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TURKEY-PRESS SCAN (1)

ANKARA (A.A) - 21.02.2011 - These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on February 21, 2011. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET
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WHO ARE THOSE TURKS?
Libyan authorities have claimed that some foreign circles supported by Israel had triggered the chaos in the country and there were Turks among them. The Turkish Embassy in Tripoli asked Libyan authorities about identities of those Turks. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan telephoned Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi about evacuation of Turkish citizens from the country.   

FINAL DECISION FOR ELECTION
The ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party will take the first step for the upcoming parliamentary election. A draft about the election will be submitted to the parliament today. The draft will be debated by the relevant commission on February 24. It is expected to be brought onto the parliamentary agenda on March 1.

MILLIYET
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I WILL QUIT IF I LOSE, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who spoke to journalists at the opening of a shopping mall in Istanbul on Sunday accused opposition leaders of not leaving their chairs and made a call. Erdogan said, "if my party becomes the second in June 12 elections, I will leave leadership. Will you be able to say you will also quit? Leader of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahceli quit leadership for 8 months and returned on the 9th month."

SECOND TURK WALKING TOWARDS SUMMIT OF COLA
Ahmet Bozer is the top name in the unit of Coca Cola in Eurasia-Africa region where three billion people live. Muhtar Kent is the CEO of Coca Cola. Bozer said his biggest success was to rise rate of women administrators to 73 percent.

SABAH
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GIANT INVESTMENTS IN 2011
Turkey's leading companies are getting ready to make giant investments in 2011. Five giant companies will make investments worth of 3 billion USD. Zorlu group allocated 1.2 billion USD while Calik Holding allocated 700 million USD, Anadolu Group 500 million USD and Borusan 400 million USD for their investments in 2011. 

ALERT AT FOREIGN MINISTRY
Prior to his departure for Tunisia later today, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held an emergency meeting with his aides about the recent incidents in Libya. They discussed measures to be taken for evacuation of nearly 25 thousand Turkish citizens from this country and impacts of a likely change of regime in north African nation. 
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