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Turkish Press Review, 02-01-14

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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> <map name="FPMap1"> <_map> Press &amp; Information Turkish Press Turkish Press Review &gt;&gt; Foreign Press Guide Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning

14.01.2002


CONTENTS

  • [01] ECEVIT TO TRAVEL TO US TODAY
  • [02] ECEVIT MEETS WITH BUSINESSMEN
  • [03] DENKTAS : 'SOLUTION FIRST, EU LATER'
  • [04] GREEK CYPRIOTS PLAN DEMONSTRATION
  • [05] EXPERT TURKISH DELEGATION VISITS KABUL
  • [06] TREASURY TO SELL 112-DAY BILLS
  • [07] RESTORED TURKISH MEMORIAL UNVEILED IN GEORGIA
  • [08] BEKO TARGETS LARGER MARKET SHARE
  • [09] RUSSIAN DAILY: "TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY IS PROGRESSING"
  • [10] PLANS LAID FOR TURKEY'S FIRST CONFERENCE HOTEL
  • [11] NUMBER OF TOURISTS VISITING TURKEY STRIKES 11%
  • [12] BIDDING OPENS FOR ANKARA-ISTANBUL RAPID TRAIN PROJECT
  • [13] OIL EXECUTIVE: "TURKEY WILL BE A BRIDGE FOR NATURAL GAS TO EUROPE"
  • [14] ISRAELI COMPANY TOP CONTENDER FOR C-130 MODERNIZATION
  • [15] FAZIL SAY DEBUTS CONCERTO IN PARIS
  • [16] FROM THE COLUMNS...FROM THE COLUMNS...FROM THE COLUMNS
  • [17] MESSAGE TO US ON IRAQ BY FIKRET BILA (MILLIYET)
  • [18] ECEVIT'S US VISIT AND EXPECTATIONS BY HURSIT GUNES (MILLIYET)

  • [01] ECEVIT TO TRAVEL TO US TODAY

    Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit will begin his visit to the United States today. During the Jan. 14-18 visit, the premier will be accompanied by a delegation of 200, including government ministers, parliamenterians, bureaucracts and businessmen as well as journalists. Ecevit is scheduled to meet with US President George W. Bush on Wednesday, Jan. 16 in the White House. Major topics which are expected to be discussed during the visit are cooperation in the fight against terrorism, Afghanistan, Iraq, the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP), Cyprus, the Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline and economic relations, as well as bilateral and regional issues. /All Papers/

    [02] ECEVIT MEETS WITH BUSINESSMEN

    Before beginning his US visit, Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit yesterday met with businessmen to talk about the trip. Stressing the level of strategic cooperation that Turkey and the US have recently developed, Ecevit said, "However, our economic relations have not yet reached the desired level. The opportunities which the US has extended to Israel, Jordan and the EU have not been extended to Turkey. We will address this situation during the visit." Ecevit added that he would ask the US administration to erase Turkey's $5 billion defense industry debt. Pointing to the weakness of the Turkish lobby in the US, Ecevit said, "We can't be able to get we want from this visit in the short-term." All Papers_

    [03] DENKTAS : 'SOLUTION FIRST, EU LATER'

    Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas yesterday gave a review of his upcoming meeting this week with Greek Cypriot leader Glafcos Clerides. Appearing on Turkish state channel TRT1, Denktas stated that both he and Clerides were quite familiar with the island's dilemma, adding, "The important thing is intentions. The other side has bad intentions. They think that they will become a member of the EU as the 'government of Cyprus,' and that this way they will be able to make any agreement they want in an atmosphere that casts Turkish Cypriots as a 'minority.' This is unacceptable." He said that the solution to the Cyprus problem was the establishment of a new partnership. "This can be also two partner and separate territories, which have equal rights and equal shares in the sovereignty," Denktas stated. "In addition, we do not want to meet with the Greek Cypriot administration through mediators because in such situations the US, the UN and (UN Cyprus Envoy Alvaro( de Soto only listen to the Greek Cypriot side. As for the issue of the missing people, the Greek Cypriots have used this issue as a means of propaganda. However, a commission has been established under the auspices of the UN. The Secretariat-General has established criteria on this issue. We have accepted these criteria, but the Greek Cypriots have not, instead preferring to use the issue for propaganda purposes." /Cumhuriyet/

    [04] GREEK CYPRIOTS PLAN DEMONSTRATION

    In the runup to this week's meeting between Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas and Greek Cypriot leader Glafcos Clerides, a demonstration reportedly will be held in Greek Cyprus to protest the existense of the TRNC and the presence of Turkish Armed Forces soldiers in the island. Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Representative for Cyprus Alvaro De Soto arrived in Cyprus yesterday to participate in the meeting scheduled for Jan. 16. /Turkiye/

    [05] EXPERT TURKISH DELEGATION VISITS KABUL

    A delegation of five professors and experts lead by Prof. Ihsan Dogramaci is continuing its contacts in Afghanistan. The Turkish delegation met yesterday with high-level Afghan officials in Kabul to exchange views on a number of topics. /Turkiye/

    [06] TREASURY TO SELL 112-DAY BILLS

    Tomorrow the Treasury will hold an auction of bills with a redemption period of 112 days. The bills are value dated Wednesday, Jan. 16, and their redemption is scheduled for May 8 of this year. /Turkiye/

    [07] RESTORED TURKISH MEMORIAL UNVEILED IN GEORGIA

    Yesterday the village of Aragvand in Georgia unveiled a newly restored Turkish memorial in a ceremony. Georgia's restoration of the "Türkmen Emirleri" monument stands in stark contrast to Saudi Arabia's recent destruction of a historic Ottoman castle. /Star/

    [08] BEKO TARGETS LARGER MARKET SHARE

    Turkish applience maker BEKO electronics is laying plans to take the number three market share in Europe with its television sales. BEKO General Director Aydin Cubukcu said yesterday that the company has the same technology and capacity as other European producers and had sold more then 3.5 million television sets this year. This shows, he predicted, that BEKO can take an important place in the European market. /Hürriyet/

    [09] RUSSIAN DAILY: "TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY IS PROGRESSING"

    Russian newspaper Moskovski Komsomolets reported yesterday that Turkish foreign policy was evolving and progressing in the wake of last September's terrorist attacks. Ankara's renewed activity to process the extradition of Chechen terrorist Mavladi Udugov is proof of this evolution, the capital city daily said. /Hürriyet/

    [10] PLANS LAID FOR TURKEY'S FIRST CONFERENCE HOTEL

    Yesterday plans were unveiled for the construction of Turkey's first hotel_conference center, a facility in Istanbul that will have the capacity to host 10,000 convention-goers. An official from Grand Cevahir Hotel and Conference Center, Serpil Keskin, touted the project, saying, "One of the biggest problems of big conventions in recent years has been people being scattered around various hotels during the meetings. This has been due to a lack of space and insufficient meeting and conference halls at the available hotels. "The center, which is planned for the Mecidiyekoy district, will include 15 meeting halls and 150 telephone lines for the press. /Cumhuriyet/

    [11] NUMBER OF TOURISTS VISITING TURKEY STRIKES 11%

    The Turkish Tourism Ministry released a statement this weekend reporting that the number of tourists visiting Turkey last year increased 11% when compared to 2000 to reach a total of 11.57 million as compared to 10.4 million in 2000. Germany sent more tourists to Turkey than any other country last year, namely 2.9 million. /Aksam/

    [12] BIDDING OPENS FOR ANKARA-ISTANBUL RAPID TRAIN PROJECT

    The bidding process for a project to modernize the current Ankara-Istanbul railway was officially initiated yesterday by the Directorate General of Railway, Harbor and Airport Management (DLH). Reportedly, many European companies, including ones from Belgium, as well as at least one Chinese company are vying to win the project to decrease travel time between Turkey's two largest cities to four-and-a-half hours. Many foreign companies made pre-bidding applications to the DLH last week, and those companies deemed eligible to present full proposals will be announced later. /Aksam/

    [13] OIL EXECUTIVE: "TURKEY WILL BE A BRIDGE FOR NATURAL GAS TO EUROPE"

    Paul Skinner, an executive at the Shell Oil Company, predicted yesterday that the next 50 years would see natural gas assume a more important role in world energy supplies and that furthermore Turkey would become a "bridge" to transport the Caspian natural gas to Europe. Skinner said he believed that natural gas would become the world's most important source of energy, emphasizing that Shell stood ready to invest in the local natural gas and petroleum market if Turkey's energy sector is privatized. He added, "Shell Gas & Power Turkey, which was established for this purpose, plans to make more investments in Turkey if legal reforms are made in the energy sector. Shell is the biggest foreign investor in Turkey through InterGen in terms of energy. We support the Turkmen natural gas project. We and our partner Enka are also overseeing the electric power-station project in Adapazari, Gebze and Izmir, which works with natural gas and will begin to produce energy in the middle of this year." /Sabah/

    [14] ISRAELI COMPANY TOP CONTENDER FOR C-130 MODERNIZATION

    Israeli defense industry company IMI, which recently entered a bid to modernize 1,170 Turkish M-5 tanks, is now reportedly the top contender in a bid to modernize seven C-130 transport planes' aviation systems. The Defense Industry Undersecretariat recently decided to begin meetings with IMI to discuss their bid. In the undersecretariat's evaluation of 14 companies applying for the contract, another Israeli company, Elbit Systems Ltd., reportedly came in second. /Aksam/

    [15] FAZIL SAY DEBUTS CONCERTO IN PARIS

    World-famous Turkish pianist Fazil Say debuted his latest composition, his "Piano Concerto No. 4," this weekend at the Champs Elysées Theatre in Paris. The French National Orchestra led by world-renowned conductor Kurt Masur accompanied Say. At the end of the four-part concerto, Say played an encore of the second part in response to enthusiastic demands from the French audience. /Cumhuriyet/

    [16] FROM THE COLUMNS...FROM THE COLUMNS...FROM THE COLUMNS

    [17] MESSAGE TO US ON IRAQ BY FIKRET BILA (MILLIYET)

    Columnist Fikret Bila writes on Prime Minister Ecevit's visit to Washington and the issues to be discussed during the visit. A summary of his column is as follows:

    "During Prime Minister Ecevit's visit to the US, the Middle East and Iraq will be two of the main issues to be discussed. Prime Minister Ecevit and Foreign Minister Cem expect that US President Bush will bring up the subject. It is a well-known fact that Washington has not wavered from the idea of a military intervention in Iraq. Washington also knows that Ankara and Prime Minister Ecevit believe that such a policy has certain drawbacks. Ankara has conveyed to Washington the stance it will take in such an event. When a delegation of 10 US senators visited Ankara recently, the problem was discussed at length. Turkey's approach to the issue was explained to the delegation led by Senator Joseph Lieberman, both by military and government officials. Ankara is inclined to take part in the probable events rather standing by. The reason for such a policy is that, the consequences of a probable intervention will lead to crucial developments in Turkey. The stance conveyed to the US senators visiting Ankara may be summarized as, first, Turkey cannot accept the division of Iraq and the establishment of a Kurdish state in the north. Second, Turkey is closely concerned with the consequences of the intervention rather than its reasons as these will greatly affect Turkey politically, economically, and militarily. Third, the consequences of an intervention can be accepted by Ankara if the formation of a Kurdish state is not allowed, and only an autonomous Kurdish zone is left as in the past, and a Turkmen autonomous region is formed in addition to a Shiite autonomus region in the south. Fourth, Turkey prefers to face the probable events actively to protect its border security, territorial integrity and its own interests rather than facing them at its borders. Ecevit's visit is taking place after this sounding off by the US senators. Ankara said to the senators that the situation in northern Iraq came into being after the Gulf War and posed a danger for Turkish security. The PKK was strengthened in the power vacuum and it increased its attacks on Turkey. Ankara is not interested in Saddam. However, even if Saddam stays in power or is overthrown, Ankara is concerned that Iraq may be divided, a Kurdish state may be proclaimed and the Turkmen may be oppressed...The US has to take Ankara's concerns into consideration."

    [18] ECEVIT'S US VISIT AND EXPECTATIONS BY HURSIT GUNES (MILLIYET)

    Columnist Hursit Gunes writes on Prime Minister Ecevit's visit to the US and Turkish expectations. A summary of his column is as follows:

    "The prime minister is going to Washington accompanied by a large delegation. The presence of a large number of businessmen in the delegation gives the impression that economic and trade issues will be discussed during this visit. However, there are two main issues on the agenda. One is the interests of the US in the region and the other is Turkey's support for these interests. At the moment, the interest of Washington is political while Ankara is focused on economic issues. It seems that Turkey will search for a middle way in between two differing opinions. In fact, the speeches delivered by the prime minister show that there are two questions he would like to discuss with the US Administration. The first is to ask for the cancellation of a certain amount of military debt and a loosening of foreign trade quotas. The stronger Turkey is, the stronger is the US'ally in the region. Turkey's economic crisis has to be surmounted and stability ensured for the required support to be extended. Furthermore, a steady domestic growth rate must be achieved and our standard of living elevated. Even though the US is lending a generous amount of money through the IMF, our economic situation is far fom bright. In addition, we have some political instability caused by economic problems. The US must be aware that the economic progress made upto until now has been carried against a fragile political background. Washington may express its concerns regarding the issue and how to best ensure a pro-Western, democratic stability in Turkish politics. Prime Minister Ecevit must be ready to face such questions. It is clear that Turkey is getting nowhere by defending the territorial integrity of Iraq. It should propose a solution which would not damage its own territorial integrity. Instead of reacting to the US proposals as unacceptable, it should be pro-active. Thus, Turkey's strength in the region will increase. What's more, this solution may not necessarily include a military intervention. It would be wrong to restrict the US' negotiations with Iraq. The prime minister is going to Washington with his hand strengthened. Great distance has been covered in the economic program. The West has recognized Turkey's importance anew. However, Turkey's requests are limited. This visit must demonstrate that Turkey is actually part of the West rather than a strong ally of the West in the region."

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