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05ADANA203
2005-11-14 06:59:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Adana
Cable title:
SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 02, 2005
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ADANA 000203
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 02, 2005
This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 02,
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
ZAMAN / RADIKAL: CHP (Republican People's Party) national
leader Deniz Baykal pointed out that four security officers died
in the last two days during the recent attacks in Bingol, Van
and Sirnak. According to Baykal, Turkey is surrounded by a
terrorist threat and the government's tolerant and submissive
attitudes are creating vulnerabilities in Turkey's combat
against terrorism. According to Radikal daily, the CHP leader
also held the U.S. responsible for that vulnerability.
ZAMAN: Adana Governor Cahit Kirac welcomed Binali Yildirim,
Minister of Transportation, at Adana's Airport. Yildirim
attended an iftaar dinner at the Hilton Hotel. Yildirim praised
the regional aviation project and noted that quality, high
standards and economics should be of concern for the civil
aviation operations.
OZGUR GUNDEM: Yesterday night, police officers from Batman
Security Directorate conducted a raid on DTP's (Democratic
Society Party) Information Bureau and detained four DTP members
on charges that these people have connections with the October
20 bomb incident at the Batman Court Hall (see press summary
10/21). Later, the police conducted raids on the houses of the
detainees --reportedly without a search warrant-- and allegedly
found C-4 explosives there. Father of one of the DTP members
denied the allegations and said that security forces contrived
the alleged plot.
HURRIYET / OZGUR GUNDEM: One of the six people detained in
connection with the October 15 explosion at a gas station in
Istanbul's Maslak district (see press summary 10/31),was
released. The remaining detainees were arraigned on charges of
being members of the PKK. From among the five remaining
detainees, Istanbul's 14th Heavy Penalty Court released Levent
Dondu, and imprisoned the other four.
OZGUR GUNDEM: DEHAP Gaziantep's senior provincial and
district members, currently standing trial because of the
content of a past press announcement, complained that they have
become weary of the charges brought against them, and of having
to pass their time at the court hearings.
SABAH / CUMHURIYET / YENI SAFAK / RADIKAL / HURRIYET / OZGUR
GUNDEM: Three soldiers and a village guard died during a PKK
attack with heavy weapons on a Jandarma Station at Sirnak's
Uludere district. Five soldiers were wounded. Sirnak
Governor's Office announced that one PKK terrorist was killed
during the attack. Separately, because of a confrontation with
the terrorists during a military operation in Siirt's Eruh
district, security forces blockaded the roads to and from the
district.
SABAH: A car parked near a Jandarma Command in Hakkari's
Semdinli district exploded at 11.30 p.m. Six soldiers, three
police officers and 9 people were wounded during the blast.
OZGUR GUNDEM: The daily cited Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul
as saying that a new era has started in terms of combat against
the PKK. According to the daily, this message signaled that
Ankara would start regarding the Kurdish leaders in Northern
Iraq as their counterpart.
YENI SAFAK: According to Yeni Safak, during a press
announcement, Gul said that the PKK would inflict the greatest
damage in the future on Kurdish leaders and groups.
YENI SAFAK: A state-employed theater actress in Erzurum resigned
from her post allegedly because she was not allowed by the
National Directorate of State Theaters to play a role in a
Kurdish language movie.
OZGUR GUNDEM: Cotton cultivating farmers in the Amik Plain
in Hatay are enduring hard times due to serious economic losses
and decreased cotton production because of draught.
CUMHURIYET: Azim Ozturk, Adana's Seyhan District Mayor from AKP,
responding to criticisms against him for not attending Adana's
wreath laying ceremony and official parade organized to
celebrate the 82nd anniversary of the nation's founding (see
press summary 10/31 and 11/01),said that he did not attend
these events because he was not on the A protocol list.
HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): A controversy over the zoning status of
the Seyhan Municipalities' 51,700- square-kilometer land in
Adana provoked tension between CHP Adana provincial organization
and Azim Ozturk, Seyhan District Mayor. Adana Mayor Aytac Durak
lately involved himself in this controversy and said, "microbes
who are residues of the former administrations (at the Seyhan
Municipality) shall be held liable for their (unlawful) deeds."
(see press summary 10/31)
REID
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 02, 2005
This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 02,
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
ZAMAN / RADIKAL: CHP (Republican People's Party) national
leader Deniz Baykal pointed out that four security officers died
in the last two days during the recent attacks in Bingol, Van
and Sirnak. According to Baykal, Turkey is surrounded by a
terrorist threat and the government's tolerant and submissive
attitudes are creating vulnerabilities in Turkey's combat
against terrorism. According to Radikal daily, the CHP leader
also held the U.S. responsible for that vulnerability.
ZAMAN: Adana Governor Cahit Kirac welcomed Binali Yildirim,
Minister of Transportation, at Adana's Airport. Yildirim
attended an iftaar dinner at the Hilton Hotel. Yildirim praised
the regional aviation project and noted that quality, high
standards and economics should be of concern for the civil
aviation operations.
OZGUR GUNDEM: Yesterday night, police officers from Batman
Security Directorate conducted a raid on DTP's (Democratic
Society Party) Information Bureau and detained four DTP members
on charges that these people have connections with the October
20 bomb incident at the Batman Court Hall (see press summary
10/21). Later, the police conducted raids on the houses of the
detainees --reportedly without a search warrant-- and allegedly
found C-4 explosives there. Father of one of the DTP members
denied the allegations and said that security forces contrived
the alleged plot.
HURRIYET / OZGUR GUNDEM: One of the six people detained in
connection with the October 15 explosion at a gas station in
Istanbul's Maslak district (see press summary 10/31),was
released. The remaining detainees were arraigned on charges of
being members of the PKK. From among the five remaining
detainees, Istanbul's 14th Heavy Penalty Court released Levent
Dondu, and imprisoned the other four.
OZGUR GUNDEM: DEHAP Gaziantep's senior provincial and
district members, currently standing trial because of the
content of a past press announcement, complained that they have
become weary of the charges brought against them, and of having
to pass their time at the court hearings.
SABAH / CUMHURIYET / YENI SAFAK / RADIKAL / HURRIYET / OZGUR
GUNDEM: Three soldiers and a village guard died during a PKK
attack with heavy weapons on a Jandarma Station at Sirnak's
Uludere district. Five soldiers were wounded. Sirnak
Governor's Office announced that one PKK terrorist was killed
during the attack. Separately, because of a confrontation with
the terrorists during a military operation in Siirt's Eruh
district, security forces blockaded the roads to and from the
district.
SABAH: A car parked near a Jandarma Command in Hakkari's
Semdinli district exploded at 11.30 p.m. Six soldiers, three
police officers and 9 people were wounded during the blast.
OZGUR GUNDEM: The daily cited Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul
as saying that a new era has started in terms of combat against
the PKK. According to the daily, this message signaled that
Ankara would start regarding the Kurdish leaders in Northern
Iraq as their counterpart.
YENI SAFAK: According to Yeni Safak, during a press
announcement, Gul said that the PKK would inflict the greatest
damage in the future on Kurdish leaders and groups.
YENI SAFAK: A state-employed theater actress in Erzurum resigned
from her post allegedly because she was not allowed by the
National Directorate of State Theaters to play a role in a
Kurdish language movie.
OZGUR GUNDEM: Cotton cultivating farmers in the Amik Plain
in Hatay are enduring hard times due to serious economic losses
and decreased cotton production because of draught.
CUMHURIYET: Azim Ozturk, Adana's Seyhan District Mayor from AKP,
responding to criticisms against him for not attending Adana's
wreath laying ceremony and official parade organized to
celebrate the 82nd anniversary of the nation's founding (see
press summary 10/31 and 11/01),said that he did not attend
these events because he was not on the A protocol list.
HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): A controversy over the zoning status of
the Seyhan Municipalities' 51,700- square-kilometer land in
Adana provoked tension between CHP Adana provincial organization
and Azim Ozturk, Seyhan District Mayor. Adana Mayor Aytac Durak
lately involved himself in this controversy and said, "microbes
who are residues of the former administrations (at the Seyhan
Municipality) shall be held liable for their (unlawful) deeds."
(see press summary 10/31)
REID