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Turkish Press Review, 98-04-02

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From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>

02.04.98

Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning


CONTENTS

  • [01] CEM IN PAKISTAN
  • [02] "TURKEY-TRNC FEDERATION"
  • [03] WESTERN PAPERS REFLECT EUROPEAN CONCERN OVER TURKEY-TRNC CLOSENESS
  • [04] CALL TO GREECE
  • [05] HOLBROOKE TO CYPRUS
  • [06] KARADAYI TO GREECE
  • [07] TURKEY CONGRATULATES KOCARIAN
  • [08] 296 PKK TERRORISTS KILLED OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS
  • [09] ELECTRONIC TRADE SEMINAR
  • [10] 220 REFUGEES DETAINED IN ITALY
  • [11] EOKA AND PKK HAND-IN-HAND
  • [12] THY MONOPOLY OVER TURKEY-DENMARK FLIGHTS
  • [13] GREEK DEFENSE MINISTER IN MOSCOW
  • [14] PARLIAMENT APPROVES DEAL WITH RUSSIA ON NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION
  • [15] UN's KINDNESS TO ITS MUSLIM EMPLOYEES

  • [01] CEM IN PAKISTAN

    Nawaz Shariff, Pakistani Prime Minister, received yesterday Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem, who is currently paying an official visit to Pakistan. Addressing a statement to the Anatolia news agency correspondent after the meeting, Nawaz Shariff said that Pakistan wishes to improve relations with Turkey in the fields of economy, defense, politics and culture. Cem also met with Ishak Dar, Pakistani Minister of Trade. Cem will proceed to Turkmenistan after meeting today with Cafer Ikbal, Pakistani Deputy Speaker of the Parliament and Sertac Aziz, Minister of Finance.

    [02] "TURKEY-TRNC FEDERATION"

    Turkish State Minister responsible for Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Sukru Sina Gurel, showed harsh reaction to the negotiations between the European Union (EU) and Greek Cyprus when he said yesterday that "Everybody should know that the island of Cyprus cannot be separated from Turkey. Turkish Cypriots cannot be reduced to a minority in a night. Turkey cannot and will not let such an attitute prevail." Minister Gurel added that all the agreements between Turkey and TRNC up until today would carry the two sides towards the formation of a federation. /Cumhuriyet/

    [03] WESTERN PAPERS REFLECT EUROPEAN CONCERN OVER TURKEY-TRNC CLOSENESS

    Leading newspapers of the Western press, including the Washington Post, the Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times, the Guardian and the German "Suddeutsche Zeitung", in their previous day's issues, all included comments on the intensifying cooperation between Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). The articles evaluated this accelerating closeness between the two countries as a step towards integration. The Washington Post, in its editorial, criticised the EU by stating that the EU had wasted an opportunity to ease the tension between Turkey and Greece and also between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, by following a policy which ignored Turkey and the TRNC. "Now 'war' speculations have started up again and US diplomacy is being called on to avert possible unpleasant situation. The UN, at least, could have been more cautious in its enlargement process," it said. The Guardian considered the latest occurences as "intensifying the division on the island." /Hurriyet/

    [04] CALL TO GREECE

    German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel has made a special call to Greece saying: "Within the structure of the European Union (EU) Athens should abandon its policy of preventing financial aid to Turkey. Greece should therefore, consider taking a step back."

    On the other hand, Kinkel wants Turkey to attend EU membership negotiations, and added that the door to Europe was still open to Turkey. /Sabah/

    [05] HOLBROOKE TO CYPRUS

    Richard Holbrooke, special representative of the U.S. administration, will go to Cyprus tomorrow. Diplomatic circles report that Holbrooke will try to persuade the leaders of the two communities on the island to start UN brokered negotiations. /Sabah/

    [06] KARADAYI TO GREECE

    Chief of General Staff Ismail Hakki Karadayi will go to Athens in order to attend a West European Union (WEU) meeting between 6-7 April. Ways to improve the operational ability of the WEU will be on the agenda of the meeting, report officials. After the WEU meeting in Athens, WEU Defense Ministers will meet in Greek island of Rhodes on 11-12 April. /Cumhuriyet/

    [07] TURKEY CONGRATULATES KOCARIAN

    Turkey has congratulated Robert Kocarian who won the recent elections in Armenia and called on him to leave his hard line attitude towards the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, and work instead to find a solution to the issue. Foreign Ministry spokesman Necati Utkan said that the Nagorno-Karabakh issue demanded an immediate solution and that Kocarian should take positive steps towards finding a peaceful result. /Cumhuriyet/

    [08] 296 PKK TERRORISTS KILLED OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS

    By the end of military operations in the southeast region of Turkey in the first three months of 1998, 296 PKK terrorists have been killed. According to security forces officials, recently there have been serious divisions in the PKK organization. The cross-border operations have extensively damaged the logistic support system of the PKK. /Cumhuriyet/

    [09] ELECTRONIC TRADE SEMINAR

    A seminar on "Electronic Trade" will be held today within the framework of the Economic Development Foundation's (IKV)-Information Network Project Education Activities. Many Turkish and foreign officials including IKV Brussels representative Haluk Nuray and EU Commission representative for the Industry General Directorate Responsible for the Eastern Mediterranean, Karel Uyttendaele, will deliver speeches during the seminar when the electronic trade concept in the developing world economy, legal aspects of electronic trade in the EU and the role of the Chambers of Industry and Commerce in the European electronic trade will be examined. /Milliyet/

    [10] 220 REFUGEES DETAINED IN ITALY

    Yesterday, 220 refugees were detained on the southeastern coast of Italy. According to a statement made by the police, 39 of the refugees were Turkish. /Milliyet-Cumhuriyet/

    [11] EOKA AND PKK HAND-IN-HAND

    The 43rd anniversary of the EOKA terrorist organization, which supports the integration of Cyprus with Greece, was celebrated yesterday in the Greek Cypriot Community. Greek Cypriot Leader Glafkos Klerides also attended the celebrations. Meanwhile, it is reported that EOKA together with the PKK is about to carry out attacks against Turkish missions abroad. /Milliyet/

    [12] THY MONOPOLY OVER TURKEY-DENMARK FLIGHTS

    Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will completely delete daily flights from Copenhagen to Istanbul as of today. Turkish Airlines (THY) will now be the only company to fly directly from Copenhagen to Turkey. This will therefore, increase the THY market share in Denmark. /Milliyet/

    [13] GREEK DEFENSE MINISTER IN MOSCOW

    Russian Defense Minister, Igor Sergeyev, said yesterday that he was sure that Russian-made S-300 missiles will win bids for missiles put out by Greece. Yesterday Sergeyev met with Greek Defense Minister Akis Cuhacopulos, who is paying an official visit to Moscow. During the meeting, military and technical cooperation between the two countries was taken up. Russian Head of State, Boris Yeltsin, has already declared that S-300 missiles will definitely be sold to the Greek Cypriots.

    Russia is participating in bidding for missile sales to Greece with S-300 missiles, while the US is pushing for the sale with Patriot missiles. The result of the bidding will be announced on 15 May. /Milliyet/

    [14] PARLIAMENT APPROVES DEAL WITH RUSSIA ON NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION

    Parliament has approved a recent natural gas transportation deal with Russia, which plans to transport Russian natural gas by a pipeline to be constructed under the Black Sea. In accordance with the agreement between BOTAS, the official Turkish oil and natural gas transportation board, and Russian Gazprom, the pipeline's construction will begin in 2000. By means of the pipeline, the purchase of an additional 16 billion cubic metres of natural gas will be assured until 2007. /Hurriyet/

    [15] UN's KINDNESS TO ITS MUSLIM EMPLOYEES

    The United Nations General Council has declared that the UN will recognize two major muslim religious celebrations by closing for the holiday periods, following a proposal by nearly 100 muslim countries and despite objections from some non-muslim countries, including US permanent representative, Bill Richardson, who claimed that this decision was not in harmony with the secular structure of the UN. /Hurriyet/
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