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Turkish Press Review, 97-07-01
From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>
CONTENTS
[01] YILMAZ FORMS GOVERNMENT
[02] PRESIDENT DEMIREL CONGRATULATES CHINESE LEADER
[03] FRANCE AND TURKEY ENHANCE MILITARY COOPERATION
[04] FOREIGN MINISTRY CRITICIZES GERMAN TV BROADCAST
[05] PKK ATTACKS SOLDIERS
[06] TOWARDS MORATORIUM IN AEGEAN SEA
[07] CAPPADOCIA EMERGES AS TOURISM CENTER
[08] GROWTH RATE OF 5.7 PERCENT
[09] "UZAKLAR" RETURNS TO TURKEY
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
JULY 1, 1997
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this
morning
[01] YILMAZ FORMS GOVERNMENT
Mesut Yilmaz announced yesterday that Turkey's 55th government, which
he leads, will be a government of reconciliation that will solve
pressing problems and stage an election. He noted that as soon as he
had become prime minister designate the "system and state crisis" in
the country had started to ease, and that the public had felt this
change. It will be a task for the government to bolster that easing
process. The new government has been formed by the Motherland Party
(ANAP), the Democratic Left Party (DSP) and the Democratic Turkey
Party (DTP), with the outside support of the Republican People's Party
(CHP). After President Suleyman Demirel approved the new Cabinet
list, Yilmaz told a press conference they wanted to take the country
out of the crisis it had been pushed into by the 54th government.A
vote of confidence will be held in Parliament on 12 July. On the
other hand, Afyon deputy from the True Path Party (DYP) Nuri Yabuz
resigned from his party yesterday. The number of DYP deputies has
thus decreased to 103 and the number of independent deputies has
reached 20.
Cabinet list of the 55th government: Prime Minister: Mesut Yilmaz
(ANAP), Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit (DSP), Deputy Prime
Minister and Defence Minister Ismet Sezgin (DTP), State Ministers
Gunes Taner (ANAP), Husamettin Ozkan (DSP), Yucel Seckiner (ANAP),
Isilay Saygin (ANAP), Sami Turk (DSP), Salih Yildirim (ANAP), Rifat
Serdaroglu (DTP), Metin Gurdere (ANAP), Sukru Sina Gurel (DSP), Ahat
Andican (ANAP), Isin Celebi (ANAP), Mustafa Yilmaz (DSP), Refaettin
Sahin (DTP), Burhan Kara (ANAP), Cavit Kavak (ANAP), Eyup Asik (ANAP),
Kazim Yucelen (ANAP), Hasan Gemici (DSP), Mehmet Batalli (DTP),
Justice Minister Oltan Sungurlu (ANAP), Foreign Minister Ismail Cem
(DSP), Interior Minister Murat Baseskioglu (ANAP), Finance and Customs
Zekeriya Temizel (DSP), Education Hikmet Ulugbay (DSP), Public Works
and Housing Yasar Topcu (ANAP), Health Ibrahim Ozsoy (ANAP), Transport
Necdet Menzir (DTP), Agriculture and Rural Affairs Mustafa Tasar
(ANAP), Labour and Social Security Nami Cagan (DSP), Industry and
Trade Yalim Erez (Independent), Energy and Natural Resources Cumhur
Ersumer (ANAP), Culture Istemihan Talay (DSP), Tourism Ibrahim Gurdal
(ANAP), Forestry Ersin Taranoglu (ANAP) and Environment Minister Imren
Aykut (ANAP). /Sabah-Cumhuriyet/
[02] PRESIDENT DEMIREL CONGRATULATES CHINESE LEADER
President Suleyman Demirel sent a message of congratulations to his
Chinese counterpart, Jiang Zemin, on the occasion of the handover of
Hong Kong to China yesterday. Demirel said in his message that the
peaceful handover of Hong Kong was a historical development and Hong
Kong would continue to develop under the principle of "two systems
-one country" and bring a new dynamism to the Chinese economy. /All
papers/
[03] FRANCE AND TURKEY ENHANCE MILITARY COOPERATION
Deputy Chief of General Staff Gen.Cevik Bir received President of
France's General Directorate for Armament Jean-Yves Helmer in Ankara
yesterday. Speaking at the reception for Helmer, Gen.Bir said that
studies for the modernization of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF)
planned for the next 15-20 years, included helicopter and front-line
battle tank projects. Bir also added that he and Helmer had agreed
that other projects and joint studies with France should be
considered. Helmer said France and Turkey already have cooperated
both militarily and industrially and hoped that joint projects and
cooperation between the two nations would continue. /All papers/
[04] FOREIGN MINISTRY CRITICIZES GERMAN TV BROADCAST
Although Turkey is exemplary in its fight against drug smuggling,
Germany's ARD television station wrongly accused Turkey of failing in
this area, Foreign Ministry spokesman Omer Akbel said yesterday at his
weekly press conference. Akbel noted that on a program aired on June
20 called "Kontraste" Turkey was accused of lax enforcement in an
irresponsible manner.
He pointed out that the main ingredient of opium, acid anhydride, was
being produced in some European countries. He said that Turkey was
very concerned about this but had not heard responses from producer
countries. The media should be thankful to Turkey and should
encourage their governments to cooperate with Turkey. "Turkey will
continue its struggle against narcotics, despite such ill-intentioned
publicity" Akbel said. /All papers/
[05] PKK ATTACKS SOLDIERS
Militants of the PKK terrorist organization attacked soldiers involved
in security checks in the Kemer area of Antalya Sunday evening.
During the raid, the commander of the Tekirova Gendarmerie office was
seriously injured. The PKK also destroyed a building construction
supply shed, and burned five trucks in Iskenderun on Sunday evening.
Meanwhile, six PKK terrorists were killed during Turkish security
forces' operations in the Yuksekova district of Hakkari. After the
clash, which lasted for four hours, the six were found with PKK
documents, amid weapons and antipersonnel mines. Five PKK terrorists
were also killed in the Genc district of Bingol. /Cumhuriyet/
[06] TOWARDS MORATORIUM IN AEGEAN SEA
It is expected that a moratorium for suspending military exercises and
limiting flights in the Aegean Sea during the summer will be announced
within two days. On the occasion of the implementation of the
moratorium, Turkish and Greek Armed Forces will not be able to hold
exercises in the Aegean Sea between 1 July and 1 September. Foreign
Ministry spokesman Omer Akbel said at a press conference yesterday
that Turkey viewed the decision positively and said: "We expect that
Greece will do the same".
Akbel added, however, that Greece was backing the outlawed separatist
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and that documents, video tapes and
photographs demonstrating this fact had been given to international
organizations. Answering a question regarding whether Turkey planned
to take any action against Greece in this regard, Akbel said that they
had already several times supplied such evidence to international
authorities. He also recalled that Greek deputies had invited PKK
leader Abdullah Ocalan to Greece and noted that the deputy speaker of
the Greek parliament had visited Ocalan. /Cumhuriyet/
[07] CAPPADOCIA EMERGES AS TOURISM CENTER
According to "Escape" tourism magazine published in the US, Cappadocia
is one of the most extraordinary regions in the world. The magazine
describes the region as a "Turkish fantasy" and invites tourists to
visit Cappadocia. /Cumhuriyet/
[08] GROWTH RATE OF 5.7 PERCENT
During the first three months of the year, gross national income
increased by 5.7 percent in comparison to the same period last year.
According to State Statistics Institute figures, the industry sector
grew by 9.5 percent, and commerce by 10.1 percent. Imports increased
by 11.6 percent. /Cumhuriyet/
[09] "UZAKLAR" RETURNS TO TURKEY
Osman and Zuhal Atasoy, who navigated the worls in their yacht
"Uzaklar" yesterday returned to Turkey. Over a period of nearly five
years, the couple traveled almost 40,000 miles in their 6.5-meter long
yacht. During their long journey their daughter Deniz, now two and a
half years old, was born. The couple is planning to start a new
journey. /Hurriyet/
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