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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-09-13Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>CONTENTS
[01] GUREL TO ADDRESS UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLYNEW YORK - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sukru Sina Gurel will address the United Nations General Assembly, and refer to important issues on the agenda of the international public opinion and to main issues in the Turkish foreign policy.13.09.2002 [02] YILMAZ: ''I AM CONCERNED ABOUT TURKEY'S EXCLUSION FROM EUROPE''ISTANBUL - State Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Mesut Yilmaz said on Friday, ''I am not concerned about ANAP's success in the general elections, but I am concerned about Turkey's exclusion from Europe. We cannot account for a Turkey that is excluded from Europe.''13.09.2002 [03] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ: ''IF MHP DOES NOT BLOCK IMPLEMENTATION OF EU ADJUSTMENT BILL, THE GOVERNMENT MAY STAY IN POWER TILL NOVEMBER 3 AND THE ELECTIONS MAY TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 3''ISTANBUL - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said on Friday that, ''if the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) does not block implementation of the EU adjustment bill, this government may stay in power till November 3, and the elections may take place on November 3.''13.09.2002 [04] CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SERDENGECTI SAYS IF TURKEY HAS POLITICAL STABILITY, IT CAN REACH SUSTAINABLE GROWTHANKARA - Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti said on Friday that only if there is political stability in the country, it can reach sustainable growth.13.09.2002 [05] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ: ''THERE IS NOBODY CALLING FOR POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTIONS. IF THE ELECTIONS TAKE PLACE IN DECEMBER INSTEAD OF NOVEMBER, WON'T IT BE EARLY ELECTIONS?''ISTANBUL - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said on Friday that there was nobody who wanted a delay in early elections that would take place on November 3, stressing that, ''I only say that there are two scheduled programmes in front of us. One is the European Union (EU) scheduled program, which I think will effect Turkey's 50-100 years. We should do what is required by that program.''13.09.2002 [06] STATE MINISTER AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BAHCELI SAYS THERE IS NO OTHER WAY THAN ELECTIONSANKARA - Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader, State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Devlet Bahceli said on Friday that Turkey has taken an election decision and that there is no other way than holding the elections.13.09.2002 [07] SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS CHIEF PROSECUTOR KANADOGLU WANTS A DECISION TO BE TAKEN THAT BIRDAL AND BOZLAK CAN NOT RUN CANDIDACY TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENTANKARA - Supreme Court of Appeals Chief Prosecutor Sabih Kanadoglu sent a notification to Higher Board of Election on Friday noting that the decision regarding restitution of forfeited rights has not become definite and stressed that to this end Akin Birdal and Murat Bozlak can't run candidacy to become members of the parliament.13.09.2002 [08] ASSOCIATION OF BLACK SEA COUNTRIES' BARS SAYS THEY OPPOSE TO INITIATIVES TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS BY ARMED METHODSANKARA - The Association of the Black Sea Countries' Bars said in a statement that they were opposing to the initiatives to resolve the problems by armed methods and added that they were insistently defending Iraq's territorial integrity.13.09.2002 [09] TURKEY AND GEORGIA SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR COOPERATION ON EDUCATIONTBILISI - National Education Minister Necdet Tekin and his Georgian counterpart Aleksandre Kartozia signed on Friday a memorandum of understanding for cooperation on education between Turkey and Georgia.13.09.2002 [10] FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY GARCIA SAYS MANY PEOPLE IN EUROPE THINK THAT TURKEY CAN BE GIVEN A DATE TO START EU MEMBERSHIP NEGOTIATIONSIZMIR - French Ambassador to Turkey Bernard Garcia said on Friday that many people in Europe thought that Turkey could be given a date to start EU membership negotiations.13.09.2002 [11] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ: ''EU COVERS 'WAIT AND SEE' ATTITUDE''BRUSSELS - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said on Friday that his contacts in Brussels gave him an optimism.13.09.2002 [12] PRESIDENT SEZER SAYS HE CAN USE AUTHORITY TO DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT IF IT IS NECESSARYEDIRNE - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Friday that he can use authority to dissolve the parliament if it is necessary.13.09.2002 [13] KANADOGLU APPLIES TO HIGHER ELECTION BOARD ABOUT ERDOGAN AND ERBAKANANKARA - Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals Sabih Kanadoglu sent a notification to the Higher Board of Election on Friday saying that AK party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and leader of the banned Welfare Party (RP) Necmettin Erbakan can't run candidacy to become members of the parliament.13.09.2002 [14] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ: ''EARLY ELECTIONS ARE OBLIGATORY''BRUSSELS - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said on Friday that early elections in Turkey was inevitable, however noted that there was not any drawback in postponing the date November 3.13.09.2002 [15] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ: ''IF NEEDED, WE MUST SEARCH FOR ANOTHER GOVERNMENT SOLUTION''BRUSSELS - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yżlmaz said on Friday that the Turkey-EU relations are at the most critical stage, adding that the attitude of the Turkish government will be determining and Turkey must have single voice.13.09.2002 [16] STATE MINISTER TOPRAK:''WE WILL EXTEND FULL SUPPORT TO HOSTING 2008 EURO WITH GREECE''ISTANBUL - State Minister Erdogan Toprak, who is in charge of sports visited on Friday Football Federation Chairman Haluk Ulusoy and executive board members.13.09.2002 [17] TRADE DELEGATION TO LEAVE FOR IRANANKARA - Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (DTM) has organized a trade delegation tour to Iran within the scope of the aim of developing commercial relations with neighboring countries.13.09.2002 [18] SEZER:''WE WANT TO DEVELOP GOOD NEIGHBOURLY RELATIONS WITH GREECE''EDIRNE - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has said that he believed Turkey will become an EU member and at the same time preserve its historic and cultural values.13.09.2002 [19] TRADE DELEGATION TO LEAVE FOR IRANANKARA - Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (DTM) has organized a trade delegation tour to Iran within the scope of the aim of developing commercial relations with neighboring countries.13.09.2002 [20] SEZER:''WE WANT TO DEVELOP GOOD NEIGHBOURLY RELATIONS WITH GREECE''EDIRNE - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has said that he believed Turkey will become an EU member and at the same time preserve its historic and cultural values.13.09.2002 [21] EXPORT OF DRIED FRUIT FROM SOUTHEAST ANATOLIA REGION INCREASESGAZIANTEP - Southeast Anatolia region exported dried fruit worth of 33,8 million thousand dollars with an eight percent increase in the first eight months of this year.13.09.2002 [22] NATIONAL EDUCATION MINISTER TEKIN SAYS TURKEY ATTRIBUTES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO GEORGIA'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITYTBILISI - National Education Minister Necdet Tekin has said that Turkey attributed great importance to Georgia's territorial integrity.13.09.2002 [23] ECEVIT: ''BUSH'S CALLING ON IRAQ TO COMPLY WITH THE U.N. RESOLUTIONS REFLECTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY''ANKARA - Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit has said that U.S. President George W. Bush, in the speech he made at the U.N. General Council, stressed global peace and added ''President Bush's calling on Iraq to comply with the U.N. resolutions reflected the expectations of the international community from the Iraqi administration.'13.09.2002 [24] GERMANY TO DECIDE FOR TAKING OVER ISAF COMMAND FROM TURKEY FOLLOWING ELECTIONSANKARA - Germany is expected to announce its certain decision about taking over the command of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from Turkey after the election in the country on September 22.13.09.2002 [25] PRESIDENT SEZER EXPRESSES PLEASURE WITH DETERMINATION OF U.S. ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE JOINT ACTION WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer expressed on Friday pleasure that U.S. President George W. Bush put forth his will to take joint action with the international community under the auspices of the United Nations (U.N.) about Iraqi issue.13.09.2002 [26] EXPORTS AND IMPORTS INCREASE IN AUGUSTANKARA - Customs Undersecretariat announced on Friday that Turkey raised an income of 3 billion 852 million U.S. dollars from its exports while made 2 billion 830 million U.S. dollars of imports in August 2002.13.09.2002 [27] DENKTAS SAYS FIRST GREEK CYPRIOTS SHOULD TAKE A STEP TO REACH AN AGREEMENTLEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas has said that Greek Cypriots were trying to possess Cyprus through terrorism, adding that it is the Greek Cypriots who should be taking a step to reach an agreement.13.09.2002 [28] EXPORTS FROM ARCELIK RISE BY 41 PERCENT TO 251 MILLION EUROSISTANBUL - Arcelik, a company producing household appliances, raised an income of 251 million Euros from its exports with an increase of 41 percent in the first eight months of this year.13.09.2002 [29] EXPORTS AND IMPORTS INCREASE IN AUGUSTANKARA - Customs Undersecretariat announced on Friday that Turkey raised an income of 3 billion 852 million U.S. dollars from its exports while made 2 billion 830 million U.S. dollars of imports in August 2002.13.09.2002 [30] CULTURE MINISTER CAGLAYAN TO PROPOSE CREATING TURKEY'S CULTURAL HERITAGE INVENTORYANKARA - Culture Minister Suat Caglayan will propose creating an inventory of Turkey's cultural heritage starting from villages at the UNESCO Culture Ministers Meeting which is starting on Sept. 1613.09.2002 [31] TREASURY TO REPAY 2.2 QUADRILLION TL IN DOMESTIC DEBT NEXT WEEKANKARA - Treasury will repay 2 quadrillion 222.1 trillion Turkish liras (TL) in domestic debt next week13.09.2002 [32] FOREIGN MINISTER GUREL MEETS WITH HIS IRISH, ROMANIAN AND POLISH COUNTERPARTSNEW YORK - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sukru Sina Gurel met on Thursday with his Irish, Romanian and Polish counterparts13.09.2002 [33] GUREL ATTENDS BUSH'S RECEPTIONNEW YORK - Foreign Minister Sukru Sina Gurel who is currently in New York to represent Turkey at the U.N. meetings attended a reception hosted by Bush and his wife Laura Bush on Thursday evening.13.09.2002 [34] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER YILMAZ MEETS WITH EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT PRODIBRUSSELS - Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister Mesut Yilmaz met late on Thursday with European Union (EU) Commission President Romano Prodi13.09.2002 [35] DIRECT CONTACT MECHANISM TO BE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN TURKISH AND GREEK DEFENSE MINISTRIESNEW YORK - Direct contact mechanism will be established between Turkish and Greek defense ministries in order to increase mutual confidence.13.09.2002 Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |