TURKEY-PRESS SCAN (3)

ANKARA (A.A) - 27.03.2011 - These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on March 27, 2011. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

TURKIYE
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BAD NEWS TO CHP
Here is the result of a survey carried out in 31 provinces: Leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu is losing confidence in the Republican People's Party (CHP). Metropol carried out a survey which indicated that 60 percent of those who joined the survey thought Kilicdaroglu was unsuccessful. 47 percent of CHP members think CHP could not become the ruling party.

TATLISES WANTS ISTANBUL
After Turkish footballer Hakar Sukur, singer Ibrahim Tatlises preferred the Zone Number Three in Istanbul as a candidate to be a candidate. 

ZAMAN
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ERDOGAN PHONES ASAD, CONGRATULATES HIM OVER REFORM MOVE
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan telephoned Syrian President Bashar al-Asad on Friday, conveying his appreciation over Asad's move to make reforms in the wake of popular uprisings last week. Asad has lifted 48-year emergency rule and on Saturday he ordered the release of 260 political prisoners. Erdogan reportedly urged Asad to implement the reforms.

UNIVERSITY EXAM TODAY
Nearly 1.7 million students are taking an a nation-wide test on Sunday to roll in a program in a university. Passage to Higher Education Exam starts at 9 a.m. Strict security measures have been taken to prevent cheating.
 
YENI SAFAK
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POLICE RECOVERS BODIES OF THREE MISSING CHILDREN
Police unearthed bodies of three children who went missing in the central province of Kayseri two years ago while collecting candies from neighbors in the Feast of Ramadan. A man with the initial U.V.G. has confessed to the killing of the three children and burying them near a puddle in the province of Yozgat. 

DAVUTOGLU SAYS TURKEY SUPPORTS CHANGE IN MIDDLE EAST
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday said Turkey supported democratic transformation in the Middle East, adding however that change should nor risk stability. "The time has come for a political change and transformation in the Middle East. We want security and freedom at the same time. Turkey will be in service in order to ensure that this difficult task of maintaining security and freedoms is achieved," he said. Davutoglu said ways to secure political change was as much important as the task itself. "The method is also very important. Change should come without causing instability. We want change, one which would not give way to political instability but maintain public order," he said.