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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 04-09-07Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>CONTENTS
[01] PEPE SAYS 308,000 TONS OF SEA WATER WILL BE POLLUTED IF HAZARDOUS WASTE OF SUNKEN SHIP LEAKS OUTANKARA - Turkish Environment and Forestry Minister Osman Pepe predicted on Tuesday that 308,000 tons of sea water would be polluted if hazardous waste of the sunken ''MV Ulla'' ship leaked out to Iskenderun Gulf.07 Eylül 2004 Salı - 20:56 [02] TALABANI SAYS THEY CAN PROVIDE ESCORTS IF TURKISH DRIVERS CHANGE THEIR ROUTEANKARA - Jalal Talabani, the leader of the Patriotic Union for Iraqi Kurdistan (PUK), said on Tuesday that they could provide escorts if Turkish drivers changed their route.07 Eylül 2004 Salı - 20:34 [03] GONUL SAYS TURKEY SUPPORTS MACEDONIA'S NATO MEMBERSHIP BIDSKOPJE - Turkish National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul said on Tuesday that Turkey supported Macedonia's NATO membership bid.07 Eylül 2004 Salı - 19:34 [04] BARZANI SAYS REVIVAL OF BORDER CROSSINGS AND TRADE IS FOR THEIR BENEFITANKARA - Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (IKDP) official Nechirvan Barzani said on Tuesday that reviving border crossings and trade between Iraq and Turkey was for their benefit.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 19:22 [05] THE NETHERLANDS DECIDES TO EXTRADITE TERRORIST TO TURKEYAMSTERDAM - The Dutch Justice Ministry decided on Tuesday to extradite Nuriye Kesbir, a member of the terrorist organization PKK, to Turkey.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 18:24 [06] GUCLU SAYS TURKEY TO LAY NECESSARY GROUNDWORK TO ASSURE FOOD SECURITYAMSTERDAM - Turkey would lay the necessary groundwork to assure food security, Sami Guclu, Turkish Agriculture & Rural Affairs Minister said on Tuesday.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 17:43 [07] TURKISH FM DUE TO BALTIC COUNTRIESANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul will pay an official visit to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania between September 8th and 13th, his Office said on Tuesday.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 16:46 [08] ARINC SIGNS BOOK OF CONDOLENCES OPENED AT RUSSIAN EMBASSYANKARA - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc signed on Tuesday the book of condolences opened at the Russian Embassy in Ankara for those who lost their lives in the terrorist attack on a school in Beslan city of North Ossetia last week.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 16:39 [09] TURKISH TREASURY AUCTIONSANKARA - Turkish Treasury sold 1,087 trillion Turkish liras (TL) of 455-day discounted state notes.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 16:02 [10] JALAL TALABANI IN TURKEYHABUR - Jalal Talabani, the leader of the Patriotic Union for Iraqi Kurdistan (PUK), arrived in Turkey on Tuesday.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 15:43 [11] VERHEUGEN: ''DEMOCRACY IN TURKEY SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH GENDER EQUALITY''DIYARBAKIR - ''Democracy and human rights in Turkey should be provided with gender equality,'' European Union (EU) Commissioner for Enlargement Guenter Verheugen said on Tuesday.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 15:42 [12] BARZANI IN ANKARAANKARA - Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (IKDP) official Nechirvan Barzani arrived in Ankara on Tuesday.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 15:42 [13] ARINC: ''TURKEY PASSED THE CRITICAL THRESHOLD IN MEETING COPENHAGEN CRITERIA''ANKARA - ''Turkey passed the critical threshold in meeting Copenhagen Political Criteria, which is a precondition to start entry talks (of Turkey with the EU),'' Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc said on Tuesday.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 15:41 [14] EU COMMISSIONER CHATS WITH VILLAGERS IN DIYARBAKIRLICE - The European Union (EU) Commissioner Guenter Verheugen, currently on a tour in southeastern part of the country, met Tahsin Yildiz, the headman of Tuzla village in Lice town of Diyarbakir city.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 15:41 [15] VERHEUGEN: ''EU ATTRIBUTES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHEAST''LICE - European Union (EU) Commissioner for Enlargement Guenter Verheugen said on Tuesday that EU attributed great importance to the development of the Southeast (Anatolia).07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 15:41 [16] PALESTINIAN INTERIOR MINISTER BALAWI VISITS AKSUANKARA - Palestinian Interior Minister Hakam Balawi, currently in Ankara, met Turkish Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu on Tuesday.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 15:04 [17] MUMCU TO ATTEND ''EUROPE HOTEL FORUM 2004'' MEETINGBERLIN - Turkish Culture & Tourism Minister Erkan Mumcu will deliver a speech at ''Europe Hotel Forum 2004'', it was announced on Monday07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 15:04 [18] UNAKITAN MEETS TRNC FINANCE MINISTER UZUNANKARA - Turkish Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan met Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Finance Minister Ahmet Uzun on Tuesday.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 15:04 [19] ARINC CALLS AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE TURKISH PARLIAMENTANKARA - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc Tuesday asked Turkish Parliament to convene in an extraordinary session on September 14th.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 13:05 [20] TURKISH NATIONAL DEFENSE MINISTER GONUL LEAVES FOR MACEDONIAANKARA - Turkish National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul left for Macedonia on Tuesday for an official visit to this country upon the invitation of his Macedonian counterpart Vlado Buchkovski.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 13:04 [21] ECONOMIC PROGRAM TO BE SUBMITTED TO EUANKARA - Turkey is going to submit its economic program for 2005-2007 to the European Union (EU). The program doesn't need to be approved by the EU, sources said.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 12:21 [22] ECONOMIC PROGRAM TO BE SUBMITTED TO EUANKARA - Turkey is going to submit its economic program for 2005-2007 to the European Union (EU). The program doesn't need to be approved by the EU, sources said.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 10:58 [23] ATTACK ON A POLICE CHECKPOINT IN DIYARBAKIR WHILE COMMISSIONER VERHEUGEN IS IN THE CITYDIYARBAKIR - An armed attack was staged on a police checkpoint in southeastern city of Diyarbakir, while the EU Commissioner Gunther Verheugen was in the city. The attack killed a police officer and a guard, sources said on Tuesday.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 10:49 [24] SHIP CARRYING TOXIC WASTE SINKSISKENDERUN - A cargo ship ''MV Ulla'', carrying Saint Vincent flag sank on Monday with its 2,200 tones of ''toxic material'' in Turkish port of Iskenderun.07 Eylül 2004 Salı -- 10:47 [25] TURKISH NAVAL FORCES COMMANDER DUE TO UKRAINEANKARA - Admiral Ozden Ornek, Commander of Turkish Naval Forces, would go to Ukraine to join the activities to mark the 150th anniversary of the Crimean War, his Office said on Monday.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 23:32 [26] TURKISH AGRICULTURE MINISTER MEETS HIS DUTCH COUNTERPARTAMSTERDAM - Turkish Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Sami Guclu met on Monday his Dutch counterpart Cees Veerman in Noordwijk, a town near The Hague. Guclu, who is representing Turkey at the informal meeting of agriculture ministers of the European Union (EU) member and candidate countries, informed Veerman about investment opportunities for foreign businessmen in agriculture, and stressed that Turkey was ready for full membership negotiations in every area, including the area of agriculture.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 22:37 [27] VERHEUGEN SAYS ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL REFORMS ARE IMPORTANTDIYARBAKIR - Guenter Verheugen, the European Union (EU) Commissioner for enlargement, said on Monday that the Union thought that economic, political and cultural reform process in Turkey was important, and noted that nobody or nothing should have a negative effect on this process.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 22:37 [28] TURKISH JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS TURKEY HAS NEVER BACKED TERRORISMANKARA - Turkey had never backed terrorism, wherever it was staged, and whatever its purpose was, Cemil Cicek, Turkish Justice Minister and government spokesman said on Monday.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 19:43 [29] RULING AK PARTY SUBMITS MOTION FOR AN EMERGENCY PARLIAMENTARY MEETINGANKARA - Deputy chairmen and more than 200 deputies of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) presented on Monday a motion to the Office of Parliament Speaker, calling on the parliament to convene for an emergency meeting on September 14th.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 19:42 [30] TURKISH STATE MINISTER TUZMEN SIGNS BOOK OF CONDOLENCE OPENED AT RUSSIAN EMBASSYANKARA - Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen signed on Monday, on behalf of the Turkish government, the book of condolences opened at the Russian Embassy in Ankara for those who lost their lives in the terrorist attack on a school in North Ossetia last week.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 19:42 [31] TURKISH POLICE SEIZE 116.1 KG HEROIN AT KAPIKULE BORDER CROSSINGEDIRNE - Turkish police seized 116.1 kilograms of heroin at the Kapikule border crossing, Edirne Police Chief Ugur Gur said on Monday.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 19:42 [32] IRAQI KURDISH OFFICIALS DUE IN ANKARAANKARA - Iraqi Kurdish officials Jalal Talabani and Nechirvan Barzani will pay a visit to Ankara, sources said on Monday.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:50 [33] TURKISH NATIONAL DEFENSE MINISTER GONUL DUE TO MACEDONIAANKARA - Turkish National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul will pay an official visit to Macedonia on Tuesday upon the invitation of Macedonian Defense Minister Vlado Buchkovski.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 18:50 [34] VERHEUGEN MEETS REPRESENTATIVES OF NGO'sANKARA - Guenter Verheugen, the European Union Commissioner for Enlargement met on Monday representatives of non-governmental organizations. Reform process and implementation were discussed during the lunch.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 17:10 [35] ERDOGAN-VERHEUGEN MEETINGANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that ''there could be some deficiencies and problems as regards the implementation (of laws)'', stating that ''no one should expect those issues to be solved overnight''06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 16:06 [36] VERHEUGEN DECLINES TO COMMENT ON DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ADULTERYANKARA - Guenter Verheugen, the European Union Commissioner, declined comment on discussions about the issue of adultery in the new Turkish Penal Code (TCK).06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 15:27 [37] WE ARE LOYAL TO PROMISES MADE TO TURKISH CYPRIOTS, VERHEUGEN SAYSANKARA - Guenter Verheugen, the European Union Commissioner said that ''EU countries and institutions promised that they would end economic isolation of Turkish Cypriots'', adding that ''EU Commission was loyal to this promise''.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 15:27 [38] VERHEUGEN RULES OUT ANY NEW CONDITION OR DEMAND TO START ENTRY NEGOTIATIONSANKARA - Guenter Verheugen, the European Union (EU) Commissioner, said on Monday that judgment about Turkey in the Progress Report (of the EU Commission) that would be made public in October ''would be fair and honest''.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 15:26 [39] STATE MINISTER AYDIN IN NETHERLANDSAMSTERDAM - Turkish State Minister Mehmet Aydin arrived in the Netherlands to attend a conference in which basic principles and values of the European Union (EU) will be discussed06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 14:02 [40] GUL: ''TURKEY WAITS FOR A NEUTRAL AND FAIR REPORT FROM EU''ANKARA - ''Turkey waits for an objective and fair report from the European Union (Commission) in October,'' Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Monday06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 14:01 [41] ERDOGAN MEETS VERHEUGENANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Guenter Verheugen, the European Union (EU) Commissioner, Enlargement, on Monday06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 13:29 [42] KOREAN AIR FORCES COMMANDER GEN. HAN HO LEE MET AIR FORCES COMMANDER FIRTINAANKARA - Korean Republic Air Forces Commander Gen. Han Ho Lee, actually in Ankara for an official visit met today Turkish Air Forces Commander Gen. Ibrahim Firtina06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 13:27 [43] TURKISH TREASURY TO REPAY 65.4 MILLION USD IN FOREIGN DEBT THIS WEEKANKARA - Turkish Treasury will repay 65.4 million U.S. dollars in foreign debt this week.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 13:26 [44] CYPRUS: COMMITTEE ON MISSING PERSONS TO CONVENE TOMORROWLEFKOSA - Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus will convene for its third meeting in the buffer zone in Lefkosa on Tuesday.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 13:06 [45] PROGRESS REPORT TO BE MADE PUBLIC IN OCTOBER WILL BE FAIR AND NEUTRAL, VERHEUGEN SAYSANKARA - Guenter Verheugen, the European Union (EU) Commissioner, Enlargement, said that the decision that would be taken about Turkey in December could not be delayed, stressing that the Progress Report (of the EU Commission) on Turkey that would be made public in October ''would be fair and neutral''06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 13:05 [46] GUL: ''TURKISH HOSTAGE IN IRAQ MITHAT CIVI RELEASED''ANKARA - ''Turkish truck driver Mithat Civi, taken hostage in Iraq on Saturday, was released,'' Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Monday.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 13:04 [47] ONE INJURED IN THE HAND AS TRYING TO HANG A PLACARD TIED WITH BOMBIZMIR - One person was injured in the hand after an explosion as he tried to hang a placard tied with bomb in Ucyol district of the Aegean city of Izmir.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 13:03 [48] TURKEY TO REPAY 4.8 QUADRILLION TL IN DOMESTIC DEBT THIS WEEKANKARA - Turkey will repay 4.8 quadrillion Turkish liras (TL) in domestic debt this week.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 13:03 [49] NEW JUDICIAL YEAR STARTSANKARA - Supreme Court of Appeals First Deputy Chief Judge Mater Kaban said that ''administration could not change court decisions through legislative or executive bodies'', adding that ''it could not delay those decisions to be executed, either''. A ceremony was held in Ankara to mark the opening of 2004-2005 Judicial Year on Monday.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 13:03 [50] FENER GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE CONDEMNS PROTEST OF NATIONALISTSISTANBUL - Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchate condemned on Sunday the protest staged by nationalist groups in front of the Patriarchate.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 11:19 [51] TALAT: ''OPENING OF MARAS IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO CYPRUS QUESTION''LEFKOSA - ''Opening of Maras (Varosha) is directly connected to the Cyprus question, as a whole'' Mehmet Ali Talat, Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said on Sunday.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 11:19 [52] TURKISH-GREEK JOURNALISTS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN ATHENSISTANBUL - The 3rd conference of Turkish-Greek Journalists will be held in Athens between October 9th and 10th, 2004.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 11:18 [53] ISTANBUL POLICE CHIEF CERRAH LEAVES FOR U.S.ISTANBUL - Istanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah left for the United States on Sunday upon an invitation from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 10:12 [54] VERHEUGEN MEETS EU COUNTRIES' REPRESENTATIVES IN ANKARAANKARA - The European Union (EU) Commissioner, Enlargement, Guenter Verheugen met on Monday EU countries' representatives in Ankara over a working breakfast.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 10:11 [55] 73RD IZMIR INTERNATIONAL FAIR ENDSIZMIR - The 73rd Izmir International Fair ended on Sunday.06 Eylül 2004 Pazartesi -- 10:11
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