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Turkish Press Review, 98-12-03

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

03.12.98

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


CONTENTS

  • [01] ECEVIT GETS THE MANDATE
  • [02] TENSE MATCH ENDED WITH DRAW
  • [03] DEMIREL SENDS A CONGULATORY MESSAGE TO UAE
  • [04] DEMIREL TO VISIT GULF COUNTRIES
  • [05] CEM-DINI TO MEET
  • [06] ROME BECOMES BORED
  • [07] BATU CONVEYS EXTRADITION FILE
  • [08] PROTESTS FROM LONDON AND BUDAPEST
  • [09] TURKEY CRITICIZES GERMANY
  • [10] IPA EXPOSES PKK MASSACRES TO THE WORLD
  • [11] BIDDING FOR HELICOPTER
  • [12] EUROPEAN INSISTENCE ON THE TREATY OF SEVRES
  • [13] NATO WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO THE ISSUE
  • [14] ITALIAN BOSSES: WORKERS WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS
  • [15] GERMANY: "BAN AGAINST PKK WILL CONTINUE"
  • [16] "DO NOT GRANT ASYLUM TO OCALAN"
  • [17] OCALAN SUMMIT IN ISTANBUL
  • [18] "THERE IS NO OFFICIAL EMBARGO AGAINST ITALY"
  • [19] EBRD DELEGATION TO VISIT TURKEY
  • [20] US PLEASURE OVER OSCE SUMMIT IN ISTANBUL
  • [21] THE GUARDIAN ANALYSIS FOR TURKEY
  • [22] SEVEN HIZBULLAH MEMBERS ARRESTED
  • [23] FIVE TERRORISTS KILLED IN ADIYAMAN
  • [24] TEXTILE EXPORTS ON THE RISE
  • [25] OIL PRODUCTION IN ADIYAMAN
  • [26] RUMELIAN TURKISH ASSOCIATIONS FEDERATION
  • [27] AID TO TURKEY IN EU PARLIAMENT
  • [28] OTTOMAN ANTIQUES IN NEW YORK
  • [29] SOPRANO CABELLE IN ISTANBUL
  • [30] 30-MILLION-DOLLAR SET-BACK FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING
  • [31] BEKO SUBMITS THE QUALITY AWARD TO DEMIREL
  • [32] CEYLAN HOLDING TAKES 600-MILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS IN BULGARIA
  • [33] 8.5 MILLION TOURISTS VISIT TURKEY IN 10 MONTHS
  • [34] HOLBROOKE AND MILLER TO VISIT ISTANBUL AND ATHENS

  • [01] ECEVIT GETS THE MANDATE

    President Suleyman Demirel late on Wednesday charged the Democratic Left Party (DSP) Leader Bulent Ecevit with forming a new government. After accepting the task from the President, Ecevit stated that the newly-formed government should not be merely an election government but one that would handle the urgent problems in the country. /All papers/

    [02] TENSE MATCH ENDED WITH DRAW

    The postponed rendezvous of Juventus and Galatasaray ended with a 1-1 draw, leaving the quarter final hopes of three of the four teams in the European Champions' League group B to the next and the last week. Amoruso put Juventus ahead 12 minutes before the end of the match and Suat equalized the score on behalf of Galatasaray with a header during injury time. With regard to the political strain between Italy and Turkey due to the Ocalan crisis, which has been followed by extensive public protest in Turkey, intensive security measures were taken by the police and the army. It was reported that more than 20 thousand policemen guarded Juventus against any danger during the day. /All papers/

    [03] DEMIREL SENDS A CONGULATORY MESSAGE TO UAE

    President Suleyman Demirel sent a congulatory message to President Seyh Zayed Bin Sultan El-Nahayan on the occasion of the National Day of the United Arab Emirates. Demirel said in his message that he believed that friendship and cooperation between the two countries would further develop in every field, the Anatolia news agency reports.

    [04] DEMIREL TO VISIT GULF COUNTRIES

    President Suleyman Demirel will visit some Gulf countries. Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesman Sermet Atacanli held a press conference yesterday and said that Turkey attached great importance to relations with other countries and noted that within this framework, it has been planned that Demirel would pay routine visits. No detailed information was given regarding the President's official visits, the Anatolia news agency reports.

    [05] CEM-DINI TO MEET

    According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ismail Cem and his Italian counterpart, Lamberto Dini, will meet on 8-9 December in Brussels during the NATO Foreign Affairs Ministers' meeting.

    The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ismail Cem, who is still in Oslo to attend the meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), evaluated the message that Italy would like to start a dialogue process. Cem also met the US Deputy Secretary of State, Thomas Pickering and exchanged views on the Ocalan crisis. /Sabah-Milliyet/

    [06] ROME BECOMES BORED

    When Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema decsribed the PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan as a terrorist two days ago, an opportunity for reconciliation between Turkey and Italy occurred. Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said: "If Italy does not extradite Ocalan to Turkey, then it can try and punish him within its legal system". Thus steps to ease the tension between the two countries have been taken.

    Italian Prime Minister D'Alema delivered a speech to the Italian Assembly yesterday and said: "Italy is discussing a thesis to try Ocalan in an international court. If it cannot be achieved, another thesis to send Ocalan to a third country will be assessed". /Turkiye/

    [07] BATU CONVEYS EXTRADITION FILE

    The Turkish Ambassador to Rome Inal Batu conveyed a file calling for the extradition of the PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan to the Italian Foreign Ministry yesterday. Batu, who went to the Foreign Ministry with the First Undersecretary of the Turkish Embassy in Rome, Sinan Toprak, delivered the file to the Italian Foreign Ministry's General Director of Immigration and Social Works, Lorenzo Ferrarin. Batu said that Ferrarin had noted that he would send the file to the Italian Ministry of Justice immediately. /Turkiye/

    [08] PROTESTS FROM LONDON AND BUDAPEST

    A march to protest against countries which support the leader of the PKK terrorist organization Abdullah Ocalan, including Italy, was held in London yesterday. The march was organized by members of the Turkish Associations.

    Meanwhile, many Turkish citizens in Budapest protested against Italy's stance regarding the Ocalan issue. A group of people who gathered in front of the Italian Embassy in Budapest laid a black wreath. Afterwards, a press statement was read out to announce the massacres carried out by the PKK leader. Many Hungarian citizens also participated in the protests. Another march to protest against the Italian government will also be held in Hamburg, Germany, on December 5. /Turkiye/

    [09] TURKEY CRITICIZES GERMANY

    Ankara has harshly reacted against the Italian and German stance concerning the issue of the PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. Acting Foreign Minister Sukru Sina Gurel summoned the German Ambassador to Ankara, Hans Joachim Vergau, to the Turkish Foreign Ministry yesterday. Gurel made a statement to press members following the meeting and said: "We told our European friends how the Turkish government is evaluating efforts to turn the Southeastern problem into an ethic problem and an international issue". Gurel pointed out that Turkey would never accept any initiatives to bring the PKK issue to an international platform and noted that the PKK problem and the Southeastern problem should not be mixed. /Turkiye/

    [10] IPA EXPOSES PKK MASSACRES TO THE WORLD

    The International Police Association (IPA) rolled up its sleeves to promote the real face of the PKK leader, Abdullah Ocalan, and his terrorist organization. The Head of the Anti-Terrorism Department of the Turkish Security Office, and IPA Representative in Turkey, Ihsan Yilmazturk, said that the brochures and books prepared in English, French and German, showed only the realities. He added that in these documents the massacres carried out by the PKK terrorist organization would be exposed to the whole world. /Turkiye/

    [11] BIDDING FOR HELICOPTER

    Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesman Sermet Atacanli held a press conference yesterday and said that a decision to withdraw the German-French consortium, Eurocopter, from a bid put out to tender by the Turkish Armed Forces for fighter helicopters, worth $3.5 billion, was not an issue that initially concerned Turkey. Atacanli noted that all firms were free to attend or not to attend biddings. /Aksam/

    [12] EUROPEAN INSISTENCE ON THE TREATY OF SEVRES

    Deputy Prime Minister Ecevit stated that it was intended in some circles to attempt to re-implement the conditions of the Treaty of Sevres in Turkey, using Ocalan as an excuse. He added that these circles and some of Turkey's allies would not succeed in implementing these designs. Deputy Prime Minister Ecevit said that Turkey won't allow them to debate the status of Turkey by bringing Ocalan to the European agenda. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that an international trial was out of the question and described the definition of Ocalan as a terrorist as a positive development. /Cumhuriyet/

    [13] NATO WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO THE ISSUE

    A NATO official, answering questions posed by Turkish journalists on the stand of NATO with regard to the "Ocalan crisis", stated that the Ocalan crisis was a legal problem between Turkey, Italy and Germany and that NATO will not be a party to the issue. The official added that the Alliance wanted to see the problem solved in the shortest possible time, stressed that Ocalan was in custody in Italy and expressed their belief that the Italian government was acting with the best of intentions. /Cumhuriyet/

    [14] ITALIAN BOSSES: WORKERS WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS

    The tension in Turco-Italian relations, following the arrival of the leader of the PKK terrorists, Ocalan, has resulted in outcries from Italian bosses. Debating the boycott started on Italian goods in Turkey Giorgio Fossa, the Chairman of the Italian Businessmen's Association Confindustria, said: "Thousands of purchases are in danger. The workers will lose their jobs." Evaluating the tension started by the arrival of Ocalan in Rome, Fossa noted that urgent measures should be taken. /Hurriyet/

    [15] GERMANY: "BAN AGAINST PKK WILL CONTINUE"

    German Ministry of Interior, Otto Schilly turned down the suggestion "to lift the ban on the activities of the PKK in Germany" given by the Greens. Schilly said that the PKK organization acted with violence, so they would not allow such harmful movements in Germany. /Milliyet/

    [16] "DO NOT GRANT ASYLUM TO OCALAN"

    The Human Rights Watch organization sent a letter to the Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema last week. It was reported that the letter asked the Italian Prime Minister not to grant asylum to Abdullah Ocalan. The letter, signed by the Europe and Middle Asia Desk representative of the organization, Holly Cartner, added that Ocalan was guilty of crimes committed against humanity, and international law could never give the right of asylum to such a person. /Milliyet/

    [17] OCALAN SUMMIT IN ISTANBUL

    The Italian Minister of Foreign Trade, Piero Fassino, and the Minister of Sports and Culture, Giovenni Melandri came yesterday to Istanbul to watch the football match between Italy's Juventus and Turkey's Galatasaray. Before the match, the Italian ministers met the Turkish Minister of Justice, Hasan Denizkurdu, Minister of State Yucel Seckiner and diplomatic representatives of Turkey and Italy to discuss the Abdullah Ocalan crisis. After the meeting, Hasan Denizkurdu said that they had started a dialogue process to solve the problem. Piero Fassino said for his part the meeting was very fruitful and they hoped that this process would reach a peaceful solution. /Sabah-Milliyet/

    [18] "THERE IS NO OFFICIAL EMBARGO AGAINST ITALY"

    The Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Uluc Ozulker, briefed the members of the press about the meeting held yesterday in the Ministry with the representatives of 16 assosiations and unions. Ozulker said that they exchanged views about the recent Turco-Italian crisis and officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had explained Turkey's policy on Abdullah Ocalan. He added that Turkey did not apply an official embargo against Italy and would never do so. On the other hand, the Minister of State, Sukru Sina Gurel, said for his part that there was a strong reaction by the Turkish nation against Italy. /Sabah/

    [19] EBRD DELEGATION TO VISIT TURKEY

    A high-level delegation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will meet Turkish businessmen in Istanbul today. During a meeting organized by the Turkish-CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) Business Councils working within the structure of the Foreign Economic Relations Council (DEIK) and the Treasury Undersecretariat, new financial opportunities for projects being carried out by Turkish firms especially in Central Asia and the Balkans will be discussed. The EBRD has invested a total of $163.4 million in eight projects carried out by Turkish firms in these countries to date, the Anatolia news agency reports.

    [20] US PLEASURE OVER OSCE SUMMIT IN ISTANBUL

    The US administration has stated that it is pleased with the arrangements for the summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to be held in Istanbul in 1999. US State Department Spokesman James Rubin noted that it was very pleasing that a proposal to hold the OSCE summit in Istanbul in 1999 had been accepted and said: "The US administration aims to further improve its relations with Caucasian countries by taking advantage of this development". A decision to hold the OSEC summit in Istanbul was approved at the Permanent Council of the OSCE on November 26, the Anatolia news agency reports.

    [21] THE GUARDIAN ANALYSIS FOR TURKEY

    An analysis published by The Guardian said that, despite its geopolitical importance, its role as a bridge between Asia and Europe and its long NATO membership, Turkey's struggle to be a full EU member is continuing. The newspaper noted that Turkish-EU relations, which have deteriorated following the Luxembourg decisions, would be discussed during a summit of EU heads of state and government next week in Vienna. The newspaper described this year as the hardest year for Turkish-EU relations. The newspaper stated that Turkey was the only democratic Muslim country in the world and underlined that Turkey's membership would be of benefit to the EU. /Turkiye/

    [22] SEVEN HIZBULLAH MEMBERS ARRESTED

    As a result of operations carried out by members of the Anti-Terrorism Department of Elazig Security office, 19 members of the illegal fundamentalist Hizbullah organization and many weapons and documents have been captured in the Palu district of Elazig. Following an interrogation, seven Hizbullah members were arrested and 12 were set free. /Turkiye/

    [23] FIVE TERRORISTS KILLED IN ADIYAMAN

    A group of security forces opened fire while they were exploring Camyurdu the district of Adiyaman. As a result of the clashes between the terrorists and security forces, five terrorists of the separatist PKK organization were killed. At the end of the same operation a soldier, Mehmet Koclar, was killed. /Sabah/

    [24] TEXTILE EXPORTS ON THE RISE

    Despite the crisis in the textile sector, exports rose, albeit at a low rate. According to figures furnished by the Exporters' Union covering the period between January 1- November 30, textile and producer goods rose at a rate of 9% when compared to the figures of the previous year. /Hurriyet/

    [25] OIL PRODUCTION IN ADIYAMAN

    The Turkish Petroleum Inc. (TPAO) produced 10 million barrels of crude oil in the first 10 months in Adiyaman, where the biggest petroleum reserves in Turkey are situated, the Anatolia news agency reports. The TPAO obtained approximately 26,000 barrels of high gravity-oil from the 160 wells per day, which accounted for 57 % of Turkey's total production. The TPAO, which aims at increasing the amount of production through completely drilling for oil, undertakes oil exploration in Gaziantep and Hatay and test productions in Kilis and Sanliurfa.

    [26] RUMELIAN TURKISH ASSOCIATIONS FEDERATION

    Three associations namely the Western Rumelian Turkish Solidarity Association, the Bosnia-Flag Culture and Aid Association and the Help for Immigrants Association, with 25,000 members joined forces under the auspices of the 'Rumelian Turkish Associations Federation', the Anatolia news agency reports. Taner Mustafaoglu, Federation Chairman, said in a press conference that the Turks of Rumelian origin had taken a giant step forward in the efforts to unify their forces.

    [27] AID TO TURKEY IN EU PARLIAMENT

    A 150 million ECU package was submitted to the European Parliament, despite Greek efforts to prolong the process. The report submitted to Parliament will first be taken up at Committee level and a rapporteur will be appointed to write a report on Turkey before the Parliament votes on the item. /All papers/

    [28] OTTOMAN ANTIQUES IN NEW YORK

    Antiques belonging to the Ottoman period were sold in an auction called "The Silk Road Auction" in New York. A box inscribed with Sultan Abdulmecid's monogram and a golden pocket watch, on one side of which there is the picture of an Ottoman pasha and on the other face the emblem of the Ottoman period, were among the pieces sold at the end of the auction. Rafi Portakal, the organizer of the auction, said that in three months from now they would promote Ottoman antiques to American art-lovers. /Sabah/

    [29] SOPRANO CABELLE IN ISTANBUL

    Soprano Montserrat Cabelle, who is the UN "Honorary Envoy" and "Primadonna of the Century", gave a concert yesterday at the Ataturk Culture Centre in Istanbul. The Orchestra of the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet, conducted by one of the most famous conductors in the world, Jose Collado, accompanied Cabella in her performance. /Milliyet/

    [30] 30-MILLION-DOLLAR SET-BACK FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING

    Unadulterated heroin of a European market price of $30 millions was seized in Bolu after a three-month investigation by the police. It was reported that the suspects would be tried before the State Security Court with establishing an illegal organization for drug smuggling. /Hurriyet/

    [31] BEKO SUBMITS THE QUALITY AWARD TO DEMIREL

    Beko submitted the Europe Grand Quality Award it had been granted last month to President Demirel. Receiving Gunduz Ozdemir, the General Manager of Beko, and his colleagues, Demirel stated that this award indicated a major transformation in business mentality, on which the preconditions for the transition to an industrialized information society were founded. /Hurriyet/

    [32] CEYLAN HOLDING TAKES 600-MILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS IN BULGARIA

    Ceylan Holding, one of the major Turkish construction firms, will build two infrastructure plants for a total price of $600 million. It was reported that the firm would construct three dams and a hydroelectric central plant in cooperation with Bulgarian public corporations and take on the operation of the plant following the completion of the project. Ceylan Holding will also construct a highway of 114 kilometres in length from Kapikule to Orizova. In the statement made by the holding, it was said: "Turkey undertakes to purchase the electric energy it requires from Bulgaria within the framework of a programme, and in turn, Bulgaria approves the construction and management of two infrastructure projects through the joint enterprise of Turkish and Bulgarian firms." /Hurriyet/

    [33] 8.5 MILLION TOURISTS VISIT TURKEY IN 10 MONTHS

    This year, the number of tourists who visited Turkey in October increased by 9% compared to the same month of the last year. According to the data provided by the State Institute of Statistics, 1,034,659 tourists visited Turkey in October 1998, while it had been estimated as 949,270 for October 1997. Meanwhile, it was reported that 8,558,000 tourists had preferred Turkey over other destinations in the last 10 months. /Hurriyet/

    [34] HOLBROOKE AND MILLER TO VISIT ISTANBUL AND ATHENS

    Richard Holbrooke, the US President Bill Clinton's Special Representative to Cyprus, and Thomas Miller, the US State Department Special Coordinator to Cyprus, will pay visits to Istanbul and Athens in December 1998, the Anatolia news agency reports.
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