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05ADANA123
2005-06-10 11:42:00
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Consulate Adana
Cable title:
SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 8, 2005
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UNCLAS ADANA 000123
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 8, 2005
Consulate Adana is providing this press scan for June 8. Please
note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or
exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy
of the reports summarized here.
1-People are trying to heal the wounds that a 5.7-magnitude
earthquake caused one day before in Karliova district of Bingol.
54 people were injured.
2-According to a TNP announcement, five persons who had arrived
in Istanbul after allegedly having been trained about bombs in
terrorist organizations' camps, were taken into custody as a
result of a military operation. They reportedly were found to
have links to the killings of two (unspecified) persons, in
Diyarbakir and Bingol.
3-Diyarbakir Bar Association filed a complaint with the
Diyarbakir Prosecutor against the decision of Diyarbakir's 6th
Heavy Penalty Court to allow MIT intelligence center to wiretap
communications in southeastern Turkey.
4-The Second Chief of Staff, Ilker Basbug, said that it was not
enough only to list the PKK among the list of terrorist
organizations. He noted that the terrorist organisation should
be deprived of its external resources and should absolutely be
discouraged about being succesful. Basbug strongly rejected the
idea of depicting Turkey as 'moderate islam'. He stressed that
Turkey was a secular country.
5-The Ministry of Agriculture has still been not able to work
out a solution to resume vegetable and fruit exporting to Russia.
6-The Office of the Governor in Agri reportedly did not allow
the Mayor of Dogubeyazit (from DEHAP) to go abroad. Another
example of the same practice was reportedly implemented by the
Urfa Governor a week ago, when Suruc Mayor Ethem Sahin was not
allowed to go abroad.
7-In a monthly Municipality Assembly meeting in Van, SHP
members, claiming that there was corruption in some of the 2004
municipality tenders of the Van Municipality (AKP),demanded
that the reports be opened to scrutiny. The tension rose in the
meeting and plastic bottles and plates were thrown in the
meeting hall. AKP members vetoed the demand of SHP members.
Separately, tension between the AKP and CHP members was
reportedly aggravated in the Municipality Assembly of Seyhan
district in Adana, when a CHP member invited Seyhan's Mayor from
AKP (Azim Ozturk) to a debate corruption issues concerning the
Municipality on a TV program.
8-Turkish Journalists' Union and Private Radio Television
Broadcasters' Association reportedly invited 20 Armenian
journalists to Turkey. The journalists will be hosted in Ankara,
Istanbul, Antalya and Cappadoccia.
9-Mazlum-Der Deputy National Chaireperson applied to the Office
of the President through the Office of the Sanliurfa Governor to
request information about MIT intelligence center's latest
wiretapping.
10-The NGOs in Mersin gathered to stage a protest against the
New Turkish Penal Code, isolation of the inmates in jails and
people being taken into custody.
11- Nine of 10 people detained in Mersin for participating in
Nevruz celebrations, conducting unauthorised demonstrations, and
damaging property during the demonstration, were released by the
court because of a lack of evidence about the claims.
12-The Office of the Governor in Sirnak is reportedly not
allowing a 60-person clan to go to their area in Farasin
highland to pass the summer. The clan members claim that they
were not allowed to go to their land despite the fact that they
paid a rental fee to the Governor's Office.
13-Adana Deputy Metropolitan Mayor and member of Seyhan District
Municipality Assembly, Prof. Ali Goren, was attacked and beaten
by four people at the Municipality building as he was exiting a
meeting hall. Goren was healthy enough to go to the police
station and submit his statement there, but his condition got
worse and he was taken to the Adana Numune Hospital. Goren is
conscious but his condition is being watched under intensive
care.
REID
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 8, 2005
Consulate Adana is providing this press scan for June 8. Please
note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or
exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy
of the reports summarized here.
1-People are trying to heal the wounds that a 5.7-magnitude
earthquake caused one day before in Karliova district of Bingol.
54 people were injured.
2-According to a TNP announcement, five persons who had arrived
in Istanbul after allegedly having been trained about bombs in
terrorist organizations' camps, were taken into custody as a
result of a military operation. They reportedly were found to
have links to the killings of two (unspecified) persons, in
Diyarbakir and Bingol.
3-Diyarbakir Bar Association filed a complaint with the
Diyarbakir Prosecutor against the decision of Diyarbakir's 6th
Heavy Penalty Court to allow MIT intelligence center to wiretap
communications in southeastern Turkey.
4-The Second Chief of Staff, Ilker Basbug, said that it was not
enough only to list the PKK among the list of terrorist
organizations. He noted that the terrorist organisation should
be deprived of its external resources and should absolutely be
discouraged about being succesful. Basbug strongly rejected the
idea of depicting Turkey as 'moderate islam'. He stressed that
Turkey was a secular country.
5-The Ministry of Agriculture has still been not able to work
out a solution to resume vegetable and fruit exporting to Russia.
6-The Office of the Governor in Agri reportedly did not allow
the Mayor of Dogubeyazit (from DEHAP) to go abroad. Another
example of the same practice was reportedly implemented by the
Urfa Governor a week ago, when Suruc Mayor Ethem Sahin was not
allowed to go abroad.
7-In a monthly Municipality Assembly meeting in Van, SHP
members, claiming that there was corruption in some of the 2004
municipality tenders of the Van Municipality (AKP),demanded
that the reports be opened to scrutiny. The tension rose in the
meeting and plastic bottles and plates were thrown in the
meeting hall. AKP members vetoed the demand of SHP members.
Separately, tension between the AKP and CHP members was
reportedly aggravated in the Municipality Assembly of Seyhan
district in Adana, when a CHP member invited Seyhan's Mayor from
AKP (Azim Ozturk) to a debate corruption issues concerning the
Municipality on a TV program.
8-Turkish Journalists' Union and Private Radio Television
Broadcasters' Association reportedly invited 20 Armenian
journalists to Turkey. The journalists will be hosted in Ankara,
Istanbul, Antalya and Cappadoccia.
9-Mazlum-Der Deputy National Chaireperson applied to the Office
of the President through the Office of the Sanliurfa Governor to
request information about MIT intelligence center's latest
wiretapping.
10-The NGOs in Mersin gathered to stage a protest against the
New Turkish Penal Code, isolation of the inmates in jails and
people being taken into custody.
11- Nine of 10 people detained in Mersin for participating in
Nevruz celebrations, conducting unauthorised demonstrations, and
damaging property during the demonstration, were released by the
court because of a lack of evidence about the claims.
12-The Office of the Governor in Sirnak is reportedly not
allowing a 60-person clan to go to their area in Farasin
highland to pass the summer. The clan members claim that they
were not allowed to go to their land despite the fact that they
paid a rental fee to the Governor's Office.
13-Adana Deputy Metropolitan Mayor and member of Seyhan District
Municipality Assembly, Prof. Ali Goren, was attacked and beaten
by four people at the Municipality building as he was exiting a
meeting hall. Goren was healthy enough to go to the police
station and submit his statement there, but his condition got
worse and he was taken to the Adana Numune Hospital. Goren is
conscious but his condition is being watched under intensive
care.
REID