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Turkish Press Review 96-05-13From: TRKNWS-L <trh@aimnet.com>Turkish Press Review DirectoryCONTENTS[01] FULL SCHEDULE FOR PRESIDENT DEMIREL[02] YILMAZ: "EMERGENCY RULE MUST BE LIFTED BY JULY"[03] HABITAT WILL BE A MEETING OF UNIONS[04] BIG FINANCE FAIR IN AUTUMN[05] TURKISH FRIGATE OFF TO ADRIATIC[06] KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN TO VISIT TURKEY[07] TURKEY'S AUTOMOTIVE EXPORTS SOAR 67 % IN JANUARY-APRIL[08] TAIWANESE MISSION TO SEEK NEW TURKISH DEALS[09] IRAQ PROTESTS TO TURKEY OVER CROSS-BORDER OPERATIONS[10] SOUTH KOREA AND TURKEY DECIDE TO BOOST TRADE[11] SWISS SUPPORT FOR SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY[12] NUROL TO CONSTRUCT HOTEL IN BOSNIA[13] TURKEY ADVISES GREECE 'REALISM' IN RELATIONSTURKISH PRESS REVIEWMAY 13, 1996Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning.[01] FULL SCHEDULE FOR PRESIDENT DEMIRELPresident Demirel, concluding his official visit to Uzbekistan, has journeyed on to Iran and Turkmenistan. During his visits to these countries, Demirel will be taking up a number of matters that are of vital concern to Turkey.Yesterday, while going to Iran for the opening ceremony of a new rail connection between Iran and Turkmenistan, Demirel spoke about a number of regional issues including the importance of the Baku-Ceyhan natural gas and oil pipelines to Turkey. He noted however, that although lots of agreements were being signed, the petrol was still in the ground. Although there are many pipeline projects for the region, Demirel noted that most of them were only temporary or anyway part of the major Baku-Ceyhan project. Today, Demirel will hold more talks with Iranian President Rafsancani. One of the matters that will most certainly occupy the two leaders will be the military training and cooperation agreement signed between Turkey and Israel. /Cumhuriyet-Sabah/ [02] YILMAZ: "EMERGENCY RULE MUST BE LIFTED BY JULY"Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz told German weekly Der Spiegel that the emergency rule in Southeast Anatolia should be lifted by the end of June. Yilmaz told Der Spiegel that he was against "the emergency rule", a term that means special security and legal measures for several Turkish provinces in the Southeast where the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has waged a separatist war since 1984. The prime minister said he favoured a strengthening of the local administrations and launching of cultural reform. But he indicated that even if the emergency rule is lifted by the end of June, security measures might remain in "some areas near the Iraqi and Iranian borders" -a thinly veiled reference to the Turkish concern that the PKK had bases in those countries.Yilmaz's interview with Der Spiegel came before his visit to Germany scheduled for May 16-18. The Turkish prime minister told Der Spiegel that regional issues will also be discussed. /All papers/ [03] HABITAT WILL BE A MEETING OF UNIONSIstanbul, caught up in the preparations for the very close huge Habitat II conference on world housing and related issues, will also host a gathering of world labour union leaders. The union representatives will debate social issues and the role of the state.Representatives from South Africa, Britain, Germany, Spain, France, Mexico, the US and many Latin and Asian countries will attend the meeting which will fuse into the Habitat II framework. /Milliyet/ [04] BIG FINANCE FAIR IN AUTUMNTurkey will be participating in the world's biggest finance fair in Vienna on October 10-13. The Turkish banking and finance sectors will be represented at the Gewinn Messe fair along with the international giants of the financial world. /Hurriyet/[05] TURKISH FRIGATE OFF TO ADRIATICThe TCG Kocatepe has sailed from the naval base in Golcuk to take part in Peace Implementation Force (IFOR) exercises in the Adriatic Sea, which are being carried out by the NATO Mediterranean Permanent Naval Forces due to the Bosnia-Herzegovina crisis. The TCG Kocatepe 252 frigate will, with its 300 member crew, be on duty in the Adriatic Sea within this framework of the UN resolution and under the command of NATO until August 13. /All papers/[06] KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN TO VISIT TURKEYKing Hussein of Jordan will pay a working visit to Turkey on Thursday, at a time when Egypt, Israel, Jordan and the US are discussing ways to forge strategical cooperation between these countries. The king participated in a summit in Cairo on Sunday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. The summit comes soon after US Secretary of State Warren Christopher and his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak discusssed a new defence agreement between the two countries last week in Washington. /All papers/[07] TURKEY'S AUTOMOTIVE EXPORTS SOAR 67 % IN JANUARY-APRILExports by Turkish motor vehicle and parts producers rose 67 % in January-April 1996 to $486.9 million from $291.8 million in the same 1995 period, the Association of Turkish Automotive Industries (OSD) said in a statement. Exports of motor vehicles made up $211.5 million of the total amount, up 239 % from January-April 1995. Automotive parts exports increased only 20 % to $275.4 million over the same period, the OSD said. Bus exports boomed 675 % to $64.1 million in the first months of 1996 from previous $8.3 million while car exports leapt 217 % to $128.6 million from $40.6 million in the first four months of last year. The OSD said tractor producers began exporting to Mexico and the US for the first time. Buses were exported to Europe, Russia and the Central Asian Republics, it added. /All papers/[08] TAIWANESE MISSION TO SEEK NEW TURKISH DEALSA Taiwanese trade group, composed of executives from 46 top companies, will visit Istanbul between May 20-21 on a business promotion trip, a Taiwanese official has said. The executives will be trying to market their products, find Turkish trade and investment partners, Wilton T.Hung, director of the Taiwan Trade Centre, told reporters Thursday evening in Istanbul. Hung said the mission will also visit Athens, Barcelona, Madrid and Porto to explore business opportunities in southern Europe. "Turkey's influence, as a regional power, has grown since the breakup of the Soviet Union and its entrance into a customs union with the EU" Hung declared. The participants will include manufacturers of cosmetics, non-stick pans, stickers, pipes and fittings, personal care accessories, computers and peripheral equipment, clothing and textiles, cutlery, roller blades and other sporting goods. /Milliyet/[09] IRAQ PROTESTS TO TURKEY OVER CROSS-BORDER OPERATIONSIraq protested to Turkey yesterday over the cross-border operations of the Turkish Armed Forces into northern Iraq last week. Ankara describes its thrust into the neighbouring country as "a very limited operation" in which Turkey used its right of hot pursuit against the militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party ()KK), who escape into northern Iraq after attacks in Turkish territory. Sadi Calislar, Turkey's charge d'affaires in Baghdad, was summoned to the Iraqi Foreign Ministry to be given a memorandum in which Iraq urged Turkish troops to withdraw from Iraqi territory. However, Ankara said that the armed forces in northern Iraq returned on May 9."We have serious concerns over our security at our border with northern Iraq. Turkey's use of its right of hot pursuit should be considered normal" Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesman Nurettin Nurkan said in a press conference last Wednesday. /Hurriyet/ [10] SOUTH KOREA AND TURKEY DECIDE TO BOOST TRADETurkey and South Korea declared on Friday that their intention to boost bilateral trade during the visit of South Korean Prime Minister Lee Soo-Sung. "It is important to enhance trade and mutual investments between the two countries" Yalim Eralp, a prime ministerial aide said. He said that the talks between the two countries had addressed the question of launching flights between Istanbul and Seoul. Lee promised that he would do his best to enable the flights to start before the end of the year. He said that South Korea also wanted to buy electronic devices from Turkey for their own F-16 fighter jets. Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz and his South Korean counterpart Lee Soo-Sung said that the Turco-South Korean business council should be activated. The sixth meeting of the business council, which met in Ankara during Soo-Sung's visit, also urged more South Korean business in Turkey.After his contacts in Ankara, Soo-Sung went to Istanbul and visited historical and touristic sites there. /Cumhuriyet/ [11] SWISS SUPPORT FOR SOUTHEASTERN TURKEYThe Swiss Organization for Development and Cooperation has extended to Turkey aid worth five million francs to encourage agricultural production. The Swiss organization, preparing and implementing projects jointly with the Turkey Development Foundation, has sent a delegation to southeastern Turkey to research ways for increasing agricultural production there. /Milliyet/[12] NUROL TO CONSTRUCT HOTEL IN BOSNIANurol Insaat will construct the first hotel in Bosnia, now lying in ruins after the war. With a $40 million investment, the company will reconstruct a dormitory and turn it into a 1600-bed hotel. Oguz Carmikli, one of Nurol Holding's managers, who will join Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz during his forthcoming visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina, will meet Bosnian President Alia Izzetbegovic and other high-level officials. /Sabah/[13] TURKEY ADVISES GREECE 'REALISM' IN RELATIONSTurkey urged Greece on Saturday to act realistically and display a more responsible attitude in its relations with Ankara. Responding to a question, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Omer Akbel said Turkey was evaluating the Bucharest meeting between Turkish foreign minister Emre Gonensay and his Greek counterpart Theodoros Pangalos, as marking the beginning of a process of improved relations based on common sense and rapprochement. The spokesman added that it was natural that during the current sensitive phase, the two sides should act with utmost caution.However, Akbel said, it was impossible to justify the recent hostile and anti-Turkish remarks of Pangalos. The spokesman, meanwhile, hinted that the anti-Turkish and hostile statements of the Greek foreign minister might be intensified because of the forthcoming convention of the Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). Akbel said bilateral relations between the two countries should not fall victim to domestic political considerations in Greece and called on Athens to adopt a onstructive policy based on realism in its ties with Ankara. /All papers/ |
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