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TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (November 1, 1995)

From: hristu@arcadia.harvard.edu (Dimitrios Hristu)

Turkish News Directory

Subject: TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (November 1, 1995)


CONTENTS

  • [01] INDEPENDENT MINISTERS APPOINTED

  • [02] GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED

  • [03] EU DEBATES UNION WITH TURKEY

  • [04] CILLER TO VISIT BRUSSELS

  • [05] ANKARA CONDEMNS RUSSIA FOR KURDISH MEETING

  • [06] US: "PKK IS INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING"

  • [07] GONENSAY: "TURKEY WANTS TO HEAD PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION"

  • [08] DEMIREL INAUGURATES GLAXO PHARMACEUTICALS PLANT

  • [09] STATE OFFICIALS RESIGN TO RUN IN DEC.24 EARLY ELECTIONS

  • [10] PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION APPROVES TL 380 TN SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET

  • [11] TURKISH FOREIGH TRADE FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED

  • [12] PKK TERRORISTS KILL FOUR CHILDREN

  • [13] TURKISH CANDIDATES WIN IN BULGARIAN ELECTIONS

  • [14] ISRAELI NAVAL COMMANDER VISITING TURKEY

  • [15] GAS ATTACK INVOLVES TURKS


  • TURKISH PRESS REVIEW


    WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1, 1995


    Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press

    this morning

    [01] INDEPENDENT MINISTERS APPOINTED

    As the DYP-CHP coalition government struggles to get on its feet, developments happen quickly as the election calender gets started. Prime Minister Ciller yesterday announced the three independents appointed to three vital ministries.

    Minister for the Interior will be Teoman Unusan, Justice Minister will be Firuz Cilingiroglu and the Minister for Transport and Communications will be Oguz Tezmen.

    According to article 114 of the constitution, those appointed to these positions have to independent and placed in their ministries at the start of the election calender. President Suleyman Demirel has approved the appointments. /All papers/

    [02] GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED

    Prime Minister Ciller yesterday announced the DYP-CHP coalition government programme to the cabinet, and again confirmed that the general election would be held on December 24.

    Noting that the coalition was more than just an election government, Ciller added that it would be a government ready and able to solve the nation's problems. Speaking on behalf of the CHP, chairman Deniz Baykal noted that the December election was fully in harmony with the election laws, and that he had no doubts at all that the election would be held on the date planned. /All papers/

    [03] EU DEBATES UNION WITH TURKEY

    The Foreign Relations Commission of the European Parliament spent the day yesterday debating the final points of bringing Turkey into the European Union (EU) customs union.

    EU Rapporteur Carlos Carnero Gonzales said later that discussion centred on November 22 as a key date for announcing the calender of the countdown to membership. Although certain groups led by the socialists are pressing for a postponement, the general view in the EP is that Turkey should be a member. /Sabah/

    [04] CILLER TO VISIT BRUSSELS

    Prime Minister Ciller has accepted an invitation to attend a conference on energy in Brussels on November 24. Ciller also has in mind that the EU will be voting on customs union with Turkey on December 14. During her visit she wants to disperse any negative feelings that might be evident prior to the vote.

    Ciller will go to Brussels with chief advisor Emre Gonensay and minister responsible for human rights, Adnan Ekmen. /Sabah/

    [05] ANKARA CONDEMNS RUSSIA FOR KURDISH MEETING

    Turkey handed a protest note to the Russian Ambassador in Ankara yesterday, following a meeting of the so-called Kurdish "parliament-in-exile" in Moscow. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Omer Akbel described the meeting as "seriously overshadowing and damaging to Turco-Russian relations". "We have learned with deep sorrow that the meeting started on Monday, despite our earlier expectations that Russia would act with determination in accordance with our mutual relations" Akbel said in a written statement. Akbel noted that Turkey had warned Russia before the meeting of the Kurdish "parliament-in-exile".

    Meanwhile, in a written statement yesterday evening, the Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the meeting of the "parliament-in- exile". The statement said: "The Russian Foreign Ministry condemns such activities and notes that it has no relation with them. Russia wants to develop its bilateral and multilateral relations with the friendly country, Turkey, and never acknowledges such separatist trends whatever their source is". However, the statement noted that the Parliament's Geopolitic Issues Committee and International Union of Kurdish Society Organizations held a "seminar" on the problems of Kurdish society. Some participants tried to attribute the meeting to the third General Council of the Kurdish parliament-in-exile, it added.

    Nevertheless, Russian Ambassador in Ankara Vadim Igorevic Kuznetsov was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry yesterday afternoon and handed a protest note. The note stated that the meeting should be stopped, or otherwise relations would be reviewed. /Cumhuriyet-Milliyet-Hurriyet/

    [06] US: "PKK IS INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING"

    Ambassador Robert Gelbard, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, during a briefing at the Foreign Press Centre said: "We are concerned about the dramatic flow of drug trafficking through Turkey and other nations in the region, some of which has been associated with some individuals who are members of the PKK terrorist organization". "Another problem which concerns the US Administration is money laundering in Turkey. I understand and have been told that the Turkish government has intended to move forward with legislation ratifying the 1988 Vienna Convention when a government is formed, just as I understand that's the case in Austria. I think that would be appropriate seven years after the agreement was approved" Gelbard added. /Hurriyet/

    [07] GONENSAY: "TURKEY WANTS TO HEAD PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION"

    Turkey wants to construct the Baku-Soupsa pipeline, which will carry the early output from Azerbaijan's rich Caspian Sea oilfields, according to Emre Gonensay, Turkey's chief negotiator on the Azeri oil pipeline deal and Prime Minister Tansu Ciller's top advisor. Gonensay stated that after determining the pipeline route, the next important step was to obtain the right to construct part of the Georgian route. He added that Turkey wants to reach agreement with Azerbaijan and Georgia in particular, on construction of the pipeline. /Cumhuriyet/

    [08] DEMIREL INAUGURATES GLAXO PHARMACEUTICALS PLANT

    President Suleyman Demirel yesterday inaugurated a Glaxo Wellcome plant in Turkey near Gebze in the Marmara region. Speaking at the opening ceremony, the president said the Glaxo investment was the outcome of foreign business confidence in the Turkish economy. "No foreign investor has felt regret so far, none will" Demirel said. He also said that the customs union process with the EU would begin in January 1996 meaning that Turkey would have a strong economy ready to compete with its rivals. Demirel, in his speech, invited Turkish entrepreneurs abroad to make investments in Turkey. The British pharmaceuticals giant Glaxo has invested $13.4 million in its Turkish plant. /Cumhuriyet/

    [09] STATE OFFICIALS RESIGN TO RUN IN DEC.24 EARLY ELECTIONS

    Unal Erkan, emergency rule region governor and Mehmet Agar, general director of police, resigned from their positions yesterday to run as candidates in the upcoming election. Both officials will run on the True Path Party (DYP) ticket.

    Meanwhile, Orhan Tasanlar, chief of the Ankara police general directorate, has been appointed chief of the Istanbul police general directorate. Tasanlar became the chief of the general directorate due to the resignation of Necdet Menzir. /All papers/

    [10] PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION APPROVES TL 380 TN SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET

    A Parliamentary commission on Monday endorsed draft laws for a supplementary budget of TL 380 trillion for the current fiscal year and a provisional budget to cover the first months of next year. /All papers/

    [11] TURKISH FOREIGH TRADE FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED

    A Turkish Foundation for Foreign Trade has been established with the aim of supporting domestic and foreign trade policies based on free competition. The foundation will work for elaborating long term foreign trade policies with emphasize on stability and liberalism, and will undertake steps leading to Turkey's full membership in the European Union. /Cumhuriyet/

    [12] PKK TERRORISTS KILL FOUR CHILDREN

    According to the Voice of the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party radio station, PKK terrorists have killed four children and their mother in Northern Iraq. The radio noted that the PKK has began to attack civilians because of the recent heavy losses the organization has suffered. /Sabah/

    [13] TURKISH CANDIDATES WIN IN BULGARIAN ELECTIONS

    The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), the current form of the old Communist Party, is leading the first round of local elections in Bulgaria. The Socialist Party's lead is concentrated in rural areas, while in the big cities the main opposition Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) is ahead. In areas of high Turkish population, meanwhile, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (HOH), which has a mainly Turkish membership, led in the first round of the polls. HOH candidates took five out of seven municipalities in the Kircali district where many Turks live. /All papers/

    [14] ISRAELI NAVAL COMMANDER VISITING TURKEY

    Adm.Ami Ayalon, the commander of Israel's naval forces, arrived in Turkey yesterday for an official visit as the guest of Adm.Guven Erkaya, commander of the Turkish naval forces. Officials from the headquarters of the general staff said that Adm.Ayalon will visit Adm.Erkaya and Gen.Ismail Hakki Karadayi, chief of the general staff today, and he will visit Adm.Salim Dervisoglu, commander of the Navy and Adm.Alper Tezeren, commander of the Naval Academy on Thursday. Adm.Ayalon will leave Turkey on Friday.

    Meanwhile, Marshal Sir Richard Vincent, chief of NATO's military committee arrived in Turkey yesterday as the guest of Gen.Karadayi. A spokesman for the general staff said that the guest commander visited Gen.Karadayi yesterday and will leave Turkey today. /All papers/

    [15] GAS ATTACK INVOLVES TURKS

    Sixty Turks were involved in a gas attack against 72 foreigners living in a twelve floor apartment building owned by the Geisslingen city authorities.

    According to individuals caught up in the gas attack, racist neo-nazis used the ventilation and heating systems to spread poisonous gas throughout the building in the small German town. Thirty-eight of the Turks in the building were taken to hospital for treatment. Some of the local people are against having foreigners living in the apartments, and the question of how to improve the situation is growing into a local issue. /Hurriyet/

    END

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