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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 00-03-27
27 March 2000 Monday
[02] TURKEY-PRESS SCAN
These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey's
press on March 27, 2000. The Anadolu Ajansi does not verify these stories
and does not vouch for their occuracy.
HURRIYET (LIBERAL)
TURKISH AND ARMENIAN BUSINESSMEN TO MEET IN WASHINGTON D.C
U.S. businessmen with Turkish origin call Turkish businessmen to have
cooperation. Armenian businessmen who will meet with the Turkish business
world in Washington D.C., will propose Turkey to work together. Kaan Soyak,
the Chairman of the Turkish-Armenian Business Development Committee and a
member of the Turkish-Armenian Business Council, said that the Turkish
businessmen will hold contacts with the U.S. businessmen of Armenian origin
during their U.S. visit which will start on March 29.
NEW ADDRESS OF SHUTTER TRADE IS ALGERIA AND TUNISIA
The Algerians are reviving the shutter trade which stagnated due to the
crisis in Russia. Algeria and Tunisia are a new hope for the tradesmen of
Laleli district of Istanbul. Russia, Romania, and Turkish Republics come to
the mind when one talks about the shutter trade but one fifth of this trade
in Laleli market is made with the North African countries. Ayhan Karahan,
the Chairman of Laleli Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association
(LASIAD), said that Turkey and Algeria make shutter trade since 1983 and
that the trade with Algeria and other countries increased 150 percent when
compared with the figures before 1998.
MILLIYET (LIBERAL)
CAKICI AND NURIS PULL TRIGGERS
Ten people who were determined to be the men of Alaattin Cakici, the mafia
boss, attacked on the Karagumruk Club at 10.00 p.m. yesterday. The
assailants who raked with gunfire the club, injured 16 people and ran away.
The injured people were determined to be the men of Nuri Ergin.
TURKISH CYPRIOTS MOBILIZED FOR LITTLE ANDREA
The Turkish Cypriots were mobilized to give their blood samples for Andreas
Vasiliu, a six-year-old Greek Cypriot child with leukaemia. The number of
the Turkish Cypriots who want to give their blood samples, exceeded 500.
The Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots gave their blood samples in
Beyarmudu which is near Pile, the only village in which Turkish and Greek
Cypriots live together, within the framework of a joint initiative.
SABAH (LIBERAL)
FLOATING POWER PLANTS ON THE WAY
Energy Minister Cumhur Ersumer said they would set up floating power plants
in South East Turkey as a temporary solution to Turkey's energy problem.
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