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CONTENTS [01] COAST GUARD TEAMS RECOVER FIVE MORE BODIES [02] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''WE HOPE TO FINALIZE SUCCESSFULLY PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESS IN CYPRUS TILL MARCH 22'' [03] BARTENDER OCAK SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR KEEPING BRITISH GIRL UNDER LEGAL AGE BY FORCE AND STATUTORY RAPE [04] MACEDONIAN PRESIDENT TRAYKOVSKI KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH -PRESIDENT SEZER SAYS DEMISE OF TRAYKOVSKI IS A GRAVE LOSS FOR BOTH MACEDONIA AND [05] MINNIHANOV SAYS TUPRAS'S SALE COMPLIES WITH BOTH TURKISH AND RUSSIAN LAWS [06] CHP DEPUTY CHAIRMAN REACTS TO PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''WE SEE A PREMIER ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL MASS MEDIA ORGANS REMOTELY FOR FIRST [07] IMF TURKEY DESK CHIEF MOGHADAM ARRIVES IN ISTANBUL [08] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL HOLDS A PRESS CONFERENCE (2) -''WE ARE TAKING MEASURES TO PREVENT ANY HAZARD IN THE STRAITS'' [09] TURKEY REPAYS USD 2.4 BILLION IN FOREIGN DEBT BETWEEN FEBRUARY 2-25 [10] GUL: ''RUSSIAN SIDE HAS GIVEN US LIST OF CERTAIN PERSONS CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ACTS OF TERRORISM'' [11] STATE MINISTER BABACAN DEPARTS FOR IRELAND [12] TURKISH SIDE ASKS DE SOTO TO NOTE UNCOMPROMISING ATTITUDE OF GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE [13] A FIVE MEMBER SEARCH-AND-RESCUE TEAM LEAVES FOR MOROCCO [14] BOAT SINKS OFF AYVALIK (2) -COAST GUARD TEAMS RECOVER TWO MORE BODIES [15] TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE CANKOREL HOSTS A RECEPTION IN HONOR OF TUZMEN [16] COX: ''WE WANT TO SEE THAT SOME PROBLEMS ARE RESOLVED WITH TURKEY'S ACCESSION TO THE EU'' [17] BOAT SINKS OFF AYVALIK -COAST GUARD TEAMS RECOVER NINE MORE BODIES [18] GUL: ''TERRORIST CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST INNOCENT PEOPLE WILL BE PREVENTED BY COOPERATION OF WHOLE WORLD'' [19] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN SAYS TURKEY DETERMINED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN CYPRUS ISSUE [20] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''FORMATION OF UNITED CYPRUS REPUBLIC IS IDEAL SCENARIO FOR US'' [21] PM ERDOGAN MEETS WITH JOURNALISTS: ''WE WANT CYPRUS ISSUE TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE MAY 1'' [22] INCIRLIK AIR BASE OPENS ITS DOORS TO PRESS FOR FIRST TIME UNDER ROTATION OF U.S. TROOPS [23] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''DEROGATIONS ARE VITAL FOR US'' [24] NEW PERIOD IN BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA [25] ERDOGAN: ''POINTS ON WHICH TURKEY FOCUSES REGARDING CYPRUS ISSUE ARE BI-ZONALITY, GUARANTOR RIGHTS AND SMOOTHER BORDER LINES'' [26] STATE SECURITY COURT CHIEF PROSECUTOR FILES SUIT AGAINST SUSPECTS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS IN ISTANBUL [27] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''TALKS WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW'' [28] FOURTH-DAY SESSION OF CYPRUS TALKS POSTPONED TO THURSDAY [29] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''EU DOES NOT HAVE PLACE AT NEGOTIATION TABLE''

AYVALIK - Coast guard teams have found bodies of five people, who were among passengers of a boat, which capsized and sank off Ayvalik town of northwestern province of Balikesir two days ago.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe - 18:54

[02] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''WE HOPE TO FINALIZE SUCCESSFULLY PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESS IN CYPRUS TILL MARCH 22''

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, ''we hope to finalize successfully the psychological process in Cyprus till March 22, 2004. I believe that President Rauf Denktas of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat and Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Serdar Denktas will carry out the negotiation process without engulfing in tension of the atmosphere. I also believe that it will be a success of their diplomatic approach.''

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe - 18:50

[03] BARTENDER OCAK SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR KEEPING BRITISH GIRL UNDER LEGAL AGE BY FORCE AND STATUTORY RAPE

GAZIANTEP - Mehmet Sedat Ocak, who brought Rachael Lloyd of Britain to his house in southeastern province of Gaziantep to marry with her, was sentenced to five years and three months in prison for keeping a girl under legal age by force and statutory rape.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe - 18:50

[04] MACEDONIAN PRESIDENT TRAYKOVSKI KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH -PRESIDENT SEZER SAYS DEMISE OF TRAYKOVSKI IS A GRAVE LOSS FOR BOTH MACEDONIA AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has described demise of Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski in a plane crash as a grave loss for both Macedonia and the international community.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 16:49

[05] MINNIHANOV SAYS TUPRAS'S SALE COMPLIES WITH BOTH TURKISH AND RUSSIAN LAWS

ANKARA - Rustam Minnihanov, Prime Minister of Republic of Tatarstan and the Chairman of Executive Board of Tatneft, said on Thursday that sale of Turkish Oil Refineries Corp (Tupras) complied with both Turkish and Russian laws and there was not any problem.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 16:48

[06] CHP DEPUTY CHAIRMAN REACTS TO PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''WE SEE A PREMIER ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL MASS MEDIA ORGANS REMOTELY FOR FIRST TIME''

ANKARA - Kemal Anadol, the deputy chairman of the parliamentary group of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), reacted to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ''request for auto-censorship of press'' for the news about the ongoing Cyprus talks.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 16:48

[07] IMF TURKEY DESK CHIEF MOGHADAM ARRIVES IN ISTANBUL

ISTANBUL - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Turkey Desk Chief Reza Moghadam arrived in Istanbul on Thursday.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 15:08

[08] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL HOLDS A PRESS CONFERENCE (2) -''WE ARE TAKING MEASURES TO PREVENT ANY HAZARD IN THE STRAITS''

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has said, ''the measures taken by Turkey about passages from the Straits do not have the target of preventing tankers from passing through the Straits. We are taking measures to prevent any hazard in the Straits.''

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 15:07

[09] TURKEY REPAYS USD 2.4 BILLION IN FOREIGN DEBT BETWEEN FEBRUARY 2-25

ANKARA - Turkey repaid a total of 2 billion 488.20 million U.S. dollars in foreign debt between February 2 and 25, 2004.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 14:50

[10] GUL: ''RUSSIAN SIDE HAS GIVEN US LIST OF CERTAIN PERSONS CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ACTS OF TERRORISM''

MOSCOW - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Thursday that the Russian side gave them the list of certain Turkish citizens who were claimed to be involved in acts of terrorism, adding that they would investigate that.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 13:19

[11] STATE MINISTER BABACAN DEPARTS FOR IRELAND

ANKARA - State Minister Ali Babacan departed for Ireland on Thursday to represent Turkey in meetings organized by the EU Term Presidency.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 12:31

[12] TURKISH SIDE ASKS DE SOTO TO NOTE UNCOMPROMISING ATTITUDE OF GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE

LEFKOSA - While the new negotiation process continues in Cyprus, the Turkish side has asked U.N. Secretary General's special envoy for Cyprus Alvaro De Soto to note the uncompromising attitude of the Greek Cypriot side.

26 Şubat 2004 Perşembe -- 10:38

[13] A FIVE MEMBER SEARCH-AND-RESCUE TEAM LEAVES FOR MOROCCO

ISTANBUL - A five-member team of GEA Search and Rescue Group left for Morocco on Wednesday.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 23:16

[14] BOAT SINKS OFF AYVALIK (2) -COAST GUARD TEAMS RECOVER TWO MORE BODIES

AYVALIK - Coast guard teams have found bodies of two women, who were among passengers of the boat, which capsized and sank off Ayvalik town of northwestern province of Balikesir yesterday.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 21:24

[15] TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE CANKOREL HOSTS A RECEPTION IN HONOR OF TUZMEN

ANKARA - Turkish Ambassador to Ukraine Bilge Cankorel has hosted a reception in honor of State Minister Kursad Tuzmen, who is currently paying an official visit to Ukraine.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 20:15

[16] COX: ''WE WANT TO SEE THAT SOME PROBLEMS ARE RESOLVED WITH TURKEY'S ACCESSION TO THE EU''

BRUSSELS - European Parliament President Pat Cox has said that they wanted to see that some problems were resolved with Turkey's accession to the European Union (EU).

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 20:07

[17] BOAT SINKS OFF AYVALIK -COAST GUARD TEAMS RECOVER NINE MORE BODIES

AYVALIK - Coast guard teams have found bodies of nine people, who were among passengers of the boat, which capsized and sank off Ayvalik town of northwestern province of Balikesir yesterday.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 20:03

[18] GUL: ''TERRORIST CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST INNOCENT PEOPLE WILL BE PREVENTED BY COOPERATION OF WHOLE WORLD''

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Wednesday that terrorist crimes committed against innocent people would be prevented by the cooperation of the whole world.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:36

[19] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN SAYS TURKEY DETERMINED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN CYPRUS ISSUE

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday regarding the solution of Cyprus question that ''we, as the government, nation and TRNC, have been focused on the solution, we are resolved to be successful in this issue.''

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:12

[20] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''FORMATION OF UNITED CYPRUS REPUBLIC IS IDEAL SCENARIO FOR US''

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that formation of a United Cyprus Republic was ideal scenario for them.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:12

[21] PM ERDOGAN MEETS WITH JOURNALISTS: ''WE WANT CYPRUS ISSUE TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE MAY 1''

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the government wanted Cyprus issue to be sorted out before May 1.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:12

[22] INCIRLIK AIR BASE OPENS ITS DOORS TO PRESS FOR FIRST TIME UNDER ROTATION OF U.S. TROOPS

ADANA - U.S. soldiers assigned under U.S. military action against Iraq are returning to the United States via the Incirlik Air Base in southern province of Adana.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:11

[23] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''DEROGATIONS ARE VITAL FOR US''

LEFKOSA - President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said on Wednesday that derogations were vital for them. Denktas said they wanted agreement on the essence to be incorporated into EU law and made permanent.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:11

[24] NEW PERIOD IN BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA

MOSCOW - The official visit of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to Moscow as the first Turkish foreign minister who visited Russia after eight years signaled to the beginning of a new period in bilateral relations.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:11

[25] ERDOGAN: ''POINTS ON WHICH TURKEY FOCUSES REGARDING CYPRUS ISSUE ARE BI-ZONALITY, GUARANTOR RIGHTS AND SMOOTHER BORDER LINES''

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he was shown as if he were the enemy of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas, adding, ''on the contrary, we can only be political kinfolks.''

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:10

[26] STATE SECURITY COURT CHIEF PROSECUTOR FILES SUIT AGAINST SUSPECTS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS IN ISTANBUL

ISTANBUL - Istanbul State Security Court (DGM) Prosecutor's Office filed a suit on Wednesday about 69 suspects who were captured in connection with four terrorist attacks which took place in Istanbul three months ago.

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 18:10

[27] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''TALKS WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW''

LEFKOSA - President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has said that Greek Cypriot leader Tassos Papadopoulos asked for additional time to work on the document of changes that the TRNC had presented the day before with the pretext that it exceeded the framework of Annan's plan so talks would continue on Thursday

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 12:00

[28] FOURTH-DAY SESSION OF CYPRUS TALKS POSTPONED TO THURSDAY

ANKARA - President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said on Wednesday that fourth-day session of the Cyprus talks would be held on Thursday

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 11:38

[29] TRNC PRESIDENT DENKTAS: ''EU DOES NOT HAVE PLACE AT NEGOTIATION TABLE''

LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas said on Wednesday that the European Union (EU) did not have place at the table where Cyprus negotiations were being held, adding that they objected the existence of EU experts within the United Nations delegation which participated in the talks

25 Şubat 2004 Çarşamba -- 11:38

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