-TURKEY-PRESS SCAN (2)

ANKARA (A.A) - August 3, 2011 - These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on August 3, 2011. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

VATAN
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PRACTICE PERIOD ENDS IN TSK
Important names of Justice & Development (AK) Party assessed new seating order that was changed after 51 years. Hayati Yazici, Customs Minister, said, "Turkey is getting rid of unlawful implementations known as practices. The developments and changes are very important."
Egemen Bagis, the EU minister said, "Turkey is getting normalized. This is the right thing. The meeting has one chair only."

WET SIGNATURE IS FAKE, BUT THE MEMORANDUM IS REAL
Colonel Dursun Cicek, the arrested suspect of the case "Action Plan on Fight Against Fundamentalism" spoke during yesterday's hearing in Silivri. "The court accepted internet memorandum indictment. That is a real document. If the wet signature was real, I would also say it, but it is fake."
The court refused Cicek's call for release.

CUMHURIYET
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BARGANING FOR RETIREMENT
Supreme Military Council meeting lasted for 6 hours on the second day. An agreement was reached for the appointments to be made for force commands. Gen. Hayri Kivrikoglu will be appointed as Land Forces Commander, Gen. Yalcin Ataman as Gendarmerie General Commander, Full Admiral Murat Bigel as Naval Forces Command and Lieutenant General Mehmet Erten will be appointed as Land Forces Commander.
The actual problem in YAS meeting is promotion of arrested generals. The government flank wants to retire the 14 names, who are under trial on charges of Balyoz (Sledgehammer) case. Laying the generals and admirals off is also at the table.
Uncertainty still continues against Major General Helvacioglu, Major General Kaya and Rear Admiral Gavremoglu, who had to be promoted last year but whose decrees were not approved by the government.

BURKAY: WEAPONS SHOULD QUIET DOWN FROM NOW ON
Culture and Tourism Minister Ertugrul Gunay visited politician and poet Kemal Burkay. Gunay said Burkay would have great contribution on solving the Kurdish problem. 
Burkay said, "we can not say to the army to lay down arms. However, it may contribute to the peace by putting an end to military operations."

RADIKAL
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"EMPTY YOUR HOMES, WE WILL HIT"
Witnesses of the massacre in Syria spoke to Radikal.
Bashar Al-Assad's soldiers made this announcement and killed 150 people in Hama. 28-year-old computer engineer Basil tells: "There are snipers in the street. I cannot get out. They are bombing the mosque so that people would not stage protest after the pray. They are killing without caring about prayer calls or fast-breaking."
Farmer Hisham says Rayes Hospital and Ashehr Bishir Mosque were hit. 
"Soldiers are firing randomly. They ravaged Kaza, a village near Hama," he says.

SUGGESTION FOR THE NEW ORDER MADE BY GOVERNMENT
The new order of seating in Supreme Military Council meeting was made by the government. Meanwhile, new commanders were not named on the second day too. There is a disagreement between the government and the military on lieutenant generals.