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TURKEY-PRESS SCAN (2)
ANKARA (A.A) - 09.03.2011 - These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on March 9, 2011. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
VATAN
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CHAIN OF RESIGNATIONS
Bureaucrats who want to run their candidacies for parliament in June 12 general elections are resigning one after the other. Oguz Kaan Koksal, the director general of Security Department, and former Istanbul governor Muammer Guler resigned from their positions to run for parliament from the Justice & Development (AK) Party.
"I PREVENTED CONSPIRACY"
Deniz Baykal, the former chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP), responded to the harassment allegations of journalist Iklim Kaleli. Baykal said, "she wanted to set me up and push me into a difficult position. I prevented this conspiracy."
GAS PRICES RAISED FOR SEVEN TIMES SINCE JANUARY 1
Unleaded gas prices were up 8 kurus as of Tuesday. Thus, one liter of 95-octane unleaded gas rose to 4.16 Turkish liras-TL (2.616 USD) in Ankara and Istanbul and to 4.15 TL (2.610 USD) in Izmir. A 55-liter gas tank which used to be filed at 212.5 TL (133.6 USD) in Istanbul at the beginning of 2011 can now be filled at 228.5 TL (143.7 USD).
CUMHURIYET
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"ADVANCED DEMOCRACY" LESSON
European Parliament listed the steps which the Justice & Development (AK) Party government should fulfill. Draft resolution on Turkey which will be voted today listed the steps which should be taken in democratization process. "We feel concern over the deterioration in freedom of press, censorship activities and increasing self-censor. Turkish government was called to be loyal to principles of freedom of press" it said.
The draft also expressed concern over Turkish government's putting artificial impediments in revealing murderers of Dink.
PRIME MINISTER SENTENCES
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said none of the journalists who were currently kept at prisons were there because of their journalism and posed the accusations "terrorist organization membership and attempting to change constitutional order by force" to the journalists who were in prison.
Reacting against international media, Erdogan said, "media does not ask for coup in those countries."
RADIKAL
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ERDOGAN RESPONDS TO ACCUSATIONS OVER FREEDOM OF PRESS
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan severely rejected Tuesday allegations that the government had launched a campaign against journalists criticizing the ruling AK Party, manipulating courts to put them behind bars. "Arrests of journalists is a decision made by the courts. Show me a single journalist who is under detention because of criticizing the government. There are 27 journalists under arrest and the reasons for their arrest are terrorism, sexual abuse and looting," he said.
SENIOR BUREAUCRATS RESIGN TO RUN IN ELECTIONS
Resignations of senior state officials Tuesday came hours apart to clear the way to run in the upcoming general elections in June to win a seat at the parliament. Police Department chief Oguz Kagan Koksal, head of the Public Security Agency and former Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler, Ankara Chief Prosecutor Mehmet Yucesoy was among those who quit. State officials are required by the elections law to leave their offices in order to run in the elections. They would resume their posts if they fail to secure MP title.
VATAN
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CHAIN OF RESIGNATIONS
Bureaucrats who want to run their candidacies for parliament in June 12 general elections are resigning one after the other. Oguz Kaan Koksal, the director general of Security Department, and former Istanbul governor Muammer Guler resigned from their positions to run for parliament from the Justice & Development (AK) Party.
"I PREVENTED CONSPIRACY"
Deniz Baykal, the former chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP), responded to the harassment allegations of journalist Iklim Kaleli. Baykal said, "she wanted to set me up and push me into a difficult position. I prevented this conspiracy."
GAS PRICES RAISED FOR SEVEN TIMES SINCE JANUARY 1
Unleaded gas prices were up 8 kurus as of Tuesday. Thus, one liter of 95-octane unleaded gas rose to 4.16 Turkish liras-TL (2.616 USD) in Ankara and Istanbul and to 4.15 TL (2.610 USD) in Izmir. A 55-liter gas tank which used to be filed at 212.5 TL (133.6 USD) in Istanbul at the beginning of 2011 can now be filled at 228.5 TL (143.7 USD).
CUMHURIYET
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"ADVANCED DEMOCRACY" LESSON
European Parliament listed the steps which the Justice & Development (AK) Party government should fulfill. Draft resolution on Turkey which will be voted today listed the steps which should be taken in democratization process. "We feel concern over the deterioration in freedom of press, censorship activities and increasing self-censor. Turkish government was called to be loyal to principles of freedom of press" it said.
The draft also expressed concern over Turkish government's putting artificial impediments in revealing murderers of Dink.
PRIME MINISTER SENTENCES
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said none of the journalists who were currently kept at prisons were there because of their journalism and posed the accusations "terrorist organization membership and attempting to change constitutional order by force" to the journalists who were in prison.
Reacting against international media, Erdogan said, "media does not ask for coup in those countries."
RADIKAL
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ERDOGAN RESPONDS TO ACCUSATIONS OVER FREEDOM OF PRESS
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan severely rejected Tuesday allegations that the government had launched a campaign against journalists criticizing the ruling AK Party, manipulating courts to put them behind bars. "Arrests of journalists is a decision made by the courts. Show me a single journalist who is under detention because of criticizing the government. There are 27 journalists under arrest and the reasons for their arrest are terrorism, sexual abuse and looting," he said.
SENIOR BUREAUCRATS RESIGN TO RUN IN ELECTIONS
Resignations of senior state officials Tuesday came hours apart to clear the way to run in the upcoming general elections in June to win a seat at the parliament. Police Department chief Oguz Kagan Koksal, head of the Public Security Agency and former Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler, Ankara Chief Prosecutor Mehmet Yucesoy was among those who quit. State officials are required by the elections law to leave their offices in order to run in the elections. They would resume their posts if they fail to secure MP title.
