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Turkish press today
ANKARA (A.A) - 17.03.2011 - These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on March 17, 2011. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
HURRIYET
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OUR POWER PLANT TO BE AN EXAMPLE
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during his visit to Russia, "I believe the initiative, which will be launched to build a nuclear power plant in Akkuyu hamlet (of Turkey's southern province of Mersin), will be a model investment for the world." Holding a joint press conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin Palace, Erdogan said, "our timetable and process continue regarding nuclear energy. Should not we build a nuclear power plant just because an earthquake may happen?"
POSTPONE YOUR TRAVELS
Turkish Foreign Ministry called on Turkish citizens "to postpone their travels to Japan, if not necessary". Turkish Ambassador in Tokyo Sermet Atacanli also said that not a single Turkish citizen remained in Miyagi region where earthquake and nuclear leak occurred.
IRANIAN PLANE RIDDLE IN DIYARBAKIR
The claims that an Iranian cargo plane, which was carrying military equipment to Syria, was landed in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakir and searched for nuclear weapons, caused great debates. Turkish Foreign Ministry stated that the landing in Diyarbakir was scheduled and controls in the plane were routine, while denying the claims that the plane was forced to land in by two F-16 airplanes.
MILLIYET
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HE WAS AFTER TATLISES FOR NINE YEARS
Abdullah Ucmak, who served six and a half years in prison for planning to kill Turkish singer Ibrahim Tatlises in 2003 and who continued to demand money after he got out of prison, was detained together with 19 other people in connection with an armed attack against the singer.
WAS WOMAN DIRECTOR BEING TAPPED?
A bug found by chance at the third floor of the Directorate General of Security was placed at the office of Naval Ports Director. The director is a woman officer named Z.A. The scandal was revealed as the director called the technical service as she could not access the internet.
RUSSIA WITHOUT VISA
The visa procedure between Turkey and Russia officially ended during Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Moscow. Turks who will go to Russia after April 17 will not need a visa for their stay in this country up to 30 days. Erdogan underlined importance of lifting visa procedures, and said he was expecting a significant rise in number of Russian tourists this year.
SABAH
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SUPER POWER PLANT FOR AKKUYU
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow on Wednesday. During his meeting with Medvedev, Erdogan requested additional security measures for the nuclear power plant to be built in Akkuyu, Mersin. Erdogan underlined that the nuclear power plant in Akkuyu would be an example to the whole world.
VISA FREE TRIPS BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA
Turkey and Russia on Wednesday exchanged notes in Moscow. Accordingly, visa free trips between Turkey and Russia will begin in 30 days.
VATAN
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GUNMAN ON THE LOOSE
Istanbul police detained Abdullah Ucmak, implacable enemy of singer Ibrahim Tatlises since 1998, together with his 20 men yesterday. The vehicle and the Kalashnikovs (which were used in the assassination attempt on Tatlises) were found too. Police is searching whether PKK terrorist organization is backing Ucmak who laid an ambush on Tatlises twice so far. It was learned that Ucmak, who got out of jail five months ago, rented the vehicle (used in the assassination attempt) in Pendik district of Istanbul. Two unknown people, who arrived in Istanbul last week to hit Tatlises and stayed in the house of Ucmak, had their traces lost. It was stated that one of them pulled the trigger and the other was driving the car. Also, it was learned that Ucmak earlier examined Maslak district where Tatlises was hit, and he was in the district during the incident.
"TEN PERCENT OF ISTANBUL COLLAPSES"
Turkish Public Works & Housing Minister Mustafa Demir, who previously said "we would do better than Japans", announced the number of buildings which may collapse in case of an earthquake in Istanbul: only about 10 percent of all buildings will collapse, and 15 percent will be damaged significantly in an earthquake measuring 7.5 on Richter scale in Istanbul.
CUMHURIYET
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ERDOGAN INSISTS ON NUCLEAR ENERGY
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday. Erdogan said that a ground-breaking ceremony for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in southern province of Mersin may take place either at the end of April or beginning of May. "The construction of the nuclear power plant will begin. We can not change our plans for the nuclear power plant by expecting any negative results," Erdogan said.
NEW PROJECTS ON WAY
Turkish main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will announce its democratization package following the 'Family Insurance' and 'civil society' moves. CHP officials said that they would make public projects related to youth, democratization, education, foreign policy, development of eastern and south-eastern Anatolia and social development soon.
RADIKAL
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PAID MILITARY SERVICE FOR THOSE WITH MONEY, UNPAID FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE MONEY
Here is the main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) proposal: Turkish men above 28 years old shall perform unpaid military service if they earn less than 1,000 Turkish liras (TL) a month. Those who earn more shall perform a paid military service that can cost between 7,500 and 15,000 TL.
BDP NOT TO REMAIN BELOW ELECTORAL THRESHOLD
4 million votes are sufficient enough to pass the 10 percent electoral threshold in Turkey. The Peace & Democracy Party (BDP) can get enough votes if it joins the upcoming general elections as a party.
TURKIYE
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ERDOGAN RECEIVES HONORARY DOCTORATE
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received an honorary doctorate from the Moscow State Diplomacy Institute. Erdogan said he was pleased to get an honorary doctorate from an institute steering Russian diplomacy.
MOSCOW: NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan set the date when visa exemption will begin. Turkey and Russia have completed talks to end visa procedures. Medvedev and Erdogan said the visa-free era between two countries would begin on April 17. Visa exemption will raise trade volume between the two countries.
ZAMAN
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VISA FREE TRIPS BETWEEN TURKEY & RUSSIA
Turkey and Russia on Wednesday exchanged notes on visa free trips between the two countries. The citizens of the two countries can travel without visas as of April 17. Turkey expects a significant increase in the number of Russian tourists visiting Turkey with the visa liberalization.
TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION BANKS ANNOUNCE AN INCREASE IN NET PROFITS
Four participation banks operating in Turkey announced a total net profit of 759.5 million Turkish liras (TL) in 2010, up 8 percent from a year earlier. Funds raised last year rose 26 percent to 33.8 billion lira and 66 percent of these funds was denominated in Turkish lira. Allocated funds were up 29 percent to 32.1 billion lira and total assets increased 29 percent to 43.3 billion lira. Net assets also went up 23 percent to 5.5 billion lira.
YENI SAFAK
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IT WILL CARRY LUCE
Turkish Airlines (THY) signed a sponsorship agreement with another giant --after Barcelona and Manchester United. Shakhtar Donetsk, team of Mircea Lucescu which compete in Champions League, will play with the jersey carrying THY logo on it for one and a half years.
AKKUYU TO BE AN EXAMPLE
During his visit to Russia, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave the message that "no turning back from nuclear energy". He said, "I believe the initiative which will be launched in Akkuyu hamlet will be a model investment for the world."
VISA-FREE TRAVEL TO RUSSIA
It was stated that mutual visa-free travels would begin as of April 17 thanks to the note-exchange between Turkey and Russia. The citizens of Turkey and Russia will be able to visit each other's country without using visa.
HURRIYET
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OUR POWER PLANT TO BE AN EXAMPLE
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during his visit to Russia, "I believe the initiative, which will be launched to build a nuclear power plant in Akkuyu hamlet (of Turkey's southern province of Mersin), will be a model investment for the world." Holding a joint press conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin Palace, Erdogan said, "our timetable and process continue regarding nuclear energy. Should not we build a nuclear power plant just because an earthquake may happen?"
POSTPONE YOUR TRAVELS
Turkish Foreign Ministry called on Turkish citizens "to postpone their travels to Japan, if not necessary". Turkish Ambassador in Tokyo Sermet Atacanli also said that not a single Turkish citizen remained in Miyagi region where earthquake and nuclear leak occurred.
IRANIAN PLANE RIDDLE IN DIYARBAKIR
The claims that an Iranian cargo plane, which was carrying military equipment to Syria, was landed in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakir and searched for nuclear weapons, caused great debates. Turkish Foreign Ministry stated that the landing in Diyarbakir was scheduled and controls in the plane were routine, while denying the claims that the plane was forced to land in by two F-16 airplanes.
MILLIYET
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HE WAS AFTER TATLISES FOR NINE YEARS
Abdullah Ucmak, who served six and a half years in prison for planning to kill Turkish singer Ibrahim Tatlises in 2003 and who continued to demand money after he got out of prison, was detained together with 19 other people in connection with an armed attack against the singer.
WAS WOMAN DIRECTOR BEING TAPPED?
A bug found by chance at the third floor of the Directorate General of Security was placed at the office of Naval Ports Director. The director is a woman officer named Z.A. The scandal was revealed as the director called the technical service as she could not access the internet.
RUSSIA WITHOUT VISA
The visa procedure between Turkey and Russia officially ended during Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Moscow. Turks who will go to Russia after April 17 will not need a visa for their stay in this country up to 30 days. Erdogan underlined importance of lifting visa procedures, and said he was expecting a significant rise in number of Russian tourists this year.
SABAH
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SUPER POWER PLANT FOR AKKUYU
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow on Wednesday. During his meeting with Medvedev, Erdogan requested additional security measures for the nuclear power plant to be built in Akkuyu, Mersin. Erdogan underlined that the nuclear power plant in Akkuyu would be an example to the whole world.
VISA FREE TRIPS BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA
Turkey and Russia on Wednesday exchanged notes in Moscow. Accordingly, visa free trips between Turkey and Russia will begin in 30 days.
VATAN
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GUNMAN ON THE LOOSE
Istanbul police detained Abdullah Ucmak, implacable enemy of singer Ibrahim Tatlises since 1998, together with his 20 men yesterday. The vehicle and the Kalashnikovs (which were used in the assassination attempt on Tatlises) were found too. Police is searching whether PKK terrorist organization is backing Ucmak who laid an ambush on Tatlises twice so far. It was learned that Ucmak, who got out of jail five months ago, rented the vehicle (used in the assassination attempt) in Pendik district of Istanbul. Two unknown people, who arrived in Istanbul last week to hit Tatlises and stayed in the house of Ucmak, had their traces lost. It was stated that one of them pulled the trigger and the other was driving the car. Also, it was learned that Ucmak earlier examined Maslak district where Tatlises was hit, and he was in the district during the incident.
"TEN PERCENT OF ISTANBUL COLLAPSES"
Turkish Public Works & Housing Minister Mustafa Demir, who previously said "we would do better than Japans", announced the number of buildings which may collapse in case of an earthquake in Istanbul: only about 10 percent of all buildings will collapse, and 15 percent will be damaged significantly in an earthquake measuring 7.5 on Richter scale in Istanbul.
CUMHURIYET
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ERDOGAN INSISTS ON NUCLEAR ENERGY
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday. Erdogan said that a ground-breaking ceremony for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in southern province of Mersin may take place either at the end of April or beginning of May. "The construction of the nuclear power plant will begin. We can not change our plans for the nuclear power plant by expecting any negative results," Erdogan said.
NEW PROJECTS ON WAY
Turkish main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will announce its democratization package following the 'Family Insurance' and 'civil society' moves. CHP officials said that they would make public projects related to youth, democratization, education, foreign policy, development of eastern and south-eastern Anatolia and social development soon.
RADIKAL
-------
PAID MILITARY SERVICE FOR THOSE WITH MONEY, UNPAID FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE MONEY
Here is the main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) proposal: Turkish men above 28 years old shall perform unpaid military service if they earn less than 1,000 Turkish liras (TL) a month. Those who earn more shall perform a paid military service that can cost between 7,500 and 15,000 TL.
BDP NOT TO REMAIN BELOW ELECTORAL THRESHOLD
4 million votes are sufficient enough to pass the 10 percent electoral threshold in Turkey. The Peace & Democracy Party (BDP) can get enough votes if it joins the upcoming general elections as a party.
TURKIYE
-------
ERDOGAN RECEIVES HONORARY DOCTORATE
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received an honorary doctorate from the Moscow State Diplomacy Institute. Erdogan said he was pleased to get an honorary doctorate from an institute steering Russian diplomacy.
MOSCOW: NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan set the date when visa exemption will begin. Turkey and Russia have completed talks to end visa procedures. Medvedev and Erdogan said the visa-free era between two countries would begin on April 17. Visa exemption will raise trade volume between the two countries.
ZAMAN
-----
VISA FREE TRIPS BETWEEN TURKEY & RUSSIA
Turkey and Russia on Wednesday exchanged notes on visa free trips between the two countries. The citizens of the two countries can travel without visas as of April 17. Turkey expects a significant increase in the number of Russian tourists visiting Turkey with the visa liberalization.
TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION BANKS ANNOUNCE AN INCREASE IN NET PROFITS
Four participation banks operating in Turkey announced a total net profit of 759.5 million Turkish liras (TL) in 2010, up 8 percent from a year earlier. Funds raised last year rose 26 percent to 33.8 billion lira and 66 percent of these funds was denominated in Turkish lira. Allocated funds were up 29 percent to 32.1 billion lira and total assets increased 29 percent to 43.3 billion lira. Net assets also went up 23 percent to 5.5 billion lira.
YENI SAFAK
-----------
IT WILL CARRY LUCE
Turkish Airlines (THY) signed a sponsorship agreement with another giant --after Barcelona and Manchester United. Shakhtar Donetsk, team of Mircea Lucescu which compete in Champions League, will play with the jersey carrying THY logo on it for one and a half years.
AKKUYU TO BE AN EXAMPLE
During his visit to Russia, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave the message that "no turning back from nuclear energy". He said, "I believe the initiative which will be launched in Akkuyu hamlet will be a model investment for the world."
VISA-FREE TRAVEL TO RUSSIA
It was stated that mutual visa-free travels would begin as of April 17 thanks to the note-exchange between Turkey and Russia. The citizens of Turkey and Russia will be able to visit each other's country without using visa.
