SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,

UNCLAS ADANA 0252 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2003 ¶1. This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for September 26, 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 / In Uludere, Sirnak province, police found 89 guns, some bullets and 1 automatic gun in a car and detained two people, identified only by the initials F.E and S.E. ¶3. Bolge / Police detained alleged head of Adana Hizbullah Ismail O. in Adana. Police found some illegal publishing, videocassettes and important hand-written information in his house. ¶4. Bolge, Zaman / Adana Governor Kemal Onal announced that in order to prevent doctors accepting money from the patients at the state hospitals, doctors should be forced to work either at a state hospital or at a private one. "Working at private hospitals and clinics after their work at state hospitals tires doctors and they are easily carried away to accept money from the state patients," Onal reported. ¶5. Evrensel / Tanrikulu, head of Diyarbair Law Bar announced that they welcome the new law which allows Kurdish names to be given to children. "With the new law, local officials cannot interfere with the parents' decision of the chosen name. However, characters which do not exist in the Turkish alphabet, like "x," "w" and "q" cannot be used in the names," Tanrikulu stated. ECONOMIC ¶6. Milli Gazete / Turkish Government stopped the entrance of war scrap metal that comes from Iraq to Iskenderun. Officials stated that all scrap metal entering Turkey should have a report from an internationally accepted lab showing that metal is free from radiation. "Once this problem is solved, scrap metal can continue coming into Turkey," officials reported. REID