Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning
CONTENTS
The National Security Council today will hold one of its most
important meetings in recent years . The main topic of the
meeting will be an assessment of how to prevent the exploitation
of religion in propaganda campaigns before the 18 April
elections. At the meeting it will be stressed that 'February 28'
was not an enforced process, but rather it was the natural
reaction of the secular and democratic society in Turkey. In
addition to the subject, information will be presented to the
Council on ways to extricate the country from the crisis
influencing Turkey as well as the whole world. The studies
concerning the policy Turkey will follow against the US, in the
light of the latest developments in Northern Iraq, will also be
presented to the Council. /Hurriyet/
President Suleyman Demirel described his two-day visit to Algeria
as very useful, adding that Turkey should maintain strong ties
with the Arab world, the Anatolia news agency reports. "We have
to maintain good relations with the Arab world as well as with
the Balkan, Caucasian, European and Central Asian countries" he
said. Turkish Airlines (THY) should start offering flights from
Istanbul to Algeria, Demirel suggested.
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit has stated that the problem of Iraq
is a priority on Turkey's agenda, he added that the Iraqi
government is continuing to perform acts of provocation to which
the US is reacting harshly. Ecevit stated that for the first
time, a civilian settlement had been bombed in Iraq and added
that Turkey was deeply sorrowful at this act. Pointing out that
without effective dialogue with Turkey, a healthy solution to the
Iraqi problem could not be achieved, Ecevit said: "Because,
second only to Iraq, the country most affected by this crisis is
Turkey. We are ready for talks with all related countries
including the US and Iraq on this issue". /Aksam/
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem said yesterday that the US
did not have permission to launch attacks on Iraq using planes
stationed at Turkish bases. Cem said the task of US warplanes at
the jointly operated Turkish-American Incirlik Air Base, was
solely to fly reconnaissance missions over northern Iraq. The
agreement between Washington and Ankara permits the US planes to
respond to an attack, although 'bomb attacks on targets in Iraq
are not possible under the agreement', Cem said.
Cem noted that the aim of patrolling the no-fly zone in northern
Iraq was to deter the administration in Baghdad from attacking
Kurds and creating another exodus of refugees to Turkey, similar
to the one that followed the Gulf War eight years ago. Incirlik
was said to be a hive of activity yesterday and by midday 17 US
warplanes had taken off from the base along with six tanker
aircraft, four transport planes and an aircraft fitted with the
AWACS early warning system. /All papers/
President Demirel hosted the first "New Year" reception,
postponed due to the clash of the New Year with the Holy month of
Ramadan, at the Presidential Residence yesterday evening. Nearly
1,500 VIPs attended the reception, including TGNA Speaker Hikmet
Cetin, Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit, Chief of the General Staff
General Huseyin Kivrikoglu, True Path Party (DYP) leader Tansu
Ciller, Mark Parris, the US Ambassador to Ankara, and Dimitri
Nezeritis, the Greek Ambassador to Ankara. Demirel is hosting the
second "New Year" reception tonight. /Turkiye/
General Ergin Celasin, the Secretary General of the National
Security Council (MGK), visited Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit in
order to inform him about the proposed agenda of the Council to
be held today. It is reported that during the MGK meeting, Ismail
Cem, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Senkal Atasagun, the
Undersecretary of the National Intelligence Agency (MIT), will
present the latest information concerning the current location of
the PKK leader, Abdullah Ocalan. /Sabah/
At a press conference held at True Path Party (DYP) Headquarters
yesterday, Party Leader Tansu Ciller answered questions about
domestic and foreign politics. On questions of whether the DYP
and the Virtue Party (FP) would form an alliance before the
elections, Ciller said that her party 'had not' and 'would not'
ally itself with the FP.
During her speech, Ciller said that the foreign policy of the
55th government had neglected the crisis in Kosovo and left the
area in the hands of Serbian brutality and European ignorance.
Ciller, stressing that she was calling on Prime Minister Bulent
Ecevit to do his duty once again, and said: "Turkey should lead
an emergency intervention if necessary". Ciller criticized the
government, saying that they are responsible for the image of
Turkey, which isolated itself from the whole region. Ciller said:
"Ecevit's policy on northern Iraq has stripped Turkey of its role
as a main protagonist and placed it in a spectator position. We
should not forget that Iraq, especially northern Iraq, is
Turkey's problem more than it is the US". /All papers/
The Economic and Social Council was re-established following a
Prime Ministry communique in order to provide the basis for more
stable and efficient management of Turkey's economy and a
better-developed social life. According to the communique
published yesterday, the council will help to bring about more
efficient and healthy relations between the state, employers and
employees and will help to defend the rights and interests of
various sectors of society along with those of the country as a
whole. The Council aims to increase democratic participation in
economic and social policy decisions, which is hoped will
contribute to Turkey's accession to the EU. /All papers/
If we could have spent $3 million on computerizing the system, we
would not have the voter registration fraud we see today, said
Tufan Algan, the Head of the Supreme Electoral Board (YSK)
yesterday. Algan's comment, reported by the Anatolia news agency
yesterday, was in reference to alleged incidents of
double-registration and 'ghost voters' that became apparent when
rosters of registered voters were examined.
It was reported that more than three thousand people have applied
to the Democratic Left Party (DSP)to stand as Parliamentary
candidates in the forthcoming elections, which means a clear
superiority over the Republican People's Party (CHP), which
rivals the DSP on the left-wing of the political spectrum.
Emphasizing that a great interest has been shown in their party
by prospective Parliamentary candidates, Prime Minister and DSP
leader Bulent Ecevit denied the claims that they may enter into
an alliance with the Motherland Party (ANAP) in some
constituencies. Meanwhile, regarding claims that the DSP will
nominate Izmir independent MP Aydin Guven Gurkan for the post of
Istanbul Mayor, Ecevit said, "I do not know, we have not thought
about it yet." /Cumhuriyet/
Turkey having achieved what it wanted from Syria concerning the
PKK, has decided to appoint a special envoy to Lebanon whose duty
is to undertake shuttle diplomacy to cut off the support which
that country lent to terrorism. The special envoy will be Aydan
Karahan from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Karahan,expected to
go to to Lebanon at the beginningof February, will call on the
authorities not to shelter the PKK within their borders. Karahan
will carry out this duty until he reaches his goal. /Hurriyet/
Despite the departure of the terrorist Ocalan, the murderer of
babies and civilians, the Italian press is working hard to
prevent his name being forgotten and claim that he may not have
left Italy after all. The newspaper,"La Repubblica" , yesterday
in a commentary entitled 'Ocalan: Top Secret' stated that it
seemed as if Ocalan had vanished into thin air. The paper went on
to say that there was no news about his whereabouts and he might
still be in Italy. La Repubblica added that the government could
have acted more seriously both on Ocalan's arrival and departure.
The paper claimed that Ocalan might return to Italy as a free man
after obtaining the right of political asylum on February 24.
/Hurriyet/
Noting that it is not possible for Ocalan to penetrate Lybia,
Mansur Bedir, the Lybian Ambassador to Ankara, stated that they
do not provide any support to the PKK. Bedir said: "We did not
meet anybody concerning the possibility of Ocalan's coming to
Lybia. Yet if he comes, he will be deported immediately."
/Turkiye/
Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the terrorist PKK organization,
opened a law suit at the Administrative Court in Rome for the
recognition of the conditions he asserts for the right to
political asylum by legal authorities. According to the news
provided by ANSA, the official news agency in Italy, Ocalan also
demanded that Prime Minister D'Alema and the Minister of the
Interior, Jervelino, bear witness before the court. Meanwhile,
Augusto Sinagra, Turkey's lawyer, argued that the Italian
Government had arranged everything fom the beginning and it was
still possible for Ocalan to return Italy. /Turkiye/
Following the General Staff's report on the PKK's links with drug
smuggling, released to the public a fortnight ago, there emerged
another report prepared by the Narcotics Department of the Police
on the same issue. The report stresses that the PKK is fully
organized along the route through the Balkans which is the most
important passage for drug trafficking, and the PKK militants
serve as drugs couriers as well. Citing more than 200 incidents,
the report notes that 2.5 tons of heroin, 13.5 tons of hashish
and 4 tons of morphine in smuggling by the PKK have been seized
since 1984. /Cumhuriyet/
The Information Department of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs submitted a written declaration concerning the death of a
Turkish citizen, Ramazan Arican (29), as a result of his torture
under arrest in Aarhus, Denmark. Stating that Arican was a
resident of Denmark who had been in full compliance with Danish
laws for the last 22 years, the Ministry noted that there was
strong evidence to support that the Danish police were
responsible for his death. Accordingly, Turkey demands the trial
of those responsible for this outrageous incidence as soon as
possible. Meanwhile, the Danish Ambassador to Ankara has been
invited to the Ministry. The declaration emphasizes that such a
racist attitude on the part of the Danish police is unequivocally
a "human rights tragedy". /Turkiye/
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, headed by
Turkey-desk Chief, Martin Hardy, arrived in Ankara yesterday and
started negotiations with the top figures in Turkey's economic
administration. The IMF delegation first met Treasury
Undersecretary Yener Dincmen in the morning. Following this
meeting, Hardy held talks with Hikmet Ulugbay, State Minister
Responsible for Economic Affairs, and Finance Minister, Zekeriya
Temizel. High-ranking Treasury bureaucrats were also present at
the meeting.
After the talks, Temizel answered the journalists' questions,
stating that during the meeting the Turkish side and the IMF
delegation assessed the current economic situation. Temizel
indicated that this is a regular visit within the guidelines of
the Staff Monitoring Programme. Dincmen said after the meeting
that they had decided on the working schedule. State Minister
Ulugbay said after the meeting that the matter of financial
assistance had not been discussed. The Turkish government must
service $24 billion in domestic and foreign debts in the first
four months of the year. /All papers/
The Istanbul Stock Exchange (IMKB) surprisingly increased
yesterday, reaching 2552 with a rise of 4.5%. It is reported that
due to a partial slackening in interest rates, China's statements
against speculations over devaluation, the developments in Brazil
in favor of IMF aid, the Turkish Treasury's authorization of the
sum of 500 million marks in borrowing and the emergence of
foreign-based purchases all contributed to this rapid increase.
Meanwhile, according to data provided by the IMKB, the total
transaction volume on the Istanbul Stock Exchange reached $70
billion during 1998. /Sabah/
The Chairmen of Turkey's six labour confederations came together
in Ankara yesterday to assess the problems facing employees,
including public sector collective bargaining contracts,
mandatory savings and massive layoffs. The meeting of the
Chairmen was attended by Bayram Meral, the Chairman of the
Confederation of Turkish Labour Unions (Turk-Is), Ridvan Budak,
the Chairman of the Confederation of Revolutionary Labour Unions
(DISK), Siyami Erdem, the Chairman of the Public Workers' Unions,
Resul Akay, the Chairman of the Confederation of Turkish Public
Employees' Unions (Kamu-Sen), Akif Inan, the Chairman of the
Confederation of Civil Servan Unions (Memur-Sen) and Salim Uslu,
the Chairman of the Labour Confederation (Hak-Is).
As the meeting concluded, it was decided that labour
confederations will call on the government to create a more
democratic and participative Economic and Social Council. The
Chairmen further decided to convey their concerns about
IMF-dictated policies, which have a negative effect on employees,
to the government. /All papers/
The Treasury has authorized the Deutschebank and Commerzbank to
sell four-year bonds worth DM 350 million in order to maintain
Turkey's foreign debt this year. According to Commerzbank
officials, market research began yesterday concerning the sale of
the bonds on the Eurobond market, and the sales will begin next
week. They noted that Turkey was the first developing country to
appear on the market this year and added that they believed that
Turkey would also achieve this sale. /Milliyet/
The World Bank is granting $300 million in loans to Turkey to
support non-financial sectors troubled by the global crisis. The
loans will be granted at 'favourable' interest rates and will be
used in particular to finance exports. A World Bank delegation
will come to Turkey next week. Turkish officials are expected to
give detailed information on the use of the loans, planned to be
transferred to Eximbank, Turkey's Development Bank and Halkbank.
The bank delegation will examine sectors for which the loans will
be used and decide the share to be allocated to each bank. /All
papers/
During the land and air operations against 130 PKK militants in
the `Bagok' district of Mardin, 32 terrorists and two soldiers
died and four soldiers were wounded. It is reported that the
operation in the region continues without ceasing, while the
number of terrorists who died during the conflict has reached 53.
Two days before this, a first lieutenant and a sergeant had lost
their lives in the first clash with the militants. /Turkiye/
It is reported that the Office of General Staff has stated that
the Reconnaissance Force deployed in Incirlik Base in Adana was
fully under Turkey's control. Meanwhile, efforts are being
exerted to establish a coordination mechanism between the Foreign
Ministry and the Office of General Staff to maintain better
communications. It is also reported that meetings will be held
with the US in order to determine the stance to be assumed for
the various situations that might be faced by the reconnaissance
missions. /Milliyet/
Banning the activities of the illegal organization DHKP/C
(Revolutionary People's Salvation Party/Front), Germany started a
police operation against the members and the leaders of the
terrorist organization. The poice arrested Mesut Demirel, the
Germany correspondant of the DHKP/C, on the basis of `continuing
terrorist activities in Germany'. It is reported that the
arrested militants will be tried before the Oberlandesgericht
court in Hamburg. /Turkiye/
Three years after the incident, a local court in Manisa yesterday
found 10 police officers not guilty of torturing 16 young people
between the ages of 14 and 18. The 10 policemen were being
retried after the Court of Appeals on October 12, 1998, threw out
the original verdict of March 11, 1998, which had found the
officers not guilty.
Three foreigners were present to follow the court proceedings:
Prof.Tracy Higgins of the Fordham University Law School in New
York and two members of the Human Rights Lawyers Committee, Sam
Scott and Ayliz Baskin. They noted that these were signals
showing the improvement of human rights in Turkey. /Milliyet/
Journalist and author Ragip Duran was released from Tekirdag's
Saray prison yesterday after serving seven-and-a-half months of a
10-month sentence for having violated a provision of the
Anti-Terrorism Law. /All papers/
Turkish security personnel will be trained in new methods of
arresting, detaining and interrogating suspects, according to a
statement released by the Security Department yesterday. The new
programme will educate security personnel on a wide range of
subjects including arrest procedures, the rights of the arrested,
detention periods and special regulations regarding juveniles.
/All papers/
Efes Pilsener, the leading beer manufacturer in Turkey, opened a
representative office in Cologne which is one of the major beer
production centers in Germany. The praise of this entrepreneurial
spirit of Efes Pilsener has been reverbarating across the German
press. The firm is predominantly targeting the Turkish discos in
Germany, but Ait is reported that there is remarkable German
interest in the Turkish beer which entered the market just a few
weeks ago. /Sabah/
Studies for the construction of Egyptian-Turkish natural gas
pipeline, which will extend to Iskenderun by passing under the
sea base, were speeded up to meet growing demand in natural gas
as well as to diversify the supply. The Anatolia news agency
reported that feasibility studies were planned to start within
this year for the pipeline which will transport the natural gas
to Turkey from Egypt's Port-Said Harbour with a pipeline that
will be installed under the sea.
The Turkish Metal Industrialists' Union (MESS) will hold a
meeting today on 'Effects of the Crisis: Measures and Management'
in Istanbul. MESS Chairman Erdogan Karakoyunlu will chair the
[Bmeeting to be attended by Rusdu Saracoglu, Osman Birsen,
Dr.Mahfi Egilmez, Necati Arikan, Prof.Tankut Centel and
Assc.Prof.Deniz Gokce. /Aksam/
Mehmet Emin Aga,the mufti elected by the Turkish minority in
Western Thrace, was sentenced to 17 months imprisonment following
three separate lawsuits. The Mufti was accused of using an
illegal official title during the trials held at the Court of
Appeals of Lamia; he was released when his sentence was commuted
to a fine.In a statement following his trial, Aga said that he
would go to the Higher Court of Appeals and if the same decision
was reached he would take his case to the European Court of
Human Rights. /Hurriyet/
The request by Bulent Ecevit, who went to Sarajevo as deputy
Prime Minister in August, to open a Turkish Cultural Centre in
Sarajevo was accepted. The request was discussed at the last
meeting of the Bosnia-Herzegovinan Presidential Council and was
received positively. The establishment of a Turkish Cultural
Centre in Sarajevo, while Iranian and French Cultural Centres are
also conducting their activities, would build a bridge between
the two countries. The Bosnians will get to know the Turkish
people through the activities of the Cultural Centre: also the 32
thousand NATO troops stationed in Bosnia will receive correct
information about Turkey. /Hurriyet/
The opposition of Gilles Veinstein,the Chairman of the "College
de France", who took on the responsibility of a 'consultant' to
the State, to the claims of Armenian genocide, resulted in the
start of disputes in the country. The statements by Professor
Gilles Veinstein, a specialist on Ottoman history who was
appointed as consultant in November 1998,on the incidents which
took place in 1915 created a furor among Armenians living in
France.
On various occasions after his appointment Gilles Veinstein had
stated that the claims of "genocide" had not been duly
investigated and therefore the claims of Kamuran Gürün who had
studied the Ottoman archives would have more credibility.
Veinstein also stressed that the arguements of Dutch historian
Erik Zurcher should also be taken into account. Zurcher had said
that the sole responsibility of the incident could not be laid on
the shoulders of the Ottoman Empire. Due to these statements the
Armenian lobby asked for Veinstein to be removed from office, and
called on the Education Minister to look into the matter.
/Hurriyet/
Speaking during the 26. Ordinary Congress of the PANKOBIRLIK
(Union of Beet Producers' Cooperatives), Mahmut Erdir, the
Minister of Agriculture, mentioned that Turkey has entered among
the top four sugar producers in the world with the rapid increase
in recent years. The total sugar production in Turkey was 2,200
tons in 1997. /Sabah/
The Tarsus-Adana-Gaziantep Highway (TAG), one of the most
important projects in the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP), is
planned to be opened on August 31, 1999. The TAG Highway includes
262 kilometres of highway and 51 kilometres of approach roads
totalling 313 kilometres. The TAG Highway will cost $2.1 billion.
/Aksam/
The Supreme Board of Privatization(OYK) will meet tomorrow after
a long interval. At the first meeting of the Supreme
Privatization Board to be held after the appointment of its
members by Bulent Ecevit's government, the 56th in Turkey, the
implementations which were carried out in 1998 and the programme
for 1999 will be discussed. According to informed sources,at the
OYK meeting the officials from the Privatization Administration
will give a presentation on how 1998 passed regarding
privatization, what is expected from 1999 and the programme
prepared prior to 1999. /Hurriyet/
The Head of the Privatization Administration, Ugur Bayar, has
taken his place among the 'Global Leaders For Tomorrow' in the
eyes of the Founding Committee of the World Economic Forum. The
Committee has been selecting the top 100 world-renowned people,
from among those whose global achievements have been in the
fields of business, politics, art and science since 1994. Ugur
Bayar took his place among these 100 people this year, while
Businessman Cem Boyner had earlier been chosen to be in this
category. These 100 people will come together in Davos on January
31. The Committee has elected 420 people as the Global Leaders
For Tomorrow to date. /Aksam/
There is little time left for the adventure tour of space to be
launched on December 1, 2001. For the space trip, a total of 250
people including four Turkish citizens have made reservations to
date throughout the world. Officials noted that among the
countries which had the opportunity to send people on this
history-making jaunt were Turkey, Britain, Japan, Ireland,
Scotland, New Zealand and Greece. They also noted that not all of
the places had been reserved yet and they were still open to
bookings. /Aksam/
American Airlines, British Airways, Canadian Airlines, Cathay
Pacific Airways and Qantas Airways will implement their oneworld
global alliance on February 1. From that date, the five airlines
are expected to phase in a wide range of initiatives designed to
provide their 174 million passengers with improved levels of
service and benefits, greater value and increased opportunities
for rewards and recognition. The five fly to more than 600
destinations worldwide. Talks are continuing with various other
leading airlines interested in joining one world. /All papers/
One of the leading newspapers published in France, Le Parisien,
described Tarkan, a young Turkish pop music star, as the Turkish
Elvis Presley. In his article in the newspaper, Philippe Duval
said that Tarkan's CD has broken a record in France, selling
450,000 copies. Duval noted that the Olympia concert performed by
Tarkan yesterday evening was attended by nearly 3,000 fans.
/Aksam/
Arcelik and the South Korean LG Electronics firm are to form a
new company to produce air-conditioners in Turkey. The company
will produce 300.000 air-conditioners with an investment of 50
million dollars: 30% of the production will be exported. The
officials who spoke at the ceremony held at Arcelik Cayırova
installations, attended by LG Electronics deputy Chairman Ssang
Su Kim, stated that investment would start this year and the
production in the year 2000. /Hurriyet/
'Integrated Rural Regional Development Planning' education
seminar, staged with the cooperation of Southeastern Anatolia
Project (GAP) Regional Development Administration and the Israeli
government, attended by 30 agriculturists and three experts from
22 countries, started in Sanliurfa yesterday, the Anatolia news
agency reports.
A 700-year-old Bible hand written in gazelle leather was seized
in Iskenderun county of Hatay. A Syrian citizen was captured in
connection with the incident, the Anatolia news agency reports.
Derya Sazak, a columnist in the daily 'Milliyet' newspaper, says
the following in his article today: "The first reaction came from
the Republican People's Party (CHP) against those circles who
regarded the 'year 2000 vision' of the political parties
preparing for the General Election as insufficient. Enis Tutuncu,
an official responsible for the Research and Project Centre,
compiled the preparations along the guidelines of the CHP's
'Project Turkey'. The package of proposals includes nearly 40
reports. However, how many of them would be achieved by the CHP
and the Democratic Left Party (DSP) in April 18 General Election?
Nur Verin says in her article on Sunday: 'The left has some
factors in common: for instance, they are sensitive to social
incidents throughout the world and they are against inequality.
They also attach great importance to social justice and human
rights. They aim to include women and young people in the
political process. These are not only ideals, they are also
concrete projects for the left-wing political parties to
undertake'. Nur Vergin calls on the CHP and the DSP to find
further concrete solutions to the injustice in income
distribution". /Milliyet/
SENSITIVE AGENDA OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
DEMIREL: "TURKEY MUST MAINTAIN STRONG TIES WITH ARAB WORLD"
ECEVIT PROPOSES DIALOGUE
CEM: "INCIRLIK CAN'T BE USED FOR OFFENSIVES"
PRESIDENT DEMIREL HOSTS A RECEPTION
ECEVIT MEETS GENERAL CELASIN
CILLER CRITICIZES GOVERNMENT APATHY OVER KOSOVO
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL RE-ESTABLISHED
VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD LINKED TO LACK OF FUNDS
ECEVIT DENIED CLAIMS OF ALLIANCE
SPECIAL ENVOY TO LEBANON FOR THE PKK
OCALAN STILL ON ITALY'S AGENDA
"WE WILL NOT LET OCALAN ENTER LYBIA"
OCALAN OPENS A CASE FOR POLITICAL ASYLUM
"PKK NOURISHED BY DRUG TRAFFICKING"
`TORTURE' CRISIS WITH DENMARK
IMF DELEGATION IN TURKEY
THE STOCK EXCHANGE ROSE BY 4.5%
CONFEDERATIONS OF CIVIL SERVANTS AND WORKERS MEET
BREAKTHROUGH FOR FOREIGN DEBT FROM TREASURY
WORLD BANK TO GRANT $300 MILLION
53 TERRORISTS DIED
COORDINATION MECHANISM
BLOW ON DHKP/C IN GERMANY
COURT REAFFIRMS NOT GUILTY VERDICT IN MANISA TORTURE CASE
JOURNALIST RAGIP DURAN RELEASED
SECURITY PERSONNEL TO BE TRAINED IN NEW METHODS OF INTERROGATION
THE GERMAN WILL DRINK EFES PILSENER
EGYPT-TURKEY NATURAL GAS PIPELINE PROJECT
CRISIS MEETING FROM MESS
THE MUFTI OF ISKECE SENTENCED TO 17 MONTHS
TURKISH CULTURAL CENTRE TO BE OPENED IN SARAJEVO
DISPUTE OVER ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN FRANCE
INCREASE IN SUGAR PRODUCTION
TAG HIGHWAY TO BE OPENED
SUPREME BOARD OF PRIVATIZATION MEETS TOMORROW
BAYAR: 'GLOBAL LEADERS FOR TOMORROW'
FOUR TURKS TO GO TO SPACE
ONEWORLD AIRLINE ALLIANCE TO START NEXT WEEK
TARKAN: TURKISH ELVIS PRESLEY
ARCELIK TO PRODUCE AIR-CONDITIONERS JOINTLY WITH THE SOUTH
KOREANS
AGRICULTURISTS FROM 22 COUNTRIES IN GAP
700 YEAR-OLD BIBLE IN ISKENDERUN
FROM THE COLUMNS ... FROM THE COLUMNS ... FROM THE COLUMNS
PROJECT TURKEY -BY DERYA SAZAK (MILLIYET)