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Papadopulous Slams the Door
Greek Cypriot leader Tasos Papadopulous turned down any calendar to solve the Cyprus problem and any arbitration involved. Speaking at the Greek Parliament, Papadopulous said he rejected a settlement in Cyprus to be linked to October 3, 2005 when Turkey will begin accession talks with EU. He rejected any arbitration and any referendum on any peace plan. |
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Minutes of the Bribe Given in Vain
The phone conversations of Necmettin Erbakan (The founder of the political Islamic movement in turkey) to get rid of prison sentence, were inserted to the file of the Lancet 2 investigation. These conversations show that he paid a bribe of 20 thousand DM and his wife Nermin 100 billion TL to influence the rulings of the court. IN spite of this money, the Appeals Court upheld the prison sentence given to Erbakan. |
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Natural Gas from Iran Starts
Natural gas flow from Iran started again this morning. Energy and Natural Sources Minister Hilmi Güler stated that the interruption in the Iranian gas was completely a technical subject and a new line has started working . Guler said, “This is an technical subject so there is no problem.” |
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Erdogan and Arınc Congratulate Christmas
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc congratulated the Chirtsams of Christians. Erdogan said in his message that “I am sharing with happiness, the joy of our Christian citizens in Chirstmas and wish that it brings happiness to them, to the Christian world and humanity.” |
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Terrorist Administration
Turkish Cypriot President Rauf Denktas said that sitting once more at the table on the Annan Plan, meant modifications on the plan and “The thing demanded from Turkey at the EU table, is to recognise the terrorist state which they call the Cyprus Republic.” |
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Do not fear, tax discount will increase our income
Finance Minister Kemal Unakıtan said that the discount on taxes that will start in 2005 will not decrease the income. Unakıtan said: “In fact it will increase the income.” Unakıtan who said that they decreased the tax from the top to the bottom gradually, asserted that there will be no taxes whiiiich are not payable any more. |
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Israel prepares to host Gul
Israeli statesmen and journalists say the same thing: “We attach great importance on Turkey. We have a historical relationship. We want our relations in economy, military, political and tourism to be much more better.” |
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Death Came in a Aruck in Mosul
The killing of 5 Turkish policemen in Mosul is being enlightened. Terrorists were found out to lay an ambush on the convoy of the Turkish security guards, with a truck. Terrorists attacked the Turkish convoy with a truck equipped with heavy guns and bombs. |
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Parliament to Ask About Mass Grave to General Staff Parliament to Ask About Mass Grave to General Staff
The Parliamentary Human Rights Commission decided to ask in written form, information from the General Staff, about the mass grave of eleven people that was found in the Kulp town of Diyarbakir, after these people disappeared following their detention in 1993. |
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Take Care About Your Pocket!
Former Revenues General Director warned about the new year reduction of the Value Added Tax, by the government: “A campaign should be carried out to reduce the prices. Otherwise, the KDV reduction will enter to the pocket of the supplier and to the conscience of the merchant.” |
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Fight at Greek Parliament
The Greek Parliament had a fierce discussion yesterday, over Cyprus. During budget talks, opposition party PASOK accused the government of making concessions to Turkey in the Brussels summit. In response, Government Spokesman Theodoros Rusopulous said that “If the views of Pasok leader Papanderou were accepted, Denktas would be in Brussels instead of Papapendreou.” |
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