TURKEY-PRESS SCAN (2)

ANKARA (A.A) - 25.03.2011 - These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on March 25, 2011. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

VATAN
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SUPER OFFER FROM OMAN
Oman's Football Federation's chairman offered a three-year contract and ten million USD for each year to Turkish coach Fatih Terim. Terim wanted to think about the offer for a while. A short time ago, Qatar's Football Federation had offered a ten-year contract and 20 million USD annually to Barcelona's coach Josep Guardiola.

AND THIS HAPPENED TOO
A first happened in Turkey yesterday. The draft of Ergenekon detainee Ahmet Sik's book 'Imamin Ordusu' (The Army of Imam) was considered as "organizational document" with a verdict. Police raided the building of Radikal newspaper to demolish the draft. Police said that the book, which told about the Fethullah Gulen structuring in police departments, was written to give morale to Ergenekon (an alleged criminal network), and it was considered as an organizational document, not a book because it had not been published yet. On the basis of this decision, police raided Ithaki Publishing House, and the draft of the book was erased from computers. Then, police raided Radikal newspaper where Ahmet Sik was working. According to the decision of the court, those, who have a draft of the book but hide it, will be considered to have aided the organization. 

CUMHURIYET
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UNPUBLISHED BOOK HUNT
Turkey has faced a practice that was not even seen during a martial rule. A publishing house, which was to publish a book by Ahmet Sik, a journalist arrested within the scope of Ergenekon investigation, titled "Imamin Ordusu" (The Army of Imam), was raided twice. The drafts of the book were seized from houses and workplaces of journalists and lawyers. The draft of the book in computers were erased. Those who refused to give the draft to security forces were threatened that they could be accused of "aiding and abetting the terrorist organization."

MOTION ADOPTED
After Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu briefed political parties, the prime ministry motion on sending troops to Libya was adopted in a secret parliament session with the support of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). The parliament allowed the government to send troops to Libya for one year "to contribute to international efforts aiming to ensure Libya's stability."

RADIKAL
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HUNT FOR AN UNPUBLISHED BOOK
For the first time in Turkey, a book was withdrawn before being published. Upon the demand of Ergenekon prosecutors, the court ruled that Ahmet Sik's draft book was an organizational document. Later, police forces staged operations against a publishing house, a newspaper, an office and a house, and deleted the copies of the book.   

40,000 "IMPORTED ENGLISH TEACHERS" ON THE WAY
Turkish National Education Ministry will bring 40,000 native speaker English teachers from abroad within the scope of a project on "improvement of foreign language education". Foreign teachers will attend classes together with their Turkish colleagues. The ministry's project will last for 5 years and it will cost nearly 1.5 billion Turkish liras. As part of the project, foreign teachers will organize conversation classes for students and Turkish teachers, and they will assist in extra-curricular activities concerning the English language.