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Turkish Press Review, 06-04-21

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From: Turkish Directorate General of Press and Information <http://www.byegm.gov.tr>

<LINK href="http://www.byegm.gov.tr_yayinlarimiz_chr_pics_css/tpr.css" rel=STYLESHEET type=text/css> <style type="text_css"> <!-- .baslik { margin-right:0cm; margin-left:0cm; margin-top:1cm; font-size:12.0pt; color:#000099; text-align: justify; } --> <_style> e-mail : newspot@byegm.gov.tr <caption> <_caption> Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning

21.04.2006

SWEDISH KING SET TO VISIT TURKEY AT END OF MAY FM GUL MEETS WITH HIS PAKISTANI COUNTERPART PEPE: “TOXIC BARRELS BELONG TO UNIFAR” NEW ZEALAND BACKS TURKEY’S MIDEAST POLICIES VAN PROSECUTOR DISBARRED OVER SEMDINLI INDICTMENT YILMAZ SEEKS ACQUITTAL ON CORRUPTION CHARGES RATHER THAN CASE DROPPED ON TECHNICAL GROUNDS ARMENIANS TO DEMONSTRATE TO MARK SO-CALLED GENOCIDE ARMENIAN PATRIARCH ADDRESSES SYMPOSIUM BABACAN TRAVELS TO WASHINGTON TO ATTEND IMF, WB MEETINGS VISIT OF IRAN’S TOP NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR TO ANKARA POSTPONED EU POSTPONES PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL MEETING FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS… JUDICIARY AFFECTED THIS WAY BY OKTAY EKSI (HURRIYET)

CONTENTS

  • [01] SWEDISH KING SET TO VISIT TURKEY AT END OF MAY
  • [02] FM GUL MEETS WITH HIS PAKISTANI COUNTERPART
  • [03] PEPE: “TOXIC BARRELS BELONG TO UNIFAR”
  • [04] NEW ZEALAND BACKS TURKEY’S MIDEAST POLICIES
  • [05] VAN PROSECUTOR DISBARRED OVER SEMDINLI INDICTMENT
  • [06] YILMAZ SEEKS ACQUITTAL ON CORRUPTION CHARGES RATHER THAN CASE DROPPED ON TECHNICAL GROUNDS
  • [07] ARMENIANS TO DEMONSTRATE TO MARK SO-CALLED GENOCIDE
  • [08] ARMENIAN PATRIARCH ADDRESSES SYMPOSIUM
  • [09] BABACAN TRAVELS TO WASHINGTON TO ATTEND IMF, WB MEETINGS
  • [10] VISIT OF IRAN’S TOP NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR TO ANKARA POSTPONED
  • [11] EU POSTPONES PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL MEETING
  • [12] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…
  • [13] JUDICIARY AFFECTED THIS WAY BY OKTAY EKSI (HURRIYET)

  • [01] SWEDISH KING SET TO VISIT TURKEY AT END OF MAY

    Swedish King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia are set to pay an official visit to Turkey at the end of next month. During their five-day stay, the monarch will be accompanied by a group of Swedish businessmen from leading firms of this country. The delegation will hold meetings with Turkish businessmen to explore ways to develop business ties between the two countries. /Turkiye/

    [02] FM GUL MEETS WITH HIS PAKISTANI COUNTERPART

    Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul yesterday criticized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s anti-Israeli statements during a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Khursheed Kasuri. Gul said that Ahmadinejad’s statements had united the international community against Iran. Kasuri spoke about the Afghanistan’s situation and warned, “If the US strikes Iran, terrorism will explode.” Kasuri said, “The US has 17,000 soldiers in Pakistan. I provide 70,000 soldiers to protect the border. Three million refugees are open to be attracted by radical elements. Shall we deal with this or the economic toll of the issue?” He added, “Pakistan and Iran are neighboring countries. If the US strikes Iran, how can we handle this?” /Cumhuriyet/

    [03] PEPE: “TOXIC BARRELS BELONG TO UNIFAR”

    Environment and Forestry Minister Osman Pepe said yesterday that toxic waste barrels unearthed recently in Istanbul’s Tuzla district belonged to the Unifar Chemical Company. Speaking to reporters at a press conference, the minister stated that a criminal complaint had been filed against the company. Pepe said the new environmental law to be put into force this October would impose fines on companies of up to $3 million for offenses such as the one committed in Tuzla. /Aksam/

    [04] NEW ZEALAND BACKS TURKEY’S MIDEAST POLICIES

    New Zealand Parliament Speaker Margaret Wilson yesterday expressed her country’s support for Turkey’s policies on the Middle East. The visiting official made the remarks at a meeting with Parliament Foreign Affairs Commission head Mehmet Dulger. Her delegation also met with Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc during their stay in Ankara. “There are many similarities between the foreign policies of Turkey and New Zealand,” Wilson said, expressing her country’s support for Ankara’s policies, especially those which aim to solve Middle Eastern disputes. “There’s a lot we can learn from Turkish democracy. We consider it useful to increase our visits to Turkey,” Wilson added. /The New Anatolian/

    [05] VAN PROSECUTOR DISBARRED OVER SEMDINLI INDICTMENT

    Van Public Prosecutor Ferhat Sarikaya, who was criticized for accusing the land forces commander of culpability in last November’s Semdinli incidents, was disbarred yesterday by the Supreme Board of Prosecutors and Judges (HSYK) for “dishonoring the legal profession” in a way deemed harmful to its public standing. The inquiry into the prosecutor’s conduct in the indictment he prepared on the Semdinli case had created serious political tension. /Turkish Daily News/

    [06] YILMAZ SEEKS ACQUITTAL ON CORRUPTION CHARGES RATHER THAN CASE DROPPED ON TECHNICAL GROUNDS

    Former Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, who is being judged in the Turkbank case at the Supreme Court, told the court yesterday that he wanted to be fully acquitted of the corruption charges rather than have his case dropped on technical grounds, as one prosecutor has suggested. “I neither accept the accusation of rigging a state tender nor of abuse of power,” Yilmaz told the court. “Nor do I want to benefit from an amnesty or the statute of limitations, as suggested by the prosecutor. I just want justice.” Yilmaz has denied all the charges against him, calling them part of a “political plot.” /Sabah/

    [07] ARMENIANS TO DEMONSTRATE TO MARK SO-CALLED GENOCIDE

    Armenians are expected to demonstrate up through next Tuesday in front of the Turkish Embassy in Washington to mark what they call Armenian commemoration day. A meeting to commemorate the so-called Armenian genocide is also expected to be held at the US Congress. In related news, US President George Bush is expected to release a written statement on the issue, but not use the word “genocide,” just s in previous years. /Milliyet/

    [08] ARMENIAN PATRIARCH ADDRESSES SYMPOSIUM

    Mesrob II, the patriarch of Armenians in Turkey, yesterday addressed a symposium held by Erciyes University, saying that it wasn’t morally appropriate to put responsibility on just one side concerning the so-called Armenian genocide. Mesrob stated that reflecting the truth wasn’t always easy, adding that the new generation must learn the facts about the issue. /Milliyet/

    [09] BABACAN TRAVELS TO WASHINGTON TO ATTEND IMF, WB MEETINGS

    State Minister for the Economy Ali Babacan yesterday traveled to the US to attend the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings. Before his departure at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, Babacan told reporters that the meetings would bring together government ministers and representatives from finance organizations from some 180 countries. Stressing that he would hold talks in both Washington and New York including WB head Paul Wolfowitz, IMF Chairman Rodrigo de Rato, IMF First Deputy Chairman Anne Krueger and representatives from certain private finance organizations, Babacan said a large delegation from Turkey’s Treasury Undersecretariat and Central Bank would follow the four-day meetings. The state minister added that an IMF delegation would arrive in Turkey in the coming weeks for the third review of Ankara’s economic program. Meanwhile, Wolfowitz, during at a press conference in Washington, said that Turkey’s economy had been put on track by sound economic policies. /Turkiye/

    [10] VISIT OF IRAN’S TOP NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR TO ANKARA POSTPONED

    A planned visit to Turkey of Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani led to friction between Turkey and the US. Larijani told Ankara that he wanted to visit Turkey next week. But the US conveyed its displeasure due to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s visit to Turkey at the same time. Upon this, Ankara told Iran that it wasn’t possible to hold Larijani’s visit next week and so the visit was postponed. /Cumhuriyet/

    [11] EU POSTPONES PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL MEETING

    The European Union has postponed for one month a meeting initially set for June of the Partnership Council, the top decision body of bilateral relations. Behind the delay is a wish to wait until after the EU foreign ministers meeting in Vienna on May 27-28. The EU’s future borders and the enlargement issue will be debated at this meeting. EU foreign ministers and the Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul will take part in the Partnership Council meeting. During the semiannual meetings, both sides convey their views and try to solve their problems. Opening Turkish harbors to Greek Cypriots will be the main topic of the Partnership Council, which has been postponed to June 12. /Hurriyet/

    [12] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…

    [13] JUDICIARY AFFECTED THIS WAY BY OKTAY EKSI (HURRIYET)

    Columnist Oktay Eksi comments on the judiciary and ways it is affected. A summary of his column is as follows:

    “Let’s say ‘well done’ to the Supreme Council of Judges and Public Prosecutors (HSYK). We knew it as the guarantor of the independence of the judiciary. Now I found out that it’s not realistic to establish a council, make it immune for a certain period of time, and then expect fair and impartial decisions from it. Their removing Van’s public prosecutor from his duty showed this. Actually, after the Justice Ministry sent inspectors to Van to look into this public prosecutor and issued a declaration arguing that this process didn’t harm the independence of the judiciary, we might have concluded form the beginning that they would make such a decision. However, we’re very naïve. Even if these possibilities come to mind sometimes, we tell ourselves not to spin conspiracy theories.

    What was the issue? As you know, this public prosecutor, who first attracted controversy over the Rector Yucel Askin case, nearly wrote a novel in his indictment about the bombing attacks in Semdinli last November. For example, he accused Land Forces Commander Gen. Yasar Buyukanit of such crimes as establishing a gang for his own interests. The deficiency of the public prosecutor’s understanding of duty was fixed with the indictment. It might have been necessary to start a process into him, and it would have been better if the HSYK did this. However, the mechanism worked in the reverse direction. For example, when the ministry firstly protected the public prosecutor and then sent an inspector to Van by changing its stance, the judiciary received the first blow. Now, the HSYK made a bad situation worse by removing a public prosecutor just because he overstepped his duty and by basing the decision to remove him on grounds of staining the honor and reputation of the profession. It took away the last piece of the independence of the judiciary. Can one HSYK member say that this decision wasn’t inspired by the General Staff’s harsh March 20 press release? Can anyone fail to see that those about whom a process is requested are being punished? Please tell me, from now on, which public prosecutor can initiate a process about a soldier without fear? Which judge can decide only according to the law and his own conscience? Let’s not deceive ourselves. Such a law or state can’t exist.”

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