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Today in Turkish Press
ANKARA (A.A) - June 17, 2011 - These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on June 17, 2011. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
HURRIYET
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FIRST HER GRATITUDE COMES
Turkish and foreign journalists have rushed into the tent-site, established for the Syrian citizens who crossed into Turkey to flee the unrest in their country, thanks to the scheduled visit of Academy Award winner actress Angelina Jolie, who is also a United Nations (UN) good will envoy. Jolie will arrive in the southern province of Hatay to visit the tent-site. Jolie will directly fly to Hatay by her private jet, and stay in the region for almost five hours. Through UN Representation to Turkey, Jolie thanked Turkey for the permission given to visit the tent-site and for opening of border crossings.
LYS BOMB
A high-level state official, who paid a visit to Higher Education Board (YOK) President Prof. Dr. Yusuf Ziya Ozcan, made a horrifying warning for the second leg of the university entrance exam (LYS) which will take place this and the following weekend. The official said, "LYS questions will be stolen from the Student Selection & Placement Center (OSYM), and will be distributed to entire Turkey through e-mail of a Justice & Development (AK) Party lawmaker."
Ozcan said, "it is possible that questions can be leaked out by methods we don't know. It is a very horrifying scenario." Ozcan informed the security about the claim, and security measures have been tightened in trucks carrying question booklets, OSYM building, and depots where booklets are kept. YOK, OSYM and security department will work in coordination until the exam is over.
MILLIYET
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WOMEN'S SCREAMS FROM OTHER SIDE OF BORDER
Syrians who have taken shelter in tent camps in Turkey's southern Hatay province due to the ongoing unrest in their country told The Times about the violent acts of Syrian soldiers. Syrians said soldiers raped women and cut their breasts off. A woman refugee told the paper that she had been raped by 12 people, adding that the men who had attempted to save the women had been thrown nitric acid in the face.
HATAY EXCITED FOR ANGELINA
UN's Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie will visit the 8,904 Syrian refugees staying at tent camps in Hatay today. People of the city are excited about the upcoming visit, as Turkish and foreign journalists have gathered in the province to cover Jolie's talks. It has been reported that all the hotels in the city were booked up due to the visit.
SABAH
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ERDOGAN SET TO TRAVEL TO EGYPT
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to make his first ever foreign trip to Egypt after his landslide victory in last Sunday's general elections. Erdogan is expected to give messages to Egyptians and other nations of the nation to encourage them in their democratic drive.
SOCCER: GALATASARAY SIGN ATLETICO MADRID STARS
Turkey's first division side Galatasaray said it had agreed in principle with Atletico Madrid's Diego Forlan, Jose Antonio Reyes and Tomas Ujfalusi. Galatasaray, traded at the main Turkish stocks market, informed the Istanbul Stock Exchange that negotiations were underway with the three football players.
VATAN
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THREE STARS TO CIMBOM
Galatasaray's chairman Unal Aysal went to Spain by his private jet, and negotiated with Atletico Madrid's President Enrico Cerezo. Aysal told Cerezo that he would get three stars from the club, and offered 4.5 million Euro for Forian, 6 million Euro for Reyes and 3 million Euro for Ujfalusi. Aysal made the deal late in the night.
WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE IN 20 YEARS?
Gursel Tekin, a member of the Republican People's Party (CHP) who is the target of the opposition within the party, spoke to Vatan daily. Tekin said, "it takes only six months to get the product when you plant potato in a field. Only (CHP leader Kemal) Kilicdaroglu and delegates can ask me to resign. The other voices are just a buzz."
Tekin defined the comments that election results were unsuccessful for CHP as "cruel", adding, "you are visiting Agri, Gumushane and Erzurum for the first time in your history. When you visit those cities for first time in 20 years, they see you as a tourist. How come can everything change in one day? It is cruel to ask us 'why we haven't achieved it in five years'. In this case, won't one ask you 'why you haven't done it in 20 years'."
CLEAN PAGE
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan withdrew compensation cases he filed against politicians and journalists during the election process.
DIVING IN UNDERPASS
Torrential rains and sleet paralyzed daily life in Ankara. Due to 50 kilograms of rain per square meter in one hour, underpasses and roads were inundated in Ankara. Three vehicles were stranded in an underpass at Cetin Emec Boulevard inundated by floods. Those in the vehicle could hardly saved their lives. Upon a call that there were people trapped in a lorry, fire-fighters and divers launched a search and rescue operation. The municipality warned citizens "to refrain from being in traffic." Ankara-Konya highway was closed to traffic for hours due to heavy sleet.
CUMHURIYET
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TORRENTIAL RAIN PARALYZES LIFE IN TURKISH CAPITAL
Torrential rain and hail storm Thursday in the Turkish capital Ankara paralyzed daily life. Flyover junctions were inundated and roads shut down. Three cars were trapped in six-meter deep water that flooded a underground car passage.
SYRIAN GOVERNOR ALLEGES WEAPONS ENTERED FROM TURKISH BORDER
Syria's Aleppo governor has alleged that weapons destined for an armed group that has killed 120 police officers entered the country from neighbors including Turkey. "We have never targeted unarmed protestors. Yet it is very odd that U.S. and British diplomats visited Hatay just days before the incidents erupted.
RADIKAL
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ERDOGAN: WE ARE OPENING A NEW PAGE
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan decided to withdraw the cases he had filed and Justice & Development (AK) Party deputy chairman Huseyin Celik told Radikal daily about the reasons of such move. Erdogan, who had asked for Turkish citizens' "blessings" during his speech after the elections on June 12, decided to withdraw the 17 cases he had filed during the election period. Journalist Ahmet Altan and Republican People's Party (CHP) were two of the defendants in such cases. AK Party's deputy chairman Huseyin Celik said his party wanted to "reset the clock and open a whole new page".
SAME SCENE AFTER 20 YEARS
Angelina Jolie's visit to Turkey's southern Hatay province today will draw the world's attention to Syrian refugees. In 1991, U.S. Secretary of State of the time James Baker had paid a similar visit to Turkey's southeastern Sirnak province, carrying Iraqi Kurds to the world's agenda. Angelina Jolie has visited 36 refugee camps in the last 10 years.
TURKIYE
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ERDOGAN WITHDRAWS 17 CASES
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who said during his balcony speech after Sunday's elections that he did not want to settle accounts with anybody, has given start to a new era and taken a step to ease the tension in politics. As part of such move, Erdogan has withdrawn the 17 cases he had filed against politicians and journalists, including 13 cases against the chairmen of Republican People's Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
GUL: WE WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF PALESTINE
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said that Turkey supported the foundation of a Palestinian state which would have East Jerusalem as its capital. Gul has revealed Turkey's vote (for a UN resolution), although the United States and Israel have expressed their opposition to a sovereign Palestinian state. "We are one of the strongest supporters of Palestine. There is no doubt that our vote at the UN will be a 'Yes'," Gul said.
ZAMAN
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TURKEY MAKES FINAL WARNING FOR REFORM IN SYRIA
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu warned Syrian president's special envoy in a four-hour meeting in Ankara that time was running out for the Syrian government to introduce democratic reforms. "You have no other options but to make reforms. This is your last chance. Do it right away or it will too late," the Syrian envoy was reportedly told.
OPPOSITION TO CHALLENGE GOVT. ON NEW CONSTITUTION
Gursel Tekin, a senior figure from the opposition Republican People's Party, has said the CHP would push the AK Party for a new democratic constitution that people deserve. Tekin told the daily ZAMAN that his party would always be open to discussions to draft a new constitution. "We will do whatever we can to contribute to making a new constitution," he said.
YENI SAFAK
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CLEAN PAGE
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan took the first step to settle problems with others, which he mentioned during his historic speech from the balcony of the Justice & Development (AK) Party at the night of June 12 (general elections). Erdogan withdrew insult cases he filed against opposition leaders and some journalists during the pre-election process, and opened "a clean page".
YES TO PALESTINE, STROKE ON ISRAEL
President Abdullah Gul announced that Turkey would vote for a United Nations (UN) resolution to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state. In an exclusive interview with Japanese Nikkei newspaper, Gul said, "we are among the strongest supporters of Palestine." When interpreting Gul's interview, the newspaper wrote that Turkey's early "yes" vote would be a stroke on Israel and the United States.
HURRIYET
--------
FIRST HER GRATITUDE COMES
Turkish and foreign journalists have rushed into the tent-site, established for the Syrian citizens who crossed into Turkey to flee the unrest in their country, thanks to the scheduled visit of Academy Award winner actress Angelina Jolie, who is also a United Nations (UN) good will envoy. Jolie will arrive in the southern province of Hatay to visit the tent-site. Jolie will directly fly to Hatay by her private jet, and stay in the region for almost five hours. Through UN Representation to Turkey, Jolie thanked Turkey for the permission given to visit the tent-site and for opening of border crossings.
LYS BOMB
A high-level state official, who paid a visit to Higher Education Board (YOK) President Prof. Dr. Yusuf Ziya Ozcan, made a horrifying warning for the second leg of the university entrance exam (LYS) which will take place this and the following weekend. The official said, "LYS questions will be stolen from the Student Selection & Placement Center (OSYM), and will be distributed to entire Turkey through e-mail of a Justice & Development (AK) Party lawmaker."
Ozcan said, "it is possible that questions can be leaked out by methods we don't know. It is a very horrifying scenario." Ozcan informed the security about the claim, and security measures have been tightened in trucks carrying question booklets, OSYM building, and depots where booklets are kept. YOK, OSYM and security department will work in coordination until the exam is over.
MILLIYET
--------
WOMEN'S SCREAMS FROM OTHER SIDE OF BORDER
Syrians who have taken shelter in tent camps in Turkey's southern Hatay province due to the ongoing unrest in their country told The Times about the violent acts of Syrian soldiers. Syrians said soldiers raped women and cut their breasts off. A woman refugee told the paper that she had been raped by 12 people, adding that the men who had attempted to save the women had been thrown nitric acid in the face.
HATAY EXCITED FOR ANGELINA
UN's Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie will visit the 8,904 Syrian refugees staying at tent camps in Hatay today. People of the city are excited about the upcoming visit, as Turkish and foreign journalists have gathered in the province to cover Jolie's talks. It has been reported that all the hotels in the city were booked up due to the visit.
SABAH
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ERDOGAN SET TO TRAVEL TO EGYPT
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to make his first ever foreign trip to Egypt after his landslide victory in last Sunday's general elections. Erdogan is expected to give messages to Egyptians and other nations of the nation to encourage them in their democratic drive.
SOCCER: GALATASARAY SIGN ATLETICO MADRID STARS
Turkey's first division side Galatasaray said it had agreed in principle with Atletico Madrid's Diego Forlan, Jose Antonio Reyes and Tomas Ujfalusi. Galatasaray, traded at the main Turkish stocks market, informed the Istanbul Stock Exchange that negotiations were underway with the three football players.
VATAN
-----
THREE STARS TO CIMBOM
Galatasaray's chairman Unal Aysal went to Spain by his private jet, and negotiated with Atletico Madrid's President Enrico Cerezo. Aysal told Cerezo that he would get three stars from the club, and offered 4.5 million Euro for Forian, 6 million Euro for Reyes and 3 million Euro for Ujfalusi. Aysal made the deal late in the night.
WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE IN 20 YEARS?
Gursel Tekin, a member of the Republican People's Party (CHP) who is the target of the opposition within the party, spoke to Vatan daily. Tekin said, "it takes only six months to get the product when you plant potato in a field. Only (CHP leader Kemal) Kilicdaroglu and delegates can ask me to resign. The other voices are just a buzz."
Tekin defined the comments that election results were unsuccessful for CHP as "cruel", adding, "you are visiting Agri, Gumushane and Erzurum for the first time in your history. When you visit those cities for first time in 20 years, they see you as a tourist. How come can everything change in one day? It is cruel to ask us 'why we haven't achieved it in five years'. In this case, won't one ask you 'why you haven't done it in 20 years'."
CLEAN PAGE
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan withdrew compensation cases he filed against politicians and journalists during the election process.
DIVING IN UNDERPASS
Torrential rains and sleet paralyzed daily life in Ankara. Due to 50 kilograms of rain per square meter in one hour, underpasses and roads were inundated in Ankara. Three vehicles were stranded in an underpass at Cetin Emec Boulevard inundated by floods. Those in the vehicle could hardly saved their lives. Upon a call that there were people trapped in a lorry, fire-fighters and divers launched a search and rescue operation. The municipality warned citizens "to refrain from being in traffic." Ankara-Konya highway was closed to traffic for hours due to heavy sleet.
CUMHURIYET
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TORRENTIAL RAIN PARALYZES LIFE IN TURKISH CAPITAL
Torrential rain and hail storm Thursday in the Turkish capital Ankara paralyzed daily life. Flyover junctions were inundated and roads shut down. Three cars were trapped in six-meter deep water that flooded a underground car passage.
SYRIAN GOVERNOR ALLEGES WEAPONS ENTERED FROM TURKISH BORDER
Syria's Aleppo governor has alleged that weapons destined for an armed group that has killed 120 police officers entered the country from neighbors including Turkey. "We have never targeted unarmed protestors. Yet it is very odd that U.S. and British diplomats visited Hatay just days before the incidents erupted.
RADIKAL
-------
ERDOGAN: WE ARE OPENING A NEW PAGE
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan decided to withdraw the cases he had filed and Justice & Development (AK) Party deputy chairman Huseyin Celik told Radikal daily about the reasons of such move. Erdogan, who had asked for Turkish citizens' "blessings" during his speech after the elections on June 12, decided to withdraw the 17 cases he had filed during the election period. Journalist Ahmet Altan and Republican People's Party (CHP) were two of the defendants in such cases. AK Party's deputy chairman Huseyin Celik said his party wanted to "reset the clock and open a whole new page".
SAME SCENE AFTER 20 YEARS
Angelina Jolie's visit to Turkey's southern Hatay province today will draw the world's attention to Syrian refugees. In 1991, U.S. Secretary of State of the time James Baker had paid a similar visit to Turkey's southeastern Sirnak province, carrying Iraqi Kurds to the world's agenda. Angelina Jolie has visited 36 refugee camps in the last 10 years.
TURKIYE
-------
ERDOGAN WITHDRAWS 17 CASES
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who said during his balcony speech after Sunday's elections that he did not want to settle accounts with anybody, has given start to a new era and taken a step to ease the tension in politics. As part of such move, Erdogan has withdrawn the 17 cases he had filed against politicians and journalists, including 13 cases against the chairmen of Republican People's Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
GUL: WE WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF PALESTINE
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said that Turkey supported the foundation of a Palestinian state which would have East Jerusalem as its capital. Gul has revealed Turkey's vote (for a UN resolution), although the United States and Israel have expressed their opposition to a sovereign Palestinian state. "We are one of the strongest supporters of Palestine. There is no doubt that our vote at the UN will be a 'Yes'," Gul said.
ZAMAN
-----
TURKEY MAKES FINAL WARNING FOR REFORM IN SYRIA
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu warned Syrian president's special envoy in a four-hour meeting in Ankara that time was running out for the Syrian government to introduce democratic reforms. "You have no other options but to make reforms. This is your last chance. Do it right away or it will too late," the Syrian envoy was reportedly told.
OPPOSITION TO CHALLENGE GOVT. ON NEW CONSTITUTION
Gursel Tekin, a senior figure from the opposition Republican People's Party, has said the CHP would push the AK Party for a new democratic constitution that people deserve. Tekin told the daily ZAMAN that his party would always be open to discussions to draft a new constitution. "We will do whatever we can to contribute to making a new constitution," he said.
YENI SAFAK
----------
CLEAN PAGE
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan took the first step to settle problems with others, which he mentioned during his historic speech from the balcony of the Justice & Development (AK) Party at the night of June 12 (general elections). Erdogan withdrew insult cases he filed against opposition leaders and some journalists during the pre-election process, and opened "a clean page".
YES TO PALESTINE, STROKE ON ISRAEL
President Abdullah Gul announced that Turkey would vote for a United Nations (UN) resolution to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state. In an exclusive interview with Japanese Nikkei newspaper, Gul said, "we are among the strongest supporters of Palestine." When interpreting Gul's interview, the newspaper wrote that Turkey's early "yes" vote would be a stroke on Israel and the United States.
