[TurkC-L] x0x Turkish news for week ending 23 July 2005

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x0x Turkish news for week ending 23 July 2005

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  • Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin have concluded two days of talks in the southern Russian resort of Sochi, where they discussed trade, energy, combating terrorism and organized crime, as well as international and regional political issues, reports the Turkish Daily News. This was the fourth meeting in seven months between the two leaders. At a press conference after their meeting, Mr. Erdogan said the two leaders aim to raise the trade volume between the two countries to $25 billion from the current $11 billion. Mr. Putin said Turkish companies have around $1.5 billion of investments in Russia and Russian firms were willing to invest in Turkey. "The creation of an appropriate investment environment would further deepen our relations," Mr. Putin said. Energy was also among the topics discussed during the two-day talks between Mr. Erdogan and Mr. Putin. The Russian president signaled Russia would increase energy exports to Turkey.
  • Prime Minister Erdogan also visited Mongolia this week. On Turkey's first prime ministerial visit to Mongolia, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan voiced Turkey's desire to increase economic and trade cooperation between the two countries to the level of other fields of cooperation. "Relations in all sectors are strengthening and growing, but economic and trade cooperation hasn't reached the level we would like," Erdogan said at a news conference after holding talks with his Mongolian counterpart, Tsakhilganin Elbegdorj. Turkey wants to see its trade with Mongolia increase to $50 million from its current $3 million, said Erdogan. His visit comes amid efforts by the north Asian country to attract foreign investment to develop its economy, which is based on cattle and sheep herding and mining for copper, gold and other minerals. Turkey is providing a $6 million grant for Mongolia to build a highway, and a Turkish bank is lending $20 million for a leather-processing center
  • The deadly bomb attack on a minibus in the Turkish resort town of Kusadasi last Saturday was the work of the terrorist group the Kurdish Workers Party, a Turkish police official said Friday, reports the Turkish news channel NTV. The police official said that the reason the Kurdish Workers Party had denied responsibility for the attack, which killed five and wounded 13, was that it did not want to draw adverse responses from the West. Despite the attack UPI reports that hundreds of British tourists continued their vacations in Turkey. The Association of British Travel Agents said it has had few cancellations, the Times of London reported. Peter Westmacott, Britain's ambassador to Turkey, visited the injured at a hospital and urged tourists not to be fearful of visiting Turkey, the Times said.
  • The recent terrorist attacks prompted Turkish officials to increase the pressure on US and Iraq to eradicate the hideouts of the Kurdish Workers Party in northern Iraq. "No country could overlook a case of systematic and deliberate damage threatening that country from abroad", Turkey's Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullah Gül said following a recent exchange of remarks between Washington and Ankara on whether Turkey has the right to stage cross-border hot pursuit operations into northern Iraq. Last week, Turkey's prime minister Mr. Erdogan said Turkey would carry out cross-border military operations if necessary against members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, in defiance of a reported U.S. statement suggesting that it should not. To defuse the tension between the two allies, Turkish Daily News reports that the U.S.-led coalition forces will arrest members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party in Iraq if they are captured in U.S. operations against insurgents in the country, a U.S. military official has said. Lt. Col. Steve Boylan said the arrested members of the Kurdish Workers Party, which is designated as terrorist by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, would be handed over to the Iraqi authorities concerned. The Turkish military estimates about 2,400 members of the PKK are positioned across the border in Iraq, while around 1,900 have infiltrated into Turkey. Turkey had expected the United States and Iraq to eliminate the PKK safe havens, destroy their communications and cut support lines of arms and explosives as well as financial transactions in accordance with U.N. Security Council directives regarding terror groups, Turkish armed forces chief-of-staff General Basbug said this week.
  • Turkish Daily News reports that Turkey's population as of the end of June surpassed 72 million, an increase of 4.3 million since 2000. The population of Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, increased to 11.3 million from 10 million five years ago. Population increases in other major cities were comparably lower, with Ankara increasing to 4.32 million from 4 million and Izmir to 3.65 million from 3.4 million. The biggest proportional increase was recorded in Turkey's tourism mecca of Antalya, which now hosts more than 2 million residents, an increase of 17 percent over the past five years.
  • Turkey handed over the command of a multinational brigade that provides security for the Afghan capital of Kabul to Italy in a ceremony attended by officials and troops from various countries. The brigade is part of Afghanistan's International Security Assistance Force, a NATO-led force of 8,000 troops responsible for security in Kabul and much of Afghanistan's north and west. It has plans to expand next year into southern Afghanistan, where a separate 20,000-strong U.S.-led coalition is fighting Taliban-led rebels.
  • Last week we reported to you that British and Italian foreign affairs ministers told the European Union parliament that Turkey should be accepted as a member. However, not all European leaders see eye-to-eye with them: The leader of Germany's opposition CDU party Angela Merkel raised new doubts over Turkish membership of the European Union Tuesday, promising "intense discussions" if she is elected chancellor later this year as widely predicted, reported Agence France Press. "We have to find solutions within a privileged partnership which can bring Turkey closer to Europe without going as far as full membership," she said. Talks on Turkish membership are supposed to begin in October under Britain's European Union presidency, but there is growing pressure to postpone them.

ARTS AND CULTURE Edited by Hayal Koc

  • The mayor of Adiyaman, the northeastern city home to the Mount Nemrut, is calling upon a team of experienced archeologists to take over and lead the restoration project that initially began in 2001. That project was recently stopped after an independent counsel determined that the restoration had caused excessive damage throughout the historic region. The mayor hopes that an experienced team of archeologists can complete the project with the delicacy and care it merits. The monuments on the mountains are over 2000 years old and are an important part of Turkey's historic heritage. Thus far, the restoration project has unearthed equipment used to display mathematical statistics, which were written in a manner very similar to that of the Incas that was discovered years later across the globe.
  • Istanbul is hosting a Perfume Exhibit in Galatasary, entitled, "Perfume - From Holy Incense to Magical Drop" at the Yapi Kredi Plaza until the end of the month. The unique exhibit displays the perfume cultures of the civilizations from antiquity to date. The richest section of the exhibition is composed of the traditional Ottoman perfume containers, the first European perfumes, and the unique perfume bottles and stickers. Perfumes from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, Middle East, Islamic World and Modern European are included in the exhibit. The guided tours are also available in English.
  • The Belgian Foreign Ministry yesterday issued a written statement touting Turkey as a vacation destination, adding that no place in the world was totally safe from the threat of terrorism, the daily Turkiye reports. "There is no reason for us to tell our citizens not to go to Turkey", said the statement, adding that recent bombings in Turkey and London proved that terrorist groups were active not only outside the borders of Europe, but also inside.
  • Artifacts dating back to the Bronze Age have been discovered during excavations at Tel Taynat in the province of Hatay, reported the Do&#287;an News Agency. The site is situated on the Reyhanli-Antakya highway at the 20-kilometer mark. The excavation started June 15 and is being conducted jointly by Mustafa Kemal University and Canada's Toronto University. Excavation team leader Professor Timothy P. Harrison said that with each dig, valuable historic artifacts were appearing everywhere. "Different artifacts are popping up in different areas. In addition to a 3,000-year-old jug, another 20,000 artifacts were found. The artifacts are individually studied, washed and cleaned up. They are then registered and handed over to the Hatay Archaeology Museum." Dr. Harrison added. Professor Harrison said they were working in three different areas. "In one of the areas we found artifacts from 2200 B.C., among them pots, ceramics and figures. As a result of studies conducted on window frames and houses, we estimate that there was once a village here. At the second excavation site we worked in a 400-square-meter area and found artifacts dating back to the Iron Age, around 1200-900 B.C. Ceramics were found in this area, too. In the third area we discovered artifacts belonging to the Iron Age, dating back to 900-800 B.C." A team of American, British, Canadian and Turkish archaeologists will continue with the work until the end of this month.
  • Ancient official documents were usually sealed with wax, which was stamped with an elaborate design, and the world's largest collection of such seals, comprising nearly 100,000 pieces depicting gods, kings, emperors, mythical figures and animals, is on display at the Gaziantep Mosaic Museum. Speaking to the Anatolia news agency, museum archaeologist Mehmet Önal said seals from the ancient city of Zeugma's excavation constitute the biggest collection of glyptic art -- the art or process of carving or engraving, especially on -- from the late Hellenistic and early Roman eras. Önal said seals tell archaeologists about the social, political, economic and cultural life of the era. Mr. Önal said excavation at Zeugma started in 1998, yielding some 35,000 seals with the first find. They uncovered nearly 30,000 seals in a subsequent excavation and more recently found 35,000 additional pieces. "This is the biggest collection in the world, and the Gaziantep Museum is the proud owner of it, " Mr. Onal added. The archaeologist said the impressions of seals indicate the volume of trade and communications in ancient Zeugma. "The ancient city of Zeugma was one of the stops on the Silk Road, which went from Antakya all the way to China. Trade and related activities caused the city to flourish." Mr. Önal said the bulk of the seals depict figures of gods and goddesses of trade. "These are the figures of Tykhe, the Oceanid goddess of fortune; Fortuna, the goddess of good luck; and Hermes, the god of merchants and travelers and also a messenger for the gods. There was a military camp housing 5,000 soldiers that kept the ancient city safe and solidified its economy. Zeugma was a door between East and West." Mr. Önal said 10,000 seals depict Roman Emperor Augustus, suggesting that the official documents were mostly related to the military.
  • AIESEC, the world's largest student organization, will this year devote its 33rd Ankara meeting to a tour of Cappadocia, bringing together more than 160 young people from around the world for mutual cultural understanding between July 22 and 24. Founded in 1948 and with a presence in over 800 universities in 89 countries, AIESEC is an international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential so as to have a positive impact on society. Towards this aim, AIESEC runs more than 350 conferences, provides 3,500 working-abroad opportunities and offers over 5,000 leadership positions to its members each year. Together with a focus on building personal networks and exploring the direction and ambition of their future, AIESEC has an innovative approach to engaging and developing young people. Foreign students studying in Turkish universities from 40 different countries based on a program called the AIESEC International Training Exchange Program will have the opportunity to learn about Turkish culture and history in the world-famous area of Turkey known as Cappadocia. They will also be able to share their own respective cultures during the "culture nights" while actually in Cappadocia. For more information on the tour or participation in it go to www.aiesec.org.tr/cappadociatour

EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE for the U.S. dollar in New Turkish Liras: 1.33

WEATHER High and Low Temperatures in Degrees F, Weather 

 Ankara, in central Turkey----------:  93/70 Showers
 Antalya, on the Mediterranean------:  90/75 Clear
 Istanbul, in northwestern Turkey---:  86/73 Partly Cloudy
 Izmir, on the Aegean---------------:  90/73 Clear
 Trabzon, on the Black Sea----------:  82/73 Partly Cloudy

Seawater temperatures 

 Black Sea measured at Trabzon         75
 Marmara Sea measured at Tekirdag      77
 Aegean Sea measured at Bodrum         75
 Mediterranean Sea measured at Alanya 82

SPORTS By Mark Nowak

  • Soccer
  • Trabzonspor will face off against Greek Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta FC in its opening match of this season's Champions League 2nd qualifying round.
  • English Premier League side Newcastle United is still confident it can sign French striker Nicolas Anelka from Fenerbahce, despite having a six million pound offer turned down
  • Istanbul club Fenerbahce has sealed its deal with Ghanaian captain Stephen Appiah, securing his transfer from Italian Seri A side Juventus.
  • Basketball
  • Ulkerspor inked it's former player Ibrahim Kutluay from Panathinaikos and held a press meeting saying they signed a 1+1 deal and happy to have him back in the orange team. Ulker is also expected to introduce their new guy Mirsad Turkcan very soon.
  • 22nd European Men's Under-21 Basketball Championship

TURKEY: 85 - ITALY: 69 -TURKEY TO PLAY AGAINST SPAIN IN SEMI-FINAL BELGRADE - Turkey beat Italy in quarter-final group (E) game, 85-69 and has completed its games as the leader of the group in the 22nd European Men's Under-21 Basketball Championship. Turkey will play against Spain in the semi-final game.

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