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TURKEY-PRESS SCAN (3)
ANKARA (A.A) - 17.02.2011 - These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on February 17, 2011. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
TURKIYE
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IRAN WANTS HONORABLE SOLUTION
Turkish President Abdullah Gul made public the content of his meeting with Iran's clergyman Ali Hoseini-Khamenei. Gul said nuclear crisis was brought up in the meeting. "Iran wants to solve this issue in an honorable way, and progress can be made if the West does not make any procedural mistake," he said.
PATRIOTIC-PERWER
There has been a great support to the Kurdish singer who has not yielded to the terrorist organization PKK and supported the government's democratic initiative. Sivan Perwer has responded to the politicians who are the extension of PKK and Qandil and who have declared him a traitor as saying, "you are the real traitors." Kurdish citizens who support Perwer say, "we should not yield to threats, and we should from now on silence PKK."
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, who had a two-hour meeting with the Kurdish singer in Germany, said, "Perwer is a distinguished singer, and I have seen a great patriotism in him. He is loyal to his soil and homeland. He wants terrorism and bloodshed to end."
ZAMAN
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TERRORIST ORGANIZATION PLANNING TO ESCALATE VIOLENCE AHEAD OF ELECTIONS
Terrorist organization PKK's secret urban wing KCK is planning to stage demonstrations to foment chaos in the run to the general elections in June, according to intelligence reports. Security officials say the KCK will intensify provocative demonstrations in March. The terrorist organization has followed the same strategy before ahead of elections in 2004, 2007 and in 2009.
GOVERNMENT SUBMITS BILL TO REINSTATE RETIREMENT PENSION FOR SACKED MILITARY OFFICERS
Turkish government has submitted a bill which would allow for the payment of retirement pensions for nearly 1800 military personnel who had been relieved of duty by Turkey's High Military Council or YAS. Decisions taken by the YAS cannot be appealed to any higher court for annulment.
YENI SAFAK
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DUTCH COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF TURKS ON VISALESS TRAVEL
A Netherlands court has ruled in favor of a Turkish national who petitioned to enter the country without obtaining a visa from Dutch authorities. Court ruled that Turkish nationals could stay in the country for up to three months without a permission.
HIGH COURT WRITES OFF PART OF TAX FINE FOR DOGAN
Turkey's top administrative court, the Council of State, has ruled in favor of the Dogan Holding in a case to cancel part of the group's tax fines. The court has written off 1.04 billion Turkish liras levied to Dogan TV and D Productions.
TURKIYE
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IRAN WANTS HONORABLE SOLUTION
Turkish President Abdullah Gul made public the content of his meeting with Iran's clergyman Ali Hoseini-Khamenei. Gul said nuclear crisis was brought up in the meeting. "Iran wants to solve this issue in an honorable way, and progress can be made if the West does not make any procedural mistake," he said.
PATRIOTIC-PERWER
There has been a great support to the Kurdish singer who has not yielded to the terrorist organization PKK and supported the government's democratic initiative. Sivan Perwer has responded to the politicians who are the extension of PKK and Qandil and who have declared him a traitor as saying, "you are the real traitors." Kurdish citizens who support Perwer say, "we should not yield to threats, and we should from now on silence PKK."
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, who had a two-hour meeting with the Kurdish singer in Germany, said, "Perwer is a distinguished singer, and I have seen a great patriotism in him. He is loyal to his soil and homeland. He wants terrorism and bloodshed to end."
ZAMAN
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TERRORIST ORGANIZATION PLANNING TO ESCALATE VIOLENCE AHEAD OF ELECTIONS
Terrorist organization PKK's secret urban wing KCK is planning to stage demonstrations to foment chaos in the run to the general elections in June, according to intelligence reports. Security officials say the KCK will intensify provocative demonstrations in March. The terrorist organization has followed the same strategy before ahead of elections in 2004, 2007 and in 2009.
GOVERNMENT SUBMITS BILL TO REINSTATE RETIREMENT PENSION FOR SACKED MILITARY OFFICERS
Turkish government has submitted a bill which would allow for the payment of retirement pensions for nearly 1800 military personnel who had been relieved of duty by Turkey's High Military Council or YAS. Decisions taken by the YAS cannot be appealed to any higher court for annulment.
YENI SAFAK
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DUTCH COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF TURKS ON VISALESS TRAVEL
A Netherlands court has ruled in favor of a Turkish national who petitioned to enter the country without obtaining a visa from Dutch authorities. Court ruled that Turkish nationals could stay in the country for up to three months without a permission.
HIGH COURT WRITES OFF PART OF TAX FINE FOR DOGAN
Turkey's top administrative court, the Council of State, has ruled in favor of the Dogan Holding in a case to cancel part of the group's tax fines. The court has written off 1.04 billion Turkish liras levied to Dogan TV and D Productions.
