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TURKEY-PRESS SCAN (1)
ANKARA (A.A) - 11.03.2011 - These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on March 11, 2011. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
HURRIYET
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FIRST PHOTOGRAPH
Journalists could take a photo of Kasif Kozanoglu, member of the National Intelligence Agency (MIT), for the first time in years when he was taken to the court house in Istanbul for questioning under Ergenekon probe.
TURKISH CYPRIOT GUNSEL IN FORBES' LIST
Another Turk was included in the world's billionaires list of the U.S. financial magazine Forbes. Turkish Cypriot businessmen was Suat Gunsel, the owner of Near East University, was at the 1,140th place in the list including a total of 1,210 billionaires. This year's list included 38 Turks.
DELAY IN DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
The day light saving time was set to begin on March 27. It was postponed to March 28 since more than 1.5 million students will take the university entrance exam on Sunday.
MILLIYET
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A RACE TO PARLIAMENT
A number of bureaucrats have resigned from their posts to run in the upcoming parliamentary election. Some people who were tried under the Ergenekon probe will also be candidate. The most surprising name among candidates is Hanefi Avci. Avci is still in jail on charges of being member of an illegal organization.
ERDOGAN CRITICIZES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reacted to the European Parliament's resolution on Turkey which included harsh criticism about freedom of press in the country. "Neither European Parliament's latest report on Turkey, nor the people that had prepared such document reflected a balanced approach. There is no balance in this report. Excuse me, but I believe, people who have prepared this document lack balance as well," he said.
SABAH
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PRIME MINISTER CRITICIZES EP REPORT
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the European Parliament's latest report on Turkey's progress in EU process and said that neither the report nor the people that had prepared such document reflected a balanced approach. Erdogan and Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic held a press conference after they had a meeting in Ankara. Replying to questions, Erdogan said, "there is no balance in this report. Excuse me, but I believe, people who have prepared this document lack balance as well. Because the expressions used in the report do not describe the freedom of press in Turkey."
KOZINOGLU ARRESTED
National Intelligence Organization's (MIT) former external operations department chief Kasif Kozinoglu who was wanted within the scope of Ergenekon case returned to Turkey from Afghanistan and testified in the court in Istanbul. Later, Kozinoglu was arrested and sent to Metris Prison.
HURRIYET
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FIRST PHOTOGRAPH
Journalists could take a photo of Kasif Kozanoglu, member of the National Intelligence Agency (MIT), for the first time in years when he was taken to the court house in Istanbul for questioning under Ergenekon probe.
TURKISH CYPRIOT GUNSEL IN FORBES' LIST
Another Turk was included in the world's billionaires list of the U.S. financial magazine Forbes. Turkish Cypriot businessmen was Suat Gunsel, the owner of Near East University, was at the 1,140th place in the list including a total of 1,210 billionaires. This year's list included 38 Turks.
DELAY IN DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
The day light saving time was set to begin on March 27. It was postponed to March 28 since more than 1.5 million students will take the university entrance exam on Sunday.
MILLIYET
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A RACE TO PARLIAMENT
A number of bureaucrats have resigned from their posts to run in the upcoming parliamentary election. Some people who were tried under the Ergenekon probe will also be candidate. The most surprising name among candidates is Hanefi Avci. Avci is still in jail on charges of being member of an illegal organization.
ERDOGAN CRITICIZES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reacted to the European Parliament's resolution on Turkey which included harsh criticism about freedom of press in the country. "Neither European Parliament's latest report on Turkey, nor the people that had prepared such document reflected a balanced approach. There is no balance in this report. Excuse me, but I believe, people who have prepared this document lack balance as well," he said.
SABAH
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PRIME MINISTER CRITICIZES EP REPORT
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the European Parliament's latest report on Turkey's progress in EU process and said that neither the report nor the people that had prepared such document reflected a balanced approach. Erdogan and Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic held a press conference after they had a meeting in Ankara. Replying to questions, Erdogan said, "there is no balance in this report. Excuse me, but I believe, people who have prepared this document lack balance as well. Because the expressions used in the report do not describe the freedom of press in Turkey."
KOZINOGLU ARRESTED
National Intelligence Organization's (MIT) former external operations department chief Kasif Kozinoglu who was wanted within the scope of Ergenekon case returned to Turkey from Afghanistan and testified in the court in Istanbul. Later, Kozinoglu was arrested and sent to Metris Prison.
