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Turkish Press Review, 05-09-16
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Summary of the political and economic
news in the Turkish press this morning
16.09.2005
ERDOGAN CALLS ON WORLD TO
PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE TO FIGHT TERRORISM
SEZER INVITES POPE TO VISIT
TURKEY NEXT YEAR
ERDOGAN TOUTS TURKEY TO UN
INVESTORS
EU DISCUSSIONS HELD DURING
NEW YORK SUMMIT
PARLIAMENT TO HOLD
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION ON MONDAY
US COMMITTEE APPROVES
ARMENIAN RESOLUTIONS
EU MEDIA: “THE TURKISH VOTE
MAY SAVE SCHROEDER”
RISING CHROUS: “TURKEY WILL
BEGIN ITS EU TALKS”
FROM THE COLUMNS… FROM THE
COLUMNS… FROM THE COLUMNS…
A FAMILIAR STRATEGEM
BY SAMI KOHEN (MILLIYET)
CONTENTS
[01] ERDOGAN CALLS ON WORLD TO
PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE TO FIGHT TERRORISM
[02] SEZER INVITES POPE TO VISIT
TURKEY NEXT YEAR
[03] ERDOGAN TOUTS TURKEY TO UN
INVESTORS
[04] EU DISCUSSIONS HELD DURING NEW
YORK SUMMIT
[05] PARLIAMENT TO HOLD
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION ON MONDAY
[06] US COMMITTEE APPROVES ARMENIAN
RESOLUTIONS
[07] EU MEDIA: “THE TURKISH VOTE MAY
SAVE SCHROEDER”
[08] RISING CHROUS: “TURKEY WILL
BEGIN ITS EU TALKS”
[09] FROM THE COLUMNS… FROM THE
COLUMNS… FROM THE COLUMNS…
[10] A FAMILIAR STRATEGEM
BY SAMI KOHEN (MILLIYET)
[01] ERDOGAN CALLS ON WORLD TO
PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE TO FIGHT TERRORISM
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday
made a call for the international community to
ensure social justice in order to attain “the
happiness and prosperity of nations.” Addressing
the United Nations General Assembly in New York,
Erdogan urged the UN to seek solutions for
ending the suffering of humanity. Calling
terrorism the “enemy of all humanity,” Erdogan
proposed ending poverty and strengthening
democracy and freedom to end the rise in global
terrorism. /Sabah/
[02] SEZER INVITES POPE TO VISIT
TURKEY NEXT YEAR
A new invitation for Pope Benedict XVI to
visit Turkey in 2006 has defused a potentially
sticky situation. President Ahmet Necdet Sezer
invited the pope to pay an official visit to
Turkey next year. In this way, a planned visit
for November, which had let to concern in Ankara
over inflaming debates on the status of the
Fener Greek Patriarchate, was postponed. Foreign
Ministry spokesman Namik Tan said, “The
invitation was forwarded to officials through
the Turkish Embassy at the Vatican.” /Milliyet/
[03] ERDOGAN TOUTS TURKEY TO UN
INVESTORS
While attending the UN World Summit and having bilateral meetings on
political issues this week, economic issues have
constituted the bulk of Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan’s schedule. Erdogan and his
delegation yesterday had breakfast with American
investors at the office of UBS, one of the US’
most prominent investment banks. Erdogan invited
the investors to put their money in Turkey. At a
luncheon hosted by UN Secretary-General Kofi
Annan, the economy was discussed and Erdogan,
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and
Russian President Vladimir Putin talked about
the opening date of the Blue Stream Natural Gas
Pipeline. The three leaders decided that an
opening ceremony would be held in the first half
of November. /Star/
[04] EU DISCUSSIONS HELD DURING NEW
YORK SUMMIT
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, who has been attending the UN summit in
New York along with the prime minister, is also
having bilateral meetings. Gul is attending all
of the premier’s meetings, but is also seeing
his counterparts. Gul yesterday met with
Netherlands Prime Minister Bernard Bot. Turkey’s
bid for membership in the European Union was the
main theme of the meeting. The two diplomats
talked about Turkey’s upcoming negotiation
process. In the meantime Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan met with Romanian President
Traian Basescu. Gul and State Minister Mehmet
Aydin accompanied Erdogan. /Star/
[05] PARLIAMENT TO HOLD
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION ON MONDAY
Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc yesterday decided to convene Parliament
for an extraordinary session on Monday at the
request of the opposition Republican People’s
Party (CHP). Parliament will gather on Monday
afternoon to discuss the recent rise of
uneasiness in the country. Speaking to
reporters, CHP spokesman Kemal Anadol called on
all parties to engage Turkey’s terrorism
problem, adding that Parliament couldn’t wait
even another hour to deal with the issue. On the
other hand, rejecting the call for an
extraordinary session, ruling Justice and
Development Party’s (AKP) deputy group speaker
Salih Kapusuz told reporters that the timing of
the gathering was completely wrong. “Just one
week before summer recess ends doesn’t make
sense,” he added. /Turkiye/
[06] US COMMITTEE APPROVES ARMENIAN
RESOLUTIONS
The International Relations Committee of the US House of
Representatives yesterday passed two resolutions
affirming the so-called Armenian genocide
allegations. The resolutions, which are expected
to reach the House floor, urge commemoration of
the anniversaries of the so-called genocide by
the US and call on the president to take into
consideration the Armenian genocide allegations
in setting foreign policy. Supporting the
resolutions, committee head Rep. Henry Hyde
stated that he didn’t believe that the
resolutions would harm relations with Turkey.
/Turkiye/
[07] EU MEDIA: “THE TURKISH VOTE MAY
SAVE SCHROEDER”
Three days before closely fought general elections in Germany, some
600,000 Turks in the country are expected to
support Social Democratic Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder and his coalition partner the Greens.
Recent articles in newspapers in Europe argued
that the Turkish vote could decide the fate of
the elections. /Turkiye/
[08] RISING CHROUS: “TURKEY WILL
BEGIN ITS EU TALKS”
In the runup to Oct. 3, the date Turkey is scheduled to begin accession
talks with the European Union, German Foreign
Minister Joschka Fischer in an opinion piece in
German daily Bild yesterday defended his
government’s policy on Turkey. He warned that
excluding Turkey from the Union would be both
reckless and irresponsible. In addition, in a
piece written for German daily Die Welt, British
Foreign Minister Jack Straw also lent support to
Turkey’s EU membership. France’s Le Figaro daily
also said yesterday that there was no technical
problem remaining to begin talks with Turkey.
/Aksam/
[09] FROM THE COLUMNS… FROM THE
COLUMNS… FROM THE COLUMNS…
[10] A FAMILIAR STRATEGEM
BY SAMI KOHEN (MILLIYET)
Columnist Sami Kohen comments on the so-called Armenian genocide and a
bill prepared by the Armenian lobby concerning
the issue. A summary of his column is as
follows:
“The Armenian lobby has been doing this for
years. The lobby and its supporters always wait
for an opportunity to enact a law justifying the
claims on the so-called Armenian genocide in the
US Congress. First of all, it receives support
and interest with a bill it presents to the
relevant committees of the House of
Representatives. However, when the bill is
brought to the House floor, the White House and
various branches of the administration become
involved in the issue. Finally, the bill is
never brought to the floor or fails to get
approval. Then a period of silence follows until
the lobby and its supporters find a new
opportunity and go through the same process.
The US House of Representatives International
Relations Committee this week considered a bill
holding the Ottoman Empire responsible for the
Armenian genocide and requesting that the
Turkish Republic accept this crime. Actually, it
seems unlikely that this bill will be presented
to the full House or even approved. However,
even if the bill is discussed by the committee
and gets great support and interest, this would
be a success for the Armenian lobby. If Congress
doesn’t make such a final decision, it will be
necessary to evaluate the reasons for the
Armenian lobby’s success on the US political
platform.
Generally, people’s reasons for supporting
the claims on the so-called Armenian genocide in
the US, as in other countries, depends on
Turkey’s incompetence in promotion -- in
conveying its ideas and influencing public
opinion -- against the Armenian diaspora’s
advantage of propaganda and influence. It’s a
shame that for years we haven’t overcome this.
Unfortunately, Turkey is still ineffectual
against the propaganda of counter-lobbies in the
US. We can’t say that the professional lobbyists
working for Turkey are very successful.
Likewise, promotion isn’t the only way of
getting results in the US and the world
generally. The political dimensions of this
question are very important. The Armenian
lobby’s success in the Congress is related with
the atmosphere of the US public’s feelings
concerning Turkey, in Turkish-US relations, and
among politicians in Washington, and this
atmosphere isn’t so bright. Actually, the US
Congress has never really gotten over Turkey’s
rejection of the deployment of US soldiers
before the Iraq invasion in March 2003. As for
the political dimensions of the problem, Turkey
has to establish new strategies to counter
claims on the so-called Armenian genocide.”
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