TURKEY-PRESS SCAN (1)

ANKARA (A.A) - 28.03.2011 - These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on March 28, 2011. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET
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GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS RAPPROCHEMENT WITH TURKEY FAILS TO GIVE SOLID RESULTS
Greece's top diplomat has said that "a positive atmosphere" between the Greek and Turkish governments had proved ineffective in solving bilateral issues. Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas told the daily HURRIYET that June general elections in Turkey is of critical importance. "I am calling the Turkish government to sign the International Law of the Sea. We can go to The Hague over the issue of continental shelf. We are ready to take that step with Turkey for peace," Droutsas said in an exclusive interview with HURRIYET reporter. "Greece has the right to expand its territorial waters up to 12 miles. The international law gives that right to every state. But Turkey claims that using that right is a casus belli," Droutsas said.

ERDOGAN DEFENDS CALL ON NUCLEAR PLANT
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said the government was determined to move ahead with plans to generate electricity from nuclear power. "Our resolute stance on using nuclear energy continues," Erdogan told an inauguration ceremony of a hydroelectric power plant in the eastern province of Kahramanmaras. "Are there any risks? Of course there are risks. But are you not going to watch TV or use computers just because there is a risk of radiation," Erdogan said. The premier said the government planned to set up six nuclear power plants with two of them in the Black Sea port city of Sinop and in the southern port city of Mersin.          

MILLIYET
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NOT THE VIEW OF TUSIAD, BUT TWO PROFESSORS
Turkish Industrialists' & Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) released a statement on Sunday to respond to criticisms towards its studies on the new constitution.
The statement said, "TUSIAD never had any views or proposals to amend the unchangeable articles of the constitution, neither in the past, nor now." 
It was also stated that this was the personal assessments of Prof. Ergun Ozbudun and Prof. Turgut Tarhanli.     

REFRAIN FROM OUR IMITATIONS
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded to Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu who said, "Justice& Development (AK) Party panicked against our solution proposals."
Erdogan said, "they have started to imitate us. Refrain from the imitations."
Reacting against Peace & Democracy Party (BDP), Erdogan said, "they say civilian disobedience. How can you say civilian? They are against violence, but they use violence. They say human rights, but they put pressure and threaten authors and artists. They do not take any step without orders."

SABAH
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TRIPOLI VOLUNTEERS
Those whose grandfathers had been martyred in Tripoli, applied to the Turkish Armed Forces voluntarily to go to Libya. The volunteers said, "others want to go there for occupation, but we want to go there for assistance."
Turkish Armed Forces started to assess the requests of those who want to go to Tripoli voluntarily.

THEY OPPOSE TO VIOENCE BUT THEY RESORT TO VIOLENCE
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking at the southern province of Adana, criticized civilian disobedience acts of Peace & Democracy Party (BDP).
Erdogan said, "have you acted with your own will so far? They say 'democracy' but oppose to constitutional amendments. They say 'human rights' but they threaten artists. They do not take even a step without getting order."