF’S DAWSON HAILS BEGINNING
OF TURKEY’S ACCESSION TALKS AS “IMPORTANT
DEVELOPMENT”
[13] FROM THE COLUMNS... FROM THE
COLUMNS... FROM THE COLUMNS...
[14] FRIEND OR FOE BY ORDER
BY NURAY MERT (AKSAM)
[01] ERDOGAN THANKS SCHROEDER FOR
HIS SUPPORT FOR TURKEY’S EU BID
After arriving yesterday in Istanbul,
outgoing German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
attended a traditional Muslim fast-breaking
iftar dinner hosted by Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan. Addressing the gathering,
Erdogan said that he was pleased to host
Schroeder and thanked him for his support for
Turkey’s European Union membership bid. For his
part, Schroeder said that Germany would continue
to support Ankara’s EU bid, adding that Turkey’s
Union membership was very important for bringing
together civilizations. Schroeder stated that
recent developments required Turkey to be an EU
member and that he believed Ankara would
successfully complete the negotiating process.
Schroeder is set soon to be succeeded as
chancellor by Angela Merkel. /Cumhuriyet/
[02] GUL MEETS WITH SERBIAN
OFFICIALS
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, on his last stop in the Balkans,
yesterday met with Serbia-Montenegro’s President
Vojislav Kostunika, Premier Vojislav Kostunica
and his Serbian counterpart Vuk Draskovic. Gul
told reporters that they had agreed to develop
bilateral political and economic relations.
After visiting the Bayrakli Mosque, one of 250
mosques constructed in the Ottoman era and the
sole one still standing, the Turkish foreign
minister attended a dinner in his honor hosted
by Draskovic. Gul and his accompanying
delegation returned to Turkey last night.
/Turkiye/
[03] ERDOGAN: “FUNDAMENTALISM POSES
NO DANGER TO TURKEY”
Speaking to French daily Le Monde yesterday, Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey had established
a strong system to protect against
fundamentalism, and that it poses no danger
threat to Turkey. Stressing that fundamentalists
were present in all religions and countries,
Erdogan added, however, that they were in a
minority. He added that Turkey’s European Union
membership would help to prevent conflicts among
different cultures of the world. /Aksam/
[04] CHIEF NEGOTIATOR BABACAN:
“WE’RE A TEAM”
Chief European Union talks negotiator Ali Babacan yesterday held a
press conference about Turkey’s negotiating
process with the EU. Babacan divided the
European Union process into three areas: the
Copenhagen criteria being carried out without
exception, the harmonization of Turkey’s rules
and institutions with the EU, and civil society
dialogue. Babacan also laid out the structure of
the negotiating delegation, which will be headed
by the prime minister: negotiating delegation
Chairman Abdullah Gul, Babacan himself as chief
negotiator, EU Secretary General Oguz Demiralp,
State Planning Organization (DPT) Deputy
Undersecretary Lutfi Elvan, Prime Ministry
Deputy Undersecretary Emin Zararsiz, Turkey’s EU
permanent representative Volkan Bozkir, and
Ahmet Sever responsible for communications.
/Aksam/
[05] DANISH PM: “TURKEY IS A GREAT
DILEMMA FOR THE EU”
Speaking to German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine yesterday, Danish Prime
Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that Turkey
constituted a great dilemma for the European
Union. Asked whether he thought Turkey belonged
to Europe, Rasmussen said that it was very
important to strengthen relations with Turkey in
order to boost the Union’s security. /Milliyet/
[06] DEPUTY PM SAHIN MEETS WITH
ALBANIAN PM, PRAISES “FLAWLESS” RELATIONS
Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin, currently in Albania for an
official visit, yesterday met with Albanian
Prime Minister Sali Berisha to discuss bilateral
relations. Speaking afterwards, Sahin called
relations between Turkey and Albania “flawless.”
For his part, Berisha congratulated Sahin for
the beginning of Ankara’s accession talks with
the European Union, adding that Turkey belonged
to Europe. Berisha stated that the new Albanian
government would try to create a favorable
atmosphere for Turkish investors. He added that
cooperation with Ankara in fighting organized
crime was very important. /Star/
[07] KURTULMUSOGLU RESIGNS FROM CHP
Opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Ankara deputy Muzaffer
Kurtulmusoglu yesterday resigned from the party.
With his move, the number of CHP deputies in
Parliament fell to 56. Kurtulmusoglu is expected
to join the ranks of the Motherland Party
(ANVATAN). /Turkiye/
[08] FIVE SOLDIERS KILLED, FOUR
OTHERS WOUNDED IN CLASH WITH TERRORISTS
In a clash with outlawed PKK terrorists yesterday in the eastern
Anatolian province of Tunceli, five soldiers
were killed, while four others were wounded.
/Sabah/
[09] GONUL TO ATTEND EU DEFENSE
MINISTERS’ MEETING
Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul yesterday flew to Britain in order to
attend an unofficial meeting of European Union
member states’ defense ministers. /Cumhuriyet/
[10] DYP LEADER AGAR QUESTIONS
GALATAPORT DEAL
Opposition True Path Party (DYP) Leader Mehmet Agar yesterday gave his
support to a main opposition Republican People’s
Party (CHP) effort to introduce a motion
questioning the recent Galataport sale and buyer
Sami Ofer. Agar said, “We are in favor of the
motion being openly debated. We support the
motion being introduced.” He added, “We are in
favor of every issue being discussed openly, we
want society to be transparent. Conditions of
contracts are being prepared behind closed
doors. Such mistakes should disappear from
Turkish politics. We lend our support to the
motion. The government has to satisfy us about
the Galataport contract. We’re not opposed to
foreign investment. A premier or state ministers
making deals in hotel rooms like marketing
people is wrong.” /Hurriyet/
[11] OIL REACHES GEORGIA THROUGH
BTC PIPELINE
The first gas was pumped yesterday to the Georgia section of the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, which
will eventually transport 50 million tons of oil
to world markets. President Ahmet Necdet Sezer,
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Georgian
President Mikhail Saakashvili, along with other
top officials and high-level directors of the
participating companies of the BTC project
attended the ceremony at the first pumping
station in Georgia’s Gardabani region. Sezer
called the BTC a great step forward for peace
and security in the South Caucasus which would
help efforts to unite with the West as well
bring the three countries closer together.
/Hurriyet/
[12] IMF’S DAWSON HAILS BEGINNING
OF TURKEY’S ACCESSION TALKS AS “IMPORTANT
DEVELOPMENT”
International Monetary Fund External Relations Director Tom Dawson
yesterday called the beginning of Turkey’s
accession talks with the European Union an
important development. Speaking at a press
conference, Dawson said that an IMF delegation
currently in Ankara for the first and second
review of the nation’s IMF-supported economic
program would also discuss recent economic
developments with Turkish officials. The
delegation is headed by IMF Turkey Desk Chief
Lorenzo Giorgianni. /Milliyet/
[13] FROM THE COLUMNS... FROM THE
COLUMNS... FROM THE COLUMNS...
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BY NURAY MERT (AKSAM)
Columnist Nuray Mert comments on Turkish-US relations. A summary of her
column is as follows:
“I don’t know if you’ve been following it,
but US policy activists in Turkey will almost
dance with joy just because Syria and Turkey
aren’t on good terms and Turkish-US relations
have warmed up. Feeling good just because the
nation of a neighboring country is in a tight
spot and calling this political analysis! What’s
this got to do with analysis? Some were
distressed just because there was rapprochement
between Ankara and Damascus and now they’re
happy that the countries have ‘realized their
mistake.’ Everybody has an understanding of
right and wrong. If you follow the US’ invasive
policies, of course you would think that it’s
wrong for Turkey to decline joining into putting
pressure on Syria. According to this mentality,
everything complying with US regional policies
is right and the rest are wrong. Turkey’s
suggestions for its foreign policy are clear:
you will become a friend or foe by order! It
seems that the government is following this
road. These people will soon speak of the
current Bashar Assad regime, the previous Hafez
al-Assad era and the Baath regime and claim that
it’s right for Syria to be in a bind. So, have
you ever seen that these people criticized a
regime outside the US crosshairs over principle?
Meanwhile, are the Saudi Arabian, Egyptian,
United Arab Emirates and Moroccan regimes
democratic and above reproach? Why do we have
warm relations with them?
Putting distance in its relations with Syria
shows that Turkey is on a dark road. It seems we
will think about attracting projects totaling
billions of dollars without considering other
facts of the world and try to silence our
conscience by saying that this is a truth of
life. What’s more, we have another reason for
putting a silencer over our conscience: the
European Union membership process! Anyway, we’re
trying to become an EU member, that’s why we
will pay that bill for our role in the Middle
East. We’ve been going forward with the support
of the US and Britain since the beginning, and
this truth was clear at the beginning of our
membership talks with the EU. Is it possible to
be under these people’s protection but break
with their plans for the Middle East? Actually,
France and Germany will participate in the
Middle East equation soon and act with the US,
but this is another issue to be discussed. Is
this a very dark picture? Yes, it is, but our
conscience shouldn’t be dark, like those of US
policy activists.”
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