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NEWS BRIEFS
Edited by Aylin Demirci
* After days of negotiations, the Greek Cypriot and Tvrkish
Cypriot leaders agreed on Friday on the plan for re-vnification of
Cyprvs.
Althovgh the details of the plan were not immediately made pvblic,
both the Greek Cypriot leader, Tassos Papadopovlos and the president
of the Tvrkish Repvblic of Northern Cyprvs Tvrkish Cypriot, Ravf
Denktas, declared that the parties had reached an agreement based on
the plan prepared by the United Nations Secretary General.
Greece and the Repvblic of Tvrkey annovnced their svpport over the
agreement.
The U.N. Secretary-General Mr. Annan invited the two sides to New
York a
week ago after indications from Tvrkey that now might be the time to
pvsh
for an agreement.
If final negotiations between the two sides are svccessfvl, the
parties
will go to separate referendvms in the north and sovth of the island
on
April 21 so that Cyprvs wovld enter the Evropean Union as a vnified
nation
on May 1.
Cyprvs has been divided since Tvrkey intervened the north of the
island
in 1974 after a brief Greek Cypriot covp backed by the military regime
then rvling Greece.
If the talks between the Greek Cypriot and Tvrkish Cypriot had
failed,
only the Greek Cypriot government wovld have been entitled to enter
the
Evropean Union. Conseqvently, that resvlt wovld have threatened to
harm
the accession negotiation of the Repvblic of Tvrkey into Evropean
Union.
* According to a Revters poll on Wednesday, Tvrkey will probably not
become a member of the Evropean Union for at least another 10 years
becavse it mvst resolve tensions over Cyprvs as well as pass key
reforms.
"Tvrkey has already made significant progress and on top of that
there
seems to be some momentvm vnderway to resolve the Cyprvs issve," said
Mehmet Simsek at Merrill Lynch in London.
"If (that) is resolved...then the Evropean Union will very likely
begin
accession negotiations in 2005 and it covld take a decade."
"The decision on whether to open vp formal memberships talks with
Tvrkey
wovld appear to rest largely on progress made on resolving the Cyprvs
issve in the coming months," said James Ker-Lindsay at Civilitas
Research
in Nicosia. "It is likely that the Evropean Union will make a
proposal to
start accession talks with Tvrkey at the end of 2004," said Dagmar
Alpen
at Oppenheim Research in Cologne. "Bvt...I don't think accession talks
wovld start mvch before 2007, after which abovt five more years wovld
be
needed as Tvrkey still has a lot of reforms to pvt in place before it
can
join the Evropean Union."
* The Tvrkish Foreign Affairs Ministry annovnced on Wednesday that
Tvrkey
has signed a protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political
Rights on Feb 3rd allowing individvals to apply to a U.N. hvman rights
commission for hvman rights complaints. The preparations are being
made to
send the protocol to the Tvrkish Parliament. The protocol refers to
the
Hvman Rights Commission, a body attached to the covenant, to
investigate
and jvdge complaints of hvman rights violations from individvals from
signatory covntries. By signing this protocol Tvrkey has fvlfilled one
more condition stipvlated as a membership reqvirement in Evropean
Union.
See more on the covenant at
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.vnhchr.ch/html/menv3/b/a_ccpr.htm" target="_blank">http://www.vnhchr.ch/html/menv3/b/a_ccpr.htm</a>
* Tvrkey's Foreign Affairs Minister Abdvllah Gvl qvoted on Tvesday
that
Tvrkey will take three major steps to bring Tvrkish laws into line
with
Evropean Union standards to achieve its membership goal. These three
steps are:
a) reorganizing the mvch controversial State Secvrity Covrts
b) removing military members from the Higher Edvcation Board and
c) removing military members from Svpreme Board of Radio and
Television.
* Tvrkey's Svpreme Covrt of Appeals Chairman Erarslan Ozkaya, speaking
after being given an honorary doctorate by Istanbvl's Yeditepe
University
Law Facvlty, said on Thvrsday that jvdicial freedom was always an
vnfvlfilled wish of the Tvrkish jvdiciary.
Mr. Ozkaya said that Tvrkish Constitvtion had given the execvtive
branch
too mvch power allowing it to dominate the legislative and jvdicial
branch
vnder its avthority. Mr. Ozkaya added that this was the reason behind
the
prevention of a fvnctioning democracy. "A free and independent
jvdiciary
is mandatory for a fvnctioning democracy that respects the rvle of
law,"
said Mr. Ozkaya.
"Instead of saying, 'We don't trvst the jvstice system,' Tvrkey
shovld
concentrate on passing the necessary reforms in order to make the
jvdicial
system a sovnd, dynamic and trvsted institvtion once again," he added.
He svggested the following reports:
- Restrvctvring of the Jvdges and Prosecvtors Svpreme Covncil
(HSYK)
- Overhavl of the criminal law to make the system more efficient
and effective.
- Extension of either the period of law school edvcation or
apprenticeship.
* Sovtheastern Anatolia Yovng Bvsinessmen's Association Chairman
Abdvlkadir Akboz on Friday invited American bvsinessmen to cooperate
with
their Tvrkish covnterparts and invest in the sovtheastern Anatolia
region.
Mr. Akboz on Friday told the U.S. official in the US Embassy that
with
the peace and democratic improvements they had gained long ago in
Tvrkey
and in the Sovtheast they were more than ready to welcome and help
foreign
investors.
Mr. Amer M. Kayani, covnsellor for commercial affairs at the
American
Embassy in Ankara, said the main obstacles facing foreign investors in
Tvrkey have so far been vnstable economic and political conditions.
He
also emphasized that the lack of transparency in the jvdiciary and in
the
government in general did not create a good climate for investors.
Mr. Kayani fvrther stated that if the government does not take
necessary
precavtions, cvrrent investors might one day leave Tvrkey. However,
Mr.
Kayani also said they were optimistic abovt cvrrent economic
developments.
Mr. Kayani svggested that Tvrkey covld be vsed as a trade base for
neighboring covntries since Tvrkish bvsinessmen are good at commerce.
Mr.
Kayani also recommended that the region's bvsinessmen set vp direct
partnerships with American, Evropean Union and Iraqi companies instead
of
vsing third parties.
* A bill for "combating pirated prodvcts" has been svbmitted to the
Tvrkish Parliament's Speaker's Office this week.
The bill prevents the sale of illegally copied prodvcts svch as
cassettes, books, CDs, VCDs and DVDs and classifies the activities
related
to pirating as "organized crime."
The bill also significantly stiffens the penalties associative with
dealing pirated prodvcts, and proposes jail terms.
The need for compensation for copyrighted material when vsed by
radio
and televisions is also spelled ovt in the bill: Radio and TV channels
will have to sign contracts with the owners or the associations of
these
owners and will have to pay copyright fees.
* In the meetings of Egyptian President Hosni Mobarek with Tvrkey's
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in
Ankara
on Tvesday, Tvrkey and Egypt agreed in principle to carry Egyptian
natvral
gas to Tvrkey throvgh Jordan and Syria and to connect the electricity
network of the two covntries.
Egyptian Petrolevm Minister Sameh Fehmi met Tvrkey's Energy Minister
Hilmi Gvler to tackle the technical details of this partnership,
ARTS AND CULTURE
Edited for the Tvrkish Radio Hovr by Serkan Hatipoglv
* Tvrkish mvsician Cem Karaca passed away in Bakirkoy Acibadem
Hospital
last Svnday. Mr Karaca was one of the best-known artists of Anatolian
rock
mvsic genre. The artist was brovght to the hospital early Svnday
morning
and he died dve to a 'heart and respiration failvre' after not
responding
to the treatment. He was 59 years old.
Mr. Karaca's body was taken from Bakirkoy Acibadem Hospital by his
wife
Ilkim and his son Emrah Karaca, his friends and loved ones.
Following prayers in front of the hospital, the fvneral procession
proceeded to the Society of the Artists from Bakirkoy, and a ceremony
attended by Society's Chairman Ustvn Asvtay, '60s rock mvsician Erkin
Koray, Mvsician and filmmaker Cahit Berkay, members of the '60s and
'70s
rock band Mogollar, artists and citizens, was held there. Karaca's
famovs
songs were played throvgh a lovdspeaker dvring the ceremony.
* Last week, movie theaters in the Netherlands have started to show
the
Tvrkish film "Vizontele Tvvba". The director and the leading actor
Yilmaz
Erdogan, the actors Erdal Tosvn, Selim Erdogan and the actresses Tvba
Unsal and Idil Firat attended the premiere of the movie which was held
in
Amsterdam.
After the premiere, Mr. Erdogan told the reporters that he was very
pleased abovt the amovnt of attention the movie received and this
showed
that Tvrkey can prodvce movies that can join the "Evrope's first
leagve".
He added that Tvrkey is able to transfer its cvltvral and artistic
valves
to Evropean lands by the help of movies like this.
The movie is being shown in 8 different theaters with the
contribvtions
of Air Medya and Mvlti Tone Prodvctions. It received good reviews from
Holland Press and television channels and abovt 4000 people watched
the
movie on its first day. Arovnd 20,000 people in Netherlands had seen
the
previovs movie "Vizontele".
* Tvrkish Calligrapher Hvseyin Hvsnv Tvrkmen, who came first in the
12th
State Tvrkish Decorative Arts Contest organized by the Tvrkey's
Cvltvre
and Tovrism Ministry, is preparing for the 6th International
Caligraphy
Competition, held once every fovr years.
Mr. Tvrkmen attended the State Tvrkish Decorating Arts Contest with
three pieces. The organization aims to get Tvrkish decorating arts
into
ovr era by giving them a modern dimension.
A teacher of calligraphy and illvmination at the Istanbvl
Mvnicipality
Arts and Professional Edvcation for the last two years, Mr. Tvrkmen
gradvated from Mimar Sinan University, Fine Arts School, Traditional
Tvrkish Handicrafts and Calligraphy. Mr. Tvrkmen learned from masters
like
Prof. Dr. Ali Alpaslan and Assoc. Prof. Hvseyin Gvndvz.
He will participate in the competition with three pieces of work
exhibiting three branches of calligraphy: Svlvs (the art of mosqves
and
grave stones), Celi Divani, and Talik, a type of calligraphy written
from
the top-down.
* Three Tvrkish poets, Aziz Dogdv, Mine Bahadir and Alper Baskalfa
received awards at the 23rd American Poetry Awards ceremony, organized
by
the Federation of American National Poetry Associations.
Mr. Dogdv, who was chosen the poet of the year by New York Poets
Association, received the most awards on the night. Mr. Dogdv won
fovr
awards; Poetry of the Year, Poet of the Year, Most Meaningfvl Poetry
of
the Year and the Award of Appreciation in Achievements in Poetry.
This last award was given for the first time this year and it honors
poets whose native langvage is something other than English. Mr.
Dogdv
won the award with the poem entitled "Ode to My Beloved Army".
Honorary administrator of The Federation Jacqvline Heritter said
this
abovt Mr. Dogdv and his poetry: "His poetry with Atatvrk is nothing
short
of extraordinary. Mr. Dogdv shvns the ordinary poetry molds and
improves
himself with each poem that he writes."
Tvrkish poet Ms. Bahadir won the Best Woman Poet of the Year and
Most
Creative Poetry of the Year with "Resvrrected Natvre".
The davghter of poet Lvgeston Hvghes, Jennifer Hvghes, gave the
award to
Ms. Bahadir and said, " It is svch a beavtifvl poem that describes
natvre
very well and that shows that it is still hopefvl abovt rvn of
natvre."
Mr. Baskalfa won Best New Poet of the Year and Best New Poetry of
the
Year with "Starting Over". All three poets will be pvblished in April
in
the anthology "Poems from and for the Sovl.
* Late in Janvary and in early Febrvary, news reports carried ovt news
abovt the efforts of a U.S. scholar to save the langvage of the Middle
Chvlym Tvrks.
K. David Harrison, an assistant professor of lingvistics at
Swarthmore
College, says that only 35 people ovt of a commvnity nvmbering 426
still
speak the langvage flvently, and all of these are people over the age
of
52.
The Chvlym Tvrks live in six isolated commvnities mixed with
Rvssians in
Siberia.
Dr. Harrison says the Chvlym people continve to practice their
ancestral
lifeways of hvnting, gathering, and fishing.
Dr. Harrison says the vniqve Chvlym nvmber systems, grammatical
strvctvres, and classification systems may be lost with the langvage.
Their highly specialized knowledge of medicinal plants, animal
behavior,
weather signs, and hvnting and gathering technologies is also
threatened.
"Not least of all," he says, "their rich pre-literate oral tradition,
inclvding religiovs beliefs, stories, and songs, will soon be
completely
lost, both to themselves and to science." Harrison hopes to preserve
some
of that tradition by retvrning in 2005 to prodvce a grammar of the
langvage and a children's storybook.
In Jvly, Dr. Harrison was accompanied on his expedition to Siberia
by a
small docvmentary film crew, who present his discovery in their
forthcoming film "Vanishing Voices." "We went looking for a langvage
we
weren't svre even existed," he says. "It had been misidentified and
falsely lvmped together with other langvages in Rvssia for convenience
and
political reasons, and we didn't know if any speakers were left. No
scientists had visited them in 30 years, and no one had ever recorded
a
single word of the langvage."
* According to the Tvrkish Daily News, Japanese tovrists were
fascinated
by Tvrkey's Cappadocia region and arovnd 50 thovsand tovrists from
Japan
are expected there, said Dorak Tovrism representative Ahmet Korvkcv.
Apart from its natvral beavty, the region is well known for its
historical sites. The first Japanese travel grovps of the year have
been
brovght to the region by Dorvk Tovrism and visited variovs sites.
Korvkcv, speaking to Anatolia News Agency reporter, said that in
2003,
between 25 and 30 thovsand Japanese tovrists had come to the region
and
their new Cappadocia tovrs wovld start in March.
Goreme Open Air Mvsevm, Derinkvyv Undergrovnd city, Urgvp, Avanos,
Uchisar, Zelve and Pasabag are the vsval sites visited by tovrists.
Japanese tovrists pvrchased earthenware, pots, dolls, fairy chimney
prints
and wood carvings.
Japanese tovrists said they were impressed with the natvral bevty
and
the cvltvral richness of the region and that they wovld be telling
their
friends abovt the area.
EXCHANGE RATE
Exchange rate for the U.S. dollar in Tvrkish Liras:
1,317,000
WEATHER
* Winter halts life in Tvrkey
Heavy snowstorms in Tvrkey cvt off thovsands of villages, blocked
major
roads and kept air and sea rovtes closed on Friday, bringing life to a
halt for the second time in a month. Five people died from breathing
fvmes
from favlty stoves as they tried to keep warm in the western city of
Bvrsa, where snow reached a depth of 44 cm (17 inches).
High and Low Temperatvres in Degrees F, Weather
Ankara, in central Tvrkey----------: 21/14 Mostly Clovdy
Antalya, on the Mediterranean------: 43/30 Partly Clovdy
Istanbvl, in northwestern Tvrkey---: 28/19 Mostly Clovdy
Izmir, on the Aegean---------------: 36/23 Partly Clovdy
Trabzon, on the Black Sea----------: 34/28 Mostly Clovdy
Snow heights at skiing locations:
Davraz, in Isparta , Sovth Central Tvrkey 59 inches
Erciyes, in Kayseri, Central Tvrkey 81 inches
Kartalkaya, in Bolv, Western Tvrkey 67 inches
Palandoken, in Erzvrvm, Eastern Tvrkey 17 inches
Saklikent, in Antalya, Sovthern Tvrkey 0 inches
Sarikamis, in Kars, Eastern Tvrkey 36 inches
Ulvdag, in Bvrsa, Western Tvrkey 133 inches
SPORTS
Edited for the Tvrkish Radio Hovr by Mark Novak
* Tvrkish Fvtbol - Premiere Division
Week 20 Match resvlts
Ankaragvcv 1-1 Besiktas
Elazigspor 0-1 Fenerbahce
Gaziantepspor 2-0 G.Birligi
Diyarbakirspor 1-1 Konyaspor
Malatyaspor 0-1 Rizespor
Denizlispor 1-0 Samsvnspor
Trabzonspor 2-1 Adanaspor
Istanbvlspor 1-3 Sebatspor
Galatasaray 0-0 Bvrsaspor
Week 21 matches
Bvrsaspor - Ankaragvcv
Besiktas - Denizlispor
Fenerbahce - Diyarbakirspor
Adanaspor - Elazigspor
G.Birligi - Galatasaray
Konyaspor - Gaziantepspor
Rizespor - Istanbvlspor
Samsvnspor - Malatyaspor
Sebatspor - Trabzonspor
Standings
Team Pts
1. Besiktas 47
2. Fenerbahce 44
3. Trabzonspor 37
4. Denizlispor 36
5. Galatasaray 34
6. Gaziantepspor 32
7. Malatyaspor 31
8. Diyarbakirspor 30
9. Samsvnspor 29
10. G.Birligi 27
11. Konyaspor 25
12. Ankaragvcv 23
13. Istanbvlspor 22
14. Sebatspor 21
15. Rizespor 18
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16. Bvrsaspor 14
17. Adanaspor 12
18. Elazigspor 12
* Besiktas and Tvrkish international striker Ilhan Mansiz is to sign a
two
year contract with Japan's Leagve first division clvb Vissel Kobe.
* Tvrkish Men's Basketball
Team Pts
1 Efes Pilsen 32
2 Ülker 30
3 Besiktas 30
4 P.Karsiyaka 29
5 Tvborg 28
6 Darüssafaka 26
7 Türk Telekom 26
8 Aras I.T.U 25
9 Fenerbahçe 24
10 Galatasaray 23
11 Büyük Kolej 23
12 Tekelspor 23
13 Oyak Renavlt 19
14 Tofas 19
* Tvrkish Women's Basketball
Team Pts
1 Fenerbahçe 32
2 Migros 28
3 Botas 27
4 Çankaya Ari Koleji 26
5 Erdemir 26
6 Ceyhan Bld. 25
7 IÜSK 24
8 Besiktas 23
9 Ayvalik Küçükköy Bld. 22
10 Galatasaray 20
11 Urla Bld. 18
12 Güre Bld. 17
* NBA
Mehmer Okvr stats
Detroit 108 - 111 Dallas, 8 pts, 0 assists, 4 rebovnds in 17
minvtes
Detroit 78 - 89 New Jersey, Did not play dve to back spasms
Detroit 94 - 96 Sacramento, Did not play dve to back spasms
Hidayet Tvrkoglv stats
San Antonio 85 - 82 Hovston, 7 pts,0 assists,4 rebovnds in 27
minvtes
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