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European Commission Turkey Representative Mr. Hansjorg Kretschmer says the crisis atmosphere and the rise in different voices following the French and Dutch rejection of the European Union Constitution should not affect Turkey. Arriving at the western Aegean Turkish city of Denizli to observe the implementation process of reforms, Mr. Kretschmer visited the European Union Information desk at the Denizli Chamber of Industry Thursday. Mr. Kretschmer said that Turkey will become a full member in the European Union after it fulfills all the European Union criteria, and Turkey and the European Union will open a new page in bilateral relations after October 3. October 3rd is the date when Turkey will start its negotiations with the European Union for its membership. In the meantime Turkish government has been feverishly enacting reforms required by the membership in the Union.
Associated Press correspondent Louis Meixler says that Turkey is being ignored at this week's European Union summit, and this may actually be good. After the Dutch and French rejection of the constitution, which was partially attributed to Turkey's future membership, Turkish analysts and diplomats say that with tensions so high it might be best for the summit leaders not to address the European Union bid and wait for negative feelings toward Turkey to subside.
San Francisco Chronicle Foreign Service correspondent Seth Rosen reported Friday that Turks are losing enthusiasm for joining the European Union. Rosen says that most Turks think that European Union countries are biased against them. In the most recent Turkish public opinion polls, support for membership in the European Union dropped to 63 percent from December's 75 percent, Rosen adds.
On a positive note, on Monday, VOA reported that European Union foreign affairs ministers have approved a pact adapting the customs union with Turkey, to the 10 new members, including Cyprus. VOA calls this a move that brings the two sides one step closer to the accession talks.
According to the Associated Press, an International Monetary Fund official said Wednesday he would recommend releasing the latest installment of a $10 billion loan to Turkey if lawmakers pass banking and social security reforms by the month's end. Associated press says that the loan is part of a package approved last week. An 837.5 portion of the package was immediately given to Turkey. Associated Press points out that Turkey is a close ally of the US, and a candidate for the European Union.
According to the Turkish daily Turkiye, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered an opening speech at the Arab Economic Forum in Beirut, Lebanon, as an honorary guest and the sole premier from a non-Arab country invited to the 25-nation gathering. Stressing that regional countries should implement reforms and encourage development and progress, Erdogan called for more economic cooperation and investment between Turkey and Arab countries. In addition, he called on the leaders to cooperate for the sake of regional stability and peace. Mr. Erdogan also had talks with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Premier Najib Mikati.
According to Star, another Turkish daily, while in Beirut Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, spoke on the telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Russia's recent temporary ban on imported Turkish fruits and vegetables. The two leaders agreed that ministers from both countries would meet to resolve the issue. Mr. Erdogan reportedly told Putin that the problem stemmed from discrepancies in plant health certificates and asked for his efforts to end the ban.
Positive signals are getting stronger that the Turkish tourism sector is performing as well as the exporting sector, writes the Turkish daily Zaman. The number of tourists reached 6.1 million, an increase of 27.6 percent in the first five months. According to the State Institute of Statistics, the figure reached 2.3 million, a 27.8 percent jump in the month of May. Germany takes the lead with 22.5 percent among the countries that send the most tourists to Turkey. Russia follows Germany with 12 percent, then Britain with 9.7 percent, The Netherlands with 9.4 percent, and Bulgaria with 7.2 percent. Turkey aims this year to earn $18 billion in tourism income. According to analysts, the end of the year target could be surpassed. In Turkey, the tourism income significantly contributes to finances for easing the current transaction deficit. The increase in income will follow an upward trend in the summer and it is predicted to take the current balance to a plus. While the government predicts a 4.4 percent current deficit of national gross product with $15.4 billion this year, market estimates point out that this level will be exceeded.
According to Reuters, Oger Telecom, part of the Saudi Oger group, Turkish conglomerate Koc Holding and Turkey's leading GSM company Turkcell all informed Turkey's Privatisation Administration of their intentions to bid for the 55 percent of Turk Telekom, currently 100 percent government owned.

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The Turkish Daily New reports that the 1st Istanbul Rock Republic Open Air Festival, organized by Major Music Promotions, will take place from July 1-3. During the three-day festival, 25 Turkish and foreign bands, including world-famous groups like Slayer and Overkill will perform for hard rock music lovers. Parties, additional shows and other exciting activities are planned as part of the scope of the festival.
An Australian excavation team has discovered five sarcophagi in two locations in the ancient city of Ephesus, situated in the Selcuk district of Izmir, in the Aegean Region of Turkey, reported the Anatolia news agency. Selcuk District Governor Hayri Sandikci said the excavation team found the sarcophagi in the areas of the Arcadian Way and the Grotto of the Seven Sleepers. One of the sarcophagi was unearthed and taken to the Selcuk Ephesus Archaeology Museum. This particular sarcophagus was discovered near the Selcuk Ephesus Airport on the Arcadian Way, located between the ancient theater and the old port. It was determined that it belonged to the third century A.D. The sarcophagus had statuettes of Nike, the goddess of victory, on its sides and two statuettes of Eros, the god of love, in the center. Excavations to bring up four sarcophagi found in the Seven Sleepers area are under way. Arcadius (A.D. 395-408) was the elder son of Flavius Theodosius, the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. He designed the Arcadian Way, which measures 500 meters in length and 11 meters in width. There are covered porticos with shops between them and the ground is covered with mosaics on both sides. It was built in the first century B.C. and was used for ceremonies. Roads from Anatolia's interior ended there. Many important figures in those days passed along the Arcadian Way to enter the city of Ephesus.
U.S. Ambassador Eric Edelman and his wife hosted an Independence Day celebration at their residence in the Turkish capital Ankara on Thursday. Ambassador Edelman addressed the large crowd in attendance after the playing of the Turkish and American national anthems. He reminded the audience that the Declaration of Independence was signed 229 years ago and said the historic document spells out the main principles of the United States, one of which is that "All men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it." Ambassador Edelman said: "Ataturk founded the Turkish Republic from the ashes of a buried empire and drove it on the road to the West with similar principles expressed in the Declaration of Independence. My wife and I are very happy to be serving our home country in this beautiful country. Turkey, a trusted ally of the United States, can be sure the United States will continue to need its help in the pursuit of freedom. God save America and Turkey." Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Gul also spoke and said the relationship between Turkey and the United States is strongly based on common concepts such as democracy, the rule of law and human rights.
A renowned Greek music singer, Glykeria, will give a concert on June 21 at 9:30 p.m., at the Bursa Kulturpark Open-air Theater as part of the 44th International Bursa Festival. The media in Greece and abroad have dubbed Glykeria "The Golden Voice of Greece." In addition to rejuvenating the Rebetiko genre of music in the early '80s and reviving the forgotten songs of Smyrna and Asia Minor, she made fashionable the traditional "demotic" and "nisiotiko" music of the Greek islands and countryside.
The daily Star reports that after completing her contacts in the Turkish capital Ankara, Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria visited historical and picturesque sites in Istanbul on Wednesday. She visited Topkapi Palace, the Ayasofia Museum and sailed on the Bosphorus.
The Theatre @ Boston Court and The Antaeus Company are joining forces to present the West Coast premiere of Sinan Unel's "Pera Palas," opening on the mainstage at Boston Court July 23 and 24. Ten actors will play 27 roles - Turks, British and Americans - in this incisive, humorous and moving story set in Istanbul's palatial Pera Palas hotel. Three 20th century periods of Turkish history are illuminated as hotel guests strive to keep up with the changing world around them. Interconnecting, intergenerational stories criss-cross these tumultuous periods in a country straddling Asia and Europe, Islam and Christianity, tradition and modernity. "Pera Palas" was performed off-Broadway in 1999. Unel's plays have been produced regionally and all over the world. For "Pera Palas," Unel was awarded The John Gassner Memorial Award, The Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award, The Panowski New Play Contest (finalist), and a Massachusetts Cultural Council New Plays Grant. Unel is currently a commissioned Playwriting Fellow with the Huntington Theatre Company under the Stanford Calderwood Fund for New American Plays.
Handmade carpets made by the people of KIzIk, Bolu have received 36,000 euros of help from the European Union, reports the Turkish Daily News. As part of the "Active Labor Force Programs Project" organized by the Recruitment Office and financed by the Eropean Union, the Helping and Solidarity of KIzIk Village Association was formed. The project managers opened eight carpet workshops in Bolu's Aktash Quarter and women from the village are paid 120 euros per month to weave carpets. The president of the association Mr. Yahya Ozcelik said that their aim is not only to keep the tradition of KIzIk carpet's alive but to also give the housewives and unemployed young people of the area work. Mr. Ozcelik underlines that the history of KIzIk carpet's dates back to the17th century and adds that they will train 20 people for three months and the number of waevers will increase to 60."

EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE for the U.S. dollar in New Turkish Liras: 1.35

WEATHER High and Low Temperatures in Degrees F, Weather

 Ankara, in central Turkey----------:  84/59 Partly Cloudy
 Antalya, on the Mediterranean------:  91/72 Clear
 Istanbul, in northwestern Turkey---:  86/64 Partly Cloudy
 Izmir, on the Aegean---------------:  90/70 Partly Cloudy
 Trabzon, on the Black Sea----------:  75/63 Partly Cloudy

Seawater temperatures

 Black Sea measured at Trabzon         66
 Marmara Sea measured at Tekirdag      64
 Aegean Sea measured at Bodrum         70

Mediterranean Sea measured at Alanya 72

SPORTS By Mark Nowak

World Cup Standings

Group 2

Teams    Pld W	D L GF	GA Pts
Ukraine	   9 7	2 0 15	3  23
Turkey	   9 4	4 1 19	7  16
Greece	   9 4	3 2 12	7  15
Denmark	   8 3	3 2 13	8  12
Albania	   9 3	0 6  7	16  9
Georgia	   7 1	2 4 10	16  5
Kazakhstan 7 0	0 7  2	21  0

Turkey's three-time Olympic weightlifting champion Halil Mutlu faces being banned from competition for two years after he tested positive for a second time for an anabolic steroid, a Turkish official said. Mutlu, meanwhile, protested his innocence and denied that he knowingly took a banned substance. "I never used this substance knowingly, but I may have used it unknowingly," he told Turkey's NTV news channel. "All I can say is that I am sorry." Mutlu's doctors announced last month that they were investigating how nandrolone, an easily detectable substance which weightlifters would not normally resort to as a performance-enhancer, could have entered the athlete's body.
Turkish sporting authorities once again raised to two years a ban imposed on runner Sureyya Ayhan for violating anti-doping rules, a government official told AFP.
Galatasaray director Mehmet Helvaci held a press conference to repeat his club's insistence that Franck Ribery's signature of a 4-year contract with Olympique Marseille is illegal. Helvaci held up a document allegedly signed by Ribery on March 30, attesting that his wages had been paid in full and on time. Marseille president Pape Diof responded: "I was informed that we could take Franck without spending a penny as he had broken his contract with Galatasaray. The club had not paid his salary for three months. Franck, as well as his lawyer Patricia Moyersoen confirmed to us that they sent a letter to the Turkish club (to break the contract) and to FIFA.

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