TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (May 29, 1995)
Subject: TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review (May 29, 1995)
CONTENTS
[01] DEMIREL IN HONG KONG
[02] FOREIGN MINISTERS GATHER FOR NATO MEETINGS IN HOLLAND
[03] US DELEGATION COMING TO ANKARA
[04] GOLHAN BLAMES UN FOR BOSNIA
[05] CONSULTATIVE BODY SET UP FOR TURKISH AND CENTRAL ASIAN WORKERS
[06] MINISTER JOINS CULTURE AND ARTS CONFERENCE IN TURKMENISTAN
[07] ARMENIAN ORGANIZATIONS DONATE TL 485 MILLION
[08] WORLD TEXTILE CONGRESS ENDS ON POSITIVE NOTE
[09] SEVEN TERRORISTS KILLED
[10] SOLINGEN VICTIMS COMMEMORATED
[11] EUROPEAN UNION (EU) LIFTS THE CUSTOMS DUTIES ON IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FROM TURKEY
[12] 37,000 TURKISH EMPLOYERS IN GERMANY
[13] TURKS IN THE SECOND PLACE
[14] BAKU-CEYHAN PIPELINE PROJECT
WITH THE COMPLIMENT OF
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF PRESS AND INFORMATION
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
MAY 29, 1995
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish
press this morning.
[01] DEMIREL IN HONG KONG
President Suleyman Demirel, who is in Hong Kong on the
second leg of his trip, first visited the Hong Kong Airport,
which is being constructed at Chek Lopkop Island.
Demirel also met with journalists and and said that he
wanted a "speaking" Turkey. He listed four important points
to which he attached the utmost importance; these were an
independent media, an independent judiciary, an end to state
monopoly, and Turkey as an institutionalized state.
President Suleyman Demirel noted that things he saw and
places he visited in China and Hong Kong impressed him
greatly. He added that it would be highly beneficial if
those governing the state would come to visit these
countries. /Sabah/
[02] FOREIGN MINISTERS GATHER FOR NATO MEETINGS IN HOLLAND
Foreign Minister Erdal Inonu is expected to go to Holland
today to attend meetings of the North Atlantic Council (NAC)
and the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC) on May 30
and 31 respectively. Turkey will put the Bosnia crisis high
on its list of priorities during meetings. It is understood
that Turkey wants to add an article on the struggle against
terrorism to the joint communique from the NAC, which will
be released at the end of the meeting. Inonu will have
meetings with his Canadian, Slovenian, Polish and Greek
counterparts. The foreign ministers of the 16 NATO member
countries will attend the NAC meeting. The NACC meeting
will be held with the participation of representatives of 42
countries.
Inonu stated that the UN and NATO should act determinately
against the aggressor in Bosnia. Expressing his sorrow for
the death of the Bosnian Foreign Minister Irfan Ljubijankic,
Inonu said: "We strongly condemn the massacre of innocent
Bosnian civilians by Bosnian militant Serbs". Pointing out
that the Bosnian Serbs were responsible for these inhuman
attacks, Inonu added: "We denounce the holding of the UN
peace force members as hostages and military attacks
directed by the Pale administration". Inonu will give three
messages to international public opinion:
-Effective measures must be taken to stop the
ultra-nationalist Serbian attacks in Pale. In this regard
much befalls NATO, which is the most effective organization.
-For a lasting solution to the Bosnian problem, moderate
Serbs, who want peace and to live together with the
Bosnians, must be encouraged and contacted.
-As Serbia closed the border to the Bosnian Serbs and
isolated them, this made the Bosnian Serbs take a stand
against the Serbian administration. This is a positive
development. So, a discrimination must be made between the
Bosnian Serbs and Serbia. /Hurriyet/
[03] US DELEGATION COMING TO ANKARA
A US delegation headed by Eric Newson, acting assistant
secretary of state responsible for political and military
affairs is expected to arrive in Ankara tomorrow. The
issues of US security aid and bilateral security relations
will be reviewed during two days of discussions. The US
Embassy said that this visit was a continuation of previous
talks. A delegation headed by US President Bill Clinton's
Near East Advisor, Mark Parris, also visited Ankara last
week to discuss matters such as northern Iraq and Operation
Provide Comfort, which is known in Turkey as Poised Hammer.
/Hurriyet-Cumhuriyet/
[04] GOLHAN BLAMES UN FOR BOSNIA
Defence Minister Mehmet Golhan blames the UN for the current
situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Anatolia news agency
reported yesterday. The war in Bosnia would not have
reached this stage if the UN had taken necessary measures in
the past, Golhan said during his visit to the Turkish unit
in Zenica, which is deployed under the umbrella of the UN
Peacekeeping Force (UNPROFOR). "I hope the latest
agrressions targeted against innocent civilians can be a
reason for the international community to take more
effective measures" he said. Golhan also said that Turkey
had at all times wanted the UN to take more effective
measures and brought to the agenda the lifting of the
embargo imposed on the Bosnians. /Sabah/
[05] CONSULTATIVE BODY SET UP FOR TURKISH AND CENTRAL ASIAN
WORKERS
A Council of Eurasian Workers' Union has been established to
function as a consultative body for Turkish, Russian and
Central Asian Republic workers, the Anatolia news agency
reported on Friday. Salim Uslu, Chairman of the pro-Islamic
Turkish Labour Unions Confederation, talking to the agency,
said that the council's goals were to transfer information
between the countries and discuss regional issues.
[06] MINISTER JOINS CULTURE AND ARTS CONFERENCE IN TURKMENISTAN
Culture Minister, Ercan Karakas, has gone to Turkmenistan
for the sixth reunion of the Turkish Culture and Arts Joint
Management Organization (TURKSOY), the Anatolia news agency
reported on Friday. Karakas, who spoke to members of the
Turkish media at Istanbul Ataturk Airport, announced that a
35-letter common denominator latin alphabet for the Turkish-
Speaking Republics was one the main issues on TURKSOY's
agenda. The minister also stressed that the organization,
which aims to promote Central Asian culture, would do better
with more support from all of its members.
[07] ARMENIAN ORGANIZATIONS DONATE TL 485 MILLION
Armenian groups in Istanbul have donated TL 485 million to
the Mehmetcik Foundation, the Anatolia news agency reported
on Friday. The money was handed over to Istanbul Governor
Hayri Kozakcioglu by Ara Araciyan, director of the Armenian
hospital in Istanbul's Yedikule District. The Mehmetcik
Foundation helps members of the security forces injured in
the struggle against PKK terrorists in the Southeast.
[08] WORLD TEXTILE CONGRESS ENDS ON POSITIVE NOTE
The 76th World Textile Congress, held in Istanbul, ended
with a gala dinner and fashion show for the over 300
clothing and textile manufacturers and academicians who came
from 34 countries to attend the three-day meeting. Okan
Oguz, Chairman of the Istanbul Textile and Ready-to-Wear
Exporters Union (ITKIB) and the Turkish Exporters Assembly
(TIM) pointed out that the delegates in some way represent
one out of every four people in the textile sector around
the world. Oguz stressed that the sector was the locomotive
of Turkey's economy. In the first four months of this year
ITKIB exported $2 billion worth of textiles. Oguz said:
"Turkey occupies second place in textile exports to the
European Union after China. While China ranks first with
$4.2 billion, Turkey's exports have reached $3.3 billion".
/Milliyet/
[09] SEVEN TERRORISTS KILLED
The authorities have announced the death of seven terrorists
and the surrender of two others during clashes in
Diyarbakir, Siirt, Bitlis and Tunceli. One of the two
terrorists who took advantage of the repentance law to
surrender has been identified as a foreigner. /Hurriyet/
[10] SOLINGEN VICTIMS COMMEMORATED
The five members of the Genc family whose house had been
razed by racist Germans two years ago in Solingen and who
had died in the blaze, were commemorated in a ceremony held
at the Turkish Embassy yesterday. The non-participation of
the North Rhine Westphalia officials who had been invited,
was viewed with regret. An official from the German Foreign
Ministry, Parliamentarian Cem Ozdemir from the Greens Party
and the father and the mother of the five children who died
in the fire, participated in the ceremony. In his address
on the occasion, Turkish Ambassador to Bonn Onur Oymen said
that they had trust in German justice and added: "It is
neccessary to commemorate this occasion so that they will be
no more Solingens". /Cumhuriyet/
[11] EUROPEAN UNION (EU) LIFTS THE CUSTOMS DUTIES ON IRON AND
STEEL PRODUCTS FROM TURKEY
Turkey's chances to sell its iron and steel products to
Europe have increased. The last stage has been reached in
the respective free trade agreement. Within three years,
the customs duties will be fully lifted. /Sabah/
[12] 37,000 TURKISH EMPLOYERS IN GERMANY
Recep Keskin, one of the few businessmen awarded the "merit
of honour" by Germany, has come to Izmir accompanied by 16
Turkish businessmen. Stating that there were 37,000 Turkish
businessmen in Germany, associate professor Recep Keskin,
Head of the Association of Turkish Businessmen and
Industrialists (ATIAD) said: "We earn DM 40 billion in one
year. This money henceforth will be spent on culture and
art in Turkey." Attending the Esme Festival with ten German
bankers and artists from Dulmen and Gommern, Keskin said
that the best carpets in the world were being woven in
Turkey and particularly in Esme. He also said that Turkey
and Germany knew that they should unite their cultural and
social activities and should get to know each other's arts
better.
[13] TURKS IN THE SECOND PLACE
On the other side, the "Voice of Germany" has announced that
the number of foreigners who became employers in Germany has
averaged 220,000 and that 30,000 of them were Turkish
businessmen. Foreigners who own their own place of
employment work mostly in the fields of catering and hotel
services. Foreigners own one fourth of the hotels and
restaurants in Germany. /Milliyet/
[14] BAKU-CEYHAN PIPELINE PROJECT
In a conference held in Baku, the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline
project prepared for transporting Caspian oil was put
forward and this attracted attention as the "most economical
and safe project put forward". Turkey has stated that she
was ready to finance the pipeline, charge a minimum
transport fee, buy a part of the oil and guarantee the
security of the pipeline. Necdet Pamir, Head of the
Transportation and Marketing Group of the Turkish Petroleaum
Company (TPAO) said that the oil to be produced in the
region would average 80-100 million tons a year according to
estimates for the 2000s and the transport of such a quantity
would be impossible via present systems and especially
through pipelines over Russia and from ports. Pamir added
that at a most optimistic estimate the maximum yearly
transport of oil through Russia would be only 40-50 million
tons. An alternative route would definitely be needed for
balance of 40-50 million tons per year. Pamir also said
that Turkey had submitted the most attractive price for oil
transport.
Terry Adams, Head of the Operation Company of the
International Consortium (AIOC) in his turn explained the
present situation in regard to transportation of oil and the
main export oil pipeline. /Sabah/
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