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TURKEY WORKS FOR KASHMIR PEACE
Team of diplomats visits troubled Kashmir NEW DELHI, March 7
(March 7)
Security was beefed up in violence-plagued Kashmir as a team of 10 New
Delhi-based ambassadors arrived in the state capital of Srinagar Monday to
assess the human rights situation there.
The team met with senior state and police officials, the Press Trust of India
news agency reported.
On Tuesday, the team is scheduled to meet a militant pro-secessionist
umbrella organization, the All Party Hurriyat Conference, which has called
for a general strike in the state capital during the team's tour to focus
attention on alleged human rights violations in Kashmir, the agency said.
The team is comprised of ambassadors of Venezuela, Turkey, Indonesia,
Hungary, Colombia, Canada, Senegal, Bulgaria, Nigeria and Mexico.
The visit comes a day ahead of a scheduled vote on a resolution, moved by
Pakistan at the Human Rights Commission meeting in Geneva, calling for the
dispatch of a fact-finding mission to investigate the "gross and consistent
violation of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir." The resolution refers to
alleged rights violations committed by Indian security forces who are in
conflict with Muslim separitists said to be backed by the government of
Pakistan.
Four New Delhi-based ambassadors of the European Union last month undertook a
similar tour of the state where Indian security forces and the heavily armed
Muslim insurgents have been locked in bloody combat since 1990.
The Indian government has also allowed the International Committee of the Red
Cross to send a team to Kashmir.
A long-simmering Muslim separatist movement in Indian Kashmir flared into an
open rebellion in 1990. India repeatedly has accused Pakistan of training and
arming the secessionists, a charge which Islamabad denies, but many of the
rebels themselves acknowledge.
The control of Himalayan Kashmir is split among India, Pakistan and China.
Subject: U.S. to Mediate Cyprus Situation
U.S. ENVOY ARRIVES FOR CONSULTATIONS ON CYPRUS ISSUE NICOSIA
(MARCH 7)
- U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL CYPRUS COORDINATOR ROBERT LAMB ARRIVED HERE
TODAY FOR A NEW ROUND OF CONSULTATIONS WITH THE CYPRUS PARTIES IN A FRESH BID
TO URGE GREEK AND TURKISH CYPRIOTS TO ACCEPT A U.N.-PROPOSED PACKAGE OF
CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES.
IN A STATEMENT ISSUED AT LARNACA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE U.S. ENVOY SAID
THE PURPOSE OF THIS NEW VISIT TO THE ISLAND WAS TWOFOLD: "FIRSTLY, TO HEAR
THE VIEWS OF ALL PARTIES HERE ON THE CURRENT SITUATION, AND SECONDLY,
"REITERATE TO EVERYBODY THAT THE UNITED STATES CONSIDERS THIS TO BE AN
EXTREMELY CRITICAL PERIOD FOR THE FUTURE OF CYPRUS."
HE SAID THINGS HAPPENING TODAY IN CYPRUS COULD "OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
ISLAND TO SOLVE SOME OF THESE DIFFICULTIES TROUBLING T HE ISLAND FOR FAR TOO
LONG."
LAMB ADDED, "WE WOULD LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY
AND THE UNITED STATES IS PREPARED TO BE HELPFUL, IN ANY WAY THAT IT CAN."
BACKED BY THE U.S. AND BRITAIN, THE U.N. STARTED ON FEBRUARY 17 A NEW ROUND
OF CYPRUS PEACE TALKS AIMED AT IMPLEMENTING A PEACE PACKAGE PUT FORWARD BY
U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS GHALI LAST MAY.
THE PACKAGE, ACCEPTED IN PRINCIPLE BY BOTH THE COMMUNITIES ON THE ISLAND,
ENVISAGES THE HANDOVER OF THE TURKISH-HELD FENCED AREA OF FAMAGUSTA TO THE
U.N. CONTROL AND THE REOPENING OF THE NOW DEFUNCT NICOSIA INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT TO THE BENEFIT OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES.
ON HIS RECENT VISIT TO MOSCOW, THE AMERICAN DIPLOMAT SAID HE HAD "ROUTINE
CONSULTATIONS" IN MOSCOW AND THAT RUSSIA WAS AN "IMPORTANT PLAYER" IN THE
UNITED NATIONS.
"WE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR POLICIES COORDINATE WITH THE RUSSIANS ON A
WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING CYPRUS," HE SAID, ADDING THAT WASHINGTON
WOULD HAVE SIMILAR CONSULTATIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH THE OTHER PERMANENT
MEMBERS OF THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL.
REFERRING TO THE ONGOING PEACE TALKS IN NICOSIA, LAMB SAID "IF WE GET AN
AGREEMENT ON THE CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES, THEN I THINK IT OPENS TO
BIGGER ISSUES ... THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE WILL
NOT LOSE IT."
CYPRUS HAS BEEN DIVIDED SINCE 1974 WHEN TURKEY INTERVENED MILITARILY
FOLLOWING A COUP BY GREEK CYPRIOTS SEEKING UNION WITH GREECE.
REPEATED U.N.-LED PEACE TALKS AIMED AT REUNITING THE ISLAND UNDER A BIZONAL
AND BICOMMUNAL FEDERAL STATE HAVE SO FAR FAILED TO YIELD ANY CONCRETE
RESULTS.
Subject: Ukraine Takes Turkish Gas Supply
BOTAS spokeswoman Semra Karaibrahimgil claimed Ukraine had been drawing more
gas from Russia, seriously reducing Turkey's share. Turkey buys the gas from
Russia, with which it has no border.
She said that while BOTAS normally supplied 720,000 cubic meters daily to the
Tugsas-Igsas Fertilizer factory and to the Ambarli and Hamitabat Electricity
stations, that amount had to be cut back to 550,000 cubic meters per day.
These factories and stations are to use fuel oil for the time being.
Russia announced last week it would soon cut gas supplies to Ukraine because
of non-payment of debts reaching 900 million dollars. Ukraine's other
supplier, Turkmenistan, cut off supplies in February because of unpaid debts
amounting to 700 million dollars.
BOTAS said the aim of its supply reduction in Turkey was to protect household
users of gas. An estimated 350,000 households, mostly in the capital Ankara,
depend on Russian gas for heating.
Turkey fears that if there is a gas shortage in Ukraine because of Russia's
decision to slowly cut off supplies, Kiev may revert to drawing the amount of
gas it needs from deliveries intended for Turkey and the rest of Europe.
"We hope that Ukrainian and Russian officials will reach an agreement so that
the normal amount of natural gas is pumped into the pipeline, and Ukraine
ceases to draw natural gas that is destined for Europe and Turkey," BOTAS
General Director Hayrettin Uzun told the Anatolia news agency.
Last month Turkey, which lacks adequate natural gas storage facilities,
became alarmed by a reduction of between 160,000 and 260,000 cubic metres per
day in the supply coming through the pipeline.
This was attributed at the time to a drop below 50 degrees centigrade of the
temperature in Russia's Yamburg and Oranburg regions and below 20 degrees in
Ukraine. BOTAS immediately cut off supplies to the fertilizer industry and
electricity stations.
Turkey currently procures about six billion cubic metres of gas per year of
which around 15 per cent is used in large cities such as Ankara, Istanbul and
Bursa as clean fuel to reduce pollution, while the rest is consumed by
industry and public services.
BOTAS predicts that Turkey's demand for natural gas in the year 2005 will
reach 30 billion cubic meters per year.
Turkey hopes to buy 15 billion cubic meters of natural gas yearly from
Turkmenistan. It also hopes that a pipeline to carry Turkmeni oil to Europe
will pass through its territory.
SUBJECT: CETIN: TURKISH TROOPS TO BOSNIA?
TURKEY READY TO SEND TROOPS TO BOSNIA FOR PEACEKEEPING 7/3 TASS 4
NICOSIA MARCH 7 ITAR - BY ITAR-TASS CORRESPONDENT ALEKSEI YEROCHENKOV:
THE UNITED NATIONS HAS EXPERIENCING THE NEED TO SEND ADDITIONAL FORCE TO
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA IN ORDER TO ENSURE PEACE AND IMPELEMENT UNDERSTANDINGS
ALREADY REACHED, TUKEY'S FOREIGN MINISTER HIKMET CETIN SAID IN ANKARA ON
SUNDAY EVENING. THAT IS WHY CURRENTLY THE VIEW TO ALSO DESPATCH TURKISH
TROOPS THERE IS GAINING STRENGTH, HE EMPHASISED.
CETIN NOTED THAT THE U.N. AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE
BEGINNING TO OFFICIALLY RAISE THE QUESTION OF SENDING TURKISH TROOPS TO
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, TURKISH TELEVISION REPORTED. MEETING THESE WISHES
HALF-WAY, TURKEY IS PREPARED TO SEND ITS ONE BTALLION THERE, THE MINISTER
SAID.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION AKSED BY A JOURNALIST, TURKISH ARMED FORCE OFFICIAL
REPRESENTATIVE COLONEL DOGU SILYAHCIOGLU SAID THAT IF AN APPROPRIATE
DIRECTIVE IS RECEIVED FROM THE POLITICAL AUTHORITIES, A BATALLION TO BRIGADE
STRENGTH CONTINGENT OF LAND FORCES CAN BE DESPATCHED TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA.
HOWEVER NO SUCH DIRECTIVE HAS YET BEEN RECEIVED.
THE ISTANBUL PRESS HAS MORE THAN ONCE REPORTED TURKEY'S WISH TO TAKE ACTIVE
PART IN PEACEMAKING OPERATIONS IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, AND TURKISH AIR FORCE
COMBAT PLANES UNDER NATO FORCE COMMAND, ACCORDING TO TURKISH TV "INTERSTAR"
REPORTS, ARE ALREADY PATROLLING POSITIONS OF THE SERBS AND BOSNIAN MOSLEMS.
SUBJECT: TURKIYE CUTS GAS TO INDUSTRY
Turkey cuts gas supply to industry citing supply cut by Ukraine
Ankara--Mar 7--Turkey's state-run pipeline company BOTAS today
began reducing the flow of natural gas to its industry due to a
drop in Russian natural gas supplies that reach it via Ukraine.
BOTAS spokeswoman Semra Karaibrahimgil claimed Ukraine had been
drawing more gas from Russia, seriously reducing Turkey's share.
Russia announced last week it would soon cut gas supplies to
Ukraine because of non-payment of debts reaching 900 million dlrs.
Ukraine's other supplier, Turkmenistan, cut off supplies in February
because of unpaid debts amounting to 700 million dlrs.
BOTAS said the aim of their reduction in Turkey was to protect
household users of gas. An estimated 350,000 households, mostly in
the capital Ankara, depend on Russian gas for heating.
Turkey fears that if there is a gas shortage in Ukraine because
of Russia's decision to slowly cut off supplies, Kiev may revert to
drawing the amount of gas it needs from deliveries intended for
Turkey and the rest of Europe.
"We hope that Ukrainian and Russian officials will reach an
agreement so that the normal amount of natural gas is pumped into the
pipeline, and Ukraine ceases to draw natural gas that is destined for
Europe and Turkey," BOTAS General Director Hayrettin Uzun told the
Anatolia news agency.
Last month Turkey, which lacks adequate natural gas storage
facilities, became alarmed by a slight reduction in the supply coming
through the pipeline.
This was attributed at the time to a drop below 50 degrees
centigrade of the temperature in Russia's Yamburg and Oranburg
regions and below 20 degrees in Ukraine. BOTAS immediately cut off
supplies to the fertilizer industry and electricity stations.
Turkey uses around 15 pct of its gas in large cities such as
Ankara, Istanbul and Bursa as clean fuel to reduce pollution, while
the rest is consumed by industry and public services.
U.N. COUNCIL MOVES TOWARDS BREAKING SARAJEVO SIEGE
By Evelyn Leopold
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council late Friday took
steps toward breaking the siege of Sarajevo and approved plans to restore
decent living conditions in the Bosnian capital.
In its first resolution on Bosnia since October, the council also set the
stage for extending U.N. protection to the towns of Maglaj, Mostar and Vitez
by declaring them safe areas. Such a measure would require thousands more
troops.
Czech ambassador Karel Kovanda announced to the council that his country
was sending more than 500 troops, doubling the size of its unit with the U.N.
Protection Force.
The resolution, approved by a unanimous 15-0 vote, asks for the United
Nations to appoint a senior civilian official to help restore essential
services in Sarajevo.
It was adopted under mandatory sections of the U.N. Charter which allows
for the possible use of force.
In an effort to build on the Sarajevo cease-fire, France for the past two
weeks pressed vigorously for adoption of the resolution on humanitarian
grounds. The Bosnian capital has been deprived of electricity, water and heat
for months.
To assuage Bosnian sensitivities over the control of their capital, the
U.N. official is to function for ``a limited period" in the Sarajevo district
except for Pale, the Bosnian Serb stronghold. Diplomats said candidates from
Nordic countries were under consideration for the post.
The resolution also calls on Bosnian Muslims and Serbs to provide
complete freedom of movement for the civilian population and humanitarian
goods ``to, from and within Sarajevo" and help restore normal life to the
city.
The United States, Britain and Spain co-sponsored the measure with
France. The United States and Britain are sending an 18-member team to
evaluate Sarajevo's needs, and the resolution asks Boutros-Ghali to etablish
a ``voluntary trust fund" to help with the reconstruction of Sarajevo.
But the resolution, revised almost daily in the past two weeks, falls far
short of President Francois Mitterrand's call to put the Bosnian capital
under a U.N. administration.
Russia supported a U.N. administration, but Bosnia's Muslim-dominated
government, backed by Washington, objected and then weakened the power of the
new U.N. official Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali is to appoint.
Russia, however, balked for days before backing the proposal to study the
feasibility of declaring Maglaj, Mostar and Vitez U.N. safe areas because the
measure allows for the use of air power in case of attack.
This proposal has little chance of becoming a reality unless more U.N.
troops are found for Bosnia.
The United Nations has been appealing for 10,000 soldiers for days. A
senior U.N. official told a news conference Friday that the organization
might have to turn to more troops from Muslim countries, presumably Turkey,
which so far has been excluded on grounds it had once occupied Serbia and
Bosnia.
``As a rule we have tried not to use peacekeepers from one of countries
involved because of perception they might not be impartial," said Assisant
Secretary-General Alvaro de Soto.
But he said it was ``growing increasingly difficult to get contributions
that we need" and ``beggars can't be choosers."
Maglaj, a Muslim town, is besieged by Serbs and Croats. Mostar is
encircled by Bosnian Croats in battles with Muslims. Vitez, northwest of
Sarajevo, is a large Croat area surrounded by Bosnian goverment forces.
So far, six Muslim cities and enclaves have been declared safe areas --
Sarajevo, Tuzla, Bihac, Zepa, Srebrenica and Gorazde. In several of these
towns, only a handful of U.N. peacekeepers have been available.
SUBJECT: BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Members work out budget and regulation for Black Sea secretariat ANKARA
(MARCH 7) - Representatives of the 11 members of the Black Sea Economic
Cooperation (BSEC) convened in Istanbul Monday for a three-day meeting to
approve a regulation for the staff of its secretariat as well as discuss the
crucial question of members' contributions to the secreteriat's budget.
Turkey has undertaken to meet the organization's expenses for the next two
years, but will gradually decrease its contribution to two-thirds and one
third in the following years.
The secretariat, set up in a restored old Istanbul kiosk used by the Ottomans
as an shelter during earthquakes, has been operating for nearly a year under
a Turkish foreign ministry official acting as director.
The secretariat's newly appointed Russian director, Yevgeni Kutovoy, took
over office last week. He is to be assisted by three deputies from Turkey,
Ukraine and Romania.
The meeting will also designate working groups for cooperation in tourism,
science and technology and look into ways of establishing a technical aid
mechanism for the BSEC.
A regional trade and development bank for the BSEC is to set up in the Greek
town of Saloniki and is expected to become operational before the end of the
year. Six member-country parliaments have yet to approve the establishment of
the bank.
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania,
Russia, Turkey and Ukraine are members of the organization established in
1992 in Istanbul through Turkey's initiatives. dpa bw
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Iran - Interior Minister Views Situation on Borders (MAR. 5)
MIDDLE EAST INTELLIGENCE REPORT -
The interior minister has announced: The Islamic Republic of
Iran and Turkey have no border disputes and complete
security prevails on the two countries' common borders. Mr.
Besharati announced this news in an interview with our
correspondent. He added: The good relations between Iran and
Turkey have resulted in the two countries witnessing
complete security on their common borders. He stressed that
no country can bring about security on its borders by
itself. He added: We currently have no problems on our
eastern borders either. Referring to the exceptional
situation in northern, central and southern Iraq, Besharati
stressed: The situation in various parts of Iraq has brought
about special conditions on Iranian borders.
Thanks to the alertness of border-dwellers, particularly the
self-sacrificing people of Kordestan, the security situation
in that area, among our country's border regions, is
becoming more favorable. Referring to the presence of 2.5 to
3 million Afghan refugees, and also other refugees, in Iran,
the interior minister said: So long as the countries of
origin of the refugees are not calm their presence in Iran
is feasible.
From Tehran Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran First
Program Network Date 02 March 1994
Jordan - Energy, Supply Ministers Meet With Egyptian Trade
Minister (MAR. 5) MIDDLE EAST INTELLIGENCE REPORT -
Today, Walid 'Asfur, minister of energy and mineral
resources, and Radi lbrahim, minister of supply, each
received Mr. Mahmud Muhammad Mahmud, Egypt's minister of
economy and foreign trade. The sessions addressed bilateral
ties and ways to develop them further. Mr. 'Asfur and Mr.
Mahmud reviewed bilateral cooperation in the areas of energy
and mineral resources and the progress made in linking
Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Egypt in an electricity
grid. They discussed the electricity grid link between
Jordan and Egypt as part of the five-state chain.
They also talked about the use of renewable energy and
tapping solar energy for heating and power generating
purposes. Also discussed was cooperation in harnessing wind
to generate electricity. Jordan already has two such
stations in al-lbrahimiyah and Jurf al-Darawish and, in
cooperation with Germany, is working on a third with a 1.2
megawatt capacity. Radi lbrahim and the Egyptian minister
met to discuss trade and the supply situation between the
two countries. The Jordanian minister briefed the Egyptian
minister and his delegation on his ministry's activities.
lbrahim told the Egyptian minister he would like to see
bilateral trade increased, observing that, in the past, the
exchanges lacked stability. Noting that the Higher Joint
Jordanian-Egyptian Committee is due to convene after 'Id al-
Fitr, the minister pointed to the need to draw up guidelines
to boost bilateral trade. The Egyptian minister stressed the
need to boost economic ties with Jordan and called for pan-
Arab economic integration. He lauded the Ministry of
Supply's key function of making basic food items available
and stabilizing prices.
From Amman Radio Jordan Network in Arabic Date 24 February
1994
bc-Ankara-Kurds
Three more PKK guerrillas killed, says Turkish military
ANKARA (MARCH 5) DPA - Three more Kurdish Workers' Party
(PKK) guerrillas have been killed by security forces
campaigning against them in southeastern Turkey, it was
reported Saturday.
The semi-official Anadolu news agency said the three were
surprised by security forces near Senkaya in Erzurum
province as they were collecting food supplies from a nearby
village.
Police meanwhile said four leading members of the Dev-Sol
(Revolutionary Left) organisation were arrested as their
Istanbul apartment was raided.
Police said weapons and bomb-making equipment used in
several attacks over the past two years were seized. dpa sc
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TURK BASININDAN HABERLER
08 MART 1994 SALI
IC HABERLER
- CILLER: BENI MAHCUP ETMEYIN.
BASBAKAN CILLER, YEREL SECIMLER ONCESI ANADOLU GEZILERINI
HIZLANDIRDI. DUN BILECIK, KUTAHYA VE ESKISEHIR'E GIDEN CILLER,
BIRI EVIN HANIMINDAN KENDISI ICIN OLMAK UZERE, HER EVDEN IKI OY
ISTEDI VE "BU BENIM ILK SECIMIM. BENI MAHCUP ETMEYIN" DEDI.
CILLER, "BIZ IKILI OYNAYANLARDAN DEGILIZ" DIYEREK ANAP LIDERI'NE
YINE CATTI. (HURRIYET)
- CILLER'DEN DEMIREL'E CEVAP YOK.
BASBAKAN, "DEMIREL'IN TARTISMA CAGRISINI NASIL
DEGERLENDIRIYORSUNUZ?" SORUSUNA "BEN SAYIN CUMHURBASKANI'NA
ATFEN BIR SEY SOYLEMEDIM KI, CUMHURBASKANI'NIN NEYI SOYLEDIGINI
BILMIYORUM. BIZIM DIYALOGUMUZ BASIN ARACILIGIYLA OLMAZ" DEDI.
(MILLIYET)
- YILMAZ: HERKES RAHATSIZ.
ANAP GENEL BASKANI MESUT YILMAZ, KENDISINI, KISISEL
RAHATSIZLIGI OLMAKLA SUCLAYAN, BASBAKAN TANSU CILLER'E,
"ELBETTEKI RAHATSIZIM. SAYIN CILLER'IN TURKIYE'YI GETIRDIGI
BUGUNKU DURUMUNA, OZELLIKLE EKONOMIK DURUMUNA BAKIP DA
RAHATSIZLIK DUYMAYAN BENCE RAHATSIZ DEMEKTIR. SADECE BEN DEGIL
ZANNEDERIM TURKIYE'DEKI HERKES BU DURUMDAN RAHATSIZ" SOZLERIYLE
KARSILIK VERDI.
IZMIR'DEKI EFES OTELI'NDE GAZETECILERLE GORUSEN ANAP LIDERI
MESUT YILMAZ, BASBAKAN CILLER'IN KENDISINI ANAYOL ONUNDEKI ENGEL
OLARAK GORDUGUNU ANIMSATAN GAZETECILERE YANIT VERIRKEN
BASBAKAN'IN SOZLERINE ARTIK KENDI KABINESINDEKILERIN DE
INANMADIGINI SOYLEDI. YILMAZ, "DYP'YI BU HALE GETIREN
KENDISIDIR. DYP'YI BU HALE GETIREN BIR KISININ ANAYOL'A LIDERLIK
YAPMASI HALINDE ANAYOL'UN AKIBETI DE BU OLUR" DEDI.
YILMAZ, MECLIS BASKANI CINDORUK'UN, YEREL SECIMLERDEN SONRA
ERKEN SECIME GIDILMESI ILE ILGILI GORUSLERINI DE DEGERLENDIRDI.
YILMAZ, "SAYIN MECLIS BASKANI, SAYIN CILLER GIBI ACEMI SIYASETCI
DEGIL. GELECEGI GORUYOR" DIYE KONUSTU. (SABAH)
- MURAT KARAYALCIN: SHP TURKIYE'NIN PUSULASIDIR.
BASBAKAN YARDIMCISI MURAT KARAYALCIN, SHP'NIN TURKIYE'DE LAIK
CUMHURIYETIN, DEMOKRASININ VE INSAN HAKLARININ PUSULASI OLDUGUNU
BELIRTEREK, "DEMOKRASI, INSAN HAKLARI, LAIK CUMHURIYETE INANCTA
PUSULASINI SASIRANLAR SHP'YE BAKSINLAR, BIZI IZLEMEYE
CALISSINLAR" DEDI.
KONUSMASINDA REFAH PARTISI'NE DE CATAN KARAYALCIN, SUNLARI
SOYLEDI:
"KENDILERININ HIC DENENMEDIGINI SOYLUYORLAR. BIZ ONLARI ECEVIT
VE ERBAKAN KOALISYONUNDAN BILIYORUZ. HOCAMI 74'TEN BERI
TANIYORUZ. NERESINI DENEYELIM BUNLARIN? LAIKLIGI KENDI
TEKELIMIZDE GORMUYORUZ, AMA CUMHURIYETIN TEMEL KURUMLARI,
ATATURK ILKELERI UZERINDE DE POLITIKA YAPMAYIZ, YAPTIRMAYIZ. BIZ
LAIKLIK ICIN MUCADELE EDERKEN BIZI KATI BULANLAR VARDI. LAIKLIGI
SAVUNMAK SIMDI MI AKILLARINA GELDI?". (HURRIYET)
- "BASBAKANLIGA TALEBIM YOK AMA GOREVI ALIRIM".
MECLIS BASKANI CINDORUK, BIR GAZETECININ, DYP TABANINDA
KENDISININ BASBAKANLIGININ KONUSULDUGUNU BELIRTMESI UZERINE,
"SIYASETTE BIR GOREV ELE ALINMAZ, BIR GOREV TEVCIH EDILIR.
KOSULLAR NEYI GEREKTIRIYORSA, SIYASETCI O GOREVE OMUZ VERIR"
DEDI. (SABAH)
- HEM SUC DUYURUSU HEM GENSORU.
RP'NIN CILLER KUSATMASI.
RP GENEL BASKANI NECMETTIN ERBAKAN, ATATURK'E SAYGI MITINGINE
RP'YI CAGIRMAYARAK BOLUCULUK YAPTIGI VE YASALARA AYKIRI OLARAK
MITING ALANINI ISCI, MEMUR VE OGRENCILERLE DOLDURDUGU
GEREKCESIYLE CILLER HAKKINDA ANKARA CUMHURIYET BASSAVCILIGI'NA
SUC DUYURUSUNDA BULUNDU. (GUNAYDIN)
- DEP'TEN ITIRAZ BASVURUSU.
DEP DOKUNULMAZLIKLARI KALDIRILAN 6 DEP'LI VE BIR BAGIMSIZ
MILLETVEKILLERIYLE ILGILI MECLIS KARARININ IPTALI ICIN DUN
ANAYASA MAHKEMESI'NE BASVURDU. (SABAH)
- SIRNAK'TA 12 PKK'LI OLDURULDU.
SIRNAK'IN KIRSAL ALANLARINDA BIR HAFTADIR SURDURULEN
OPERASYONLAR KAPSAMINDA DUN 12 TERORIST OLU ELE GECIRILDI.
(SABAH)
- ZULFU FARK ATIYOR.
KAMAR KAMUOYU ARASTIRMA SIRKETI'NIN ISTANBUL'DA YAPTIGI EN SON
YEREL SECIM ARASTIRMASI, SHP ADAYI LIVANELI'NIN RAKIPLERI
KARSISINDA OYLARINI HIZLA ARTTIRDIGINI ORTAYA CIKARDI.
7-8 SUBAT TARIHLERINDE YAPILAN ARASTIRMADA YUZDE 18.5 OYA SAHIP
OLAN LIVANELI, ONCEKI GUN YAPILAN SON ARASTIRMADA YUZDE 26.4 OY
ALARAK RAKIPLERIYLE ARAYI ACTI.
SON ARASTIRMADA DYP'NIN ADAYI BEDRETTIN DALAN YUZDE 21.5 OYLA
IKINCI SIRAYI ALIRKEN, ANAP ADAYI ILHAN KESICI YUZDE 19.5 OY ILE
UCUNCU OLDU. REFAH PARTISI ADAYI TAYYIP ERTOGAN ISE ILK
HAFTALARA GORE SUREKLI DUSUS GOSTEREREK, YUZDE 16.6 OY ILE
DORDUNCULUGE DUSTU. (SABAH)
DIS POLITIKA HABERLERI
- BUYUKELCILERE DEP TALIMATI.
DISISLERI BAKANLIGI TURKIYE'NIN TUM BUYUKELCILIKLERINE DEP
MILLETVEKILLERININ DOKUNULMAZLIKLARININ KALDIRILMASI KONUSUNDA
TALIMAT GONDERDI.
CETIN: KOLAY ANLATIRIZ: CETIN, BASTA AVRUPA KONSEYI OLMAK UZERE
DISARIDA OLUSAN OLUMSUZ IZLENIMIN NASIL GIDERILECEGI VE
TURKIYE'NIN KENDISINI YURTDISINDA NASIL ANLATACAGI YOLUNDAKI
SORUMUZU SOYLE YANITLADI: "BAZI SIKINTILAR OLUR AMA KONU NORMAL
YOLLARLA GOTURULURSE BIZ BU KONUYU ANLATIRIZ. ISI NORMAL
MECRAINA BIRAKMAK GEREKIR. TURKIYE'DE BAGIMSIZ MAHKEMELER VAR.
INSAN HAKLARI VAR. BUNUN AKSINE YORUMLANABILECEK DAVRANISLARDAN
CEKINIRSEK DUNYAYA KOLAYCA ANLATIRIZ. POLISIN MECLIS ONUNE
GELMESINI VE GEREKSIZ ACELECILIKLERI ANLATMAMIZ ISE ZOR OLUR".
(SABAH)
- ANKARA'DAN, RUSYA'YA AZERBAYCAN RESTI.
TURKIYE, RUSYA'YI AZERBAYCAN'A TEK BASINA ASKER GONDEREMEYECEGI
KONUSUNDA KESIN BIR DILLE UYARDI.
HURRIYET'IN EDINDIGI BILGILERE GORE, MOSKOVA'DA GECEN HAFTA RUS
YETKILILERLE TEMASLARDA BULUNAN DISISLERI BAKANLIGI MUSTESAR
YARDIMCISI BILGIN UNAN, GORUSMELER SIRASINDA AZERBAYCAN'A
GIDECEK BARIS GUCUNUN MUTLAKA ULUSLARARASI NITELIK TASIMASI
GEREKTIGINI BELIRTEREK, "AZERBAYCAN'A SADECE RUS ASKERI GIDEMEZ.
SIZ GONDERIRSENIZ BIZ DE GONDERIRIZ" DEDI. (HURRIYET)
- WASHINGTON VE ANKARA BOSNA ICIN HEMFIKIR.
ABD DISISLERI BAKAN YARDIMCISI STEPHAN OXMAN BASKANLIGINDAKI
ABD HEYETI, BUGUN ANKARA'DA YAPACAGI GORUSMELERDE BOSNA HERSEK
KONUSUNU ELE ALACAK. ABD'NIN BOSNA'YA TURK ASKERI GITMESI ICIN
AGIRLIGINI KOYMASI, ANKARA'DA BUYUK MEMNUNIYET YARATTI. BOSNAK
HIRVAT ISBIRLIGI KONUSUNDA DA, ANKARA ILE WASHINGTON ARASINDA
TAM BIR GORUS BIRLIGI BULUNUYOR. GORUSMELERDE MOSKOVA'NIN DA
AYNI CIZGIYE GETIRILMESI TARTISILACAK. TURKIYE, HIRVAT VE
BOSNAKLAR UZERINDEKI ETKISINI KULLANIRKEN, RUSYA, SIRPLARI IKNA
ETMEYE CALISACAK. ABD DE KOORDINASYON GOREVI YAPACAK. (HURRIYET)
- ANKARA'DA "CEKIC GUC" ZIRVESI.
TURKIYE, ABD, FRANSA VE INGILTERE ARASINDAKI TOPLANTI 10
MART'TA YAPILACAK. TOPLANTIDA KUZEY IRAK'TAKI KURTLERIN DURUMU
VE CEKIC GUC'UN FAALIYETLERI GOZDEN GECIRILECEK.
ABD ILE GORUSME: CEKIC GUC VE KUZEY IRAK'TAKI SON GELISMELER
KONULARINDA ANKARA'DA, ONCE ABD ILE IKILI, DAHA SONRA INGILTERE
VE FRANSA'NIN DA KATILIMIYLA DORTLU TOPLANTILAR YAPILACAK.
EDINILEN BILGIYE GORE, KONUYLA ILGILI ILK TOPLANTI 9 MART'TA ABD
TARAFIYLA GERCEKLESECEK. BU MAKSATLA ABD DISISLERI BAKAN
YARDIMCISI STEVE OXMAN ONUMUZDEKI CARSAMBA GUNU ANKARA'YA
GELECEK. STEVE OXMAN, ANKARA ZIYARETI SIRASINDA DISISLERI
BAKANLIGI MUSTESARI OZDEM SANBERK ILE DE GORUSECEK. (TURKIYE)
- KONSEY'DEN KIBRIS'A UYARI.
GALI'NIN KIBRIS RAPORU YAYINLANMADAN, KONSEY, ADA'DAKI
TARAFLARI GUVEN ARTIRICI ONLEMLER KONUSUNU SONUCLANDIRMAK ICIN
BM GENEL SEKRETERI ILE ISBIRLIGI YAPMAYA CAGIRAN BIR KARAR
ALMAYA HAZIRLANIYOR.
GUVENLIK KONSEYI'NIN GENEL SEKRETER BUTROS GALI'NIN KIBRIS'A
ILISKIN RAPORUNUN YAYINLANMASINI BEKLEMEDEN, KONUYLA ILGILI BIR
KARAR TASARISI HAZIRLAMASI, DIPLOMATIK KAYNAKLARCA "OLAGANDISI"
BULUNDU.
KKTC'DEN TEPKI: MILLIYET'E KARAR TASARISINI DEGERLENDIREN
DIPLOMATIK KAYNAKLAR, TASARIDA "SOZDE KIBRIS HUKUMETI"NE ATIF
YAPAN ESKI KARARLARA DEGINILMESINI ELESTIRDILER VE BU DURUMU
REDDETTIKLERINI SOYLEDILER. KKTC'NIN BM TEMSILCISI BUYUKELCI
OSMAN ERTUG, BU ASAMADA KONSEY'DEN KARAR YERINE BASKANLIK
ACIKLAMASI BEKLEDIKLERINI KAYDETTI VE "DURUM BUNU GEREKTIRIR.
KARAR TASARISI HAZIRLANMASINI, BM'NIN KIBRIS SORUNUNA OLAN
ABARTILI ILGISININ BIR TEZAHURU OLARAK GORUYORUZ" DEDI.
(MILLIYET)
- ALMANYA'DA 2 PKK'LIYA OMURBOYU HAPIS CEZASI.
DUSSELDORF EYALET YUKSEK MAHKEMESI, ALI AKTAS'I, "CINAYETE
ISTIRAK VE YARDIMCI OLMAK", HASAN HAYRI GULER'I DE "IKI CINAYETE
TESEBBUS" SUCLARINDAN OMURBOYU HAPIS CEZASINA CARPTIRDI.
PKK'NIN YASA DISI BIR TEROR ORGUTU OLDUGUNU BELIRTEN MAHKEME,
TEROR ORGUTUNE UYE OLMAK VE EYLEMLERINE KATILMAK SUCLARINDAN ALI
HAYDAR KAYTAN'A 7 YIL, SELAHATTIN ERDEM'E ISE 6 YIL HAPIS CEZASI
VERDI. (SABAH)
EKONOMI HABERLERI
- CILLER'DEN, DOVIZ HESABI GARANTISI.
BASBAKAN, DOVIZ MEVDUAT HESAPLARININ TURK LIRASI'NA CEVRILECEGI
VE DOVIZ BUROLARININ KAPATILACAGINA ILISKIN SOYLENTILERI
YALANLADI. CILLER, "BU SOYLENTILER KIME NE YARAR SAGLAYACAK?
BOYLE UYGULAMA ASKERI DONEMLERDE BILE OLAMAZ" DEDI.
DIGER TARAFTAN CILLER, DOVIZDE BIR DAHA ARTIS OLMAMASI ICIN
YUMRUK OPERASYONUNA GIRISIYOR. BASBAKAN, SECIME KADAR GELECEK
OLAN DIS BORCLA SAGLANAN DOVIZIN, KURUN DURDURULMASI VE MUMKUN
OLDUGU KADAR INDIRILMESI ICIN HARCANMASI KARARINI VERDI.
(HURRIYET)
- "ISTIKRAR PAKETINI HAZIRLIK PROGRAMINA DONUSTURELIM".
IKV BASKANI SEDAT ALOGLU, KIMI CEVRELERDE ISTIKRAR PAKETI,
BASBAKAN TARAFINDAN ISE "UYGULAMA PROGRAMI" ADIYLA SUNULAN,
ONLEMLERIN "GUMRUK BIRLIGINE HAZIRLIK PROGRAMI" ADI ALTINDA
DUZENLENMESI GEREKTIGINI SOYLEDI.
TURKIYE'NIN SIRASI GELDI.
TURK EKONOMISININ DARBOGAZDAN CIKABILMESI ICIN ONCE, GUMRUK
BIRLIGI'NE HAZIRLIK PROGRAMI DEVREYE SOKULMALI, ARDINDAN AVRUPA
BIRLIGI'NDEN 5 MILYAR DOLARA YAKIN YARDIM ALINMALI.
TOPLUMDAKI HER KESIM, SEFERBERLIK VE MILLI MUCADELE RUHUYLA
ONCE GUMRUK BIRLIGI'NE SONRA DA AVRUPA BIRLIGI'NE TAM UYE
OLABILMEK ICIN, FEDAKARLIKLARA DAHA KOLAY EVET DIYECEKTIR.
TURKIYE, GUMRUK BIRLIGI'NE TAM OLARAK HAZIRLANAMAZSA, BIRLIK
SONRASI DOVIZ KRIZI VE ISTIHDAM SORUNUYLA KARSI KARSIYA
KALACAKTIR.
BIZIM PROGRAMIMIZDA, HERKESIN GORUS BIRLIGINE VARDIGI ONLEMLERI
ICERIYOR. DEVLETIN KUCULMESI, SANAYININ REKABETE ACILMASI,
ENFLASYONUN DUSMESI GIBI.
1 OCAK 1996'DA BIRLIGE GITMEZSEK, TAM UYELIK SANSIMIZ AZALIR.
EFTA ULKELERINDEN SONRA, TAM UYELIK SIRASI TURKIYE'YE GELDI.
(SABAH)
DOVIZ HABERLERI
MERKEZ BANKASI
ALIS (TL) SATIS (TL)
ABD DOLARI : 19722.48 19762.00
ALMAN MARKI : 11473.23 11496.22
HOLLANDA FLORINI : 10229.50 10250.00
ISVICRE FRANGI : 13729.54 13757.05
INGILIZ STERLINI : 29421.99 29480.95
FRANSIZ FRANGI : 3380.61 3387.38
BELCIKA FRANGI : 557.61 558.72
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Subject: No Freeze on Foreign Exchange
TURKISH MINISTER DENIES PLAN TO FREEZE FOREIGN EXCHANGE
ACCOUNTS ANKARA (MARCH 7) - STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF
ECONOMIC COORDINATION, AYKON DOGAN, DENIED TODAY THAT THE
TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAD ANY INTENTIONS TO FREEZE FOREIGN
EXCHANGE ACCOUNTS TO OVERCOME THE CURRENT FINANCIAL
DIFFICULTIES.
IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, DOGAN CLAIMED, "THERE IS NO FOREIGN
CURRENCY SHORTAGE ON THE MARKETS. TURKEY FULFILLS FOREIGN
PAYMENTS OBLIGATIONS PROPERLY. THE BANKS HAVE ADEQUATE
STOCKS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY."
THERE WERE REPORTS IN THE FINANCIAL CIRCLES FROM LAST
WEEKEND THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S MONETARY DECISION MAKERS,
HELPLESS AGAINST CRUMBLING INTERNATIONAL RESERVES, WERE
CONSIDERING "ADMINISTRATIVE" MEASURES TO OVERCOME THE
CRISIS.
THE COERCIVE ME ASURES MAY INCLUDE UNPOPULAR DECISIONS SUCH
AS THE CLOSING OF PRIVATE FOREIGN EXCHANGE BUREAUS, FREEZING
ALL FOREIGN CURRENCY ACCOUNTS HELD BY COMMERCIAL BANKS AND
FURTHER DEVALUATION OF THE TURKISH LIRA.
THE CENTRAL BANK WAS ALSO QUICK TO RESPOND TO THESE CLAIMS.
A STATEMENT FROM THE BANK SAID THE CITIZENS HAVE THE RIGHTS
TO MAKE A VARIETY OF INVESTMENTS EITHER IN TURKISH LIRA OR
IN ANY FOREIGN CURRENCY, AND THE REPORTS ON A POSSIBLE
FREEZE ON FOREIGN CURRENCY ACCOUNTS ARE FALSE.
"THE PEOPLE CAN SAFELY DEAL IN ANY CURRENCY AND MAKE
INVESTMENTS AS THEY WISH, " THE STATEMENT CONCLUDED.
POLICY MAKERS BELIEVE A SHORT-TERM MONETARY STABLIZATION
PROGRAM WOULD NOT BRING STABILITY TO FINANCIAL MARKETS HIT
BY CHAOS AND UNCERTAINTY SINCE MID-JANUARY, WHEN A RUN ON
THE LIRA BOUGHT ABOUT 13.6 PERCENT DEVALUATION.
AS A RESULT, TURKISH LIRA IS BEING REPLACED BY THE U.S.
DOLLAR OR GERMAN MARK IN DEBTS, RENTS, PROFITS AND THE
PRICES OF VARIOUS KINDS OF GOODS AND SERVICES. EVEN
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS HAVE TAKEN PART IN THIS PROCESS.
THE ALLEGATIONS OF POSSIBLE ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES HAVE
MADE SOME DEPOSIT HOLDERS RUSH TO THE BANKS TO WITHDRAW
THEIR FOREIGN CURRENCY SAVINGS, FEARING A FORCED CONVERSION
OF THESE ACCOUNTS INTO TURKISH LIRA.
THE PRESENT BANKING LAWS ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO CONVERT
FOREIGN CURRENCY ACCOUNTS INTO LIRA ACCOUNTS WHEN IT THINKS
NECESSARY.
HOWEVER, SOME OBSERVERS SAY SUCH EMERGENCY MEASURES WERE
RATHER UNLIKELY, AS A FORCED CONVERSION WOULD PRESENT A U-
TURN FROM THE LIBERALIZATION POLICIES LAUNCHED IN THE EARLY
1980S.
Subject: Black Sea Secretariat Budget
bc-Ankara-BSEC
Subject: Russian Gas Supply Down Again
Russian natural gas supplies to Turkey drops further ANKARA
(MARCH 8) -Turkey's state-run pipeline company BOTAS on
Tuesday reported a further drop in Russian natural gas
imported by Turkey via Ukraine, causing concern in the
country.
BOTAS announced that the amount of gas had dropped to
434,000 cubic meters Tuesday from Monday's 550,000 cubic
meters. Turkey's normal daily import of natural gas is
720,000 cubic meters.
The company has stopped gas supplies to the Hamitabat power
station in the region of Thrace totally, while reducing by
77,000 cubic meters daily its delivery to the Ambarli
station on the Marmara sea coast. These two stations consume
around 220,000 cubic meters of natural gas per day.
Industry has been warned of possible reductions in delivery
of gas, but BOTAS officials assure that the company will not
let the decrease of natural gas affect domestic use. Some
478,000 households in Ankara, Istanbul and Bursa that depend
on natural gas for heating.
Russia announced last week it would cut gas supplies to
Ukraine because of non-payment of debts reaching 900 million
dollars.
Turkey imports natural gas from Russia through a pipeline
that reaches the country via Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria.
The Anatolia news agency, quoting officials sources reported
the decline in gas reaching Turkey was due to Ukraine
drawing the same amount of gas from Russia despite Moscow's
decision to cut supplies to the country.
Meanwhile, a natural gas storage facility in the Marmara
region set up in an attempt to make up for the reduction in
supplies, is expected to be opened for use on Thursday.
Turkey has also speeded up the import of part of the 600
million cubic meters of liquified natural gas it has agreed
to buy off Algeria. dpa ba
Subject: Qatar Gas to Replace Russian?
Turkey ponders alternatives as Russian gas supplies slashed
ANKARA, March 8 (March 8) - Turkey has launched a search for
new suppliers of natural gas following drastic cuts in the
flow from a Russian pipeline passing through Ukraine. With
supplies from Algeria due to start within days, Ankara is
now also looking favorably at the possibility of receiving
natural gas from Iran and Qatar.
Subject: UN Chief - Turks Out of Bosnia
Britain seeking ways to get more peace-keepers for Bosnia
NEW YORK (MARCH 8) - With U.N. commanders warning that shaky
cease-fires in Bosnia may collapse without new troops,
Britain Monday night sought new ways to bolster the number
of peace-keepers in the war-torn republic.
Britain's U.N. envoy, Sir David Hannay, hosted a meeting at
Britain's U.N. mission in New York with about 20 countries
who already have troops on the ground in Bosnia. Italy and
Germany, as potential new contributors, were also invited, a
British diplomat, speaking on background, said.
It was not clear, however, if Germany would be allowed to
contribute more than equipment, given its involvement in the
Balkans this century, he added. The deployment of German
troops in foreign lands is still a highly controversial
domestic issue as well.
Hannay told the ambassadors that Britain was ready to make a
"substantial" new contribution if other countries followed
suit, said the diplomat. No numbers were mentioned, but he
hinted Britain was ready to deploy about 1,000 new men.
With about 2,800 troops, Britain already has the second
largest contingent in the former Yugoslavia. France has
deployed 6,000 soldiers.
The United States, who has peace-keepers in Macedonia,
remained firmly against sending forces to Bosnia and Britain
has decided not to press Washington on it, the diplomat
said. The U.S. could provide logistic support, however, he
added.
France appeared willing to contribute more men, he said. The
Turks, who want to send forces, have been blocked by U.N.
Chief Butros Ghali, because of Ankara's nearly 500-year
occupation of the Balkans, ending this century.
At the meeting, some countries suggested that Turkey
contribute to an existing U.N. mission, say in Africa,
freeing those forces up for Bosnia. This could also apply to
other countries who do not want to deploy in Bosnia, said
the diplomat. Another idea was to continue to redeploy
existing troops from Croatia to Bosnia.
The ambassadors made no commitments, saying they would check
with their governments before returning for a second meeting
at the British mission on Wednesday morning, the diplomat
said.
U.N. spokesman Joe Sills said Monday Ghali has not yet made
any formal request for new troops. Rather informal meetings
have been taking place to guage possible availibilities.
Last week, Yasushi Akashi, the U.N.'s special representative
in the former Yugoslavia, made an appeal for 10,650 new men,
while British General Michael Rose, U.N. commander in
Bosnia, has issued almost daily warnings that the new
momentum for peace in the 23-month civil war could die if
new blue helmets are not forthcoming. dpa cro
Sabri T Atan
|> - CILLER'DEN DEMIREL'E CEVAP YOK.
|> BASBAKAN, "DEMIREL'IN TARTISMA CAGRISINI NASIL
|> DEGERLENDIRIYORSUNUZ?" SORUSUNA "BEN SAYIN CUMHURBASKANI'NA
|> ATFEN BIR SEY SOYLEMEDIM KI, CUMHURBASKANI'NIN NEYI SOYLEDIGINI
|> BILMIYORUM. BIZIM DIYALOGUMUZ BASIN ARACILIGIYLA OLMAZ" DEDI.
|> (MILLIYET)
Ciller, ilk geldiginde etiketine kanip bu isler iyiye
gidecek diye dusunmustum. Ama olay sadece etiketmis anlasilan.
Yaptiklari dediklerini tutmuyor, olup olmadik yerde anlamsiz laflar
sarfediyor, sonra da soylediklerini yapmiyor. Kadro olayindan
haberi yok, kimseeyle gecinemiyor falan.
Yukaridaki haberde Demirelle diyaloglarinin basin yoluyla olmamasi
gerektigini soylemis. Fakat ayni kisi Taksim alaninda miting
duzenliyor ve bundan Cumhurbaskaninin basin yoluyla haberi oluyor.
Turk politikasina akil erdirene helal olsun.
Tankut Atan.
--
Suleyman Kondakci
Secenlerin cehaleti bunlari adam yerine koyuyor. Bir cok USA
veya disari ulke diplomasi da onlarin en buyuk cakasi.
Halk bir gun anlar artik 'Made in USA' nin ne oldugunu.
Bahsettiginiz etiketler zayif, beceriksiz ogrencilere ta
ilkokula baslarken satin aliniyor. Yani her parali okulu
bitirip 'Made in USA' markali etiketide son olarak satin aldiktan
sonra, sira simdi milleti nasil aldatayim cambazliklarina
geliyor. Sonrada bu etikitler artik gelecek politikacilrca da
degeri bicilmez bir nimet olark biliyor. Ve her kez bir an once
etiket alimina basliyor. En karli is politika TR'de. Milletvekili
olmus her TC vatandasi 4 yilda en az bir yazlik, 5 daire, ve birde
ticarethane sahibi olmustur. Iste kulak verelim Pir Sultan Abdal'a
Sevgi dolu selam getirmisem
Suleyman
--
"Hic ellerin tasi bana degmez, ille dostun gulu yaralar beni"
Pir Sultan Abdal
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EDS: CORRECTING FIGURE TO 4.5 BILLION IN SECOND GRAF
TURKISH TOURISM CAUGHTBETWEEN OPTIMISM AND TERROR
By Bah ANKARA (MARCH 11) DPA - The tourism industry, one of
Turkey's most important economic factors, is caught between
state-inspired optimism and anxiety caused by violence from
militant Kurdish separatists.
Tourism Minister Abdulkadir Ates has set a target this year
of 7.5 million tourists, who are expected to generate some
4.5 billion dollars in foreign currency revenues.
Turkey expects some 1.5 million tourists from Germany and
500,000 from the United States. The government is conducting
special promotional campaigns to lure more American
visitors.
Last year, around 250,000 tourists from the United States
visited Turkey. Tour operators would like to see this figure
quadruple to one million within five years.
The number of tourists in January 1994 rose to 267,000, a 26
per cent increase over the same month last year. The semi-
official Anatolia news agency reported a rise of over 30 per
cent in foreign currency revenue.
But German reservations this year are 30 to 50 per cent
below the anticipated level, despite the announcement of
tougher security measures against terrorism.
Turkish authorities tightened security in the wake of two
bomb explosions carried out by the separatist Kurdish
Workers Party (PKK) last summer in the Mediterranean resort
of Antalya.
A Turkish youth was killed and 25 persons, including several
foreign tourists, were injured in the blasts.
The PKK has targetted the tourism sector in its 10-year
guerrilla struggle against Ankara for the creation of an
independent Kurdish state in southeast Turkey.
Turkish Police Chief Mehmet Agar has asked the population of
Antalya to be on their guard and report any suspicious
person or activities.
However, in line with government policy after the bombings,
Agar also called for calm to ensure that the incidents were
not blown out of proportion and turned into anti-Turkish
propaganda.
Following the blasts, the Turkish government said bombs were
exploding all over the world and that people were being
killed or wounded everywhere. It said Turkey was still
probably the safest place for holidays in the region.
It also warned its competitors not to slander Turkish
tourism for the sake of short-term gains, adding: "We are
all in the same boat. We all have to fight together against
terrorism, which is damaging tourism, the instrument of
international understanding." dpa ms
BOSNIAN SERBS WARN U.N. ON TURKISH PEACEKEEPERS
SARAJEVO (Reuter) - Bosnian Serbs warned the United
Nations Saturday that sending Turkish troops to Bosnia as
peacekeepers would lead to escalation of the civil war, even
if they were deployed only on Muslim or Croat territory.
Momcilo Krajisnik, a leader of the self-proclaimed
Bosnian Serb Republic, said the troops were unacceptable
because of Turkey's 500-year occupation of Bosnia under the
Ottoman Empire.
The U.N. has rejected a Turkish offer of 1,000 soldiers
but is under pressure to relent because of the need for
almost 12,000 additional peacekeepers to supervise
ceasefires in Sarajevo and central Bosnia.
Krajisnik told Jagodina radio in Serbia: ``Our stance is
absolutely negative. Turkey used to occupy these
territories, it is completely biased and called for air
strikes against Serb positions.
``The presence of Turkish troops in Bosnia, even along
Croat-Moslem demarcation lines, is not welcome and would
mean a further escalation of the war."
Bosnian Muslims and Croats have agreed to the deployment
of Turkish U.N. forces and the grudging response of U.N.
countries to appeals for more troops is threatening the
future of the ceasefires.
U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali told the
Security Council in a report that the United Nations
Protection Force (UNPROFOR) needed 10,000 more troops for
ceasefire duty on top of the 13,000 already in place.
An extra 1,500 would be required if the U.N. created a
new safe haven in the northern Muslim town of Maglaj, which
is being heavily shelled by Serbs and has been completely
isolated since last October.
So far just under 4,000 troops have been pledged,
including the 1,000 Turks.
BOSNIAN SERBS WARN U.N. ON TURKISH PEACEKEEPERS
SARAJEVO (Reuter) - Bosnian Serbs warned the United
Nations Saturday that sending Turkish troops to Bosnia as
peacekeepers would lead to escalation of the civil war, even
if they were deployed only on Muslim or Croat territory.
Momcilo Krajisnik, a leader of the self-proclaimed
Bosnian Serb Republic, said the troops were unacceptable
because of Turkey's 500-year occupation of Bosnia under the
Ottoman Empire.
The U.N. has rejected a Turkish offer of 1,000 soldiers
but is under pressure to relent because of the need for
almost 12,000 additional peacekeepers to supervise
ceasefires in Sarajevo and central Bosnia.
Krajisnik told Jagodina radio in Serbia: ``Our stance is
absolutely negative. Turkey used to occupy these
territories, it is completely biased and called for air
strikes against Serb positions.
``The presence of Turkish troops in Bosnia, even along
Croat-Moslem demarcation lines, is not welcome and would
mean a further escalation of the war."
Bosnian Muslims and Croats have agreed to the deployment
of Turkish U.N. forces and the grudging response of U.N.
countries to appeals for more troops is threatening the
future of the ceasefires.
U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali told the
Security Council in a report that the United Nations
Protection Force (UNPROFOR) needed 10,000 more troops for
ceasefire duty on top of the 13,000 already in place.
An extra 1,500 would be required if the U.N. created a
new safe haven in the northern Muslim town of Maglaj, which
is being heavily shelled by Serbs and has been completely
isolated since last October.
So far just under 4,000 troops have been pledged,
including the 1,000 Turks.
ARMENIAN AND AZERI SPEAKERS END MEETING 12/3 TASS 79
YEREVAN MARCH 12 ITAR - BY ITAR-TASS CORRESPONDENT TIGRAN
LILOYAN:
A MEETING OF ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER BABKEN ARARKTSYAN
AND HIS AZERI COUNTERPART RASUL GULIYEV ENDED TODAY ON THE
AZERI- ARMENIAN BORDER WITH AN AGREEMENT TO HELP FORMATION
OF DIPLOMATIC SPACE FOR THE ASSISTANCE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF CSCE AND RUSSIAN INITIATIVES ON SETTLEMENT OF THE
KARABAKH CONFLICT.
THE 90-MINUTE TETE-A-TETE NEGOTIATIONS DISCUSSED A BROAD
RANGE OF ISSUES RELATED TO THE KARABAKH SETTLEMENT, REPORT
SOURCES AT THE ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT'S PRESS CENTER. THE
SIDES FOCUSED SETTLEMENT METHODS IN THE LIGHT OF RUSSIAN
MEDIATING INITIATIVE AND THE CSCE PEACE-MAKING MISSION.
IN THE WORDS OF ARARKTSYAN, THE ARMENIAN SIDE VOICED ITS
READINESS TO ENSURE RAILROAD TRANSIT VIA ARMENIA OF ALL
CARGO TRANSPORTED FROM TURKEY TO THE NAKHICHEVAN AUTONOMOUS
REPUBLIC AS A GOODWILL GESTURE, AS WELL AS TRANSFER OF
ELECTRICITY FOR NAKHICHEVAN VIA ARMENIAN ENERGY SYSTEM.
UPON THE MEETING COMPLETION, THE ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER
SAID THAT THE AZERI SIDE INCLINES TO RECOGNITION OF NAGORNO-
KARABAKH AS A FULLY-FLEDGED PARTICIPANT IN THE NEGOTIATIONS.
IN THE WORDS OF RASUL GULIYEV, THE MEETING WAS HELD IN AN
ATMOSPHERE OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND CONSTRUCTIVENESS. ALL
PROBLEMS WERE TAKEN WITH MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING. THE AZERI
PARLIAMENT SPEAKER AGREED WITH HIS ARMENIAN COUNTERPART THAT
THE KARABAKH CRISIS CAN BE SETTLED ONLY POLITICALLY.
BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS WILL CONTINUE, SAID THE PARLIAMENT
HEADS. THEY NOTED THE USE AND EFFICIENCY OF DIRECT CONTACTS.
TURKISH AND KAZAKH PRESIDENTS DISCUSS ELECTIONS 11/3 TASS 69
ALMA ATU MARCH 11 ITAR -- BY ITAR-TASS CORRESPONDENT GENNADY
KULAGIN:
THE RESULTS OF KAZAKHSTAN'S MARCH 7 ELECTIONS WERE THE MAIN
TOPIC OF A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN TAJIK PRESIDENT
NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV AND THE PRESIDENT OF TURKEY, SULEYMAN
DEMIREL. THE CONVERSATION WAS HELD BY REQUEST OF THE TURKISH
SIDE ON THURSDAY EVENING.
DEMIREL CONGRATULATED THE KAZAKH LEADER ON THE FIRST POPULAR
MULTI-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. "TURKEY HAS POSITIVELY
RECEIVED COMMUNICATIONS THAT REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS
POLITICAL FORCES AND NATIONALITIES HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO THE
REPUBLIC'S HIGHEST LEGISLATURE. THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT
SUCCESS FOR DEMOCRACY", THE TURKISH PRESIDENT DECLARED.
THE NEW PARLIAMENT'S ACTIVITY, DEMIREL SAID, "WILL BECOME AN
IMPORTANT LANDMARK ON THE WAY TO THE CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT
OF DEMOCRATIC AND ECONOMIC REFORMS IN KAZAKHSTAN".
BOTH PRESIDENTS USED THEIR CONVERSATION TO STRESS THE
IMPORTANCE THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS PLACE ON THE
EXPRESSION OF DEMOCRATIC POPULAR WILL.
THE CONVERSATION ALSO TOUCHED UPON SEVERAL ASPECTS OF
BILATERAL COOPERATION BETWEEN KAZAKHSTAN AND TURKEY, AS WELL
AS SOME INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL QUESTIONS WHICH INTEREST
BOTH SIDES. IN CONCLUDING THEIR TALK, THE PRESIDENTS
EXCHANGED GOOD WISHES FOR THE PEOPLES OF TURKEY AND
KAZAKHSTAN.
ITEM ENDS
MALAYSIA QUESTIONS REJECTION OF TURKISH AND IRANIAN TROOPS
KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 (March 12) UPI - Malaysian Prime
Minister Mahathir Mohamad questioned Saturday the United
Nations' decision to prohibit troops from Turkey and Iran to
serve in Bosnia-Herzegovina just because both countries
sympathize with the Muslims.
He noted that Russian troops were allowed to serve even
though it was clear that Russia sympathized with the Serbs.
"Why is there this discrimination...? I feel this is double
standards practiced by the West which should not be the
case," he said.
Turkey's offer to send a battalion of 1,000 soldiers to the
Balkan state has not been entertained by U.N. secretary-
general Boutros Boutros Ghali because, going by the U.N.
guidelines, Turkey is among the countries which cannot send
troops to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The guidelines prohibit a U.N. peacekeeping force in any
country from having troops from neigboring countries or
those which have historical ties with it.
Mahathir said that if the guidelines were applied to Turkey,
it meant that almost all the European countries which had
sent troops to Bosnia-Herzegovina cannot join the U.N
peacekeeping force because they are either neighbors or have
historical ties.
"Therefore, what is meant by the term immediate neighbors?"
asked the prime minister.
He said that if European countries, which had an interest in
Bosnia-Herzegovina, could send troops to join UNPROFOR, he
could not understand why Turkey and Iran could not.
"This makes it impossible for us to believe the (U.N.'s)
claims of being just and the like...all that is false," he
said.
Mahathir said Malaysia, being a small country, had
contributed to U. N. peace missions while some big countries
had yet to do so or were prohibited from participation.
He said the U.N. should discard its double standards and
should not prohibit any member country from joining its
peace missions.
TURKEY REACTS SHARPLY TO EUROPEAN CONDEMNATION
ANKARA, March 11 (March 11) UPI - Turkey has reacted sharply
to a statement by the president of the European Parliament
condemning Ankara for its action against six Kurdish
deputies. A Foreign Ministry spokesman says the arrest of
the deputies was a judicial matter and the government in
Ankara was not directly involved.
NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA RUNS AN INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT
SULEYMAN DEMIREL OF TURKEY.
HE SAID IN PARTICUALR AS FOLLOWS: "IN RUSSIA, THERE ARE
MANY PEOPLE DISCONTENTED WITH THE BREAK-UP OF THE SOVIET
UNION, DISSATISFIED WITH THE FACT THAT THE REPUBLICS OF
CENTRAL ASIA, THE TRANSCAUCASUS AND EASTERN EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES ARE NO LONGER WITHIN RUSSIA'S SPHERE OF
INFLUENCE.
"THEY BELIEVE THAT A NEW RUSSIA SHOULD BE CREATED WITHIN THE
BORDERS OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. IT IS ONLY NATURAL THAT
THIS IS THE SUBJECT OF CONCERN FOR MANY COUNTRIES, NOT ONLY
TURKEY. IF RUSSIA IS GOING TO BECOME AN IMPERIALIST STATE,
IT WOULD SHAKE OTHERS' CONFIDENCE IN ITSELF.
"IF THIS HAPPENS, THAT WOULD BE UNDOUBTEDLY A BLOW TO MANY
COUNTRIES WHICH WOULD VIEW RUSSIA AS A THREAT... IF WE
MAINTAIN PEACE AND COOPERATION, THAT WOULD BE OF BENEFIT TO
BOTH RUSSIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES".
TURKEY AND BULGARIA AGREE TO SHARE NATURAL GAS EQUALLY
ANKARA (MARCH 11) DPA - Turkish Energy Minister Veysel
Atasoy Friday agreed with Bulgarian officials on the fifty-
fifty sharing of Russian natural gas arriving in these two
countries via Ukraine, Turkish state-owned television TRT
reported.
Atasoy left for a sudden trip to Bulgaria Friday following a
drastic cut in incoming gas to Turkey this week. He later
left for Kiev for talks with Ukrainian officials on the
natural gas issue.
Turkey and neighbouring Bulgaria are to share the 800,000
cubic meters of natural gas per day Russia is pumping into
the pipeline for shipment to these two countries, Atasoy
told the TRT following his talks in Sofia.
Turkey's natural gas supply was cut off totally on Thursday
and increased to around 200,000 cubic meters on Friday,
550,000 cubic meters short of the regular amount Turkey
imports from Russia.
Officials say the drastic cut is due to Ukraine illegally
drawing natural gas from the pipeline supplying Turkey and
Bulgaria, after Russia cut gas delivery to Ukraine last week
because of non-payment of debts reaching 900 million
dollars.
Turkey's state-run oil and gas pipeline cut off natural gas
supplies to industry. Atasoy said there would be no cuts
"for the time being" in gas provision to the 478,000
households in Ankara, Istanbul and Bursa.
The Russian natural gas reaches Turkey through a pipeline
that crosses Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria. dpa vc
U.N. PROXIMITY TALKS CONTINUE IN CYPRUS - GREEK REPORTER
EXPELLED
NICOSIA (MARCH 11) DPA - United Nations-sponsored proximity
talks on a package of confidence building measures (CBMs)
towards a solution to the Cyprus problem continued Friday
after the postponement of the Thursday meetings.
Gustave Feissel, the U.N. Secretary General's resident
representative to Cyprus, met Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf
Denktash in the morning and Cyprus President Glafcos
Clerides in the afternoon. The main point of discussion was
the contents of the seven key issues on the "non-paper"
draft of ideas Feissel laid down Wednesday to narrow the gap
at the third round of the proximity talks.
Two main points of the CBMs include the opening up of the
fenced-off area of the Turkish occupied port city of
Famagusta to 15,000 Greek Cypriots and the operation of the
Nicosia International Airport, both under U.N. control.
"The talks went as expected," Feissel said, adding that the
meetings would continue on Wednesday, and that next week
would be "very critical".
Meanwhile, the Turkish Cypriot authorities expelled
journalist Vassilis Stergiopoulos, covering the Feissel-
Denktash meeting for the Antenna TV station, on the grounds
that he is a Greek national.
Stergiopoulos, who has traveled to the Turkish-occupied part
of the island several times before, is married to a Cypriot
but is a Greek citizen.
Turkish Cypriot press spokesman Sabahattin Egeli said the
decision was in reprisal for what he described as the
Cypriot government's practice of not allowing reporters from
Turkey to cover stories in the government-controlled areas.
dpa vc ct
BOSNIAN ENVOY SAYS TURKISH PEACEKEEPING PRESENCE IS
'IMPERATIVE'
NEW YORK (MARCH 11) DPA - Bosnia's Moslem ambassador to the
United Nations said Friday it was "imperative" for
Secretary-General Butros Ghali to accept an offer of 1,000
Turkish troops for duty in the U.N. peacekeeping force in
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey also told reporters he had
written to Ghali urging him to have the besieged Moslem town
of Maglaj declared a safe area. Serbian forces have been
shelling the town's 19,000 inhabitants.
"If Maglaj is not declared a safe area, Serbian forces will
construe this as a green light by the world community for
their genocidal activities," Sacirbey said.
Ghali has so far not accepted the Turkish troop offer
because of a long-standing U.N. rule not to allow countries
to send peacekeepers to a conflict with which it has
historical involvement or proximity.
"We believe it is unfortunate that the criteria being
applied here seem to be not applied fairly or consistently,"
Sacirbey said.
Asked his reaction to a Greek offer Friday to also send
troops to Bosnia to balance a possible Turkish presence,
Sacirbey snapped: "Who is going to balance the Russians
first? If you apply the same criteria to the Russian forces,
the Russians should not have been accepted in the first
place."
The Moslem-led Bosnian government has protested the arrival
of 400 Russian peacekeepers, under the U.N. flag, as the
NATO air strike deadline for the withdrawal of heavy weapons
from Sarajevo was winding down last month.
"Those forces are there more for the defence of those
besieging Sarajevo rather than for the citizens of
Sarajevo," Sacirbey declared. If not appropriately
monitored, the Russian presence "could be a threat to the
unity of Sarajevo and Bosnia-Herzegovina."
The Russians' arrival, praised by the West, was widely seen
as a face-saving move for the Serbs to withdraw their guns
rather than appear to be backing down solely in the face of
the NATO threat.
But Sacirbey claimed the Russians played no role in the
withdrawal of the weapons and the subsequent month-long
cease-fire in Sarajevo. "They did not help stop the bombing,
the ultimatum stopped the bombing. The Russian presence
helped stop the bombers from being bombed," he said. dpa sc
TURKEY'S NARCOTICS TEAMS ARREST SMUGGLERS
ISTANBUL (MARCH 11) XINHUA - TURKISH NARCOTICS TEAMS
THURSDAY LAUNCHED TWO SEPARATE OPERATIONS IN ISTANBUL AND
SEIZED MORE THAN 100 KILOGRAMS OF HEROIN AND 265 KILOGRAMS
OF LIQUID HASHISH, THE LOCAL RADIO REPORTED TODAY.
THE RADIO SAID THAT A SEARCH OF A VEHICLE IN SARIYER LED TO
THE DISCOVERY OF 96.5 KILOGAMS OF HEROIN AND A HANDGUN.
TWO MEN IN THE VEHICLE WERE ARRESTED. THE SEARCH OF A TRUCK
COMING FROM LEBANON LED TO THE SEIZURE OF 265 KILOGRAMS OF
LIQUID HASHISH. THE TRUCK'S DRIVER WAS ARRESTED.
MEANWHILE, SMUGGLERS WERE CAUGHT TRYING TO SELL EIGHT
KILOGRAMS OF HEROIN TO UNDERCOVER COPS.
PRECISION STANDARD MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. (MARCH 11) BUSINESS WIRE - March 11, 1994--
Matthew L. Gold, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Precision Standard, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCSN) announced Friday that
the Company's Pemco Aeroplex subsidiary had entered into a
contract with Arab Leasing Finance Co. of Paris, France for
interior modification work on a Boeing B-737-400 aircraft.
Gold indicated that the contract with Arab Leasing Finance
Co. principally involved the installation of a forward
airstair assembly on a B-737-400 aircraft destined for use
by Turkish Airlines and that the work would be done at the
Aeroplex's Dothan, Alabama facility.
Although no value was ascribed to the work to be performed
under this new contract, Gold confirmed that the Precision
Standard order backlog at January 31st stood at about $168
million versus about $153 million a year ago.
Precision Standard, with facilities in Alabama, California,
Florida and Texas and offices in Copenhagen, Denmark
performs maintenance and modification of aircraft for the
U.S. government and foreign and domestic commercial
customers. The company also provides aircraft parts and
support services and develops and manufactures aircraft
cargo systems, aerial targets for military customers, rocket
vehicles and control systems, and precision springs and
components.
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> From Vic McDonald
R O U N D U P LATEST TOLL IN TURKISH SHIPPING DISASTER: 13
KILLED, 16MISSING
ISTANBUL (MARCH 14) - Thirteen people were killed and about
30 injured in a collision between a tanker and a cargo
vessel in the Bosphorus Sunday night, Hayri Kozakcioglu, the
provincial governor of Istanbul, said Monday. Sixteen crew
from the two ships went missing.
It was still unclear Monday afternoon why the tanker Nacciea
and the freighter Shipbroker, both under the Cypriot flag,
ran into each other. The collision and fire were described
as one of the worst shipping accidents ever in the densely-
travelled Bosphorus.
Fire fighters and rescue teams managed to extinguish the
blaze on the freighter entirely and tow the tanker, which
was still ablaze, out to sea, ending the danger to Turkish
army ammunition and fuel depots on the near shore.
He said 29 persons had been aboard the freighter and 30
aboard the tanker. Some had saved their lives by jumping
overboard.
The Nacciea's agency meanwhile said the tanker was on its
way from the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk to
Genoa, Italy, carrying 98,500 tons of crude oil.
The ship was 276 metres long and 40 metres wide and had an
explosion-prevention system, the agency said. It had eight
oil compartments of which seven were filled. Three had
caught on fire. The amount of oil that spilled from the ship
had not been "catastrophic".
Government spokesman Yildirim Aktuna and environment experts
said favourable southerly winds and northerly currents had
helped to limit the damage.
But they said it was possible that the wind would turn
towards Istanbul threatening the metropolis with enormous
air pollution and burning oil slicks.
Turkish Minister of State Ibrahim Tez said Istanbul had only
escaped a disaster because the ships collided at the mouth
of the Bosphorus and not under one of the strait's bridges
or near the thickly populated districts along the banks.
Environment Minister Riza Akcali said the tanker could burn
for another week.
It has been established that the masters of the freighter
and the tanker had accepted an offer of assistance by pilot
captains.
But the pilot of the freighter, which was travelling from
the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea, had left ship just
before the accident, while the tanker's pilot had not yet
come aboard.
Foreign Minister Hikmet Cetin said the accident proved that
Turkey's concerns are justified. He said Turkey was
insisting that transports of crude oil and other combustible
and explosive cargoes are reduced to a minimum.
This was possible by constructing new pipelines to carry oil
exports from Russia and other Caucasian and central Asian
countries across Turkish territory to the Mediterranean Sea,
he said.
Cetin said Turkey had several weeks ago released new
statutes for the safety of transit shipping in the
Bosphorus. These did not put into question 1936 Montreux
Convention which regulates navigation and allows all
merchant vessels access through the Dardanelles and Bosporus
but adapted it to the needs of today.
The new regulations, which Turkey wants to put into effect
on July 1, call for mandatory pilot assistance to the
masters of all vessels longer than 150 metres. Requesting
pilot assistance has been voluntary so far.
Turkish authorities must also be informed about the nature
of cargoes beforehand and ships must apply for passage
permits under the new rules.
Last year about 50,000 vessels passed through the two
Turkish straits, Bosphorus and Dardanelles.
> Date: Mon Mar 14, 1994 12:48 pm EST
> From: MIZRAK
> MBX: MIZ...@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
N.Y. TIMES'DAN OKUDUGUMA GORE KAZA BOGAZ'IN KARADENIZE
ACILAN AGZINDA OLMUS. N.Y. TIMES GEMILER YUKLU DEGILDI DIYOR
AMA BASKA GAZETELERDE DE TANKER PETROL YUKLUYDU VE 8 KISI
OLDU, KAYBOLANLAR VAR YAZIYORDU...SEVGILER, SAYGILAR MIZRAK
> Date: Mon Mar 14, 1994 1:11 pm EST
> From: Burak Imir
> MBX: im...@open.cs.fsu.edu
Ben, Turkiye'nin sesi radyosundan dinledim. Karadeniz'den
Bogaz'a girmeye calisan bir tanker ile bogazdan Karadeniz'e
cikmaya calisan bir kuru yuk gemisi Anadolu hisari
aciklarinda carpismislar. Gemilerin ikis de yanmaya
baslamis. Kuru yuk gemisi karaya oturmus ve bu gemideki
yangin kontrol altina alinmis. Tanker ise Kayaliklara carpip
durmus. 10 deposundan 7'si dolu imis. Su anda 3'u yanmaya
devam ediyormus. Yetkililer diger 4 depoyu koruma altina
almaya calisiyorlardi. Yakitin cevreye dagilmasini
engellemeye yonelik bariyerler olay yerine gonderil mis.
Kaza sonrasi anlasildigi uzere gemilerin ikisi de kilavuz
kaptan almamislarBu olayin Turkiye'nin bogazlar ile ilgili
anlasmalarin yeniden gozden geciril mesi ile ilgili gorusunu
dogruladigi bildirilenler arasinda idi. Gece
12:30'dakidurumu bu idi.
Burak imir.
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TURKEY REJECTS ANY TALKS WITH SEPARATIST REBELS
ANKARA (MARCH 14) DPA -Turkey's government rejected the
possibility of any talks with the separatist Kurdish
Workers' Party (PKK) after a senior rebel said at a weekend
conference in Brussels that the PKK was ready to negotiate a
solution to Turkey's civil war.
"The PKK is a murder organisation and the state cannot
accept separatist bandits as negotiating partners,"
President Suleyman Demirel said in Ankara Monday.
He added that the West should not be duped by the PKK's
peace offer and should stop annoying Turkey by making
unhelpful suggestions.
Turkey's Prime Minister Tansu Ciller also rejected PKK
leader Abdullah Ocalan's suggestions of peace talks which
came at the begining of Eid al-Fitr, the three-day festival
of reconciliation to celebrate the end of Ramadan.
Rebels who wanted to escape certain death should surrender
and hand in their weapons, she added.
The army announced that it would begin hard-hitting
operations against the rebels who have been fighting for ten
years to obtain an independent Kurdish state. The war is
believed to have cost around 11,000 lives.
Ocalan said in Brussels that the PKK did not want to split
Turkey's territory or national identity and was open to
"alternative solutions to the Kurdish conflict, including a
federal solution."
The rebels were prepared to stop fighting and negotiate
under international mediation as soon as there was a basis
for a political solution to the problem, he added.
OIL TANKER ABLAZE ON THE BOSPHORUS AFTER COLLISION; 3 SEAMEN
DEAD
Agence France-Presse
Istanbul--Mar 14--At least three seamen were killed and
12 injured Sunday when a oil tanker collided with a
freighter on the Bosphorus in northern Turkey and burst into
flames, Turkey's public TRT television said.
Both vessels were registered in Cyprus. The 100,000-
tonne tanker Nasya, carrying 50,500 tonnes of crude oil from
Russia, was in flames off the European bank at the northern
entrance to the river.
An oil slick on the water also was alight, the
television said. Fire on the second vessel, the 14,826-tonne
Ship Broker, was put out as the ship drifted northward.
All the injured seamen were Filipinos, the television
said, giving a provisional casualty toll. The authorities in
Istanbul closed the Bosphorus as firefighters battled to
extinguish the blaze. End
PKK ATTACKS PETROLEUM COMPANY IN SOUTHEAST TURKEY
ANKARA (MARCH 14) DPA -Militants of the separatist Kurdish
Workers' Party (PKK) on Sunday launched an attack on the
premises of the Turkish state-run Petroleum company TPAO,
near Batman in southeast Turkey, the Anatolia news agency
reported Monday.
The report said the PKK set a fire on the premisies of a
natural gas and petroleum refinery facility some 10 kms away
from the town of Batman before escaping.
The fire was swiftly brought under control by TPAO staff,
the report added.
The PKK is fighting a ten-year old violent battle for the
creation of an independent Kurdish state in southeastern
Turkey.
SHOTS FIRED AT TURKISH-US AIRBASE IN SOUTHERN TURKEY
ANKARA (MARCH 14) DPA -A group of unidentified assailants
opened fire on the joint Turkish-U.S. airbase of Incirlik in
southern Turkey late Sunday, the Anatolia news agency
reported on Monday.
Shots were fired at an area near the hangars, the report
said.
Incirlik, near Adana in south Turkey, is the main base for
the multinational allied force that monitors a no-fly zone
above the 36th parallel to protect the Kurds in northern
Iraq. dpa rg
GREECE MAY SEND TROOPS TO BOSNIA
ATHENS, March 13 (March 13) UPI - Greece will send troops to
join the U.N. peacekeeping force in Bosnia-Herzegovina, if
the United Nations decides to accept 1,000 Turkish troops in
the force, the Athens newspaper Eleftherotypia said Sunday.
The disclosure came a day after U.N. Secretary-General
Boutros Boutros-Ghali told reporters in New York he would
accept a Turkish offer to send 1,000 troops to the war-torn
former Yugoslav republic, if troops from elsewhere were not
available.
Eleftherotypia quoted Defense Ministry sources as saying
Athens could send between 500 and 1,500 troops to join the
U.N. peace force, and was currently drawing up plans to do
so.
Earlier, Greek Foreign Minister Karolos Papoulias told
reporters: "Greece's position has always been that no
Balkan country should take part in the crisis."
"But if this position . . . is violated, then Greece must
take new decisions to serve its interests in the region, and
the interests of the region as a whole," he said.
Papoulias was speaking to reporters after a two-hour meeting
in Belgrade Friday with Serbian President Slobodan
Milosevic, in which the two officials discussed the war in
Bosnia and Greece's dispute with the former Yugoslav
republic of Macedonia.
The Greek Defense Ministry and General Staff were now
working in high gear to prepare a plan for the dispatch of
troops to Bosnia, Eleftherotypia said.
The private Greek television station Antenna-1, which has
correspondents in both Belgrade and Sarajevo, said the
Bosnian Serbs were opposed to the dispatch of Turkish troops
to Bosnia, because of Turkey's sympathy toward the Bosnian
Muslims.
The Serbs believe the presence of Turkish troops in the
republic would add fuel to the conflict, Antenna said.
Greek Government Spokesman Evangelos Venizelos told the
state station ET 1 that Athens believed no country which was
either a neighbor of Bosnia-Herzegovina or had historic
interests there should participate in the peacekeeping
effort.
But he said Athens was watching developments and would keep
its options open.
(Written by Ralph Joseph, with reporting by John Rigos)
R O U N D U P U.S. DENIES SHOTS WERE FIRED AT JOINT AIRBASE
IN SOUTHERNTURKEY
ANKARA/STUTTGART (MARCH 14) DPA - A spokesman for U.S. armed
forces in Europe (EUCOM) headquarters at Stuttgart, Germany
denied Monday that unidentified assailants had opened fire
on the joint Turkish-U.S. airbase of Incirlik in southern
Turkey late Sunday.
The Anatolia news agency reported Monday that shots were
fired at an area near the hangars. The bulletin gave no
further details.
The EUCOM spokesman said it was thought that fireworks let
off to mark the end of Moslem Ramadan fasting month had led
to the reports.
Incirlik, near Adana in south Turkey, is the main base for
the multinational allied force that monitors a no-fly zone
above the 36th parallel to protect the Kurds in northern
Iraq.
ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
June 15 to July 25
New York Times March 13, 1994
Dvorak and Slavonic music.form the fest-
ival theme on the 90th anniversary of the
composer's death. Michel Plasson conducts
the Dresden Philharmonic in two works by,
Brahms, an early champion of Dvorak, for
the opening concert: the First Symphony and
the First Piano Concerto, wit Bruno Leonar-
do Gelber as soloist. For their second con-
cert, Dvorak's Ninth Symphony ("New
World") shares the program with Wagner's
"Wesendonck Leider" and "Liebestod" from
"Tristan und Isolde," with Hildegard Beh-
rens as soprano soloist.
Dvorak's Cello Concerto, performed by
Julian Lloyd Webber with Gunther Herbig
conducting the BBC Symphony, is heard
July 8, and the Kirov Opera Orchestra plays
his Slavonic Dances on July 17. The English
Chamber Orchestra under James Judd of-
fers Dvorak's "Legends" and Romance for
Violin and Orchestra on separate programs
on June 25 and 26, and the Janacek Chamber
Orchestra performs Janacek's Serenade
E major for Strings on June 28.
Other highlights include Verdi's "Re-
quiem," "Romeo and Juliet," by both Berlioz
and Prokofiev, and concert performances by
the Kirov Opera of Verdi's "Forza del Des-
tino," Tchaikovsky's "Queen of Spades" and
Puccini's "Tosca."
Victoria de Los Angeles and Nicolai Gedda
sing works by Schumann, Tchaikovsky; Fal-
la, Faure, Saint-Saens and Berlioz accompa-
nied by Geoffrey Parsons.
Tickets : $6 to $25.
Box office : Istanbul Foundaiton for Cul-
ture and the Arts, Yildiz Kultur ve Sanat
Merkezi, 80746 Yildiz-Besiktas, Istanbul, Tur-
key.
PRECISION STANDARD MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
(MARCH 11) BUSINESS WIRE - March 11, 1994--Matthew L. Gold,
hq.ggg
[ARKANSAS YOGURT TO TURKEY????]
TCBY launches operations in Middle East
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. (MARCH 15) BUSINESS WIRE - March 15, 1994-
-TCBY's aggressive plans for expansion into the Middle East
have been launched with the opening of three new franchised
stores in Cairo, Bahrain, and Qatar, according to Hartsell
Wingfield, president of TCBY International.
An additional 52 retail outlets are planned to open by 1988
in Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the
United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) through five major franchisees
with TCBY Systems, Inc. The company is also investigating
possible opportunities in Turkey and Israel.
Wingfield, who expects to have 20 franchised stores
operating in the Middle East by the end of 1994, reports
that "initial sales of frozen yogurt in the region have
exceeded all expectations."
Calling the Middle East "a tremendous growth area for us,"
the Little Rock, Ark.-based executive says TCBY plans "to be
a major force in the frozen dessert market there. We have
been able to identify significant partners who can
effectively develop the region with the timely signing of
franchisees in each country."
The five master franchisees, who are forming a cooperative
to develop the region, include:
--The Onyx Co., which opened the Middle East's first TCBY
store in August 1993 in Bahrain. The company plans a second
opening in March 1994.
--MES, which opened a Cairo outlet last October, opens two
additional units in the spring of 1994 and 15 more over the
next four years. MES also will distribute TCBY products
through major retail grocery chains and kiosks in hotels in
Egypt.
--SHARACO (Saudi Resorts and Hotels Areas Co.), will launch
21 stores and multiple kiosks by 1998, beginning with three
store openings this spring in Riyadh and Jeddah.
--Sterling Catering Services, which controls 50 percent of
every retail food dollar spent in Qatar, last October opened
the first of three TCBY locations in that country and will
develop eight units in the U.A.E. A Sterling spokesman
called the TCBY opening "the most successful of any
franchise we own."
--MAPCO (Marketing Projects For Trade and Contracting), a
major retail distribution company based in Kuwait City, has
agreed to open three TCBY outlets in Kuwait and will
distribute TCBY retail products in that country.
With more than 2,500 franchised and company-owned locations
in 22 countries and all 50 states, TCBY is the world's
largest franchisor, licensor and operator of frozen yogurt
stores.
MUSLIM, CROAT GENERALS AGREE TO JOINT ARMY
SPLIT, Croatia (Reuter) - Bosnian Moslem and Croat
military chiefs ended two days of talks Saturday with an
outline agreement on steps to create a joint federal army
for Bosnia.
The bi-national command would be the defence arm of a
budding Bosnian federation of the erstwhile civil war
enemies now being negotiated in Vienna under U.S.
sponsorship.
An accord on forging a joint army was announced after
the meeting of Bosnian army commander General Rasim Delic
and Croat counterpart General Ante Roso. The talks were
mediated by retired U.S. General John Galvin, the former
commander-in-chief of NATO.
``(We) agreed on guidelines for the transformation (of
Muslim and Croat forces) into a joint federal army," the two
generals said in a statement released in the Croatian
seaport of Split, where the meeting took place.
``Joint headquarters will work out plans covering tasks
and objectives... (including) joint commands, control and
information services as well as operational plans."
Delic and Roso said they would coordinate their work
with the U.N. Protection Force, whose troops have fanned out
along current Croat-Moslem front lines to enforce a
ceasefire and collect heavy weaponry.
No target date for the formation of the joint army was
mentioned. but the statement said separate command
structures would be maintained for the time being.
``This (agreement) is an initial step but it is of
utmost importance to the United States," Galvin told
reporters.
In a related development Saturday, Bosnian Serb leader
Momcilo Krajisnik warned the United Nations that sending
Turkish troops to Bosnia as peacekeepers would lead to
escalation of the civil war.
Krajisnik said Turkish troops were unacceptable because
of Turkey's 500-year occupation of Bosnia under the Ottoman
Empire.
GREECE MOVES AGAINST TURKISH PRESENCE IN BOSNIA
ATHENS, March 13 (March 15) UPI - Greece has launched
diplomatic maneuvers to keep the United Nations from
accepting Turkish troops in the peacekeeping force in
Bosnia-Herzegovina. But a government spokesman declined to
confirm that Athens was drawing up plans to send up to 1,500
troops to the war-torn republic, if the Turks were accepted.
BOSPHORUS DEATH TOLL RISES
ANKARA, March 14 (March 14) UPI - At least 15 seamen were
killed and 15 more reported missing when an oil tanker
collided with a freighter in the Bosphorus strait near
Istanbul, Turkish state television said Monday.
Oil spilled from the tanker Nassia was still ablaze on the
water nearly a full day after the collision occurred, but
witnesses said the vessel was towed northward away from
Istanbul, which could be threatened by fire if the wind
direction changed.
The Cypriot-flagged Nassia collided with the Cypriot
freighter Shipbroker about 10.30 p.m. (2030 GMT) Sunday near
the northern end of the Bosphorus, which is only some 700
yards (700 meters) across at its narrowest point.
Shipping insurers Lloyds of London said an explosion
occurred on board the Nassia after the collision, causing a
fire in the accommodation and forepeak sections. The fire
quickly spread to the oil slick.
Two firefighting vessels appeared on the scene shortly after
the collision, but the spilled oil was still ablaze on the
surface of the water nearly a full day after it started.
A third firefighter was called in to help in what appeared
to be an unequal battle, and Turkish Environment Minister
Riza Akcali set up a crisis committee to deal with the
problem.
At least 15 seamen were killed and 15 were missing after the
collision, but 26 were rescued and hospitalized. Most of the
crew on both vessels were Filipinos, but the Nassia's
captain was Greek.
Turkey has also sought foreign assistance to fight the
flames and contain the oil spill, but the Turks are still
battling without outside help against heavy odds.
Mercifully, officials said, the wind speed and direction
were favorable, and Istanbul was not immediately threatened
by the flames and the huge palls of smoke rising from the
burning oil slick. The crisis committee, however, kept a
close watch on the weather.
A huge oil spill occurred when three of the 11 tanks on
board the Nassia were damaged. The tanker was carrying a
cargo of some 98,500 tons of Russian crude oil from
Novorossiysk on the Black Sea to Genoa, Italy.
Estimates of the amount of oil spilled were sketchy, but
crude was still dripping from the tanker when it was being
towed toward the northern end of the Bospohorus.
There was no immediate word on the cause of the accident,
but neither vessel had tugs to guide them through the narrow
waterway. Guide boats are not mandatory for vessels using
the strait.
Local television reports said both vessels did call for
guide boats, and one tug had almost reached the tanker when
the collision occurred.
Witnesses said they heard the freighter desperately blowing
its siren just before the collision. The vessels were moving
in opposite directions. Police were investigating, but no
arrests were made.
Officials said the environmental damage could be
substantial, and some environmental activists, including a
number from Greenpeace, were already at the scene Saturday
to assist in the cleanup.
Residential houses on the banks of the Bosphorus were
evacuated after the fire broke out because of fears the
flames would spread, but State Minister Yildirim Aktuna
later said the danger had subsided and people were told they
could return home.
Turks were celebrating the Islamic festival of Bayram when
the accident occurred.
The tanker ran aground near Rumeli Kavagi, but was later
freed and towed away. The Shipbroker was aground near
Anadolu Kavagi, witnesses said.
The accident was the 40th in the Bosphorus in the past 34
years, and Turkey has been trying to have the 1936 Montreux
convention amended to restrict tanker traffic through the
20-mile (32-km) strait.
"Every day the Bosphorus is subjected to the danger of
several potential bombs passing through it," Aktuna said,
referring to the large number of oil tankers using the
strait.
(Written by Ralph Joseph, with reporting by Seva Ulman in
Ankara, edited by Ian McCaleb in Washington).
PKK'S CEASEFIRE CALL REBUFFED BY TURKISH GOVERNMENT ANKARA
(MARCH 15) XINHUA - THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT DISMISSED A
CEASEFIRE CALL MADE OVER THE WEEKEND BY THE OUTLAW ED
KURDISH WORKERS' PARTY (PKK) ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT IS NO
MORE THAN A "TACTICAL MOVE WHICH IS VOID OF REAL CONTENT."
THE GOVERNMENT, SHOWING INDIFFERENCE TO THE CEASEFIRE CALL,
BELIEVES THAT THE PKK IS FACING SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES ON THE
MILITARY FRONT AND IS TRYING TO GAIN TIME BY THE MOVE.
IN A MESSAGE SENT TO A KURDISH CONFERENCE HELD IN BRUSSELS
SUNDAY, PKK LEADER ABDULLAH OCALAN SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE
OPEN TO "ALL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A SETTLEMENT WHETHER THESE
CAME FROM THE STATE OR FROM INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS."
HE DECLARED THAT "IN THE EVENT OF A MUTUAL CEASEFIRE TO BE
MONITORED BY INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS, THE PKK WOULD NOT BE
THE SIDE COMPLICATING MATTERS."
HE ADDED THAT THE "PROPAGANDA" BY THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT
REFLECT THEIR TRUE POLICY, CLAIMING THAT THE PKK HAS NOT AN
ABSOLUTE AIM OF DIVIDING TURKEY.
HOWEVER, BOTH PRESIDENT SULEYMAN DEMIREL'S AND PRIME
MINISTER TANSU CILLER'S REPLY TO THE PKK'S CEASEFIRE CALL
WAS MERELY A REPETITION OF A POSITION HELD FOR YEARS.
THERE ARE REPORTS THAT A WIDE-RANGING MILITARY OPERATION
AGAINST THE PKK IS BEING PLANNED FOR THE COMING DAYS, AND
PROBABLY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LOCAL ELECTIONS ON MARCH 27.
OBSERVERS SAID THIS MAKES IT MORE OR LESS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE
GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER THE CEASEFIRE CALL
THE MOVE MAY BE AIMED AT FURTHER EMBARRASSING THE ANKARA
GOVERNMENT WHICH HAS BEEN CRITICIZED BY THE WEST FOLLOWING
THE LIFTING OF THE IMMUNITY OF PRO-KURDISH PARLIAMENTARIANS
AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT DETENTION.
TURKEY PREPARING NEW REGULATIONS FOR BOSPHORUS
ANKARA, March 15 (March 15) UPI - Turkey is preparing to
introduce new regulations to govern oil tanker traffic
through the Bosphorus strait, currently governed by the 1936
Montreux convention, a maritime official said Tuesday.
The move came in the wake of a collision in the waterway
between a Cypriot oil tanker and a freighter, followed by a
huge oil-slick fire which would have endangered Istanbul if
the force and direction of the wind had not been favorable.
The tanker disaster would not have occurred if the
regulations, which Turkey has now prepared, had already been
in force at the time of the accident, Maritime Directorate
Undersecretary Timur Erkman said.
Under the new rules, the tanker would not have been allowed
to move down the Bosphorus in the dark, and "secondly, the
other ship would not have been sailing (in the opposite
direction) at the same time," he said.
The new regulations would not permit vessels to pass through
the waterway when and how they wished, the maritime official
said. Instead, the route and time of passage would be
determined by Turkey.
The new regulations would require shipping companies to give
Turkey advance information of intended passage of their
vessels through the strait, and would impose a speed limit
on the ships.
Erkman said the new regulations would be in keeping with the
Montreux convention, while at the same time "ensuring safe
passage without endangering the 10 million people of
Istanbul."
He said some 50,000 vessels a year pass through the
Bosphorus, which links the Black Sea to the Mediterranean.
This was an average of 3,000 a month, of which roughly 1,000
were oil tankers.
The Bosphorus, which is roughly 20 miles (32 km) long, is
some 700 yards (meters) across at its narrowest point, and
is one of the most dangerous waterways to maneuver,
requiring ships to change course 12 times en route, the
official said.
Under current regulations, ships using the strait are not
required to seek the services of a tug to guide them through
the waterway, but may do so voluntarily. Erkman did not say
if guide tugs would become mandatory under the new
regulations.
(Written by Ralph Joseph, with reporting by Seva Ulman.)
THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE EUROPE VIEW COLUMN BY BRUCE BARNARD,
THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News
BRUSSELS--Mar. 15--The air in Brussels will be thick with
irony this week as the European Union bids to boost its
membership from 12 to 16 nations.
The major players in today's so-called enlargement
negotiations will be a country that has long outstayed its
welcome in the EU, Greece, and another that doesn't really
want to join the union, Norway.
The EU struck a deal with Austria, Finland and Sweden two
weeks ago that, referendums allowing, will make them full
members of the club on Jan. 1, 1995.
Greece has been mediating between its EU partners and the
four applicant nations because it holds the EU's rotating
presidency. If Norway is roped in, Greece can claim a
diplomatic triumph for its six months in the chair.
But the truth is that Greece's already shaky position in the
EU - heightened by its rash decision to mount an economic
boycott of Macedonia - has been made even worse by its
behavior in recent months.
The official reason for the hitch in the talks with Norway
is Oslo's refusal to accede to Spanish demands for access to
14,000 tons of cod each year in Norway's Arctic fishing
grounds. Since Norway's total annual catch tops 2 million
tons, the official excuse doesn't wash.
Oslo's macho negotiating tactics reflect a perfectly
legitimate bid by Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland to
shore up her minority Labour government. It also owes
something to the memory of the bitterly divisive national
referendum in 1972, when Norwegians rejected membership in
the European Community because it had adopted a common
fisheries policy without consulting Oslo.
But the real reason for the hitch is that Norway doesn't
really want to join the EU. Norway is unsure about EU
membership because it is different from the European norm -
culturally, historically and geographically. Greece, too, is
having difficulties with the EU because it, too, is
different culturally and historically from its EU partners.
Ever since it joined the European Community in 1981, Greece
has been the odd one out. But as the biggest beneficiary of
EU cash it learned to live with the sneering condescension
of its partners. Greece's maverick attitudes,
notably on Middle East terrorism, its blocking of aid for
Turkey and its cavalier attitude to single-market rules,
annoyed its partners. But they soon got over it; they simply
counted Greece out.
Still, the Greek blockade of Macedonia - to protest the
former Yugoslavia's use of the same name as a Greek province
- ultimately snapped the patience of the rest of the EU. The
blockade demonstrated that Athens' world view ends at its
borders; the EU is an afterthought.
Athens' reputation has sunk so low that political observers
are pondering aloud what diplomats are asking in private -
whether Greece can be expelled from the union.
It can't. But the very fact that the question is being
raised underlines the seriousness of the rift with Athens.
Greece's isolation deepened last week when its outspoken
European Affairs minister, Theodoros Pangalos, openly
accused EU foreign ministers of seeking the failure of the
enlargement talks.
The silver lining here is that Greece's membership can help
the EU to avoid making the same mistakes in the future.
Greece's entry into the EU in 1981 was an emotional affair
as Europe opened its arms to a nation that was the fount of
its civilization. Membership also would consolidate
democracy in Greece after a military dictatorship.
Similar emotional reasoning is behind recent calls to
accelerate the membership applications of the former
communist nations of Central and Eastern Europe. But rushing
into membership talks with Eastern Europe would be a fatal
mistake. Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden are among the
wealthiest countries in the world. They already are part of
a single market with the EU through their membership in the
European Economic Area. By contrast, the "advanced" East
European nations, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and
Slovakia, have per capita domestic outputs of less than 30
percent of the EU average.
And their membership would be a costly affair. According to
a recent study, membership of the most advanced East
European economies would swell the EU's 1999 budget by a net
$64 billion, requiring a 60 percent increase in budget
contributions.
These figures will cool the ardor of current members to
enlarge their union to the borders of Russia. Instead of
stoking false hopes in the East, they should immediately
throw open their markets to East Europe's most competitive
goods.
And a 16-member EU on Jan. 1, 1995, isn't in the bag yet.
Latest opinion polls show a majority of Swedes and Norwegian
oppose membership while in Finland the "yes" plurality is
under 40 percent.
Austria, on the other hand, is almost an appendage of the
German economy and is almost certain to vote for membership.
And so the EU might start next year haunted by the unlucky
13.
Bruce Barnard is Brussels correspondent for The Journal of
Commerce.
KURDISH REBELS KILL SOLDIER IN IGDIR BEFORE CILLER VISIT
ANKARA (MARCH 15) DPA - Kurdish separatists killed one
soldier and wounded four others in the the city of Igdir on
Tuesday shortly before the scheduled arrival of Turkish
Prime Minister Tansu Ciller to campaign for local elections,
the Anadolu news agency said.
Ciller was due to travel to Igdir and the other provincial
capitals of Ardahan, Erzurum and Kars Tuesday in a bid to
persuade the predominantly Kurdish population to vote for
her conservative DYP party in communal elections due March
27.
Observers say the cities, located near the Iranian border,
have fallen under the influence of the separatist Kurdish
Workers' Party (PKK), who are fighting for an independent
Kurdish state.
The PKK threatened to attack candidates standing for
election after the pro-Kurdish DEP party withdrew from the
polls late Feburary. It also urged the local Kurdish
population not to vote.
hq.ggg
* ARMENIAN OPPOSITION DEMANDS THAT RUSSIA DENOUNCE 1921 TREATY
* DISCOVER TURKEY - THE UNDISCOVERED EUROPE
> From: VIC MCDONALD
GASPROM SAYS GAS DELIVERIES TO UKRAINE WILL BE CUT IN APRIL
16/3 TASS 71
MOSCOW MARCH 16 BUSINESS-TASS -- RUSSIA'S GIANT NATURAL GAS
SUPPLIER GASPROM THINKS THAT A NEW REDUCTION OF GAS
DELIVERIES TO UKRAINE ARE "QUITE LIKELY" IN EARLY APRIL.
THE THING IS THAT GASPROM'S EUROPEAN PARTNERS GET LESS THAN
THEIR DUE BECAUSE UKRAINE "DRAWS AWAY" SOME OF THE GAS
DURING ITS TRANSIT VIA UKRAINIAN TERRITORY, SOURCES IN
GASPROM TOLD ITAR- TASS TODAY.
THE PRESSURE OF GAS IN THE PIPELINES LEADING TO WESTERN
EUROPE AND PARTICULARLY TO ROMANIA, BULGARIA AND TURKEY IS
LOWER THAN DESIGNED ALTHOUGH GASPROM HAS RESUMED FEEDING AS
MUCH GAS AS AGREED AND MORE INTO THE PIPELINE - 470 MILLION
CUBIC METERS A DAY. THE EXTRA DELIVERIES ARE DESIGNED TO
COMPENSATE UKRAINE FOR THE TERMINATION OF NATURAL GAS
DELIVERIES FROM TURKMENISTAN (80 MILLION CUBIC METERS A
DAY).
UKRAINE HAS FAILED TO CONFORM TO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
ARTICLES OF THE AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN THE UKRAINIAN
GOVERNMENTAL DELEGATION AND THE GASPROM LEADERSHIP.
UNDER THE AGREEMENT, GASPROM RESUMED THE DELIVERIES OF THE
STIPULATED AMOUNT OF GAS UNTIL APRIL 10 PENDING TERMINATION
OF UKRAINE'S UNLICENSED USE OF NATURAL GAS FROM THE EXPORT
PIPELINE PASSING THROUGH UKRAINE. UKRAINE ALSO PROMISED TO
WORK OUT A SPECIFIC MECHANISM OF REPAYING ITS DEBT FOR THE
SUPPLIES OF GAS TO UKRAINE IN 1993-1994 AND TO BEGIN TO PAY
OFF THE DEBTS.
OTHER ARTICLES OF THE AGREEMENT ALSO HAVE YET TO BE
FULFILLED. UKRAINE HAS REMITTED LESS THAN A FRACTION OF ONE
PERCENT OF ITS 1.5 TRILLION ARREARS TO THE GASPROM ACCOUNT,
AND ACCORDING TO RUSSIAN EXPERTS, ITS FINANCIAL POTENTIAL
IS WELL- NIGH EXHAUSTED.
THERE IS ONE WAY OFFSETTING UKRAINE'S INDEBTEDNESS TO RUSSIA
- THROUGH THE SWITCH TO JOINT OWNERSHIP OF THE UNDERGROUND
GAS STORAGE FACILITIES AND MAIN GAS PIPELINES ON THE
UKRAINIAN TERRITORY, ACCORDING TO GASPROM. REGRETTABLY, THE
AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE ON THIS REACHED DURING THE
NEGOTIATIONS IN MOSCOW HAS MET WITH NO SUPPORT ON THE PART
OF THE UKRAINIAN LEADERSHIP.
ITEM ENDS
ARMENIAN OPPOSITION DEMANDS THAT RUSSIA DENOUNCE 1921 TREATY
16/3 TASS 65
YEREVAN MARCH 16 ITAR - BY ITAR-TASS CORRESPONDENT TIGRAN
LILOYAN:
ARMENIA'S OPPOSITION MOVEMENT "NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION"
STAGED ON WEDNESDAY A RALLY IN THE CAPITAL YEREVAN TO DEMAND
THAT RUSSIA DENOUNCE THE 1921 MOSCOW TREATY CONCLUDED 73
YEARS AGO BETWEEN SOVIET RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
"DEMOCRATIC RUSSIA SHOULD NOT BE GUIDED BY THE HERITAGE OF
ANTI-POPULAR BOLSHEVIK RULE" -- THIS IDEA RAN ALL THROUGH
THE RALLY WHICH IS TO BE CONTINUED OUTSIDE THE RUSSIAN
EMBASSY IN YEREVAN. THE RALLY ORGANIZERS INTEND TO PRESENT
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR VLADIMIR STUPISHIN WITH A STATEMENT TO
BE DELIVERED TO RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES. THE STATEMENT CALLS FOR
CANCELLATION OF WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE "AN ANTI-ARMENIAN
TREATY".
ACCORDING TO THE NEWSPAPER ANKAKHUTYUN (INDEPENDENCE)
PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION MOVEMENT, SINCE
THE COLLAPSE OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION IN 1991, RUSSIA
"HAS BEEN ABANDONING, REVISING AND DUMPING TO THE DUNG-HEAP
OF HISTORY INTERNATIONAL TREATIES IMMORTALIZING THE CRIMES
OF BOLSHEVIK DIPLOMACY". AMONG THESE CRIMES THE NEWSPAPER
CITED THE 1921 MOSCOW TREATY, WHICH "RE-ADJUSTED" ARMENIA'S
BODERS AND HANDED OVER PART OF ITS TERRITORY TO TURKEY. BY
DENOUNCING THIS TREATY, RUSSIA WOULD DEMONSTRATE ITS "NEW
AND JUST ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE SHAMEFUL PAST, AS WELL AS
CONFIRM ITS CURRENT POLITICAL COURSE IN THE TRANSCAUCASIAN
REGION", THE NEWSPAPER BELIEVES.
SPILL CLOSES BOSPORUS FOR 3RD DAY
Reuters
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- The oil-fouled Bosporus waterway
remained closed for a third day today even after a burning
tanker was tugged out of harm's way into the Black Sea.
The death toll from Sunday's collision between the Nassia
tanker and the freighter Shipbroker, both Cypriot-flagged,
rose to 19, with 10 missing crew members presumed dead.
The tanker was still belching black smoke from its forward
tanks after two Turkish tugs towed it out of the Bosporus
and about 25 miles west along the Black Sea coast.
Istanbul's deputy governor Ruhi Paker said two ships had
begun a clean-up effort to scoop patches of crude from the
narrow 19-mile strait and remove oil washed onto the shore.
> FROM: SAY...@minna.acc.iit.edu
This article is taken from TRAVEL Section of the magazine
PHOTOgraphic
(volume APRIL 1994)
DISCOVER TURKEY - THE UNDISCOVERED EUROPE
BY MARY ALTEER
As exotic and exciting as a trip to TURKEY sounds, I was
delighted to learn firsthand how easy and comfortable it
also was. The Turkish people are some of the friendliest
people I have encountered in my 20 years of traveling and
photographing in the world's more remote regions. On my
first day in Istanbul I was having trouble figuring out how
to buy a ticket and take the bus to Topkapi Saray palace. A
distinguished gentleman came up to me and asked, in perfect
English, if he could help me. When I told him my dilemma, he
took me to the kiosk wherethey sold tickets, helped me
purchase a ticket, waited for the appropriate bus, and even
made sure the driver would tell me when I had arrived at my
destination.
Unlike many countries I have visited, while photographing
in Turkey, I had the unlikely problem of more models than I
wanted. Just seeing a western woman with two visible cameras
seemed to bring out the need to pose, especially in the
Turkish men. Unlike many Muslim countries, it is also
possible (and culturally acceptable) to photograph the
women. One day a woman friend and I had rented bicycles to
visit an anchient archaelogical site. A woman who lived
nearby invited us into her home for tea. Although we had no
language in common, we managed to spend a lovely afternoon
in the simple but comfortable dwelling.
Although the ease with which you can photograph people is
one of the best reasons to visit Turkey, there are many
others, including the landscape, cul_ ture and rich
archeological history.
The surreal landscape of Cappadocia made it one of the
most unusual and distinctive spots I have ever visited. This
region, between Ankara and Malatya and the Black sea and the
Taurus Mountains, is known formations made from an eroded
volcanic stone called tufa. Some of these formations are
called fairy chimneys; they stand upright within the
moonlike landscape making for an other-worldly panaroma.
Today, the region is one big open-air museum. For the
photographer, there is a never-ending supply of material,
all of which is outdoors in the brilliant Turkish sun. The
startling shapes of the fairy chimneys, the hand painting of
the inside of the cave churches, and the repeated vertical
motifs of the valley, which turn pink at sunset, make the
area a joy for the photographer who welcomes the unusual
landscape.
Other types of Turkish terrain include some of the most
beautiful beaches and lakes I have ever found within one
country. My tour of Mediterranean Turkey began to the south
at Kas, a small picturesque fishing village on a cozy little
harbor. From this harbor local boatmen will take the tourist
on excursions ehere the photographic possibilities include
ruin sites, caves castles and islands.
While there are many villages and towns on the
Mediterranean coast, I found the town of the Datca
particularly photogenic. It is on a finger of land which
goes westward from Marmaris 100 kilometers to the edge of
the Aegean Sea. The drive takes you through pine-forested
mountains until you finally arrive at this pleasant village
nestled at the end of a small bay.
Modern Turkey is intruguing to photographers. Istanbul,
which has a history that goes back 7000 years is also a
modern city with its own special energy. Everywhere you turn
while wandering about the streets offers photographers
colorful markets and vistas of everyday Muslim life. The
setting of Istanbul is as spectatular as any city I have
visited. The famous mosques of Sancta Sofia, the