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Turkish Press Review, 06-04-17

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From: Turkish Directorate General of Press and Information <http://www.byegm.gov.tr>

<LINK href="http://www.byegm.gov.tr_yayinlarimiz_chr_pics_css/tpr.css" rel=STYLESHEET type=text/css> <style type="text_css"> <!-- .baslik { margin-right:0cm; margin-left:0cm; margin-top:1cm; font-size:12.0pt; color:#000099; text-align: justify; } --> <_style> e-mail : newspot@byegm.gov.tr <caption> <_caption> Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning

17.04.2006

ERDOGAN TO ATTEND NEXT MONTH’S D8 SUMMIT AGAR CRITICIZES GOVT’S ANTI-TERROR EFFORTS BAHCELI: “THE MHP SHOULD COME TO POWER ALONE TO FIGHT TERRORISM” RICE COULD VISIT ANKARA NEXT WEEK TUZMEN: “HOLDING INTL IRAQI FAIR IN GAZIANTEP WILL BE KEY” CRISIS IN TURKISH-EU RELATIONS FEARED THIS FALL REMOVAL OF TOXIC WASTE BARRELS BEGINS GREEK OFFICIALS LEND SUPPORT TO ARMENIAN ALLEGATIONS NEW PASSPORTS SET FOR NEXT YEAR CENSUS PLANNED FOR YEAR’S-END FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS… HAMAS’ TIGHT SPOT BY SEMIH IDIZ (MILLIYET)

CONTENTS

  • [01] ERDOGAN TO ATTEND NEXT MONTH’S D8 SUMMIT
  • [02] AGAR CRITICIZES GOVT’S ANTI-TERROR EFFORTS
  • [03] BAHCELI: “THE MHP SHOULD COME TO POWER ALONE TO FIGHT TERRORISM”
  • [04] RICE COULD VISIT ANKARA NEXT WEEK
  • [05] TUZMEN: “HOLDING INTL IRAQI FAIR IN GAZIANTEP WILL BE KEY”
  • [06] CRISIS IN TURKISH-EU RELATIONS FEARED THIS FALL
  • [07] REMOVAL OF TOXIC WASTE BARRELS BEGINS
  • [08] GREEK OFFICIALS LEND SUPPORT TO ARMENIAN ALLEGATIONS
  • [09] NEW PASSPORTS SET FOR NEXT YEAR
  • [10] CENSUS PLANNED FOR YEAR’S-END
  • [11] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…
  • [12] HAMAS’ TIGHT SPOT BY SEMIH IDIZ (MILLIYET)

  • [01] ERDOGAN TO ATTEND NEXT MONTH’S D8 SUMMIT

    Speaking at his ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) Yozgat province congress, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said that his party was working to propel Turkey into the ranks of the world’s 10 largest economies. Erdogan also touted his party’s passage through Parliament of social security reform, as it promised. Sharply criticizing the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Erdogan said, “The CHP ran away while we were working on the reform package. They thought, ‘If we empty these seats, the AKP will also vacate the chamber.’ But we have work to do. We can’t leave the chamber. We’re here to do business. I have photos of the empty CHP seats. I had them taken especially. I will show them to the nation at election time.” In related news, Erdogan has decided to participate in a summit of the developing countries, known as the D8, which is made up of predominantly Muslim countries. A delegation led by Erdogan will attend the Fifth D8 Summit of Heads of State and Government to be held on the island of Bali close to Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital city, on May 13. /Star-Aksam/

    [02] AGAR CRITICIZES GOVT’S ANTI-TERROR EFFORTS

    Speaking at a weekend meeting of his party in Samsun, opposition True Path Party (DYP) leader Mehmet Agar commented on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent arguments that there are efforts in Turkey to exclude religious people from politics. Agar stated that in past years when it was in power, the DYP had provided freedom for the nation to participate in politics. He added that though Turkey faces some difficulties, they could be overcome. Agar further criticized the government’s performance in its fight against terrorism. /Turkiye/

    [03] BAHCELI: “THE MHP SHOULD COME TO POWER ALONE TO FIGHT TERRORISM”

    Speaking at a meeting of his party in Adana over the weekend, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli said that “external powers” had helped a renewed campaign of terrorist attacks in Turkey, adding that the MHP should come to power alone in order to counter such attacks. He further called on the citizens living in Turkey’s southeast not to give in to provocations. “We should, all of us together, protect our unity,” he added. /Star/

    [04] RICE COULD VISIT ANKARA NEXT WEEK

    US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is reportedly due to arrive in Ankara next Tuesday for a two-day official visit. During her brief stay, Rice is expected to meet with Turkish officials to discuss the Cyprus issue, natural gas to be transported to Mideast countries through Turkey and Greece, and developments in Kosovo. /Sabah/

    [05] TUZMEN: “HOLDING INTL IRAQI FAIR IN GAZIANTEP WILL BE KEY”

    State Minister Kursat Tuzmen yesterday said that June’s International Iraqi Fair will be held in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep, adding that this was a very important development. “Turkish companies and other companies which want to sell products to Iraq will gather in Gaziantep,” said Tuzmen. “This proves the importance of Turkey. In the future, Turkey will be the center of trade to Iraq and it will earn much from both exports and export transit.” The fair is set to be held in Gaziantep on June 7-11, and more than 1,000 countries are expected to participate. /Cumhuriyet/

    [06] CRISIS IN TURKISH-EU RELATIONS FEARED THIS FALL

    Turkey’s not opening its harbors and airports to Greek Cypriot ships and airplanes could well cause a crisis between Turkey and the European Union before the end of this year. The crisis would begin with the EU Commission stating in its fall progress report that Turkey isn’t abiding by its obligations under the Customs Union agreement to open its harbors and airports to all EU member states. The EU Commission’s determination would first be debated by the EU foreign ministers and then at a December leaders summit during Finland’s term presidency. The harbors issue will be debated for the first time at the EU-Turkish Partnership Council meeting to be held on May 16. /Hurriyet/

    [07] REMOVAL OF TOXIC WASTE BARRELS BEGINS

    The disposal of toxic waste barrels uncovered in Tuzla, near Istanbul, began yesterday as teams of experts from the Istanbul Directorate of the Environment and Forestry, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and IZAYDAS, the only licensed waste disposal facility in Turkey, started work by digging up the buried barrels. Environment and Forest Minister Osman Pepe said the results of tests showed that the waste came from more than one firm. “We can track the waste to its origin with an accuracy rate of 80-90 percent. This will be taken to court, so I can’t give details. But we’ve concluded that there’s more than one violator.” Pepe said they believed this area was used several times as an illegal dumping site. He said about 70 barrels containing toxic material have been detected thus far. /Turkish Daily News/

    [08] GREEK OFFICIALS LEND SUPPORT TO ARMENIAN ALLEGATIONS

    Greek Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopulos has sent a written message to the Armenian National Commission saying that so-called Armenian genocide was deeply etched in the memory of the Greek nation. He added that hopefully, the international community would correctly evaluate the so-called genocide. In related news, speaking at a gathering in Athens, Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Teodoros Kasimis urged Turkey to accept the Armenian allegations. /Turkiye/

    [09] NEW PASSPORTS SET FOR NEXT YEAR

    The Security Directorate General is planning to make changes in passports beginning next year. Under the project, all passports will have computer chips containing all necessary personal information and will be issued for 10 years. These tough security measures are expected to help prevent passport forgery and fraud. /Cumhuriyet/

    [10] CENSUS PLANNED FOR YEAR’S-END

    State Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin said yesterday that at the end of this year, a census with a home curfew would be held for the last time. He stated that a bill has been submitted to Parliament concerning the matter. In this curfew a broad-based count will be done, and subsequent censuses will be online, added the minister. /Turkiye/

    [11] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…

    [12] HAMAS’ TIGHT SPOT BY SEMIH IDIZ (MILLIYET)

    Columnist Semih Idiz comments on Hamas’ difficult situation. A summary of his column is as follows:

    “Turkey will host Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas this week. Of course, one of the aims of ‘Abu Mazen’ (as he is also known) will be requesting money, because in the face of the West’s financial aid cutoff, the Palestinian administration is in a tight spot. The US and the European Union are punishing the Hamas government for failing to reonounce terrorism and recognize Israel. Estimates say the administration has enough money on hand for a few months. However, 140,000 government officials are waiting for their salaries. If they aren’t paid, this might trigger a serious social explosion. As a matter of fact, last week a large number of Palestinian policemen attacked a government building. The situation is so critical that Hamas has asked the people for their help. Those who want to can send money to Hamas’ account in Cairo. Abbas will be glad if he returns from Turkey with a lot of money. However, most say this won’t happen, because the government is facing the horns of a dilemma. If it gives high-profile help, this would go against the US and the European Union. It doesn’t want this while the repercussions of the February visit to Ankara of Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal are still being felt. However, here, the main responsibility belongs to Arab countries, particularly those who are flush from oil revenues, because they are a party in the Arab-Israeli conflict. But while these countries shed crocodile tears for the Palestinian people, it’s rare that they dip into their pockets for the cause.

    When I was touring the poor Palestinian camps in the Gaza Strip a few years ago, I asked if there was no rich Arab able to establish a sewage system, school or hospital. I heard that most of the help came not from Muslim countries, but from the West. You can’t hear a peep from countries in the region reaping $250-300 billion more on top of their already incredible wealth due to rising oil prices. Iran’s spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on the Islamic world to help Palestinians. We’ll see if this works. Meanwhile, certain Arab analysts have started to see Hamas’ taking power as a US-Israeli conspiracy. Former US Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk asked why Washington encouraged Hamas to take part in elections knowing it would win. According to one theory, the aim was to put Hamas in its current situation so as to destroy its public image. If the theory is true, time will show if this aim was reached. However, it’s certain today that Hamas is entering a more difficult situation.”

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