ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT

UNCLAS ANKARA 005003 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR INR/R/MR, EUR/SE, EUR/PD, NEA/PD, DRL JCS PASS J-5/CDR S. WRIGHT E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OPRC KMDR TU SUBJECT: ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2005 THIS REPORT PRESENTS THE TURKISH PRESS SUMMARY UNDER THREE THEMES: HEADLINES BRIEFING EDITORIAL OPINION -------------- -- Southeastern Turks Want Economic, Social Incentives: Turkish Prime Ministry sources told "Cumhuriyet" that the AK Party government did not have a special action plan for the southeast, stressing that initiatives to resolve the problems in the region had been continuing for 2.5 years. Businessmen from southeast Turkey demanded a detailed package of economic measures, the paper says, asking the government to issue a package of economic measures as well as social, cultural and educational ones. The head of the Diyarbakyr Trade Chamber, Fahrettin Akyil said that Diyarbakyr people had been encouraged by the visit of the PM to the mainly Kurdish province, but that they saw no results thus far. `People will not join terrorists in the mountains if their economic problems are resolved,' Akyil said. MCELDOWNEY