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Turkish Press Review, 97-12-24
From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>
CONTENTS
[01] NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING
[02] TURKEY-ISRAEL TO PRODUCE MISSILES
[03] NINE PKK TERRORISTS KILLED
[04] THY REWARDS ITS PASSENGER
[05] ATHENS SEEKING 'SCHENGEN VISA' FORMULA FOR TURKS
[06] SECRET OPERATION
[07] GREEK DIPLOMATIC REPRISAL
TURKISH PRESS REVIEW
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF PRESS AND INFORMATION,OFFICE OF PRIME MINISTER
24.12.97
Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this
morning.
[01] NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING
The National Security Council held yesterday its last meeting for
1997. During the five-hour meeting yesterday, the military wing of
the Council presses for economic and social measures to boost
developmentin the eastern parts of the country. These measures are
expected to back the struggle against terrorism and enhance regional
development. Turkey-EU relations and a recent diplomatic crisis in
Turco-Greek relations were also taken up. /All papers/
[02] TURKEY-ISRAEL TO PRODUCE MISSILES
Turkey and Israel held high-level talks on 22 December in Ankara to
debate the production of Arrow missiles. Turkish and Israeli
officials agreed in principle to joint produce, for defense purpose,
500-kilometer-range Arrow missiles, following recent concerns that
Iran's and Syria's growing missile potential in the region has reached
alarming levels.
Deputy Chief of General Staff General Cevik Bir led the Turkish
delegation, while David Ivry, the Israeli Defense Ministers' chief
assistant responsible for strategic affairs, headed the Isreali
delegation. /All papers/
[03] NINE PKK TERRORISTS KILLED
One security official was murdered by terrorists and nine terrorists
were killed by security forces in an armed clas in Bing�l province
between security forces and terrorists from the outlawed PKK
organization. /All papers/
[04] THY REWARDS ITS PASSENGER
Turkish Airlines (THY) rewarded its 10,000,000th passenger this year,
an 18 year-old American citizen, with a plate and a free round-trip
ticket to any of the cities served by THY. /All papers/
[05] ATHENS SEEKING 'SCHENGEN VISA' FORMULA FOR TURKS
Schengen countries are carrying on in the usual manner, that is to say
not consulting Greece while giving Schengen visas to Turkish citizens,
while Greece is trying coming up with a formula for Turkey. After the
approval of Greece's Schengen application on the December 7, the
Schengen embassies and consulates received new instructions and called
their head offices to sak what will they do about Greece's reservation
Turks, Albanians, Bulgarians and Macedonians, and had to halt visa
procedures for one day.
Meanwhile the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Turks who do business in
Schengen countries and tourist organizations are trying to fight the
new peculiarity they are facing about Schengen. /All papers/
[06] SECRET OPERATION
PKK tetrorist Esref Kilic who was given military training in Greece
and Iran, was kidnapped by Turkish agents four days ago with a
successful operation in Urumiye, Iran. The terrorist was brought to
Ankara in great discretion. Kilic was being prepared to stage bomb
attacks agaisnt targets in Turkey. /All papers/
[07] GREEK DIPLOMATIC REPRISAL
Greece, retaliating to Turkey`s expulsion of a Greek diplomat, has
taken the decision to also expel a Turkish diplomat. Turkey`s
ambassador to Athens Ali Tuygan was called to the Greek Ministry of
Foreign Affairs yesterday and asked to have Nedim Ozergin, an attache
in the Thesaloniki Consulate returned to Turkey. Ankara has described
Greece`s deimand for the expulsion of a Turkish diplomat as "unjust,
immoderate and arbitrary" and has condemned this latest Greek
initiative. /Cumhuriyet/
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