Today in Turkish Press

ANKARA (A.A) - 06.06.2011 - These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on June 6, 2011. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

VATAN
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PKK'S TOP FINANCIAL NAME DETAINED ONCE AGAIN
Nedim Seven, who is responsible for the PKK terrorist organization's financial affairs in Europe, has been detained once again when French police raided the Kurdish Culture Center in Paris. A spokesman for the French Interior Ministry said that two more leading names of the terrorist organization were detained in the raid. Earlier, Seven was detained for three times. He was released by French authorities despite Turkey's demand for his extradition.   

SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON RISE
Sales of motor vehicles reached 80 thousand in May. In May last year, sales of motor vehicles were calculated as 59,337. Association of Automotive Distributors said that sales of motor vehicles increased 64 percent to 259,182 in the first four months of the year. 

CUMHURIYET
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CRITICISMS RAIN ON ERDOGAN FROM ABROAD
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was criticised by British Observer newspaper after The Economist and Time magazines and New York Times. The article in Observer says the real problem of Erdogan was not driving away the Kemalist secular people from himself. The real problem is about the rising number of liberal intellectuals who once supported Erdogan but now started to see him as a fragile, domineering and authoritarian leader, says the article.

IS THIS BASBUG AND BUYUKANIT'S TURN?
It was claimed that 25 retired and active soldiers including former chiefs of general staff Gen. Ilker Basbug and Gen. Yasar Buyukanit will be called to give testimony within the scope of Balyoz (Sledgehammer) investigation.
           
RADIKAL
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ERDOGAN ASKS FOR 367 MPS FOR CONSTITUTION
Speaking at his party's election rally in Istanbul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, "Our biggest project is to make a libertarian constitution. We need 367 deputies to achieve this goal". Noting that his party wanted a civilian and participatory constitution, Erdogan said, "If we come to the parliament with more than 367 deputies, we will start studies on the constitution right away".

THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT 1923, HOW CAN THEY SPEAK ABOUT 2023?
Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu targeted Prime Minister Erdogan during his party's election rallies in central Anatolian provinces of Aksaray and Kayseri. "Those who do not have the spirit of 1923, cannot talk about the year 2023," Kilicdaroglu told the crowds. The chairman also noted that Turkey's current government was unproductive.