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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 01-12-21

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Anadolu Agency

ANADOLU AGENCY

NEWS

21 December 2001

Saturday

-TURKEY-PRESS SCAN

These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey's press on December 21, 2001. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET (LIBERAL)

SP'S THREE TYPES OF WOMAN

The Felicity Party (SP) distributed calendars to its members as a present for the holy Ramadan feast. According to the calendar, ''there are three types of woman. The first type of woman is faithful and loyal to her husband. This type of woman is unfortunately rare. The second type of woman is not useful except for giving birth to children while the third type of woman is dominant over her husband.''

BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS CLAIM FIVE MORE LIVES

Freezing temperatures continue to claim lives in different parts of the country. Five people froze to death. Ethem Yildirim, 71, who had falled down due to icy road, lost his life in northwestern province of Bursa. In Gelibolu township of northwestern province of Canakkale, Aydin Sekerci, 22, who had been hunting, died. Kadir Yildirim, 42, had fallen asleep under shelves in a market place after having taken too much alcohol, and froze to death in Soke township of western province of Aydin. In Meric township of Edirne, Mohammed Arshad, 22, of Pakistan froze to death as he had been trying to proceed to Greece illegally. And in Babaeski township of northwestern province of Kirklareli, Huseyin Demiral, 43, lost his life due to freezing temperatures.

DERVIS: ''ECONOMIC CRISIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REFORMS''

State Minister Kemal Dervis for Economy said, ''Turkey has suffered from a serious economic crisis in 2001. Our aim is not to cope with the economic crisis day by day but to improve the economy with structural reforms.'' Dervis delivered a speech at a conference on ''Turkey: Key Country in Mediterranean and Central Asia'' held within framework of the Monaco World Summit organized by the Crans Montana Forum in Monaco. He said that developments after events of September 11 increased importance of Turkey's role of intercultural bridge.

MILLIYET (LIBERAL)

WHAT A PITY!

Children of 41 deputies whose salaries are 3 billion Turkish lira (TL) applied to the Student Credits and Dormitories Institution to take education credit of monthly 30 million TL. Meanwhile, applications of 38 thousand out of 83 thousand poor students were rejected.

YUCELEN SUBMITS A LIST OF TERRORISTS TO GERMANY

Interior Minister Rustu Kazim Yucelen submitted a list of 155 terrorists to Germany. The list includes illegal Revolutionary People's Liberation Party Front (DHKP-C) leader Dursun Karatas, Dursun Kalkan from the terrorist organization PKK, Union of Islamic Community and Societies head Metin Kaplan, and Teslim from the Turkish Communist Labour Party (TKEP). Yucelen said that Turkey requested extradition of 155 people from Germany.

JEWISH INSTITUTIONS SEND LETTER TO BUSH ABOUT TURKEY

A total of nine Jewish institutions in the United States wrote a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush, and called him to give additional economic support to Turkey. The letter which was written on behalf of the Jewish society and leadership in the United States in order to reiterate the support to the Turkish Republic and nation, pointed out to the economic difficulties of Turkey and asked the U.S. President to consider the issue of additional American support to Turkey.

GOOD MESSAGES FROM UNITED STATES

White House Spokesman Ari Fleischer said that Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit's visit to the United States would constitute an important opportunity to deepen relations between Turkey and the United States. Fleischer said that U.S. President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Ecevit would hold a meeting at the White House on January 16, 2002.

SABAH (LIBERAL)

ECEVIT: ''TURKISH MODEL CAN SAVE AFGHANISTAN''

Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said, ''the most ideal model for a secular Afghanistan is the Republic of Turkey. Christian states cannot solve the problem of fundamentalism. Turkey should follow an active policy to assist Afghanistan in founding a new regime and in rebuilding its army.''

DERVIS: ''TURKEY WILL NOT BECOME A SECOND ARGENTINA''

State Minister Kemal Dervis for Economy said that Turkey would not become a second Argentina that has been suffering from a deep economic crisis for a long time. Dervis said, ''Argentine Economy Minister Cavallo made a serious mistake by insisting on fixed foreign currency. Recent developments in this country revealed Turkey's rightful decision to accept floating foreign currency regime.''

YUCELEN: ''THERE IS NOT ANY OBSTACLE FOR EXTRADITION OF KAPLAN''

Interior Minister Rustu Kazim Yucelen said, ''there is not any obstacle for extradition of Union of Islamic Community and Societies head Metin Kaplan from Germany. We told German officials that not only capital punishment, but also torture became a thing of the past in Turkey. Kaplan will be extradited to Turkey, and brought to justice.''

CUMHURIYET (LEFT)

CONTRADICTIONS IN SIVAS CASE

Interior Minister Rustu Kazim Yuculen conjectures whereabouts of suspects of the incidents in central province of Sivas on July 2, 1993 that resulted in killing of 37 people. The Directorate General of Security says that suspects had fled to Germany. And Germany says that Turkey which had given passport to the suspects, was responsible.

30 MEMBERS OF TERRORIST HEZBOLLAH CAPTURED

A total of 30 members of the fundamentalist organization Hezbollah were captured in southeastern province of Diyarbakir. Security forces determined that the terrorist organization had been trying to gain power again following killing of its leader Huseyin Velioglu in a shootout in Beykoz district of Istanbul in 2000.

RADIKAL (LEFT)

WE DID IT

Earthquake Monument and Museum Complex constructed by Bolu Governor's Office and Municipality in return for 150 billion Turkish lira, was discarded as useless. Flood waters triggered by torrential rains inundated the museum. The museum was closed down. Provincial Directorate of Public Works warned the contractor firm. Firm officials said, ''there are some small mistakes in the museum.'' Bolu Mayor Yuksel Ceylan said that the museum would be repaired as soon as possible. Earlier, residents in Bolu had reacted to construction of the museum.

SCHILY DUE IN TURKEY

German Interior Minister Otto Schily will come to Turkey to hold contacts about extradition of Union of Islamic Community and Societies head Metin Kaplan from Germany to Turkey. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Newspaper said that Schily would hold a series of contacts with Turkish officials to receive further information. Earlier, Germany asked Turkey for assurance not to execute Kaplan.

TURKIYE (RIGHT)

SUCH A SHAME

Unidentified people dig up graves in Sakizagaci Martrydom in northwestern province of Edirne. Grave robbers determine gold-plated teeth of martyrs by using detectors. More than 100 graves were robbed in the last two months.

INAN: ''ECEVIT'S VISIT TO UNITED STATES IS DIPLOMATIC MATTER OF YEAR''

Kamran Inan of the Motherland Party (ANAP) described Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit's scheduled visit to the United States as the most important diplomatic matter of 2002. Stressing that Turkey had come to the forefront in fight against terrorism, Inan also underlined importance of Foreign Minister Ismail Cem's visit to Afghanistan last week.

ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)

IMPORTANT ROLE FOR TURKEY IN AFGHANISTAN

A meeting was held in British capital London for the future of Afghanistan. According to decisions taken at the meeting, Turkey will take over the command of international peace-keeping force to be deployed in Afghanistan three months later. Foreign Affairs Ministry officials said that Turkey would maintain this mission for a long time. Turkey is expected to dispatch 600 soldiers to Afghanistan. Turkish military troops will carry out missions of distributing humanitarian aid and providing security in this country. Turkey will assist Afghanistan in rebuilding itself.

-PREPARATORY MEETING FOR EU-OIC SUMMIT TO BE HELD IN ANKARA

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Ismail Cem said on Friday, ''I hope that the European Union (EU) and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) would make important contributions to peace and understanding at the summit meeting to be held in Istanbul on February 2002.''

Cem delivered a brief speech at the preparatory meeting for the EU-OIC Summit.

''It became necessary to create an atmosphere of mutual understanding and to remove prejudices in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001. There are several initiatives to develop such an understanding. The summit meeting to be held in Turkey will be the first of them. The summit meeting envisages creation of a political understanding. Both the EU and the OIC have supported our proposal. We have been doing our utmost to make the summit meeting beneficial for regional peace, peace in the world and for the humanity. I hope that the EU and the OIC would make important contributions to peace and understanding at the summit meeting to be held in Istanbul on February 2002.''

Meanwhile, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Abdallah bin Hamad al-Attiyah of Qatar, the term president of the OIC, who came to Turkey to attend the preparatory meeting, thanked Turkey for its initiative.

He said that the summit meeting would constitute an important opportunity to deepen relations between EU and OIC members, to develop geographical and historical partnership and to provide mutual respect and peace.

Noting that importance of the summit meeting increased in the wake of events of September 11, Al-Attiyah said that they condemned terrorism, and added that they rejected those trying to incite hatred among peoples.

Al-Attiyah added that the summit meeting would be a perfect beginning for dialogue.

Jan Matthysen, the Ambassador of EU Term President Belgium to Turkey, said that member countries to the EU welcomed and supported Cem's proposal to hold such a summit meeting.

-DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ SAYS TURKEY SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF CRITICISMS ABOUT ITS EU MEMBERSHIP

ANKARA - Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister Mesut Yżlmaz said on Friday that there are persons who try to spread the idea that EU tries to divide Turkey, adding that these persons have been influential in the country recently.

Speaking at the Higher Consultation Board of Association of Turkish Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSIAD), Yżlmaz said that if there are persons who have different projects for Turkey they should come out and defend their projects.

Yżlmaz said that there are persons in Turkey who disseminate the idea of hostility against Europe and West, adding that this development is frightening.

''The mission of us and you who believe in this cause, is to remember the things that should be done for EU membership. If we refrain from criticisms, we will be spoilsport and this will break off the tries with EU. Turkey should not be afraid of criticisms,'' Yżlmaz said.

-PRESIDENT SEZER RECEIVES NEW AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY CALLIGARIS

ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer received new Austrian Ambassador to Turkey Dr. Marius Calligaris at Presidential Palace on Friday.

Calligaris presented his letter of credentials to President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.

Foreign Ministry Deputy Undersecretary Kurtulus Taskent was also present in the meeting.

-DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ SAYS EU DOCUMENT REFERS TO

MEMBERSHIP NEGOTIATIONS WITH TURKEY FOR THE FIRST TIME

ANKARA - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yżlmaz said on Friday that the final statement issued after the EU Summit held in Laeken referred to the membership negotiations with Turkey for the first time.

If Turkey can't act rapidly, the way to EU membership will be drifted to an unknown course of events, told Yżlmaz at the Higher Consultation Board meeting of Association of Turkish Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSIAD).

Noting that Turkey's full membership to the EU was the most important project of the republican history, Yżlmaz said that Turkey has entered an important turning point recently.

''Turkey's membership to the EU has never been so clear,'' Yżlmaz said and noted that important results have been taken in respect of Turkey at Laeken summit held in Belgium last week. Yżlmaz said that one of these important resluts was the acception and declaration of the fact that time for starting full membership negotiations with Turkey has come closer.

''For the first time, a EU document referred to full membership negotiations with Turkey. I believe that this is important both in respect of EU and also in respect of Turkey. This development is very important in overcoming certain mental hesitations about starting accession negotiations with Turkey,'' said Yżlmaz and noted that the national programme announced by Turkey last March and the steps taken by the government had played a role in getting this result.

''On the other side, providing new openings in certain security and foreign policy issues have positively affected the atmosphere,'' said Yżlmaz.

Yżlmaz said that all of these developments yielded results when Turkey determined its policies within international and EU norms, adding that when Turkey acted against these norms, it was isolated.

Yżlmaz said that the second important development in respect of Turkey at Laeken summit is its invitation to Convention in which the future of EU would be discussed on the same conditions with other candidate countries.

''Our participation at equal level both strengethens our candidacy perspective and also our membership perspective,'' said Yżlmaz.

The summit put certain obligations on Turkey, he said adding that a very resolved attitude has to be pursued and a series of changes had to be undertaken. ''It is clear that we don't have much time for such a transformation,'' he said.

Yżlmaz recalled that a new road map would be prepared for Bulgaria and Romania which continue its negotiations, but which are not foreseen to take part in the first enlargement movement, adding that these two countries' membership to the EU can take place in 2007.

''In this period Turkey should also speed up its studies and take part in the enlargement process. If we can't act quickly, the way to EU membership which was opened by Helsinki summit and which became evident in Laeken summit can be drifted to an unknown course of events,'' he said.

-MARTYRS OF ''BLOODY CHRISTMAS'' REMEMBERED IN LEFKOSA

LEFKOSA - A ceremony was held in Lefkosa's Martyrs Monument to commemorate the fight of the Turkish Cypriots against the armed attacks of Greek Cypriots and Greeks who attacked Turkish Cypriots on Dec. 21, 1963 to annex Cyprus to Greece and wipe off Turkish Cypriots from the island. The incident is known as the ''Bloody Christmas'' in the history.

Parliament Spokesman Zeki Serter, Prime Minister Dervis Eroglu, Turkish Ambassador in Lefkosa Hayati Guven, Cyprus Turkish Peace Forces Commander Ahmet Ozteker, ministers, high level commanders, political party representatives and students attended the ceremony.

Major Erdinc Korkutel who spoke at the meeting said that Greeks and Greek Cypriots together attacked Turkish Cypriots to realize Enosis (union with Greece) which is a part of their ''Megali idea'' dreams. He stated that innocent people were killed, forced to leave their homes and immigrate and this was a crime of humanity committed against Turkish Cypriots, he said. Korkutel indicated that despite the existence of U.N. Peace Keeping Force, 103 Turkish villages were evacuated and Turkish Cypriots had to live in tents. ''But we didn't give up. We gained our independence in 1974 and founded the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Today, we are free and we're living in peace,'' he said.

Later, officials wrote their thoughts about the events in the special monument book.

-PREPARATORY MEETING FOR EU-OIC SUMMIT ENDS

ANKARA - The preparatory meeting for the European Union (EU) and Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) summit to be held in Istanbul ended on Friday.

The EU-OIC Summit will be held in Istanbul on February 12, 2002 upon the proposal of Foreign Minister Ismail Cem.

Following the meeting which lasted for almost three hours, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Abdallah bin Hamad al-Attiyah of Qatar, the term president of the OIC, told reporters that they thanked Cem for that fruitful preparatory meeting.

Al-Attiyah said that they exchanged views about the preparatory works and the initiatives to be exerted for a successful EU-OIC summit during their meeting.

They wished that they could reach success in adjustment and common political act during the summit to be held in Istanbul, al-Attiyah noted.

When he was reminded about the views about the foundation of a Palestinian State, the capital of which would be Jerusalem, al-Attiyah said that that issue was not on their agenda. The Qatari minister noted that the U.N., United States, EU, OIC and Turkey supported the foundation of a Palestinian State beside Israel.

The representatives of EU and OIC would continue their deliberation at a luncheon hosted in State Guesthouse.

Sources said that Turkey's political and cultural importance were underlined during the meeting while the participants drew the attention to the timing and importance of the summit to be held in Istanbul in February.

The sources touched on the importance of the adoption of ''adjustment, rapprochement and common political act'' understanding between Europe and Islam World at the Istanbul Summit and exchanged views about setting the agenda and schedule of the summit.

Ahmed Gazali, the Deputy of OIC Secretary General for Cultural Affairs; Saadettin Tayyib, the Chief Adviser of OIC Secretary General; Muhammed Lamine Jerrari, the Adviser of OIC Secretary General; Ali Ben Larabi, the Chairman of Information Department of OIC; Aadrian Van der Meer, the Deputy Chairman of EU Commission Turkey Team; Luigi Narbone, the Deputy Representative of EU Commission in Ankara; Qatari State Minister for Foreign Affairs Abdallah bin Hamad al-Attiyah; Dr. Hassan Ali Hussein Al- Nimah, the Qatari Ambassador to Turkey; Adviser Sultan Muhammed Al-Kuvari; Datuk Paduka Melanie Leong, the Malaysian Ambassador to Turkey; Jean Louis Mignot from Belgium; and Manuel de la Camara, the Spanish Ambassador to Turkey; attended the preparatory meeting.

-DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ SAYS COMMON SENSE SHOULD PREVAIL IN TURKEY

ANKARA- State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yżlmaz said on Friday that the Turkish society is angry with the politicians, adding that ''but we must have common sense, rather than anger.''

Speaking at the Higher Consultation Board meeting of Association of Turkish Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSIAD), Yżlmaz said that the majority of the Turkish people support Turkey's membership to the EU.

''Therefore, the mission of the politics is to put into practice the social wish, which is membership to EU as soon as possible,'' said Yżlmaz and noted that the Copanhagen criteria have to be fulfilled to start full membership negotiations and principles of respect to democracy, supremacy of law and respect for human rights have to be put into practice.

''We must fulfil these not just on paper, but actually,'' said Yżlmaz and noted that the Turkish society is very angry today.

''The people are particularly angry with the politicians,'' said Yżlmaz and noted that the government is particularly angry with political parties.

''Anger can't solve the problems of the country,'' said Yżlmaz and noted that the Turkish society could not yet understand what EU membership meant for them.

Yżlmaz said that the percent of those who know what EU want from Turkey is only 20 percent, adding that Turkey won't give any concessions from its national interests due to EU membership. ''This is particularly valid for relations with Greece and for the Cyprus question,'' he said.

Stressing that neither EU nor third parties can expect the solution of the Cyprus question unilaterally only from the Turkish side, Yżlmaz said that the only thing that can be expected from Turkey realistically is its contribution to the solution of Cyprus question.

Yżlmaz said that the EU has to be objective and convincing in order to ease the Turkish public opinion.

''No step that is needed to be taken for full implementation of human rights, for increasing the democracy standards and for strengthening the civilian life, can be considered as a concession,'' said Yżlmaz.

Yżlmaz said that EU acted unfairly towards Turkey from time to time, adding that the last summit showed the fact that the EU does not ignore the steps taken.

-AKBANK GRANTED 880 MILLION U.S. DOLLAR SYNDICATED LOAN

ISTANBUL - Akbank was granted 880 million U.S. dollars of syndicated loan in 2001.

A statement of Akbank said on Friday that the foreign loan given to Akbank totalled 880 million U.S. dollars in 2001.

The statement noted that Akbank managed to take that amount of foreign loan under suitable conditions thanks to its strong financial structure and national and international respect.

-LETTER OF INTEND PLANNED TO BE SENT TO IMF IN JANUARY

ANKARA - Turkey plans to send the new letter of intent to International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the beginning of January.

Sources told A.A correspondent on Friday that the letter of intent which had been presented to the coalition leaders would be sent to the IMF after it was evaluated by the leaders and the priory actions would be made.

The sources said that the IMF could provide additional new source to Turkey in 2003 and 2004 according to the financing need of Turkey.

The new letter of intent which would lay the groundwork for the new three- year Stand-By deal would mainly cover the program of 2002, the sources noted.

The sources stated that IMF executive directors should start reading the letter of intent at least one week before the Executive Board meeting and stressed that the board could not convene sooner than mid-January.

The financing need for 2002 and the measures to be taken within this framework were of priority, the sources said and pointed out that the years 2003 and 2004 would be taken into consideration after the second half of 2002.

The IMF would release a total of 14.3 billion U.S. dollars for Turkey in 2002, including 10 billion U.S. dollar ''new loan'' and 4.3 billion U.S. dollars as the remainder of the former loan.

The sources said that IMF could release new loan tranches according to the financing need of Turkey in 2003 and 2004 in case all of 10 billion U.S. dollars was used in the following year.

The performance in 2002 would be a determinant for that additional loan, the sources noted.

The sources stated that if Turkey was successful in the program of 2002, which was the key year, Turkey could benefit from IMF financing in 2003 and 2004 targeting at the fulfilment of especially structural programs.

Seven billion U.S. dollar part of the additional 10 billion U.S. dollar loan to be released in 2002 would be used in the budget and the rest 3 billion U.S. dollar would be used to strengthen the reserves of Central Bank, the sources said.

Meanwhile, the IMF demands the legalization of the priory actions until the new letter of intent was released.

Within the framework of the ''priory actions'' principle, laws like tobacco, public procurement, and borrowing should be passed until the Executive Board meeting scheduled for January. The sources said that whether or not to hold the meeting was related with this issue.

-DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ SAYS TURKEY CAN OVERCOME ITS PROBLEMS

WITHIN ONE YEAR IF IT PURSUES A RATIONAL POLICY

ANKARA - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yżlmaz said on Friday that if Turkey pursues a rational policy, it will overcome its problems within one year.

The year 2002 has to be evaluated very well in this respect, Yżlmaz told the Higher Consultation Board meeting of Association of Turkish Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSIAD).

Yżlmaz said that Turkey has to fulfil all the short term commitments regarding EU membership in 2002, adding that this will bring more foreign capital to the country.

Noting that measures have to be taken to realize 6,5 percent non-interest surplus in economy without giving any concessions, Yżlmaz said that he supports all the projects which TUSIAD thinks necessary to be undertaken in 2002.

Yżlmaz stressed that a great leap forward has to be taken in 2002 in respect of privatization, adding that they would bring a new privatization bill to the government this week.

Turkey will reach a world wide growth rate in 2003 if Turkey implements all of these goals, he said adding that Turkey's situation is different from Argentina, as Turkey has got a guarantee of a significant foreign source.

Secondly the goals in 2002 budgets in two countries are different from each other, said Yżlmaz and noted that Argentina was satisfied with a non- interest surplus of two percent as it didn't want to make any sacrifice. The target of Turkey's 2002 budget is to reach a non-interest surplus of 6, 5 percent. This is at the basis of the contract with IMF, he said.

He added that the amendment foreseen in political parties act and election law can be used as a psychological support mechanism.

-TUSIAD CHAIRMAN SAYS THEY WANT CONTINUATION OF NEGOTIATION PROCESS IN CYPRUS

ANKARA - Tuncay Ozilhan, the Chairman of the Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association of Turkey (TUSIAD), said on Friday that they wanted the continuation of the negotiation process and atmosphere in Cyprus.

Following the TUSIAD Higher Consultation Council meeting, Ozilhan told A.A correspondent that Cyprus question was not brought into the agenda.

Ozilhan said, ''we want the continuation of the negotiation atmosphere. We have taken a very important step in European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). And, we have taken an initiative and this issue was solved. We want to negotiate, debate and discuss. The atmosphere in which we can compromise is certainly found when we talk with each other.''


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