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Turkish Press Review, 96-12-02
From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>
CONTENTS
[01] DEMIREL FLIES TO LISBON
[02] ERBAKAN TO LAY FOUNDATION IN BURSA TODAY
[03] SECURITY FORCES KILL 57 MILITANTS IN SOUTHEAST
[04] ISRAEL RENEWS MILITARY PACT WITH TURKEY
[05] WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVED IN TURKEY
[06] TURKEY TO TENDER FOR 200,000 TONS OF WHEAT
[07] BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES, SAYS GREEK SCHOLAR
[08] TURKS IN GERMANY DEMAND EQUAL RIGHTS
[09] KURDISH PARLIAMENT IN IRAQ
[10] US RECOMMENDS HAMMER SHUT DOWN
[11] REPORT ON IRANIAN SUPPORT FOR PKK
[12] BOSCH REFRIGERATORS WILL BE PRODUCED IN TURKEY
[13] TEKEL SETS UP TOBACCO PROCESSING FACILITIES IN DIYARBAKIR
[14] FLOWER EXPORTS BOOM
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 1996
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this
morning
[01] DEMIREL FLIES TO LISBON
President Suleyman Demirel on Sunday said Turkey would stress the need
for a more determined and realistic approach against terrorism,
aggressive nationalism and racism as he left for Lisbon yesterday to
join 53 other heads of state and government to attend the two-day summit
of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
starting today. In an airport statement before leaving for the
Portuguese capital, Demirel said the summit would focus on Europe's new
security setup as well as ways and means of increasing OSCE
effectiveness in that context. The participating leaders will also
review OSCE efforts for the settlement of Bosnia tensions and the ethnic
conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Demirel met with Azeri President Haydar Aliyev, Macedonian President
Kiro Gligorov and Portuguese former President Mario Soares yesterday.
Gligorov noted that he wished new steps would be taken to develop
economic cooperation between the two countries and said: "We will be
pleased to see Turkish businessmen in Macedonia". Gligorov pointed out
that Macedonia was about to open a Consulate-General in Istanbul.
Portuguese former President Soares, for his part, expressed the
importance of Turkey and said: "It is significant for European
interests when Europe and Turkey come closer". /Cumhuriyet-Sabah/
[02] ERBAKAN TO LAY FOUNDATION IN BURSA TODAY
Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan said yesterday that Turkey was again
becoming a big power. Erbakan noted that very important investment
drives would be launched next year pointing out that one such
significant investment would be a power plant in Bursa where he would
lay the foundation stone today. He said that the plant would cost $550
million and that it would produce 9.5 billion kilowatts annually when
completed in 1999. The total project cost of the power plant will be
financed by Japanese Eximbank and Japanese commercial banks. /Milliyet/
[03] SECURITY FORCES KILL 57 MILITANTS IN SOUTHEAST
Security forces have killed 57 separatists of the PKK terrorist
organization over the past few days, including 47 who were allegedly
trying to cross into Turkey from northern Iraq to carry out terrorist
activities. In a written statement, the governor's office in the
emergency rule region province said that security forces, backed by air
support, carried out an operation near Turkey's southeastern border town
of Cukurca in Hakkari province killing 47 militants.
During the operations, ammunition, mines and food supplies were seized.
One member of the security forces died after stepping on a land mine.
Meanwhile, security forces killed eight separatists near Bingol, two in
the rural areas of Sirnak and Siirt provinces. Five PKK militants were
also captured in several operations in southeastern cities. /All
papers/
[04] ISRAEL RENEWS MILITARY PACT WITH TURKEY
Israel on Sunday said it had renewed a military cooperation pact with
Turkey. "At the end of the week two days of talks in Turkey were
concluded between Israel and Turkey" Israel's Defence Ministry said in a
statement. "A strategic dialogue was held and an agreement was signed
for cooperation and exercises for 1997". It said the country teams were
led by David Ivri, adviser of Israeli Defence Minister Yitzhak
Mordechai, and Turkish Defence Ministry Undersecretary Gen.Tuncer
Kilinc. /Cumhuriyet-Milliyet/
[05] WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVED IN TURKEY
Turkey along with the rest of world observed World AIDS Day on December
1 with many activities which aimed at creating a society sympathetic to
AIDS sufferers and to commemorate those who have died from the virus.
Combat against AIDS Associations and Turkish Family Planning
Associations organized a conference at TUBITAK, attended by President
Suleyman Demirel. Pointing out that AIDS recognized no boundaries,
President Demirel said: "It is impossible to get away from the disease
after contracting it. The only way not to be affected is to stop it
being contracted". Demirel completed his speech by touching upon the
contributions and studies made in Turkey over the past 10 years. He
said the establishment of national commissions and the services provided
by volunteer associations were pleasing. /All papers/
[06] TURKEY TO TENDER FOR 200,000 TONS OF WHEAT
Turkey's Soil Products Board (TMO) is expected to invite bids in early
December in a tender to import wheat. A TMO official said that bids
would be invited on December 10 in a tender to import 200,000 tons of
red and white wheat on a three-year credit basis. He said the imports
would come from either the US, Australia, Argentina or any EU member
country. /All papers/
[07] BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES, SAYS GREEK SCHOLAR
In a rare departure from the mainstream Greek media and press policy of
portraying Greece as a country threatened by Turkey and misunderstood
and victimized by its allies, a major Greek weekly has recently
published the views of a scholar to the contrary. In his article,
professor Nikos Mouzelos has argued that Athens was to blame for the
recent violence in Cyprus and Greece stands to lose from its policy of
turning down Turkey's calls for dialogue for the settlement of the
Aegean disputes. The conclusion of the article, which appeared in the
November 24 issue of the Greek weekly To Vima by Nikos Mouzelos of the
London School of Economics, said: "Greece is responsible both for the
division of Cyprus and the current tension on the island. Only a
foreign policy based on analyses our own responsibilities can be to our
best national interests. /All papers/
[08] TURKS IN GERMANY DEMAND EQUAL RIGHTS
At a meeting called "Expectations of Turkish society from Germany after
35 years" held in Berlin, Turks who settled in Germany called for
political equality. Berlin State Head-Consulate Acting Atache Gul
Sonaer, Social Democrat Party (SPD) Berlin State Chairman Detlef
Dzembriski and Dr.Volker Krepp, a Berlin official for the Federal
Foreign Workers' office were among the participants of the meeting
organized by the Berlin Turkish Science and Technology Centre (BTBTM).
/All papers/
[09] KURDISH PARLIAMENT IN IRAQ
The Kurdish Parliament-in-exile, founded by a group of DEP members, is
to meet in northern Iraq. A delegation from the Kurdish Parliament
trying to bring together all Kurdish organisations operating in the
region is in Northern Iraq. The Kurdish "Parliament", known for its
sympathy towards the PKK, in an extraordinary meeting held in Belgium
decided to increase relations with Kurdish organisations operating in
Northern Iraq and to settle there. Chairman of the Executive Council
Zubeyir Aydar said that their aim was to maintain unity among Kurds and
therefore to establish and develop friendships between Kurdish parties.
In another development, the first steps were taken in the Ankara process
aiming to conclude the animosities between Kurdish groups with the
leadership of Ankara and Washington. The military training of the
Turkmens who are supposed to watch the ceasefire line between Talabani
and Barzani forces started last week in Turkey. Turkmens are being
trained by Turkish officers while the US is supplying the necessary
equipment. /Hurriyet-Milliyet/
[10] US RECOMMENDS HAMMER SHUT DOWN
The US has now come out with the recommendation that the multinational
"Hammer" strike force based at Incirlik near Adana should be
operationally reduced. US government officials have recommended to the
Welfare Party coalition government that the force should be reduced at
the end of the current extention of its duties.
Washington has relayed the view that the Hammer force should only be a
"symbolic" block to any kind of assault by Iraqi leader Sadddam Hussein
against Kurdish groups in northern Iraq. /Cumhuriyet/
[11] REPORT ON IRANIAN SUPPORT FOR PKK
Despite continuous denials by the Iranian government, a new report by
the Turkish Parliamentary Research Commission claims that there is
confirmatory evidence that Iran does, in fact, support the terrorist PKK
organization.
The report follows seven months of research into the sensitive matter of
Iran-PKK connections, and also stresses connections with Armenia, Syria,
Greece and the Greek Cypriot community on Cyprus. /Sabah/
[12] BOSCH REFRIGERATORS WILL BE PRODUCED IN TURKEY
At a meeting in Antalya, Bosch Board of Directors member Hans Peter
Haase said that the company was planning to produce 50 percent of total
Bosch refrigerator production in its Cerkezkoy facilities. Within this
framework, a DM 30 million investment was planned for the Cerkezkoy
facilities. A similar arrangement has also been foreseen for Bosch
waching mashine production. /Hurriyet/
[13] TEKEL SETS UP TOBACCO PROCESSING FACILITIES IN DIYARBAKIR
The state-owned Tekel company has imported tobacco-processing equipment
worth $7.7 million for its facilities in Diyarbakir. The new facilities
with capacity to process about 29,000 tons of tobacco yearly will start
production within two months and will create employment opportunities
for 750 workers. /Sabah/
[14] FLOWER EXPORTS BOOM
Antalya has started its New Year flower exports to Europe. Since the
beginning of the new export season in September about 20 million cut
flowers have been exported to Western Europe as well as to Russia,
Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and Japan worth $3.2 million. /Sabah/
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