Monday, 21 September 2009
These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on September 21, 2009. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
HURRIYET
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HE WILL MEET 20 LEADERS
Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to the U.S to attend the 64th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York and the G-20 summit in Pittsburg.
Erdogan will be in the United States throughout next week. Erdogan is
scheduled to meet more than 20 world leaders, mainly U.S. President Barack Obama.
FOUR STEPS PLANNED IN ARMENIAN MOVE
There are four important articles that will play an important role in
implementation of move with Armenia during the talks of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in the United Nations.
-Minsk Group will make its most important step in New York for Upper
Karabakh.
-Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian will sign the protocol in Switzerland prior to October 14.
-Armenian leader Sarkasian is expected to come to Bursa for the national match.
-Turkish, Armenian, American, French, British, and Swedish historians will be in the joint history commission and there will be eminent persons.
MILLIYET
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THEY POISONED FEAST OF RAMADAN WITH WEAPONS
Bullets fired in the air to celebrate the Feast of Ramadan hurt a family
again. 12-year-old Serkan Kucuk was hit by one of these bullets when he was going to the grocery store in the northern province of Samsun. Kucuk was wounded in his shoulder. The bullet hit Kucuk from his shoulder, but went down till his stomach.
Serkan's internal organs were harmed, and Serkan is still in critical condition.
FENERBAHCE NOT LOSING
Fenerbahce soccer team of Turkey won their game against Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Kadikoy, and thus won all of the six matches they have played so far in the league. Fenerbahce are at the top of the league standings as they played a game more than some other teams.
SABAH
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LITTLE SPARROW ON EIFFEL TOWER
Turkish pop singer Sezen Aksu, nicknamed "Little Sparrow", participated in an event organized within the scope of "Season of Turkey" in France. When Aksu was not allowed to sing the songs she was asked to sing by the audience, she asked if the audience wanted her to argue with all the French people. Clarinetist Husnu Senlendirici and the mayor of Paris also joined the event.
KEY MAN: AHMET
Altan Altinyurt, the lawyer of Cem Garipoglu--the suspect killer of high
school student Munevver Karabulut, spoke to Sabah daily and talked about the secret behind the brutal murder. Altinyurt said, "this is not a simple envy murder. On the contrary, it is planned and organized. There is a secret that nobody can solve in this murder. The Garipoglu family is trying hard to illuminate this. Maybe Munevver learned a secret of this family. Ahmet is the person in the backyard of the murder. He is fairly professional. He helped Cem, he worked in an organized way, he hid and cleared the blood. We know who this Ahmet is. And Turkey knows him. When he is caught, you will say "oh my god, he is this Ahmet."
VATAN
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OECD: TURKEY'S RATING SHOULD BE RAISED
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said Turkey had become one of the unique countries that had a positive outlook in the global crisis. The organization said Iceland, that had 20 folds more debts than Turkey and that had two folds more current accounts balance, got a rating defining it as an investable country. Therefore, OECD said, Turkey's rating should have been raised.
"THOSE WHO ARE SAYING COUNTRY IS BEING DIVIDED ARE IN FACT SEPARATISTS"
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke during a ceremony in which the Istanbul branch of his Justice & Development (AK) Party exchanged greetings during the Feast of Ramadan. Erdogan said, "feasts are a new beginning, and we should make best use of it. We have talked about a national unity project, but you see that those who have an opposition title oppose this and are in an effort to name white as black. When we propose them to discuss and negotiate, they reject it. Those who are saying 'the country is being divided' are in fact separatists. Nobody can label us as separatist."
CUMHURIYET
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ECHR SAYS TURKEY DOES NOT ABIDE BY CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) released a report on its 50th
foundation anniversary and stated irregularities in Turkish jurisdiction.
According to the report, applications made from Turkey constitute 11.4
percent of the files in ECHR. Rights violation was assessed in 1676 of the 1939 decisions made on Turkey. It was also stated that judicial decisions related to human rights violations in Turkey contradicted the ECHR decisions.
BITTER FEAST OF RAMADAN IN BILGE VILLAGE
Relatives of 44 people, who were massacred in Bilge village of Mazidagi town in southeastern province of Mardin, had sorrowful feast of Ramadan. The children visited graves of their mothers and fathers. There was also reaction against release of two people who were tried related to the attack.
RADIKAL
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THERE ARE MANY THINGS TO BE LEARNED FROM WOMEN FOR "MOVE"
Dr. Dilek Yesilbas is explaining the southeastern province of Hakkari. She said, "there is a great energy, however there is no role or model or work. There is no horizon. The real problem is the lack of communication between 'here' and 'there'." The Turkish Women Entrepreneurs' Association (KAGIDER) organized a Radikal's Chats meeting on September 4 with the topic "Kurdish move". Dr. Dilek Yesilbas, a psychiatrist in the Hakkari State Hospital, and Women's Center (KAMER) chairperson Nebahat Akkoc underlined the importance of women's perspective on the Kurdish move. Akkoc said, "Dilek launched the move before anyone else. We, all, have adopted culture of violence. There cannot be any peace with violence. We have to change this language."
EYES ON NEW YORK
Eyes will be on messages of U.S. President Barack Obama, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad and Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev during the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is also going to the United States for the summit.
TURKIYE
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FROM ERDOGAN TO OPPOSITION
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan strongly reacted to those who said "you polarize the country" and said, "those who say this are in fact separatists".
Speaking at the ceremony in which the Istanbul branch of his Justice &
Development (AK) Party exchanged greetings during the Feast of Ramadan, Erdogan said, "we based on compromise, not clash with the national unity project. We are strengthening alliance, not the conflicts. We address only to the nation in this move, not an illegal organization or individuals."
EUROPE SAW FACTS IN THE END
Energy Minister Taner Yildiz referred to the statements of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin who said "we think of Turkey as transit country in shipment of gas to Europe." Yildiz said, "those who oppose to our projects related to pipelines now changed their stance. Turkey is a reliable energy corridor. Russia and the European Union also admitted this."
ZAMAN
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MOVE TO END ALL TABOOS OF TURKEY
Professor Hamit Bozarslan, a lecturer at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, is one of the people who went abroad due to political conflicts in Turkey. Bozarslan sees Kurdish move as a late historic move. He thinks one of the taboos of Turkey is being demolished, and Turkey will get out of this process as a country with a high self-confidence. As a Kurdish intellectual, Bozarslan wishes, "PKK should totally abandon armed struggle, and Turkey should take radical democratic steps in all areas, not only regarding Kurdish issue."
"AUTHORIZE US WITH BROOKS AND WE WILL SOLVE PROBLEM"
When Istanbul was trying to heal the wounds of the biggest flood disaster in its history, discussions are under way regarding the brooks that need to be remediated. The ruling and opposition parties are keeping each other responsible for remediation of particularly the Ayamama Brook. Mevlut Vural, the director general of Istanbul Water and Sewage Administration (ISKI), said that the directorate was not the only authorized institution regarding remediation and expropriation." Speaking to Zaman daily, Vural said, "my hands are tied. Make ISKI the only authorized institution, and we will end this problem."
YENI SAFAK
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TOURISM OF BEAUTY
Foreign tourists are coming to Turkey for health and aesthetic surgeries. Abit Bakistanli, the head of the Hospitalium Group, said Turkish hospitals were giving high-quality health service and aesthetic surgery tourism boomed in Turkey. Bakistanli said the prices were only one-tenth of those in Europe. Bakistanli said, "almost 30 people are coming to our group for hair transplantation. They are paying 1,000 USD instead of 10,000 USD."
PATH OF UNIVERSITY OPENED FOR STUDENTS SACKED DUE TO TERRORISM
The oppressive regulations of the military intervention era in the Higher
Education Law are being abolished. Students and teachers who were sacked from universities due to "terror" crimes can come back to universities. Thus, there will be no need for issuing amnesties often. Also, the rector's permission will
be necessary for a prosecutor investigation into lecturers.
