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Polat's target was Oğuz Yılmaz's killers
Hürriyet can now reveal details regarding Turan Polat and his accomplice Canip Kandemir's interrogation at police quarters. Caught in Yalova two days ago, ex-police officer Turan Polat and ex-convict Canip Kandemir's interrogations that were held in separate buildings have now come to an end. The suspects requested an attorney immediately after they were caught - exercising their right to silence. They were taken to the judicial court on grounds of "armed usurpation, armed conflict with police and village guard forces, using fake IDs, and carrying guns without licenses." |
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Erdogan: New president will be elected by this parliament
On his return to Turkey, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hit back at CHP leader Deniz Baykal and DYP leader Mehmet Ağar's criticisms, saying that the current parliament is fully capable of carrying out elections for a new President. The premier also added that there was absolutely no need for early elections. Talking to a group of journalists, Erdoğan criticized Baykal's suggestion that there should be early elections in 2006: "We have achieved stability in the country. The parliament is authorized to elect a new president. Why go and make early elections, then?" |
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Bush warns Syria to stay out of Lebanon
US President Bush said on Friday that he was shocked to learn of reports that Syria still might have intelligence agents operating in Lebanon. During a meeting with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, the US president said, "Obviously, we are are going to follow up on these troubling reports and we expect the Syrian government to follow up on these troubling reports." Bust then firmly reiterated that Syria must stay out of Lebanon and grant the wishes of both the US and the United Nations, in both aspects of military and intelligence powers. |
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Poland to hold a referendum on the EU Constitution
The Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka has announced that Poland will most likely hold a referendum on the new European Constitution on October 9. Belka told Spanish newspaper "El Pais" that the rejections by the French and the Dutch would not affect the ratification process in Poland. According to the Polish prime minister France and the Netherlands should present different formulas of the treaty following the failure to ratify the document, however, the PM also said that a time for consideration and a cooling down period was also necessary. |
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2006 World Cup qualifying round continues
The World Cup qualifying matches continue with Turkey scheduled to play Kazakhstan in Almati on Wednesday night. After last week's no score draw against Greece in Istanbul, Turkey was left in third place in Group 2 on 13 points, two points behind the Greek team but a huge seven points behind the Ukraine. With four matches to go Turkey is looking at second-place and hopefully to get a shot at the play offs in order to qualify for the 2006 World Cup that will be held in Germany. |
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Warrants issued for the arrest for 150 PKK members
US forces have issued warrants for the arrest of 150 PKK members, including Osman Öcalan, brother of the imprisoned Abdullah Ocalan leader of the terrorist group. Units in Iraq from now on will be on alert. Although it is understood that the warrants were issued two months ago, no-one has been arrested just yet. Turkish authorities gave a list of 150 names to the Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari a few months back. The warrant that covers all of these names is the first concrete step US forces have taken against the PKK following the Iraqi war. However, some quarters are skeptical about the fact that there have been no arrests since the issuing of the warrants. |
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Erdoğan: US leadership is great opportunity for world
Speaking to a group in the Foreign Politics Association in New York City, Turkish Prime Minister RecepTayyip Erdoğan said that the global status and power of the US are great opportunities for the world at large: "The US is still very much concerned with the world," Erdoğan said. Adding that, "Our partnership with the US - the most effective global power in the foreseeable future, is based on common interests and universal values. US-Turkey partnership dates back to half a century ago and our disagreements are not on principles." |
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The same criminal under the same mask
Following some suspicious behavior, Turan Polat was caught by the police while preparing for an illegal operation in Yalova the other day. A police check showed that Polat had replaced the number plate on his hired car with a stolen one. When he was picked up he was clad in a bullet-proof vest, and was carrying a gun. Polat, who was freed from prison a couple years ago thanks to the amnesty issued with the help former prime minister's wife Rahşan Ecevit, was caught in Yalova carrying masks, gloves, a fake plate number, a screwdriver and duct tape - police do not yet know what or who he was after. |
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White House: Bush-Erdogan meeting not enough to repair damaged relationship
White House authorities are saying that the meetings between US President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan two days ago were an opportunity to change the direction of recent relations between Turkey and the US, but that they "were not enough to fully repair relations." |
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Six dead in warehouse explosion in Istanbul
An explosion in a warehouse has killed six people in Istanbul. The explosion happened at around 11.00 am local time at a fireworks depot in Umraniye, an asian suburb of Istanbul. A series of explosions occurred setting the warehouse on fire. Firefighters arrived on the scene quickly and got the fire under control only to recover the bodies of six people. The cause of the incident is not yet known. |
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Erdogan has a late lunch with UN's Kofi Annan
After a one hour delay, due to the closure of Andrews Air Force base because of President George W. Bush's trip to the midwestern state of Ohio, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in New York yesterday for a working lunch with UN General Secretary Kofi Annan. Over lunch, PM Erdogan expressed sorrow to Secretary Annan that the issues of the lifting of isolationary measures from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as well as financial support from the EU to the northern part of the island had not been discussed in the UN's Security Council for an entire year. |
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US Ambassador to Armenia says "genocide," loses prize
A prize which was going to be awarded to the US Ambassador to Armenia, Ambassador John M. Evans, has been withdrawn following intervention on the part of the US State Department. The State Department's decision to intervene in the award of the prize came after was revealed that Ambassador Evens had been using the phrase "Armenian genocide" freely, a stance which runs in direct opposition to official US foreign policy. |
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Blair Rejects Chirac's calls
for concessions on EU rebate
French President Jacques Chirac has called on the UK to make a gesture over the European Union budget rebate, but the call was quickly rejected by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Blair said that Britain had "over-paid" in previous years and that had been a "our gesture". The rejection comes at a time when the EU has been plunged into a crisis following the failure of France and the Netherlands to ratify the EU Constitution. Some say that this is evidence of the worsening rift within the EU. |
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