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Turkish Press Review, 05-12-05

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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

05.12.2005

FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS

CONTENTS

  • [01] ERDOGAN VISITS NEW ZEALAND
  • [02] FM GUL: “DEC. 15 ELECTIONS WILL BE A TURNING POINT IN IRAQ”
  • [03] BUSY WEEK AHEAD FOR PARLIAMENT
  • [04] STATE MINISTER CUBUKCU PLEDGES LEGAL CHANGES TO HELP THE HANDICAPPED
  • [05] ARINC TO ATTEND OIC SUMMIT THIS WEEK
  • [06] WASHINGTON: “THE PKK PROBLEM IS DAMAGING TURKISH-US RELATIONS”
  • [07] BARZANI CONFIRMS MEETING WITH MIT CHIEF
  • [08] NEW US AMBASSADOR ARRIVES IN ANKARA
  • [09] BODRUM HOSTS SYMPOSIUM ON TURKS, ARMENIANS
  • [10] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS
  • [11] TURKEY’S FACILITATOR ROLE BY SEMIH IDIZ (MILLIYET)

  • [01] ERDOGAN VISITS NEW ZEALAND

    Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday met with representatives of Turkish citizens living in Auckland, New Zealand, the first stop of a nine- day tour including Australia. Erdogan called on the citizens to preserve their unity and solidarity as well as their own values. Erdogan, accompanied by his wife and other government ministers, then attended a luncheon hosted by his New Zealand counterpart Helen Clark on board the Pacific Mermaid. The Turkish premier will have official talks with the government today and will also visit Christchurch before leaving for Australia on Wednesday. /Hurriyet/

    [02] FM GUL: “DEC. 15 ELECTIONS WILL BE A TURNING POINT IN IRAQ”

    Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul yesterday met with US Ambassador to Baghdad Zalmay Khalilzad and Iraqi Sunni Arab representative Tariq al-Hashimi in Istanbul. Following the meeting, Gul and Khalilzad held a joint press conference alongside Hashimi. “We strongly support a stable and democratic Iraq which maintains its political and territorial integrity,” Gul said. Stressing that Iraq’s Dec. 15 elections will be a turning point to this end, the Turkish foreign minister called on all Iraqi groups, especially Sunni Arabs who boycotted the constitutional referendum, to participate in the elections and take the future of Iraq into their hands. /Aksam/

    [03] BUSY WEEK AHEAD FOR PARLIAMENT

    Parliament is heading towards another busy week, including bills on education and mining. Parliament will resume debates over a bill stipulating the transfer of schools belonging to public institutions to the Education Ministry and then a mining bill stipulating incentive certificates for investment in some mines and used in construction, road work cement and the ceramic industry will be debated. Meanwhile parliamentary commissions will also continue their work. On Tuesday the Planning and Budget Commission will debate an amendment to the Special Consumption Tax (OTV) Law under which the tax would be applied to biodiesel products. While the Justice Commission will debate an amendment to the Land Registry Law regulating the rights of foreigners who own immovable property in Turkey, a commission investigating the factors behind “honor” killings and ways to prevent them will continue its hearings on the matter on Wednesday. A commission investigating the 1991 murder at the deputies’ lodges of Mustafa Gungor, son of then Deputy Erol Gungor, will also present its report to Parliament this week. /The New Anatolian/

    [04] STATE MINISTER CUBUKCU PLEDGES LEGAL CHANGES TO HELP THE HANDICAPPED

    Attending ceremonies held in Istanbul yesterday marking World Disabled Day, State Minister Nimet Cubukcu vowed to make necessary arrangements to improve life for the handicapped. Stressing that the government was aware of the problems of the handicapped, Cubukcu said that a law to address these would soon be enacted. /Star/

    [05] ARINC TO ATTEND OIC SUMMIT THIS WEEK

    Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc will represent Turkey at a summit of Muslim leaders in Saudi Arabia this week. President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has decided not to attend the summit of the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Mecca but has not said why. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul will also be in Saudi Arabia, attending a ministerial meeting in preparation for the summit of leaders on Tuesday. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, currently on a tour of New Zealand and Australia, will not be able to attend the summit. The two-day meeting will start on Wednesday and is expected to endorse a declaration, in addition to a 10-year action plan setting out reform plans for member countries. The Dec. 7-8 summit is the first to be chaired by a Turkish official, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the first Turkish secretary-general of the organization. /Turkish Daily News/

    [06] WASHINGTON: “THE PKK PROBLEM IS DAMAGING TURKISH-US RELATIONS”

    A new report by the Washington Institute think-tank said that the PKK’s continued terrorist attacks are damaging Turkish-US relations, as most Turks blame Washington for renewed PKK violence. The report said that northern Iraq was not the only front where the PKK is active but also maintains a working infrastructure in Europe. The report urged the US, European Union and Turkey to further pool their efforts within the European Counter Terrorism Group, a body composed of EU member states as well as Norway and Switzerland to counter the problem. /Turkiye/

    [07] BARZANI CONFIRMS MEETING WITH MIT CHIEF

    Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Massoud Barzani has confirmed his recent meeting with Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) chief Emre Taner but denied news reports that Israeli soldiers are training Kurdish peshmergas. According to news channel NTV, Barzani also met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in the town of Salaheddin. After the meeting, the two leaders held a joint press conference, saying that they had decided to work together. “From what we see, the Turkish government is trying to solve its problem with Turkish Kurds through peaceful means,” said Barzani. “We said that we are ready to facilitate this if there is such an effort.” /Sabah/

    [08] NEW US AMBASSADOR ARRIVES IN ANKARA

    Six months after the departure of his predecessor, the new US ambassador to Turkey, Ross Wilson, arrived in Ankara on Saturday. Speaking to reporters at Esenboga Airport, Wilson pledged to work towards further strengthening relations between the two NATO allies after the tension over Iraq. /Turkish Daily News/

    [09] BODRUM HOSTS SYMPOSIUM ON TURKS, ARMENIANS

    Turkey’s Aegean coastal town of Bodrum hosted a symposium entitled “Turks and Armenians in History and Truth” over the weekend. Speaking at the gathering, Professor Turkkaya Ataov said that Ottoman Turks had never committed a crime of genocide against Armenians during World War I. Also addressing the meeting, Turkish Historical Society (TTK) head Yusuf Halacoglu stated that Turkey’s national War of Independence was not yet over. Stressing that for years Turkey had failed to effectively counter the Armenian allegations, he called on the Turkish people to cooperate to uncover historical facts as well as fight against lobbies led by Armenians. /Hurriyet/

    [10] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS

    [11] TURKEY’S FACILITATOR ROLE BY SEMIH IDIZ (MILLIYET)

    Columnist Semih Idiz comments on Turkey’s facilitator role on the Iraq issue. A summary of his column is as follows:

    “The meeting between Iraqi Islamic party leader Tariq al-Hashmi and US Ambassador to Baghdad Zalmay Khalilzad under the supervision of Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul in Istanbul yesterday showed that ‘backroom diplomacy’ over Iraq will soon be full of surprises. National Intelligence Agency (MIT) Undersecretary Emre Taner’s secret meeting with Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Massoud Barzani at the beginning of November should be seen as part of this as well. Ankara has now accepted a ‘federal’ Iraq emerging after the elections in Dec. 15 as a reality. Ankara’s democratic efforts favor providing Iraq with stability by ensuring functionality within constitutional unity. Meanwhile, Ankara’s facilitator role, which was presented to parties as part of the Middle East issue but which actually wasn’t put into practice, gained a new meaning with the meeting with Khalilzad. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul also gathered together his Israeli and Pakistani counterparts in Istanbul recently. Hashmi held contacts with the US in Istanbul, which shows Turkey’s stature in the eyes of Iraqi Sunnis. According to Arab diplomats I spoke with, Turkey’s rejection of the deployment of US soldiers before the Iraq invasion in March 2003 is the basis of this respect. In Iraqi Sunnis’ eyes, this makes Turkey a neutral player.

    Meanwhile, the meeting with Hashmi showed another example of the government’s ‘multi-axis foreign policy administration’ concerning Iraq, because the news of this meeting caught those who normally know these developments by surprise. According to backroom rumors, Ankara will soon invite the prime minister of the Kurdish administration in Erbil, Nechirvan Barzani. If this happens, Ankara is expected to keep the issue of the terrorist PKK fresh during the meeting. In addition, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki’s visit to Ankara last week wasn’t ignored by diplomatic eyes. A breakup of Iraq would be favorable neither for Turkey, or Iran, Syria, or the US. It would even be against the interests of Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites, because the ensuing chaos would give a headache to everybody. All of the parties seemed to have understood this.”

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