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Turkish Press Review, 05-09-19

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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> e-mail : newspot@byegm.gov.tr <caption> <_caption> Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning

19.09.2005

FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS

CONTENTS

  • [01] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN MEETS SAUDI KING ABDULLAH
  • [02] GUL: “ANNAN WILL TAKE IMPORTANT STEPS ON THE CYPRUS ISSUE”
  • [03] PARLIAMENT TO MEET TODAY TO DISCUSS TERRORISM
  • [04] ARINC TO VISIT LITHUANIA
  • [05] TOP OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS TERROR AT SUMMIT
  • [06] TURKISH CYPRIOT BUSINESS GROUP OPENS BUREAU IN BRUSSELS
  • [07] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS
  • [08] OUT FROM UNDER THE PKK SHADOW BY FERAI TINC (HURRIYET)

  • [01] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN MEETS SAUDI KING ABDULLAH

    Prime Minister Erdogan, yesterday went to Jeddah after completing his contacts in New York. Erdogan made a courtesy call to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan gave Erdogan a warm welcome at the gate of the Royal Palace. Premier Erdogan and King Abdullah had a face-to-face meeting which lasted for 15 minutes. Later, Erdogan met with Gassan Suleyman, the president of the Saudi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Afterwards, Erdogan met with high-level businessman of Saudi Arabia. /Turkiye/

    [02] GUL: “ANNAN WILL TAKE IMPORTANT STEPS ON THE CYPRUS ISSUE”

    Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, continuing his contacts in New York over the weekend, met with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the sidelines of the UN’s 60th General Assembly. Speaking to journalists about his meetings, Gul said, “My meetings were fruitful. I met with UN Secretary-General Annan and we discussed the Cyprus issue. I had several requests for him. He pledged that he would take steps on the Cyprus issue.” In related news, Gul told journalists that he had also met with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faysal bin Abd al-Aziz al-Saud and added, “We discussed the Iraq issue in detail. We agreed to hold further political consultations between our countries. As you know, an Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) summit meeting will soon take place in Mecca. Many countries neighboring Iraq may convene there.” /Star/

    [03] PARLIAMENT TO MEET TODAY TO DISCUSS TERRORISM

    Parliament is set to convene this afternoon for an extraordinary session to deal with a request of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) to debate recent rising terrorist incidents in the country. A quorum of 184 deputies is needed for Parliament to officially convene and do business. Upon a CHP application to his office, Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc last week called Parliament for an extraordinary session. /Aksam/

    [04] ARINC TO VISIT LITHUANIA

    Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc yesterday left for Lithuania to hold a series of contacts at the invitation of his Lithuanian counterpart Arturas Paulauskas. He is expected to return on Wednesday. /Cumhuriyet/

    [05] TOP OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS TERROR AT SUMMIT

    Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will chair a summit on Friday to discuss with high-level officials proposed revisions to the Anti-Terror Bill. Present at the gathering will be Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi Ozkok, Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu, Justice Minister Cemil Cicek, military force commanders, National Intelligence Organization (MIT) Undersecretary Emre Taner and National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Yigit Alpogan. /Sabah/

    [06] TURKISH CYPRIOT BUSINESS GROUP OPENS BUREAU IN BRUSSELS

    The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Chamber of Trade is officially opening a bureau in Brussels today to represent Turkish Cypriots in this country. TRNC Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer is expected to attend the opening ceremony. The bureau’s mission is to give voice to the Turkish Cypriots’ just cause and try to end the international isolation of the TRNC. /Cumhuriyet/

    [07] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS

    [08] OUT FROM UNDER THE PKK SHADOW BY FERAI TINC (HURRIYET)

    Columnist Ferai Tinc comments on the fight against terrorism. A summary of his column is as follows:

    “If the Justice and Development Party (AKP) doesn’t block it, Parliament will meet today to discuss the problem of terrorism. I hope common sense will prevail over narrow political calculations and the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) call for an extraordinary session will become reality. Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu previously said, ‘Everybody should know that without addressing the conditions and atmosphere expected by terrorism, we cannot reach an exact result in the fight against it.’ Even such a statement shows that it is understood the issue must be discussed comprehensively. Those who are trying to reap political benefits from this issue will harm themselves. Terrorism and places and conditions in which it develops can be eradicated, and the sources off which it feeds can be cut by showing that it’s not the solution. How can we do this? The answer to this should be discussed in order to find a common path. Otherwise, the fight against terrorism will go to the military just like in the past. National socialists and neo-Nazis have started to prepare this way. We can talk neither about interests nor about security without dispelling the current atmosphere in which ethnic nationalisms stoke each other.

    Politicians speaking on behalf of the Kurds should now take risks. A new political path can’t begin without excluding those who turn funerals into forums for politics and pump Kurdish nationalism and try to turn the nation against state forces. Why did former Democracy Party (DEP) members fail to make concrete suggestions and signal positive developments in spite of all their political experience and their supporters? Because they were unable to get out from under the PKK shadow. They didn’t embrace the friendly hands held out for them, and this situation was reflected in their politics. They could neither make their words clear nor forge an alliance. What’s the current situation? Even Europe, which lauded their ‘peaceful ways,’ is calling on them to save themselves from the PKK. Politics in Turkey can get away from the PKK in the fight against PKK terrorism. This is the problem of not only politicians who claim to do politics on behalf of the Kurds, but in fact all of Turkey. All of us should make efforts to achieve this.”

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