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Turkish Press Review, 06-06-22
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Summary of the political and economic
news in the Turkish press this morning
22.06.2006
ERDOGAN: “ISTANBUL IS THE HEART
OF TURKEY”
GUL: “THE OIC SUPPORTS THE
TURKISH SIDE’S CYPRUS CAUSE”
CICEK: “FIRST WE MUST DESCRIBE
REACTIONARY MOVEMENTS”
IN VIENNA, BUSH BACKS TURKEY’S
EU MEMBERSHIP
TRNC PAYS COMPENSATION TO GREEK
CYPRIOTS
US COUNCIL ON FOREIGN
RELATIONS: “CYPRUS IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR AILING
RELATIONS”
CB HEAD TO ADDRESS CONFERENCE
IN LONDON
SABANCI: “RECENT NEGATIVE
ECONOMIC NEWS IS MAKING MANY PEOPLE WONDER”
FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE
COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…
EDELMAN’S SPEECH
BY SOLI OZEL (SABAH)
CONTENTS
[01] SEZER TO VISIT RUSSIA
[02] ERDOGAN: “ISTANBUL IS THE HEART OF
TURKEY”
[03] GUL: “THE OIC SUPPORTS THE TURKISH
SIDE’S CYPRUS CAUSE”
[04] CICEK: “FIRST WE MUST DESCRIBE
REACTIONARY MOVEMENTS”
[05] IN VIENNA, BUSH BACKS TURKEY’S EU
MEMBERSHIP
[06] TRNC PAYS COMPENSATION TO GREEK
CYPRIOTS
[07] US COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS:
“CYPRUS IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR AILING RELATIONS”
[08] CB HEAD TO ADDRESS CONFERENCE IN
LONDON
[09] SABANCI: “RECENT NEGATIVE ECONOMIC
NEWS IS MAKING MANY PEOPLE WONDER”
[10] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE
COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…
[11] EDELMAN’S SPEECH
BY
SOLI OZEL (SABAH)
[01] SEZER TO VISIT RUSSIA
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer
will go to Russia on Wednesday as the official
guest of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
It will be the first presidential visit since
the establishment of the Russian Federation.
During the meetings, the state of the two
countries’ relations and ways to strengthen
areas of cooperation will be discussed.
/Hurriyet/
[02] ERDOGAN: “ISTANBUL IS THE HEART OF
TURKEY”
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan yesterday attended a groundbreaking
ceremony for 21 intersections built by the
Istanbul Greater City Municipality. Speaking at
the gathering, Erdogan said that Istanbul was
the heart of Turkey and they were trying to make
it a world-class city with the transportation
infrastructure, environment and modern
urbanization which the city deserves. /Sabah/
[03] GUL: “THE OIC SUPPORTS THE TURKISH
SIDE’S CYPRUS CAUSE”
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said yesterday
that during the 33rd Organization for the
Islamic Conference’s Foreign Ministers’ meeting,
Turkey’s Cyprus and Western Thrace causes had
gotten support. Gul stated that in its final
declaration, the OIC had strongly backed the
Cyprus and Western Thrace causes, adding that
this development had pleased Ankara greatly.
Stressing that the Turkish side had done its
best on Cyprus, he urged the European Union to
keep its promises on the matter. The Turkish
foreign minister said that Turkish Republic of
Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Tourism and Economy
Minister Dervis Kemal Deniz had held bilateral
meetings as part of the gathering. After
completing his contacts in Baku, Azerbaijan, Gul
returned to Ankara. /Turkiye/
[04] CICEK: “FIRST WE MUST DESCRIBE
REACTIONARY MOVEMENTS”
Responding to criticisms of the
proposed new Anti-Terror Law, which could
exclude unarmed groups from being defined as
terrorists and include sanctions on reactionary
organizations, Justice Minister Cemil Cicek said
yesterday that first reactionary movements need
to be described clearly. Speaking at
Parliament’s Justice Commission, Cicek stated
that there was no clear definition of terror,
adding that if a sound definition is made, this
could also help fight terrorism. Cicek added
that there were reactionary movements in the
past and there are still ones today, and there
could be more in the future. /Milliyet/
[05] IN VIENNA, BUSH BACKS TURKEY’S EU
MEMBERSHIP
During a European Union-United
States meeting in Vienna hosted by EU Term
President Austria, US President George W. Bush
urged the EU states not to block Turkey’s EU
membership. Stressing that the US had always
lent support to Turkey’s EU membership, Bush
said that Turkey should join the club.
Furthermore, the US president reportedly also
called on the EU to make more efforts to end the
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ (TRNC)
international isolation, adding that efforts
should continue for a settlement on the island
in line with United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi Annan’s Cyprus plan. /Turkiye/
[06] TRNC PAYS COMPENSATION TO GREEK
CYPRIOTS
The Turkish Cypriot
Compensation Commission, established in order to
deal with the property issue, one of the key
points of the Cyprus problem, yesterday
finalized the applications of three Greek
Cypriots. The goal of the Compensation
Commission is, through establishing domestic
law, to prevent Greek Cypriots from taking their
cases against Turkish Cypriots and Turks
straight to the European Court of Human Rights
(ECHR). The commission agreed to return the
property of two Greek Cypriots and pay
compensation for damages to a third. Foreign
Minister Abdullah Gul praised the Compensation
Commission’s first decision yesterday and
expressed hope that these efforts will
contribute to finding a comprehensive solution
to the Cyprus problem. /Cumhuriyet/
[07] US COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS:
“CYPRUS IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR AILING RELATIONS”
A new report by the Council on
Foreign Relations, a prominent US foreign policy
think-tank, says that the Turkish-US relations
have been deteriorating for the last three years
and should be improved. The report entitled
“Generating Momentum for a New Era in US-Turkey
Relations” says that the two countries, both
facing elections over the next year-and-a-half,
would face problems on issues such as Iraq,
Iran, the Middle East and Cyprus. The report
identifies the Cyprus issue as a concrete
opportunity for cooperation and proposes that
action be taken on the Kurdish problem in Iraq,
Cyprus and the European Union in the short term.
/Cumhuriyet/
[08] CB HEAD TO ADDRESS CONFERENCE IN
LONDON
Central Bank Governor Durmus
Yilmaz is due to address a conference entitled
“Monetary Policies in Turkey and Investment
Opportunities,” organized by Ak Investment in
London. An Ak Investment statement stressed that
at the conference Yilmaz would address officials
of leading world finance institutions. /Aksam/
[09] SABANCI: “RECENT NEGATIVE ECONOMIC
NEWS IS MAKING MANY PEOPLE WONDER”
Turkish Industrialists’ and
Businessmen’s Association (TUSIAD) head Omer
Sabanci yesterday commented on recent negative
economic developments, saying that these had
created question marks in the minds of many
people. Saying that recent fluctuations in the
markets were due to international developments,
Sabanci stated that the US Federal Reserve
signaling that it would continue to raise
interest rates had led investors to pull out of
especially developing countries. He added that
Turkey needed to take monetary measures in order
to counter negative effects due to fluctuations,
which are expected to last for a while. “We
should strengthen our economy,” added Sabanci.
/Aksam/
[10] FROM THE COLUMNS…FROM THE
COLUMNS…FROM THE COLUMNS…
[11] EDELMAN’S SPEECH
BY
SOLI OZEL (SABAH)
Columnist Soli Ozel comments on
a speech by former US Ambassador to Ankara Eric
Edelman. A summary of his column is as follows:
“The
speech made by former US Ambassador, now US
defense undersecretary, Eric Edelman on Monday
should be seen in a certain context. This
context isn’t Turkey’s search for a third man.
It’s not true that the US praises late President
Turgut Ozal at the expense of current President
Ahmet Necdet Sezer. There are two opposite sides
in Washington about Turkey. One side, which is
provoked by certain people and political focuses
in Turkey, doesn’t like the current government.
The second side led by Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice wants to win Turkey. They
consider the anti-American stance not a reason
for revenge, but something negative which should
be addressed. They want to work with Turkey in
terms of the US’ strategic priorities to be
determined after the war in Iraq. Edelman’s
speech opened a week consisting of discussions
about Turkey, organized by institutions on both
sides. Foreign policy-think-tank the Council on
Foreign Relations is opening a political
proposal to discussion (www.cft.org), and
‘Generating Momentum for a New Era in US –
Turkey Relations’ written by Steven Cook and
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall is drawing a
comprehensive roadmap. Tomorrow, there will be a
seminar at the Hudson Institute including people
who have criticized Turkey. It’s very likely
that they won’t say good things about Turkey, a
nation which sees the US very negatively.
Edelman gave a very balanced speech. He
concluded his words with certain important
emphases in the question-and-answer session. He
gave certain messages, without becoming a party
in current debates. He at least hinted that
there is a crisis in Turkish-American relations
now. The US administration, which wants to act
with Turkey in the new era, is expecting Turkey
to make a decision about its priorities and
preferences. Citing the example of Ozal, Edelman
stated that leadership meant taking risks. He
said, ‘Crises require choices, and those choices
frequently require leaders (both in the
government and opposition) to educate and to
shape the perceptions of their countrymen about
the real alternatives confronting the nation.’
Ismet Inonu went on to reform the political
system to reflect the emerging world order of
capitalism and democracy. He said that when
Inonu lost the election, the military offered to
step in and secure his presidency but that Inonu
declined. This was like a message to coup lovers
in Turkey. Answering a question from former
Ambassador to Ankara Mark Parris, Edelman said
that he supported good Turkish-Russian
relations. However, he added that if these two
countries, which suffer from the Cyprus and
Chechnya issues, try to place their relations on
an unnatural line, this wouldn’t be beneficial.
In short, although it’s not very popular,
Edelman called on Turkey to act together with
the US in a Muslim, democratic, secular and
Western system. We’ll see soon how the
government and the country respond to this
call.”
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