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Thursday, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdođan, in the US on a 3-day trip, stopped by in California. As a guest of the The Commonwealth Club of California, Mr. Erdogan spoke about Turkish relations with the Middle East, possible admission into the European Union., U.S.-Turkey relations, and his country's rich culture. He also denounced deadly attacks on London's transport system yesterday and urged greater international cooperation against terrorism. Mr. Erdogan said the attacks showed once again that terrorism must be fought through international cooperation. Previously, Mr. Erdogan attended the Sun Valley, Idaho conference bringing together the media, corporate and political elite from around the world, met with CEOs of leading companies to attract investments to Turkey. He met with the CEOs of Dell, Intel, Sony, Coca Cola, News Corporation, Tyco and The Associated Press, the Anatolia Agency reported. Mr. Erdođan reportedly invited the CEOs to invest in a Silicon Valley-type project he wants to set up in Turkey.
Turkish police have boosted security in and around public buildings after an attempted suicide bomb attack last week in front of the Justice Ministry in the center of the Turkish capital, the Anatolia news agency said. A 25-year-old suspected left-wing militant was shot dead by police last Friday as he ran out of the Justice Ministry building after failing to detonate a bomb strapped to his body. The assailant was a suspected member of the outlawed extreme-left Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front, and police had been searching for him for more than two years. Special units with Turkey's Prime Ministry Security Directorate and the Ankara police department have taken heightened security precautions around government buildings in Ankara, the agency reported. Authorities inspected X-ray machines, security checkpoints and monitoring cameras at entrances of ministry buildings and increased the number of cameras where necessary. Security forces have taken action to capture a potential female suicide bomber belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party after receiving a tip that a woman from the southeastern province of Van was sent to a major Turkish city to carry out a suicide attack. A photo of the suspected terrorist was sent to police departments throughout Turkey.
The decision by the International Monetary Fund to defer completing it review of the terms of Turkey's stand by agreement and the release of $815 million of its new loan with Turkey will not create finance related problems, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener said on Friday. Mr. Sener stressed that the Treasury had a healthy financial balance, generating revenues that were not foreseen in the beginning of the year. He said that $1 billion worth of privatization had been achieved and an unexpected $1.6 billion had been transferred from the Treasury from the Turkish Account Insurance Fund, which deals with bank seizures. Turkey's Labour Minister, Murat Basesgioglu, also ruled out any possible tension with the International Monetary Fund. "Having the draft (on legislation reforming the social security system) passed in June or October does not create such a difference to have an impact on deficit or the financial arm," he said. The International Monetary Fund announced that it deferred the first revision on the recent stand-by deal with Ankara as the Turkish parliament did not pass key legislation on social security, one of the requirements of the agreement.

ARTS AND CULTURE Edited by Serkan Hatipoglu

The municipality of Zeytinli is sponsoring a July 15-17 rock festival on Zeytinli Altinkum Beach on Edremit Bay in Balikesir. This is the first time in Turkey that such a large festival is being held in a small town. Rockers will be able to camp and enjoy a three-day holiday during the event. Covering an area of 500,000 square feet, the festival will host 18 groups. The program will start at 7:00 p.m. daily and continue until 2:00 a.m. Entrance to the festival and campgrounds is free. If you don't have a tent, you can purchase one in the festival area for a reasonable price. The campsite will be organized and coordinated by Turkey's nature sport organizer Adrenalin. Professional teams will help campers with any problems that arise. Various daytime activities will be available in the festival area such as wall climbing, paintball, pinball, rodeo, water sports, beach volleyball and more. The site will resemble a holiday village meeting festival-goers needs including food, drink, health care and beach paraphenalia.
The Ankara State Opera and Ballet performed "Güldestan" (Rose Garden), by Beyhan Murphy and Mercan Dede, last Saturday night at the 12th Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival. The dance show, featuring 33 dancers, was choreographed by Murphy, arguably the best choreographer in Turkey. The musical director is Arkin Ilicali, otherwise known as "Mercan Dede." Murphy and Dede created "Güldestan" starting with the idea of the nomadic roots of Turkish society. In free-form language, they bring to the stage past and present lives along with their inner search. This new journey, which Murphy set out upon with the repertoire she has established over the last 10 years, gains a new breath of life with Dede's musical interpretation. It is a fusion of contemporary and classical elements; it represents both a re-interpretation and a development of her past and present work.
Organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts the 12th Annual Istanbul Jazz Festival has begun, about 40 bands and more than 200 musicians will participate in this year's festival. The most important concerts of the festival will take place at Cemil Topuzlu Open Air Theater. Saxophonist David Sanborn, three time Grammy winner and renowned for having played with Eric Clapton, Marcus Miller and Al Jarreau, will perform on stage at the open-air theatre on July 7. Elvis Costello who launched his musical career in 1977 with the album, "My Aim is True" and is considered to be one of the most important musicians to emerge from Liverpool since The Beatles, will take the stage at the same venue on July 8. Costello who fused the genres of rock, pop, soul, and jazz with his distinctive voice and musical approach also writes songs for albums released by his wife, Dianna Krall. Tori Amos, who is one of the world's most important female singer-songwriters, will give a solo concert performance on July 10, and it is expected to be an unforgettable concert experience for the audience. The energetic bass player of Jazz, Charlie Haden will share the stage with Gonzalo Rubalcaba, an important figure of the Afro-Cuban jazz movement in the 90's, on July 11. Other concerts that will take place at the Cemil Topuzlu Open Air Theater are, Legendary Steps Ahead on 12 July, Dianne Reeves Trio, winner of the "Best Vocal Performance" Grammy, on July 13 and Dizzy Gillespie will be commemorated through a concert held on July 14. DMC Jazz Artists Kerem Gorsev Trio, Cengiz Baysal Quartet, Selen Gulun Trio, Donovan Mixon Group and A Capella Bogazici will perform on stage on July 16. The festival runs until July 17.
The "Freedom of Thought and Expression" honors awarded each year by Turkish Publishers Association to support those who struggle for freedom of thought and expression were distributed Monday at a ceremony. Herkul Millas received the "writers under trial" award. The "all publishers under trial" award was granted to Levent Erseven founder and editor of the publishing house Studyo Imge. Ismail Donmez, a bookseller for 23 years was presented with the award for "all the booksellers of Thrace and Anatolia". Ragip Zarakolu who represented Turkish Publishers Association in the Commission on Freedom of Thought and Expression of International Publishers Association received an honorary award. The "Freedom of Publishing Report-2005" was published following the ceremony. The "Prize of Freedom of Thought and Expression" has been granted previously to such stalwarts as Yasar Kemal, Erdal Oz, Muzaffer Ilhan Erdost, Enis Batur, and Ragip Duran.
Famous Turkish singers and musicians are attending Spain's biggest music festival La Mar de Musicas in Cartagena. And this year's theme for the Spanish festival is Turkey. Turkish pop diva Sezen Aksu, reed flute virtuoso Kudsi Erguner, percussion master Burhan Ocal, along with Erkan Ogur, Ismail H. Demircioglu, Omer Faruk Tekbilek, and Mercan Dede are delivering the Turkish music mosaic to Spain in July. The festival will once again reach out to music lovers from July 1 to 23 this year with an expected audience of 100,000. Thirteen groups are appearing on the stage during the festival, and their CD's have already appeared in local music stores. Many Spaniards, who are already familiar with Turkish diva Sezen Aksu as she wrote the lyrics and composed of the popular song Simarik, which was also sung in Spanish, show great interest in her. The Turkish pop diva has already appeared on the cover of the Spain's prominent music magazine, Batogna. Several German and European television networks including the British Broadcasting Company have been broadcasting the festival in addition to Spanish media. Apart from Turkish music, Turkish culture, cuisine, cinema, and plastic arts are also presented at La Mar de Musicas.
The International Union of Architects 22nd World Congress ended in Istanbul on Thursday with the adoption of the Istanbul declaration, a riveting panel discussion and the presentation of an award. About 10,000 architects from around the world attended the conference in Istanbul. Zaha Hadid from Britain, Rem Koolhas from The Netherlands, and Joseph Rykwert from the US were among the prominent names in the field who attend the congress. The aim of the congress was to present the mosaic of Istanbul to the eyes of the best architects. The organization of the congress cost $6 million. Turkey's Kale Group sponsored this international activity that had a fair, a bazaar and seminars being held along side the formal meetings being conducted on architecture. The forum on South Asia was among the more popular sessions. The four-hour panel discussion focused on the implications of the Indian Ocean tsunami of last December from an architectural point of view. Architects, mainly from South Asian countries, discussed the effects of the tsunami and housing programs launched afterwards. In opening remarks at the panel, UIA First Vice President Gaetan Siew stressed that the main aspects of a disaster policy should entail prevention, awareness, preparedness and responsiveness. "We must always be prepared for immediate reaction," Siew told the gathered architects. He said the two main concerns for architects in the process of reconstruction should be sustainability and preservation of national identity. Yolanda Reyes, chairman of the Architects Regional Council - Asia, in a keynote speech entitled "Tsunami: The Worst of Times Requires the Best from Us," said Asians are living on a continent that is constantly convulsed by economic, political and social turmoil as well as natural disasters. "The Asian tsunami jolted us from our complacency," she said, adding that 17 architects' organizations from various Asian countries have come together under the umbrella of ARCASIA to devise means to better cope with natural disasters.

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 62...89 Partly Cloudy
Antalya 78...97 Partly Cloudy
Istanbul 70...84 Fair

Izmir   73...98 Fair
Sivas   56...84 Partly Cloudy
Trabzon 70...79 Partly Cloudy

Seawater temperatures

 Black Sea measured at Trabzon         72
 Marmara Sea measured at Tekirdag      73
 Aegean Sea measured at Marmaris         73

Mediterranean Sea measured at Alanya 79

SPORTS Edited by Mark Nowak

Galatasaray continued its preparations for the new season at its training camp in Holland with another victory in a friendly against weak opposition, this time beating Dutch B League team SW Panningen 12-1.
Newcastle have tabled an official bid for Inter Milan's Turkey international Emre Belozoglu. The club have held several rounds of talks with the 24-year-old former Galatasaray midfielder and have now approached Inter as they attempt to capture him ahead of Premiership rivals Everton.
Besiktas has sold defender Fatih Sonkaya to FC Porto at a considerable loss. Fatih cost $3 million when he arrived from Roda Kerkrade last year but has only played 10 matches for the Black Eagles and has now been transferred for a fee of $500,000.

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