SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,

UNCLAS ADANA 0178 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, JUL 04-05-06, 2003 ¶1. This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 04-05-06, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ¶2. Bolge / A strategic research center has been opened in Adana by some academicians and historians. Cezmi Yurtsever, a historian, announced that this center is to protect the proud history of the Turkish Nation. ¶3. Milli Gazete / Half of the population of (60 families) Kadirusagi Village, in Malatya live in US. It started with one family going to US as immigrants and the rest followed after that. Most families have dual citizenships and don't think about returning to Turkey. ¶4. Milli Gazete / The shopkeepers of Incirlik village in Adana complain about the slow down in their businesses. About 1000 American soldiers leaving the base affected the 500 shops in the village economically. ¶5. Sabah, Evrensel, Tercuman / About 500 people in Diyarbakir made a "peace chain" by holding their hands around the historical castle and asked for a general amnesty. The gathering was organized by Diyarbakir DEHAP (The Democratic People's Party). ¶6. Evrensel / Government officials declared that the electricity bills are going to be higher in the East and Southeast. "This is discrimination," announced the spokesperson of the Electrical Engineers Association. ¶7. Evrensel / Adana NO-WAR Platform held a meeting in a park on June 4 and protested the US. The secretary of the Human Rights Organization in Adana blamed the US for wars and colonization and called all nations for a fight against the US. ¶8. Evrensel / A pregnant woman in Hakkari claimed that a soldier kicked her during an argument about a smuggled cow and she lost her unborn baby after the incident. The woman sued the soldier in Semdinli. HART