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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 04-03-25Anadolu Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Anadolu Agency Home Page at <http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/>CONTENTS
[01] TURKISH PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN MEETS WITH EU FOREIGN POLICY AND DEFENSE CHIEFBRUSSELS - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met on Thursday with European Union (EU) foreign policy and defense chief Javier Solana.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe - 19:21 [02] TURKISH PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH EUROPEAN LIBERALS IN BRUSSELSBRUSSELS - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul attended on Thursday a luncheon hosted in honor of Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) by Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe - 19:21 [03] PARTIES OF CYPRUS ISSUE MEET AROUND A TABLE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1974BUERGENSTOCK - Delegations from Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Turkey, Greek Cypriot side and Greece met on Wednesday night at a dinner in Buergenstock, Switzerland, diplomatic sources said on Thursday.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe - 19:21 [04] CETIN SAYS RESULTS OF MEETINGS IN BERLIN AND BRUSSELS WILL HELP MAKING NATO DECISIONS DEFINITEKABUL - NATO's Senior Civilian Representative Hikmet Cetin in Afghanistan said on Thursday that the results that would be reached in Berlin and Brussels meetings on Afghanistan would help making NATO decisions definite.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 19:20 [05] FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS RISE TO USD 69 BILLION 609 MILLIONANKARA - Foreign exchange deposit accounts at banks with letter of credit and super foreign exchange accounts increased 164 million U.S. dollars to 69 billion 609 million U.S. dollars between March 5 and March 12, 200425 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 17:17 [06] TOTAL DEPOSITS AT BANKS DROPS TO 152.5 QUADRILLION TLANKARA - Total deposits at banks dropped 82.8 trillion Turkish liras (TL) to 152 quadrillion 459.2 trillion TL as of March 12, 2004.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 17:16 [07] FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES DROP BY USD 946 MILLIONANKARA - Foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank dropped by 154 million U.S. dollars between March 12 and 19, 2004.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 17:16 [08] TURKEY REPAYS USD 2 BILLION 96.5 MILLION IN FOREIGN DEBT BETWEEN MARCH 1-17ANKARA - Turkey repaid a total of 2 billion 96.5 million U.S. dollars in foreign debt between March 1 and 24, 2004.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 17:16 [09] DEROGATIONS ARE ON THE AGENDA OF BUERGENSTOCK AFTER PROCESS IN CYPRUSBUERGENSTOCK - Incorporation of derogations into the European Union (EU) law and its becoming permanent will continue to be discussed in process to find a fair and lasting solution to Cyprus issue in Buergenstock.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 15:49 [10] SDIF AND HALKBANK AGREE IN PRINCIPLE TO MERGE PAMUKBANK WITH HALKBANKANKARA - Savings and Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) and Halkbank management agreed in principle on merging of Pamukbank with Halkbank, SDIF said on Thursday.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 15:48 [11] TRNC FOREIGN MINISTER DENKTAS: ''FOUR-PARTY TALKS WILL START AFTER EU SUMMIT IN BRUSSELS''BUERGENSTOCK - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Serdar Denktas of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has said that the four-party Cyprus talks would start after the European Union (EU) spring-term summit in Brussels.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 15:48 [12] FOREIGN MINISTER GUL DEPARTS FROM BUERGENSTOCKBUERGENSTOCK - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul left Buergenstock, Switzerland, for Brussels on Thursday to attend the European Union (EU) spring-term meeting.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 11:26 [13] ALPTEKIN TO REPRESENT TURKEY AT SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES CO-OPERATION PROCESS PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS' MEETING IN SARAJEVOANKARA - The Southeast European Co-operation Process Parliament Speakers' Meeting will take place in Bosnia capital Sarajevo on March 27, 2004.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 11:26 [14] CLOSURE CASE AGAINST DEHAP -NURI OK MAKES VERBAL STATEMENTSANKARA - Supreme Court of Appeals Chief Prosecutor Nuri Ok has made verbal statements to the Constitutional Court delegation regarded with the closure case against the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP).25 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 11:23 [15] TURKEY TO PRESENT SUPPLEMENTARY LETTER OF INTENT TO IMF AFTER LOCAL ELECTIONSANKARA - Turkey is expected to present Supplementary Letter of Intent about the 7th review to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) following the local elections on March 28, 2004.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 11:23 [16] INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INCREASES BY 10.8 PERCENTANKARA - The industrial production increased by 10.8 percent in the last quarter of 2003 over to the same period of the previous year.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 11:23 [17] ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY AVIVI: ''I DO NOT THINK THAT ARAFAT WILL BE A TARGET FOR ISRAEL'' - ''SHEIKH YASSIN HAS ORDERED KILLING OF 600 CIVILIANS''ANKARA - Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Pinh Avivi has said that he did not think that Israel would also target Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after the operation against Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 11:23 [18] FOUR-PARTY TALKS IN SWITZERLAND -U.N. DENIES NEWS STORIES CLAIMING THAT CELL PHONES WERE BLOCKEDNEW YORK - News stories claiming that cell phones were blocked in Buergenstock town of Switzerland in which the four-party Cyprus talks would be held, were denied.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 09:17 [19] FOUR-PARTY CYPRUS TALKS -PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN TELEPHONES PRODIBUERGENSTOCK - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has telephoned European Union (EU) Commission President Romano Prodi and discussed the issue of derogation.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 09:17 [20] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN ARRIVES IN BRUSSELSBRUSSELS - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Brussels, Belgium, early on Thursday to attend the European Union (EU) spring-term summit and to hold a series of meetings.25 Mart 2004 Per�embe -- 09:10 [21] PARTIES FAIL TO HOLD QUARTET CYPRUS CONFERENCEBURGENSTOCK - Delegations from Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Greek Cypriot side, Turkey and Greece failed on Wednesday to hold a four-party meeting on the first day of the quartet Cyprus conference taking place in Burgenstock, Switzerland.24 Mart 2004 �ar�amba -- 22:56 [22] TURKISH GENDARMERIE SEIZE 26.3 KG HEROIN IN ISTANBULISTANBUL - Turkish gendarme forces confiscated 26.3 kilograms of heroin in an operation staged in Buyukcekmece district of Istanbul, Istanbul Governor's Office said on Wednesday.24 Mart 2004 �ar�amba -- 21:54 [23] TURKISH STATE MINISTERS STRESS COUNTRIES SHOULD COOPERATE IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISMMADRID - Turkish State Ministers Abdullatif Sener and Besir Atalay stressed on Wednesday that countries should cooperate in fight against terrorism since terrorism was a crime of humanity.24 Mart 2004 �ar�amba -- 20:50 [24] FOUR-PARTY CYPRUS TALKS -GUL MEETS WITH MOLIVIATISBUERGENSTOCK - While uncertainty about the four-party Cyprus talks has still been continuing, Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul met with Foreign Minister Petros Moliviatis of Greece on Wednesday.24 Mart 2004 �ar�amba -- 19:02 [25] FOUR-PARTY CYPRUS TALKS -TURKISH DELEGATION UNEASY ABOUT ATTEMPTS TO HOLD TWO-PARTY TALKS INSTEAD OF FOUR-PARTY CONFERENCEBUERGENSTOCK - The Greek and the Greek Cypriot sides have been trying to impose the idea of holding Cyprus talks between the two sides of the island instead of holding a four-party conference with the participation of Turkey and Greece. Meanwhile, the Turkish side felt uneasy about the ongoing uncertainty over the fate of the conference.24 Mart 2004 �ar�amba -- 19:01 [26] PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ARINC DUE TO SYRIAANKARA - Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc will pay an official visit to Syria between April 7 and 10, 2004.24 Mart 2004 �ar�amba -- 17:36 [27] ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY AVIVI SAYS HE FEELS SAFE IN ISTANBULANKARA - Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Pinhas Avivi has said that he felt safe in Istanbul.24 Mart 2004 �ar�amba -- 17:36 [28] PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN TO PAY A VISIT TO UKRAINE IN APRILANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay an official visit to Ukraine in the beginning of April.24 Mart 2004 �ar�amba -- 17:11 [29] CONFERENCE ON ''TURKEY'S ACCESSION TO EU'' STARTS (2) -BARONESS CRAWLEY SAYS SOLUTION OF CYPRUS ISSUE TO BRING BENEFITS TO TURKEY IN ITS PATH TO EUISTANBUL - Solution of Cyprus issue was to the benefit of Turkey on its path to the European Union (EU), Baroness Crawley, British Government Spokeswoman in the House of Lords, said on Wednesday in a conference entitled ''Turkey's Accession to EU''.24 Mart 2004 �ar�amba -- 16:40 [30] CONFERENCE ON ''TURKEY'S ACCESSION TO EU'' STARTS (1) -STATE MINISTER AYDIN: ''IF THE EU DOES NOT SET A DATE FOR OPENING OF ACCESSION TALKS WITH TURKEY, IT WILL HARM RELATIONS''ISTANBUL - ''If the European Union (EU) does not set a date for opening of accessions talks with Turkey at its summit in December, it will create great disappointment in Turkey, harming the relations which have been continuing between Turkey and the EU for more than four decades,'' Turkish State Minister Mehmet Aydin said in a conference on Turkey's accession to the EU.24 Mart 2004 �ar�amba -- 16:21 [31] STATE FUNERAL FOR BOMBING VICTIMS STARTS IN MADRID -SENER AND ATALAY ATTEND STATE FUNERAL ON BEHALF OF TURKEYMADRID - A state funeral has taken place in Spanish capital Madrid for 190 victims of March 11's terrorist bombings.24 Mart 2004 �ar�amba -- 14:50 [32] FOUR-PARTY CYPRUS TALKS TO START TODAYBURGENSTOCK - The four-party Cyprus talks are expected to start in Burgenstock, Switzerland, later today.24 Mart 2004 �ar�amba -- 14:47
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