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TURKEY-PRESS SCAN (3)

ANKARA (A.A) - July 13, 2011 - These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on July 13, 2011. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

TURKIYE
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BOSNIA ENTRUSTED TO US
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he visited Bosnia-Herzegovina's former president Alija Izzetbegovic at his sickbed only 24 hours before he died. Erdogan said, "he took my hand in our meeting, and he told me that Bosnia was entrusted to us. We will not forget Srebrenica, and we will not let anyone to forget it."

BDP IS ALSO COMING
The Peace & Democracy Party (BDP), who gave a green light to overcome oath-taking crisis at parliament, will meet Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek. BDP group's chairman Selahattin Demirtas said the party would hold talks to swear in at parliament, and added, "Turkey's future is important for us. We will continue our searches for a compromise with not only the AK (Justice & Development) Party but also the Parliament Speaker."

BESIKTAS DAY IN MATCH-FIXING WAVE
Besiktas' deputy chairman Serdal Adali and coach Tayfur Havutcu were detained in the last wave of match-fixing scandal.

ZAMAN
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DETENTIONS CONTINUE IN MATCH-FIXING INVESTIGATION
Besiktas soccer club's vice-chairman Serdar Adali, coach Tayfur Havutcu as well as Ibrahim Akin and Iskender Alin from Istanbulspor were detained within the scope of match-fixing investigation. Trabzonspor's chairman Sadri Sener and Turkish Football Federation's former chairman Mahmut Ozgener, who were detained in the investigation, were released. 

INTERIOR MINISTRY MAKES STATEMENT ON JITEM
The Interior Ministry made a written statement regarding JITEM, remembered with unsolved murders. The statement said that the name of Gendarmery Intelligence Group Command which was set up in 1987 was changed in 1988, stating that it became Gendarmery Intelligence and Combating Terrorism Group Command (JITEM). The ministry said that it was restructured in 1990, and the command has been continuing to work. Earlier General Staff and Gendarmery General Command did not accept existence of JITEM.

YENI SAFAK
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WHERE WERE YOU ON APRIL 27?
Addressing Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmakers who carried banners writing "sovereignty unconditionally belongs to the nation", Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, "what has changed suddenly so that CHP discovered national will? CHP was the party that supported April 27 (e-statement of the General Staff). When the (AK Party) closure case was going on, you were saying, 'judiciary is also national will'. Now, what has changed?"

THREE CANNOT BE TWO TRIALS AT SAME TIME
Professor Ersan Sen, the lawyer of Kanal 7 channel's executives who were arrested within the scope of Deniz Feneri e.V. investigation, recalled the ongoing case in Germany, and said, "there cannot be two trials regarding the same case in two different places." Sen said the investigation was going on for three years, and his clients did not have any possibility to escape from the country. Sen said, "people cannot get arrested without showing legal and actual reasons. Turkey is continuously getting convicted in the ECHR (European Court of Human Rights) for this reason."

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