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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 03-03-19Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>CONTENTS
[01] NATIONAL DEFENSE MINISTER GONUL LEAVES WASHINGTONWASHINGTON - National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul left late on Wednesday Washington D.C., the United States where he had come to attend American-Turkish Council meetings19.03.2003 [02] ENVIRONMENT MINISTER TUZMEN RETURNS FROM EGYPTISTANBUL - Environment Minister Kursad Tuzmen returned to Turkey after wrapping up his official visit to Egypt as the guest of Egyptian Foreign Trade and Economy Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali19.03.2003 [03] MOTION ON DISPATCH OF TURKISH TROOPS TO NORTHERN IRAQ AND PERMISSION TO U.S. OVERFLIGHTSANKARA - The second Prime Ministry motion on authorization of the government foresees dispatch of Turkish troops to northern Iraq and permission to U.S. planes to use its airspace to fly into Iraq19.03.2003 [04] PRIME MINISTRY MOTION SENT TO PARLIAMENTANKARA - Second Prime Ministry motion on authorization of the government was sent to the parliament late on Wednesday19.03.2003 [05] GENERAL STAFF: ''NEWS REPORTS WHICH CLAIM THAT AIRSPACE WAS CLOSED TO U.S. PLANES ARE BASELESS''ANKARA - The General Staff said on Wednesday that news reports which claimed that Turkey's airspace was closed to U.S. planes were baseless19.03.2003 [06] U.S. EMBASSY SAYS U.S. GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TURKEYANKARA - The U.S. Embassy in Ankara said on Wednesday that the U.S. government would continue to support strong economic policies as long as those policies continued19.03.2003 [07] DENKTAS: ''ANNAN PLAN CANNOT COME TO LIFE ONCE MORE''LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas said on Wednesday that a plan which was presented by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan for solution of Cyprus question could not come to life once more and added that it was not possible since Greek Cypriot side did not accept Turkish Cypriot side's sine qua nons19.03.2003 [08] ENVIRONMENT MINISTER TUZMEN IN EGYPTCAIRO - Environment Minister Kursad Tuzmen on Wednesday visited Egyptian Minister of Civil Aviation Ahmad Shafiq19.03.2003 [09] PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ARINC SAYS ARMED FORCES AND GOVERNMENT FULFIL OBLIGATIONSANKARA - Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc said on Wednesday that the Turkish Armed Forces and the government were fulfilling their obligations.19.03.2003 [10] PARLIAMENTARY ''IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEES SUB-COMMISSION'' TO BE FORMEDANKARA - An ''Immigration and Refugees Sub-Commission'' will be formed within the scope of Parliamentary Human Rights Follow-Up Commission, to monitor the possible migration movements due to a possible intervention of the U.S. in Iraq.19.03.2003 [11] ERDOGAN SAYS MOTION FORESEES ENTRANCE OF TURKISH SOLDIERS IN NORTHERN IRAQCORUM - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the motion which would be discussed at the parliament the following day foresaw entrance of Turkish soldiers in Northern Iraq and opening of air corridor.19.03.2003 [12] PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ARINC: ''ATTITUDE OF U.S. IS WRONG''ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc said on Wednesday that a possible operation of the U.S. against Iraq is against the rules, adding that ''it is an attitude which ignores the U.N. and which violates international law.'' ''I would like to stress that I don't approve the speech of the U.S. President,'' Arinc said who received Bircan Akyıldız, the Chairman of Turkish Public Workers Labour Union (Kamu Sen) and the accompanying delegation the same day.19.03.2003 [13] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN: ''UNCERTAINTY ABOUT MOTION IS OUT OF QUESTION''CORUM - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday there was no uncertainty about the prime ministry motion which was expected to be sent to the parliament.19.03.2003 [14] ANKARA MEETING OF IRAQI OPPOSITION LEADERS ENDS -PARTICIPANTS PLEASED WITH MEETINGANKARA - U.S. President George W. Bush's adviser for Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad said on Wednesday that issues discussed during the meeting of the Iraqi opposition groups were important not only for Iraqi people, but also the region and Turkey.19.03.2003 [15] JPC CHAIRMANSHIP COUNCIL CONVENESBRUSSELS - The Chairmanship Council of Joint Parliamentary Commission (JPC), the organ of dialogue between Turkish Parliament and European Parliament (EP), convened in Brussels on Wednesday.19.03.2003 [16] BABACAN: ''6 BILLION U.S. DOLLARS IN AID IS NOT VALID AT THAT MOMENT''ANKARA - State Minister Ali Babacan said on Wednesday that 6 billion U.S. dollars of aid package was not valid at that moment and stated, ''but, we cannot say anything on what kinds of developments appear in the following few days.''19.03.2003 [17] STATE MINISTER BABACAN TO MEET WITH FOREIGN MINISTER GULANKARA - State Minister Ali Babacan came to Foreign Ministry on Wednesday to meet with Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul.19.03.2003 [18] GUL: ''CICEK MADE THE NECESSARY STATEMENT ABOUT THE MOTION''ANKARA - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Wednesday that Justice Minister and Government Spokesman Cemil Cicek had made the necessary statement about the second Prime Ministry motion on dispatch of Turkish soldiers abroad and deployment of foreign armed forces in Turkey.19.03.2003 [19] MEETING OF IRAQI OPPOSITION GROUPS STARTSANKARA - Meeting among Iraqi opposition groups, Turkish and U.S. officials started at the Ankara Palace on Wednesday.19.03.2003 [20] JUSTICE MINISTER AND GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN CICEK: ''U.S. REQUESTED US TO PERMIT TRANSIT PASSAGE OF PLANES ONLY, THE MOTION WILL COVER THAT''ANKARA - Justice Minister and Government Spokesman Cemil Cicek said on Wednesday that the U.S. urgently wanted Turkey to permit the transit passage of American planes, adding ''this is the only thing that they requested from us at this stage. Thus the motion will cover this issue.''19.03.2003 [21] JUSTICE MINISTER AND GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN CICEK: ''WE'LL SEND A MOTION TO PARLIAMENT ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 92 OF CONSTITUTION''ANKARA - Justice Minister and Government Spokesman Cemil Cicek said on Wednesday that the government would submit a motion to the parliament according to Article 92 of the Constitution, stressing that the motion was related to sending of Turkish soldiers abroad and deployment of foreign soldiers in Turkey.19.03.2003 [22] NATIONAL DEFENSE MINISTER GONUL MEETS WITH RUMSFELD, WOLFOWITZ AND MYERSWASHINGTON D.C. - National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul who is currently in the U.S., met with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, and U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers on Tuesday.19.03.2003 Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |