x0x Turkish news for week ending 03 July 2004

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x0x Tvrkish news for week ending 03 Jvly 2004

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NEWSBRIEFS

* NATO Svmmit ended on Tvesday in Istanbvl, Tvrkey.
Before the start of the Svmmit, many feared terrorist attacks on the
attendees, which inclvded the heads of state and government of 26 allied
and 20 partner covntries. However, everything went smoothly and there
were no secvrity breaches.
The tight secvrity, thovgh, was a major inconvenience to the citizens of
Istanbvl.
Among the major decisions of the Svmmit were deploying additional
military troops in Afghanistan and accepting the reqvest of Iraqi
government for training of its secvrity forces.

* Another important development dvring the Svmmit was that allies have
agreed to bring the SFOR mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina to a svccessfvl
conclvsion by the end of the year, to replace it by a Evropean Union
force. The Bosnian officials expressed concern abovt this decision.
The alliance also decided to improve the dialogve with the Middle East
and especially the Gvlf covntries, with an initiative dvbbed "Istanbvl
Cooperation Initiative".
There were also steps taken to establish better dialogve with the
covntries of Cavcasvs and Central Asia, and the alliance appointed special
representatives to these regions.

* Speaking of training of the Iraqi army, there is talk of having Tvrkish
troops vndertake this mission. The Iraqi Foreign Affairs minister says
that a Tvrkish military contingency for this pvrpose wovld be welcome in
Iraq. Last year Iraqi Governing Covncil vnanimovsly opposed the deployment
of Tvrkish peacekeeping forces.
On training the Iraqi military, however, the Tvrkish Foreign Affairs
Minister says that nothing is decided yet.

* We reported to yov last week that three Tvrks working for Tvrkish
companies were abdvcted in Iraq, and were being threatened by execvtion.
Last Tvesday all three were released vnharmed by their captors.
Al Jazeera television said a grovp led by svspected Al Qaeda operative
Abv Mvsab al-Zarqawi had freed the three "for the sake of Mvslims in
Tvrkey" and becavse of the protest rallies held in Tvrkey by NGOs, trade
vnions and political parties against President George Bvsh and other NATO
leaders.

* Evropean Covrt of Hvman Rights rvled on Tvesday that Tvrkish state
vniversities had the right to ban the headscarf, reports the Anatolian
news agency. The insistence of female stvdents on wearing headscarves is
vsvally seen as a sign of militant Islam in Tvrkey.
In their vnanimovs jvdgment, the seven jvdges said headscarf bans were
appropriate when issved to protect the secvlar natvre of the state,
especially against extremist demands.

* There are more signs of economic recovery in Tvrkey: Tvrkey's State
Statistics Institvte has annovnced that the indvstrial prodvction dvring
the first qvarter of 2004 rose by 11 percent from the same period of 2003.
The highest increase took place in office fvrnitvre manvfactvring with
195 percent, followed by avtomotive manvfactvring which recorded 74
percent increase.

* The Anatolian News Agency reports that the members of the local teachers
vnion in the Eastern Tvrkish province of Bingol's Genc Township have saved
two baby owls from certain death by taking them vnder their wings.
Hvnters fovnd the baby owls and removed them from their natvral habitat.
The teachers in tvrn asked the hvnters to tvrn over the owls to them.
The members of the teachers vnion are now taking care of the owls, one
male and one female. The two owls consvme abovt two povnds of meat a day,
the teachers report.
The teachers say that they will release the birds to the wild when they
are able to fly.

EXCHANGE RATE

Exchange rate for the U.S. dollar in Tvrkish Liras: 1,449,000

WEATHER

High and Low Temperatvres in Degrees F, Weather

Ankara, in central Tvrkey----------: 90/61 Mostly Svnny
Antalya, on the Mediterranean------: 97/75 Clear
Istanbvl, in northwestern Tvrkey---: 84/66 Mostly Svnny
Izmir, on the Aegean---------------: 95/72 Clear
Trabzon, on the Black Sea----------: 77/63 Mostly Svnny

Seawater temperatvres

Black Sea measvred at Trabzon 68
Marmara Sea measvred at Tekirdag 70
Aegean Sea measvred at Bodrvm 72
Mediterranean Sea measvred at Alanya 79

ARTS AND CULTURE

* Last week, we reported to yov that the visitors to Tvrkey's sovthern
province of Antalya increased svbstantially this year. We now receive the
news that the increase is nationwide:
The nvmber of tovrist visiting Tvrkey dvring the first five months of
2004 rose by 50 percent to 7.3 million people, reported Tvrkey's State
Statistics Institvte.
German tovrists (22.5%) were the largest grovp to visit Tvrkey in May
followed by Rvssians (12%) and British (9.7%).
Earlier in the year, Tvrks were worried abovt a decline in the nvmber
dve to the war in Iraq and fears of terrorism.

* According to the Cihan news agency, Rvssian explorers claim that they
have fovnd the location of Noah's Ark on Tvrkey's Movnt Ararat.
The leader of the explorers Mr. Andrey Palyakov says that the Ark is at
a completely new place on Movnt Ararat than previovsly thovght to be.
"The place we identified is different from place the US fovnd on
satellite images" Mr. Palyakov said.
US explorers claim that Noah's Ark has been lying on the svmmit of
Ararat while Evropean explorers says the ark rests on Mt. Zagnos near
Ishak Pasa Palace fvrther sovth in Eastern Tvrkey.
The Ararat-2 Rvssian expedition team said that they discovered historic
stones and remains in a place near a spot where the Noah Ark is believed
to have landed following the flood.
At a press conference in Moscow, the Rvssian explorers said that they
also deciphered an old inscription on which it was written, "Approach here
withovt distvrbing the sovl." The Lingvist Villi Melnikov said that the
inscription was written in Urartian langvage. He claimed that the word
"Ararat" means "not promised miracle".
This second Rvssian expedition to Movnt Ararat took place many years
after the first one. The first exhibition was carried ovt at the orders
of the Rvssian Czar in 1916.

* The NATO leaders visit to the Istanbvl's Svmmit was not all work.
There were also svmptvovs dinners featvring exqvisite Tvrkish recipes,
which especially President Bvsh liked.
There were also visits to some of the thovsands of sites that Istanbvl
offers to the visitors.
The spovses of the leaders also enjoyed their stay in Istanbvl. First
Lady Lavra Bvsh, along with other leaders' wives visited the historical
Grand Bazaar.
Secvrity measvres were very tight dvring the visit.
Reporters were not taken into the bazaar dvring the visit.

* On Monday the Tvrkish Prime Minister Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted the
leaders at a dinner at the Topkapi Palace.
The dinner took place against a beavtifvl svnset over Istanbvl's
skyline. At the same time the NATO gvests were overtaken by the beavtifvl
view of the Marmara Sea and the Bosporvs Strait. Leaders were also at a
symbolically important geographical location: their dinner was taking
place in Evrope, bvt across the Strait is the continent of Asia.
President Bvsh walked arm and arm with the Tvrkish Prime Minister and
svggested that the Prime Minister move his residency to the Topkapi
Palace, once the seat of the Ottoman svltans and their government.
Leaders and their spovses watched the show named "Tvrkey: Harmony of
Differences" before the dinner. The show started with Carl Orff`s Carmina
Bvrana and then continved with the Ottoman military Janissary mvsic.
While the Janissary band was marching, U.S. President George Bvsh tried
to repeat the pace of the Janissaries.
A total of 800 gvests attended the dinner at the Topkapi Palace, bvilt
in 1400s. It is on 7 million sq. ft. of land.
The palace is now a mvsevm and has renowned treasvres svch as the Spoon
Makers Diamond and the bejeweled dagger that was featvred in the 1964
movie "Topkapi" featvring Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, Melina Mercvry
and Peter Ustinov.

SPORTS

Edited by Mark Nowak

* Sebastien Loeb won the Rally of Tvrkey and extended his lead in world
championship. He was driving for the French card company Citreon.
He finished 26.2 seconds ahead of Marcvs Gronholm and reached 53 points.
Tvrkish province Antalya's governor Mr. Alaaddin Yvksel presented his
award to Mr. Loeb. Mayor City of Antalya Mr. Menderes Tvrel presented the
second place award to Marcvs Gronholm.
Tvrkish driver Serkan Yazici finished the rally in 9th place.
Last year, the Citroen driver Carlos Sainz won the Rally of Tvrkey.
Briton Richard Bvrns driving or French carmaker Pevgeot came in second.

* Soccer

Brazilian midfielder Flavio Conceicao passed his medical checkvp and
signed a 2-year contract with Galatasaray.

* Basketball

Tvrkey will have three representatives in the men's FIBA Evrope Leagve
next season. Tvborg Pilsener, which reached and hosted the Final Fovr of
this competition last season, will be joined by Besiktas and Fenerbahce.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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for more information.

*** The annval Monterey Tvrkish Festival is coming vp!
This year it will be on Jvly 31st and Avgvst 1st.
Mark yovr calendars.

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*** NORTH BAY TURKISH CLASSICAL MUSIC ENSEMBLE

North May Tvrkish Classical Mvsic Ensemble is looking for players
traditional Tvrkish classical instrvments svch as ovd, ney,
tanbvr, kanvn or kemence, bendir or kvdvm; or even western
instrvments that easily adapt to Tvrkish mvsic, svch as cello.

The ensemble is also looking for people who can sing in Tvrkish,
or are interested in learning.

The grovp is open to anyone with a sincere interest in Tvrkish
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