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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-08-09
CONTENTS
[01] YASED SENDS LETTER TO AMBASSADORS OF EU COUNTRIES
[02] PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT: ''IT IS CERTAIN THAT DEPUTIES WHO RESIGNED
[03] JOB SECURITY LAW SENT TO PRESIDENCY FOR APPROVAL
[04] CILLER:''WE SUPPORT ALLIANCES BUT WE WOULDN'T BECOME A TOOL FOR
[05] PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT: ''WE HAVE STARTED TO PREPARE FOR EARLY
[06] TURKBANK TO BE LIQUIDATED
[07] DENKTAS:''GREEK CYPRIOTS ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY COULDN'T DO
[08] REPRESENTATIVES OF 11 PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS ISSUE JOINT
[09] TURKEY TO ASK COMPANSATION FROM SYRIA FOR DAMAGES THAT OCCURED IN
[10] GENERAL STAFF: ''NEWS AND COMMENTS THAT A MILITARY FORCE OF 5
[11] JAPANESE PEOPLE TO VISIT QUAKE REGIONS IN TURKEY
[12] GAP REGION EXPORTS USD 91.8 MILLION OF GOODS TO EU COUNTRIES
[13] SECURITY GENERAL DIRECTORATE SPOKESMAN ARSLAN SAYS SITUATION OF
[14] ABOLISHMENT OF DEATH SENTENCE IN CRIMES OF TERRORISM
[15] DIE ANNOUNCES NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AS 2,217,000 IN SECOND
[16] TREASURY TO REPAY 2 QUADRILLION 608.6 TRILLION TL IN DOMESTIC DEBT
[17] LIST OF VOTERS ARE EXHIBITED
[18] EU ADJUSTMENT BILL GOES INTO EFFECT
[19] JOB SECURITY LEGALIZED
[01] YASED SENDS LETTER TO AMBASSADORS OF EU COUNTRIES
ISTANBUL/ANKARA - Foreign Capital Association (YASED) sent a letter to
ambassadors of European Union (EU) member countries to Turkey on
Thursday.
[02] PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT: ''IT IS CERTAIN THAT DEPUTIES WHO RESIGNED
FROM DSP HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED''
ANKARA - Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said on Friday that it was
certain that deputies who resigned from Democratic Left Party (DSP) had
been disappointed.
[03] JOB SECURITY LAW SENT TO PRESIDENCY FOR APPROVAL
ANKARA - Job security bill was sent to the Presidential Palace on
Friday for the approval of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
[04] CILLER:''WE SUPPORT ALLIANCES BUT WE WOULDN'T BECOME A TOOL FOR
ANYONE TO REACH THE TEN PERCENT THRESHOLD''
ANKARA - ANKARA (A.A) - True Path Party (DYP) leader Tansu Ciller has
said that her party would support alliances, but she wouldn't be a tool
to make other parties reach the ten percent threshold.
[05] PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT: ''WE HAVE STARTED TO PREPARE FOR EARLY
ELECTIONS BEFORE SETTLING DOWN POLITICS''
ANKARA - Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said on Friday that Turkey had
started to prepare for early elections before settling down politics.
[06] TURKBANK TO BE LIQUIDATED
ISTANBUL - Turk Ticaret Bankasi Inc. (Turkbank), the first national
private bank of Turkey, will be liquidated.
[07] DENKTAS:''GREEK CYPRIOTS ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY COULDN'T DO
USING ARMS BY JOINING THE EU''
DENKTAS - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf
Denktas has said that Greek Cypriots were trying to do what they
couldn't do using arms, by joining the EU.
[08] REPRESENTATIVES OF 11 PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS ISSUE JOINT
DECLARATION ABOUT JOB SECURITY LAW
ANKARA - Representatives of 11 private sector organizations issued on
Friday joint declaration about job security law.
[09] TURKEY TO ASK COMPANSATION FROM SYRIA FOR DAMAGES THAT OCCURED IN
HATAY WHEN SYRIAN DAM COLLAPSED IN JUNE
ANKARA - ANKARA (A.A) - Foreign Minister Sukru Sina Gurel has said that
the Turkish government would ask for compansation from Syria for the
damage that was caused in Hatay when Syria's Zeezon Dam collapsed
causing a flood in Asi River last June.
[10] GENERAL STAFF: ''NEWS AND COMMENTS THAT A MILITARY FORCE OF 5
THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED IN NORTHERN IRAQ ARE INACCURATE''
ANKARA - The Office of General Staff said on Friday that the news and
comments that a military force comprised of 5 thousand people had been
deployed in Northern Iraq and that an airport in the region was
occupied by Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) were inaccurate.
[11] JAPANESE PEOPLE TO VISIT QUAKE REGIONS IN TURKEY
TOKYO - Japan's Kobe municipality workers will visit quake regions in
Turkey to support restructuring
[12] GAP REGION EXPORTS USD 91.8 MILLION OF GOODS TO EU COUNTRIES
GAZIANTEP - Exports of agricultural and animal products from the
Southeastern Anatolian Project (GAP) region to the countries of the
European Union (EU) in the first seven months of 2002 decreased 12.5
percent to 91 million 846 thousand U.S. dollars
[13] SECURITY GENERAL DIRECTORATE SPOKESMAN ARSLAN SAYS SITUATION OF
PEOPLE WANTED BY RED BULLETIN IS REVIEWED DUE TO ABOLITION OF DEATH
PENALTY
ANKARA - Security General Directorate Spokesman and Deputy Director
General of Security Feyzullah Arslan said on Friday that the situation
of people who were wanted by red bulletin was reviewed because of the
abolishment of death penalty except for the ''crimes committed in times
of war and situations of imminent war''.
[14] ABOLISHMENT OF DEATH SENTENCE IN CRIMES OF TERRORISM
ANKARA - Files of those who were sentenced to death penalty on charges
of crimes of terrorism will be taken up again after the abolishment of
death sentence except for the ''crimes committed in times of war and
situations of imminent war''.
[15] DIE ANNOUNCES NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AS 2,217,000 IN SECOND
QUARTER OF 2002
ANKARA - State Institute of Statistics (DIE) announced on Friday the
number of unemployed people in Turkey as 2,217,000 according to the
2002 second quarter temporary results
[16] TREASURY TO REPAY 2 QUADRILLION 608.6 TRILLION TL IN DOMESTIC DEBT
NEXT WEEK
ANKARA - Treasury will repay 2 quadrillion 608.6 trillion Turkish liras
(TL) in domestic debt next week
[17] LIST OF VOTERS ARE EXHIBITED
ANKARA - List of voters are being exhibited for update for the upcoming
election as of Friday morning.
[18] EU ADJUSTMENT BILL GOES INTO EFFECT
ANKARA - The European Union (EU) Adjustment Bill package went into
effect on Friday after being issued on the Official Gazette. Capital
punishment was lifted except for the ''crimes committed in times of war
and situations of imminent war''.
[19] JOB SECURITY LEGALIZED
ANKARA - Parliament late on Thursday approved Job Security Bill which
foresees amendment to Labour Law and the Trade Union Law.
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