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Turkish Press Review, 97-08-14
From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>
CONTENTS
[01] DENKTAS REJECTS NEW UN DOCUMENT
[02] TURKISH FIGHTER JET CRASHES, KILLING TWO PILOTS
[03] TALABANI IN ANKARA
[04] TURKEY MOVES TO BUILD DEFENSE INDUSTRY
[05] ANKARA RENEWS PROPOSAL TO HOST AFGHAN DIALOGUE
[06] CHANGES TO BOSPHORUS CHARTER
[07] EMERGENCY RULE PREPARATIONS COMPLETE
[08] FORESTS IN FLAMES
[09] AWARD TO LIVANELI
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF PRESS AND INFORMATION,OFFICE OF PRIME MINISTER
14.08.97
Summary of the economic and political news in the Turkish press
this morning.
[01] DENKTAS REJECTS NEW UN DOCUMENT
President of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Rauf Denktas on
Wednesday rejected the newly amended United nations (U.N.) proposals
aimed at fostering compromise in the Cypriot inter-communal peace
talks but will stay at the negotiating table. Inal Batu, deputy
undersecretary of the Turkish Foreign Ministry who is there
representing Turkey as a guarantor state, said that Denktas had
refused to discuss or sign the new document tabled on Tuesday but he
added negotiations would continue. /Cumhuriyet/
[02] TURKISH FIGHTER JET CRASHES, KILLING TWO PILOTS
A Turkish Air Force (TuAF) F-4 warplane crashed on Wednesday
shortly after taking off from the Konya Fourth Main Jet Base in
central Anatolia, killing two pilots. An official statement from
General Staff said that the American McDonnell Douglas-made fighter
jet crashed near Konya's Kulu town after hitting electricity power
lines in the region. The air force has launched an investigation to
establish the cause of the crash.
Meanwhile, an air force helicopter transporting the investigation
team was forced to make an emergency landing due to bad weather
conditions. No serious injuries were reported however, the UH-1H
helicopter was badly damaged in the incident. /Cumhuriyet/All papers_
[03] TALABANI IN ANKARA
Jalal Talabani, the leader of the northern Iraq Patriotic Union
of Kurdistan (PUK), arrived in Ankara on Wednesday. Talabani was due
to hold talks with Foreign Minister Ismail Cem and other senior
Turkish officials today on the situation in northern Iraq. He was
expected to express his concern about the "Arabization" of northern
Iraq.
The Turkish side, on the other hand, will reportedly pressure him
to be more clear concerning his attitude towards the outlawed
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has bases in northern Iraq.
Ankara will also warn him against his "flirting with Iran".
/Cumhuriyet/
[04] TURKEY MOVES TO BUILD DEFENSE INDUSTRY
Turkey recently accelerated efforts to ready itself for the 21st
century by setting up effective and productive defense industry
projects with maximum local input. Turkish defense experts said that
Turkey should build up its defense industry with maximum local input
as soon as possible to enable it to stop making concessions and to
reject extortion or embargo threats. They added that such efforts
would also prevent it from lagging behind in the 21st century's
rapidly-growing defense sector. /All papers/
[05] ANKARA RENEWS PROPOSAL TO HOST AFGHAN DIALOGUE
Turkey renewed its proposal on Wednesday to host a conference
under the auspices of the U.N. in order to find a solution to the
problem in Afghanistan. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Sermet Atacanli
expressed Ankara's preparedness to help find a way to solve the
conflict in Afghanistan. Turkey's readiness to help to establish a
means of resolving problems in Afghanistan was emphasized at the
Foreign Ministry at the Foreign Ministry's weekly conference. "We
have conveyed our proposal to the groups with whom we have had recent
contact. This proposal is still on the table," said Atacanli. /All
papers/
[06] CHANGES TO BOSPHORUS CHARTER
Changes will be made to the so-called "Bosphorus Charter" in
order to cope with increasing tanker traffic in this busy waterway
that splits Istanbul into two. New rules will be included restricting
transit in certain cases and vessels sailing through the straits will
also have to observe international rulings apart from the regulations
in the up-dated manual on Bosphorus rulings. /Cumhuriyet/
[07] EMERGENCY RULE PREPARATIONS COMPLETE
As plans to lift the 13 year emergency rule in ten provinces in
the southeastern parts of the country move towards being finalized,
the military authorities report that that their own plans to secure
safety in the regions involved are also moving towards completion.
Military representatives say that a special arm of the military
services will be brought into action, with centres in places like Van
and Diyarbakir. In other areas the local Gendarmerie forces will be
beefed up and given more support. /Cumhuriyet/
[08] FORESTS IN FLAMES
New forest fires have flared up around the country but the
frightening fire in Marmaris hass finally been brought under control,
the Anatolia news agency reported. Two hectares of forest land were
destroyed in fires in the Gokova and Gocek districts of Mugla in the
southern Aegean. At Icel, in the Mediterranean region, two hectares
of pine forest were destroyed after wires broke off from a high
voltage line and fell to the ground. In the Southeast district of
Semdinli, near Hakkari, a fire that started on Tuesday and spread
quickly because of the strong winds and destroyed 600 hectares of oak
forest.
President Suleyman Demirel is scheduled to visit Marmaris and the
scene of the fire there.
[09] AWARD TO LIVANELI
The Turkish Selection Committee of the Balkan States Literature
Award Foundation gave the 1997 Balkan States Literature Award to Zulfu
Livaneli with his novel, "Engeregin Gozundeki Kamasma". The novel has
the message to live togehter with love, peace and tolerance.
/Milliyet/
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