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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-09-17Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>CONTENTS
[01] YSK CHAIRMAN ALGAN SAYS THEY WILL EXAMINE DECISION OF KONYA PROVINCIAL ELECTION BOARD IF ERBAKAN OBJECTS TO THIS DECISIONANKARA - Higher Election Board (YSK) Chairman Tufan Algan said on Tuesday that they would examine the decision of Konya Provincial Election Board about rejection of banned Welfare Party (RP) leader Necmettin Erbakan's application for becoming an independent deputy from central Konya province if Erbakan objected to that decision.17.09.2002 [02] FOREIGN MINISTER GUREL: ''WE WELCOME IRAQ'S DECISION''NEW YORK - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sukru Sina Gurel said on Tuesday that they welcomed Iraq's decision to admit United Nations (U.N.) weapons inspectors without conditions.17.09.2002 [03] FOREIGN MINISTER GUREL: ''TURKEY HAS UNDERTAKEN ITS RESPONSIBILITIES ABOUT EU REFORM PACKAGE AND NOW, WE EXPECT THE EU TO TAKE SIMILAR STEPS''NEW YORK - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sukru Sina Gurel said on Tuesday that Turkey had undertaken its responsibilities about the European Union (EU) reform package and now, they expected the EU to take similar steps.17.09.2002 [04] ISTANBUL DECLARATION STRESSES RESPONSIBILITIES OF COUNTRIES IN SAFEGUARDING INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGEISTANBUL - The final declaration named ''Istanbul Declaration'', which was adopted at the end of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Third Round Table Meeting of Ministers of Culture, stressed the responsibilities of countries in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage.17.09.2002 [05] KONYA ELECTION BOARD RETURNS APPLICATION OF ERBAKAN FOR DEPUTYSHIPKONYA - Konya Provincial Election Board Chairman Nuri Kaya Isiklar said on Tuesday that they returned the application of banned Welfare Party (RP) leader Necmettin Erbakan for being an independent deputy from central Konya province.17.09.2002 [06] FOREIGN MINISTER GUREL SAYS TURKEY IS A LABORATORY FOR SOLUTION OF DISAGREEMENTSNEW YORK - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sukru Sina Gurel said on Tuesday that Turkey, which was situated in one of the most agitated regions in the world, was like a laboratory for solution of disagreements.17.09.2002 [07] PRESIDENT SEZER MEETS WITH HIS GEORGIAN COUNTERPARTBAKU - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer met on Tuesday with his Georgian counterpart Eduard Shevardnadze in Azerbaijani capital Baku, where the two presidents have come to attend the foundation laying ceremony of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline.17.09.2002 [08] SEZER: ''THERE IS NO PROBLEM IN BILATERAL RELATIONS. HOWEVER COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS ARE NOT IN THE DESIRED LEVEL''BAKU - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Tuesday that there was no problem in political relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan, however noted that commercial and economic relations were not in the desired level.17.09.2002 [09] TURKEY SUPPORTS TURKISH AND GREEK FOOTBALL FEDERATIONS' BEING CANDIDATES FOR 2008 EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPANKARA - Turkish government fully supports Turkish and Greek Football Federations' being candidates to hold jointly the 2008 European Football Championship.17.09.2002 [10] COMMENT FROM FOREIGN MINISTER GUREL ON IRAQ ''THEY TOOK A REASONABLE DECISION. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY RELIEVES''NEW YORK - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sukru Sina Gurel, speaking about Iraq's accepting unconditional return of the United Nations (U.N.) arms inspectors to Iraq, pointed out that, ''they took a reasonable decision. This relieved everybody.''17.09.2002 [11] STUDIES CONTINUE ON GREECE-TURKEY PARTNERSHIP IN 2008 EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPISTANBUL - The studies about 2008 European Football Championship for which Turkish and Greek Football Federations became candidate to organize it jointly. Greece Culture and Sports Minister Evangelos Venizelos and Greece Football Federation Chairman Vasilis Gagatsis who were in Istanbul for the 3rd Round Table meeting of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Culture Ministers met with FIFA Executive Board member, UEFA Vice-President and Turkey Football Federation Honorary President Senes Erzik in Istanbul17.09.2002 [12] TURKEY-U.S. GRANT AGREEMENTANKARA - Treasury Undersecretary Faik Oztrak and the U.S. Ambassador in Ankara Robert Pearson on Tuesday signed an agreement issuing a grant of 200 million U.S. dollars to Turkey17.09.2002 [13] IRAQ'S ACCEPTING ARMS INSPECTION -FOREIGN MINISTRY: ''WE EXPECT IRAQ TO MAKE SERIOUS COOPERATION WITH THE U.N. AND FULFILL ALL ITS COMMITMENTS WITHOUT ANY DELAY''ANKARA - Turkey on Tuesday expressed pleasure over Iraq's accepting unconditional return of the U.N. arms inspectors to Iraq.17.09.2002 [14] TURKEY AND INDIA SIGN TOURISM COOPERATION PROTOCOLISTANBUL - Turkey-India 1st Term Tourism Joint Commission Protocol was signed on Tuesday by Turkey Tourism Minister Mustafa Tasar and India Culture and Tourism Minister Vinod Khanna.17.09.2002 [15] CULTURE MINISTER CAGLAYAN HOLDS BILATERAL MEETINGSISTANBUL - Culture Minister Suat Caglayan held on Tuesday bilateral meetings with the culture ministers and officials of some countries that attended the ''Third UNESCO Round Table of Ministers of Culture''.17.09.2002 [16] U.N. TO HOLD A MEETING TO INFORM BUSINESSMEN IN DIYARBAKIR ON EXPORTDIYARBAKIR - United Nations (U.N.) will hold a meeting to inform the businessmen on export in southeastern Diyarbakir province in November.17.09.2002 [17] PRESIDENT SEZER ARRIVES IN BAKUBAKU - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer arrived in Azerbaijani capital Baku on Tuesday.17.09.2002 [18] CULTURE MINISTER CAGLAYAN: ''DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING CULTURAL GROWTH IS OBLIGATORY''ISTANBUL - Culture Minister Suat Caglayan said on Tuesday that development, including cultural growth, was obligatory, stressing that, ''if an intangible culture can not be protected, unfortunately it will vanish, and this will be an unfortunate result.'17.09.2002 [19] AFGHAN CULTURE MINISTER SAYS MANY HISTORICAL SITES IN AFGHANISTAN ARE IN DANGERISTANBUL - Afghan Culture Minister Sayed Makhdoom Raheen said on Tuesday that many historical sites in Afghanistan are in danger, adding that ''I invite UNESCO and member countries to help us.'17.09.2002 [20] TURKEY PLEASED WITH IRAQ'S ACCEPTING ARMS INSPECTIONANKARA - Turkey is pleased with Iraq's accepting arms inspection and the unconditional return of U.N. arms inspectors to Iraq, and noted that the decision is a step taken on the right way17.09.2002 [21] PRESIDENT SEZER: ''I FEEL CONCERN THAT DECREASE IN RATE OF ELECTORAL THRESHOLD MIGHT TURN INTO AN INITATIVE TO POSTPONE ELECTIONS''ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Tuesday that decrease in rate of national electoral threshold might turn into an initiative to postpone elections17.09.2002 [22] PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT RECEIVES JAPANESE EDUCATION MINISTER TOYOMAANKARA - Japanese Education and Culture Minister, and former Japanese Ambassador to Ankara Atsuko Toyama said on Tuesday that education was a very important element effecting future of a country, stressing that well trained teachers were needed to provide a better education. Atsuko Toyama said she though higher salaries should be given to teachers17.09.2002 [23] PRESIDENT SEZER LEAVES FOR BAKUANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer left for Baku at 11.30 local time to participate in a ceremony that would be held to lay the foundation of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline17.09.2002 [24] GENERAL ELECTIONS IN MACEDONIA -FOREIGN MINISTRY: ''TURKISH MINORITY WILL BE FOR FIRST TIME REPRESENTED AT PARLIAMENT IN LINE WITH PRINCIPLE OF FAIR REPRESENTATION''ANKARA - The Foreign Ministry expressed its pleasure that the Turkish minority will be represented at the parliament for the first time in line with the principle of fair representation after the general elections in Macedonia on September 1517.09.2002 [25] JAPANESE MINISTER TOYAMA VISITS YTP LEADER CEMANKARA - Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Atsuko Toyama visited on Tuesday the leader of New Turkey Party (YTP) Ismail Cem17.09.2002 [26] DNA DATA BANK ESTABLISHED IN EGE UNIVERSITYIZMIR - Ege University (EU) Medicine School has set up a DNA data bank.17.09.2002 [27] DENKTAS AND CLERIDES COME TOGETHERLEFKOSA - TRNC President Rauf Denktas said on Tuesday that U.N. Secretary General's special representative to Cyprus Alvaro De Soto submitted a 12-article agenda during last week's talks, adding they started to discuss the first article which is on the status of the Turkish side.17.09.2002 [28] TURKMENS WORRIED ABOUT CONSEQUENCES OF OPERATION AGAINST IRAQKONYA - Aydın Beyatlı, a member of the Northern Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITC) Executive Board said on Tuesday that they were worried about the possibility of a chaos among opposition groups in Northern Iraq following a U.S. operation against Iraq.17.09.2002 [29] U.S. GIVES LAST CHANCE TO DIPLOMACY IN IRAQI ISSUENEW YORK - The U.S. has decided to give last chance to diplomacy upon the U.N. basis regarding the Iraqi issue.17.09.2002 [30] U.S. DOES NOT ASK TURKEY FOR MEDIATION ABOUT IRAQNEW YORK - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sukru Sina Gurel will wrap up his contacts in New York and proceed to Washington D.C. on Tuesday evening.17.09.2002 [31] U.S:''THERE IS A NEW ACCELERATION ABOUT CYPRUS ISSUE, LET'S BENEFIT FROM THAT''NEW YORK - The U.S. gave the message to Turkey in the meetings between Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sukru Sina Gurel and U.S. Undersecretaries of State Marc Grossman and Elizabeth Johns that ''there is a new acceleration about Cyprus issue, let's benefit from that.''17.09.2002 Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |