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05ADANA190
2005-10-19 06:28:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Adana
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SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18, 2005

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UNCLAS ADANA 000190

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18, 2005

This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 18,

2005. 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

BOLGE / ZAMAN: Adana Governor's Office launched a campaign to
raise money for the earthquake victims in Pakistan.


2. HURRIYET: Van Bar Association condemned the remarks of
Van Prosecutor Kemal Kacan, who reportedly told a bar member in
September that he did not trust the Bar Association attorneys
because half of their members were also supporters of the PKK.
Kacan was already known for his July 19 disclosure to the press
of details of a classified investigation conducted against the
rector of Van's Centennial University.


3. SABAH / HURRIYET: Mehmet Kartal, Van deputy from the CHP
(Republican People's Party) and Chief Doctor of the Istanbul
Kosuyolu Hospital, paid a visit to Van's Centennial University
rector, who is currently under arrest at a Van jail on charges
of smuggling historical artifacts and for irregularities while
conducting the purchase of a 25-million-dollar medical device
for the faculty of medicine in the university. Meanwhile, YOK
(Higher Education Board) deputy chairperson has been conducting
studies in Van to submit a report on the case to the
extraordinary meeting of the YOK members tomorrow.


4. HURRIYET: Erzurum's Veterinary Control Research
Institute announced that chicken deaths in Agri's Patnos
district were most probably due to a type of cholera seen in
chickens.


5. OZGUR GUNDEM: Women activists in Adana and Diyarbakir
held activities to extend support for the "World Women's March",
an event that started on March 8, 2005 in Brazil and ended in
Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries of Africa.


6. OZGUR GUNDEM: Adana Security Directorate conducted
home raids in Adana and detained 6 persons. The officers did
not divulge any information about the reasons for the
detentions.


7. OZGUR GUNDEM: A 21-year-old male disappeared in Adana
on October 10, and his family has "serious" concerns for the
life of their son.


8. OZGUR GUNDEM: The daily reported incidences of
mutilated bodies of terrorists killed, and drew attention to the
(Turkish) judicial system for not responding to cases in which
there were complaints filed by the regional Human Rights
Associations on the issue of terrorists' body parts, such as
ears, noses, and other extremities, found cut apart or dissected
from the body.


9. OZGUR GUNDEM: The second court hearing of the Ugur and
Ahmet Kaymaz case will be held in Eskisehir on October 24. (The
first hearing was held in Eskisehir on July 12.) According to
the daily, MHP Provincial Cahirperson in Eskisehir has been
issuing "intimidating" messages and "stirring" tension in the
province as the day for the court trial draws closer. Security
officers in the province have already been taking precautions to
heighten security measures.


10. BOLGE: A whirlwind caused material damage in Adana's
Karatas district causing a roof of a building in a mosque
complex and two separately located minarets to collapse.




REID