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Erdogan: EU Should Fufill its Duty
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey has done all from A to Z and it was the turn of EU now. Addressing Leyla Zana and her friends who made announcements at foreign dailies, he said that, "The expiration date of politics made on behalf of nationalists, has become past." |
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Schröder-Balkanende: The Objective is Turkey's Full Membership
German P.M. GErhard Schröder and EU Term President Dutch P.M. Jan-Peter Balkanende talked about Turkey ahead of the December 17 summit of EU. Both prime ministers said that a negotiating date will be given in the summit to Turkey and its objective will be full membership, but the negotiations will take a long time. |
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Phone Pass Words: Opera-Concerto
Police is now trying to decipher the pass words like "Opera" and Concerto" mentioned by Cem Uzan, his brother Hakan and their men via satellite phones. Cem Uzan had a cross-examination at the financial police department after being detained Sunday night. He and his men are asked to whom does the passwords, Concerto, Opera and Sibop belong. |
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From Erdogan to European Leaders: History Will Never Forget You
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said that "If Europe says No to Turkey and burns bridges with the rest of the world, history will not forgive it." Referring to the terror of Al-Qaeda, Erdogan said that "If Turkey is rejected, then the world will have to stand the current circumstances." |
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Kaya Accuses Zana of Ignorance
Yasar Kaya, the founder chairman of banned Democracy Party accused Leyla Zana and her friends who raised opposition to their Kurd declaration, of being ignorant and inconsistent and being unaware of the developments in the world. In an interview aired in the Kurdistan Post internet site, Kaya said that “These are not seniors or representatives. |
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EU Fashion Show
Turkish fashion designer Atil Kutoglu featured a fashion show in Vienna, the capital of Austria which is cold towards Turkey’s EU membership. The “Modern Turkey” show of Kutoglu was featured by Turkish Miss World Azra Akin and other famous Turkish top models. |
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Armenian Surprise by France
French Foreign Minister Barnier announced that they will give their consent to begin Membership talks with EU. However he said , without mentioning “Genocide” that, “We are persistent to bring up the Armenian tragedy to the table during the negotiations. “ |
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Budget Surplus: 418 Trillion TL
The strict budget implementation , coupled with transferring part of tax revenues to October resulted with a record-level budge surplus. All expenses, including interests, were met by revenues and the budget had a surplus of 418 trillion TL. |
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Last-Night Summit
If France persisted to insert another option than membership for Turkey into the final decision of EU, Prime Ministers Schröder, Erdogan and French President Chirac will have a “Last-night” summit on December 16. |
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