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2006-06-06 05:11:00
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Consulate Adana
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SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 5 JUNE 2006
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TAGS: PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 5 JUNE 2006
This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 05, 2006.
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
RADIKAL / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / OZGUR GUNDEM / HURRIYET / ZAMAN:
A hand grenade was remotely detonated in front of a newspaper
and beverages shop in Mersin 50 meters away from the Mersin
Municipality and Mersin Chamber of Commerce and Industry at
11.40 am on 06/03. Twelve people have been wounded. The police
have been looking for a 16-year-old suspect. (This summary is
from 06/04 edition.)
YENI SAFAK / OZGUR GUNDEM: TAK (Kurdistan Liberation Hawks)
reportedly claimed responsibility for the recent bomb incident
in Mersin.
ZAMAN / HURRIYET: Two terrorists were reportedly killed on June
2 in Bingol's Genc district in a clash between security officers
and terrorists during a military operation that was started on
May 31. (This summary is from 06/04 edition.) 06/05 edition of
Hurriyet daily reported that PKK members ambushed a military
unit on Bingol-Elazig road, killed one soldier and wounded 8
soldiers.
CUMHURIYET / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / OZGUR GUNDEM / HURRIYET: A
4.8-magnitude earthquake hit Hakkari's Yuksekova district at
2.07 pm on Saturday (06/03). Three and a half hours later, a
4.5-magnitude earthquake hit Elazig's Karakocan district. No
casualties have been reported. (This summary is from 06/04
edition.) Minor quakes, a 2.9 on Friday (06/02) and a 3.1
yesterday, shook Ceyhan district and Karatas districts in Adana
respectively.
OZGUR GUNDEM: Hans Jorg Kretschmer, Head of the EU
Delegation in Turkey, paid a visit to DTP Erzincan provincial
party organization to get information about the local
developments and problems. (This summary is from 06/04 edition.)
SABAH (GUNEY) / ZAMAN / EVRENSEL / RADIKAL: PM Erdogan
attended provincial congresses of his party held in Mardin and
Sirnak provinces. Erdogan said that everyone should act in
solidarity not to compromise unity of the country. Erdogan
announced that ground-breaking of (controversial) Ilisu Dam
Project (in Batman) will be held in the coming month.
OZGUR GUNDEM: The daily reported that a group of people in
Mardin's Kiziltepe district, who gathered in front of the DTP
Kiziltepe party building, protested PM Erdogan who came to
Mardin on Sunday. (This summary is from 06/04 edition.)
OZGUR GUNDEM: Dead bodies of a 31-year-old father and his
4-year-old daughter have been found in an irrigation canal in
Mardin's Kiziltepe district. The victims were reportedly shot
with a firearm.
HURRIYET: Turkish, U.S. and UNHCR (High Commission for
Refugees) authorities met in Geneva to discuss the future of
Maxmur Camp in Iraq. The parties have agreed in principle that
closing procedures for the Maxmur Camp be started in fall. (This
summary is from 06/04 edition.)
RADIKAL / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / YENI SAFAK: Loading of
petroleum that arrived through BTC pipeline last weekend to the
vessel waiting at the Ceyhan port in Adana started at 4.20 pm on
Saturday. 85,000 tons of petroleum has been loaded onto the
vessel which set off for Italy. (This summary is from 06/04
edition.)
CUMHURIYET: Development Center conducted a survey in Diyarbakir
which covered 3000 people living in sections of Diyarbakir where
the crime rate is the highest. The survey inquired about
results of the internal displacement and migration from villages
to the Diyarbakir city center. The survey pointed focused on
families with an average of 7 members. Seventy-four percent of
the family members are under age of 30-years-old. Sixty percent
of those families are reportedly surviving with an income less
than 300 YTL (approx. 190 USD) per month. Sixty-two percent of
the families reported that they had to migrate to city because
their villages were burned or they feared about their safety.
Sixty-three percent of them said their economic and social
conditions deteriorated more after migration. (This summary is
from 06/04 edition.)
ZAMAN: All of the 94 children, who were detained and
arrested following the violent demonstrations in Diyarbakir in
late March for attending those unauthorized demonstrations, have
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been released. (This summary is from 06/04 edition.)
BOLGE: Bolge daily continues its campaign against Serdar
Seyhan, CHP Adana provincial chairman. Cukurova Journalists
Association Chairperson paid a visit to the Bolge headquarters
in Adana and criticized Seyhan for holding a press conference
where he bitterly criticized the local press.
SABAH (GUNEY): Two people have been caught in Adana's Ceyhan
district in connection with petroleum theft from a pipeline of
BOTAS (Petroleum Pipeline Corporation) between Yumurtalik
district and Kirikkale province.
HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / SABAH: People of Van's Muradiye district
reacted strongly at news of an incident where five people raped
a Swiss national tourist in the district five days ago. The
assailants have been caught in Sirnak's Cizre district.
EVRENSEL / OZGUR GUNDEM: Villagers, who were forced out of
their hamlet in Batman in 1994 on grounds of security concerns,
returned to their village in 2002. However, Batman Governor's
Office has been claiming that the land of the hamlet belonged to
the treasury and that villagers must leave. Governor's Office
reportedly removed the power supply to the village two years
ago.
ZAMAN / EVRENSEL: Diyarbakir businessmen have been making
preparations to hold a conference on June 11 in Diyarbakir to
discuss ways to resolve the Kurdish issue.
ZAMAN: The report of the parliamentary commission probing
the incidents in Hakkari, Semdinli and Yuksekova, has also
providing information about the illegal drug trafficking
business and the routes used in the eastern and southeastern
part of Turkey.
OZGUR GUNDEM: Members of the DTP Diyarbakir Chapter will
gather signatures in support of the co-chairmanship model of DTP
at eight stands in Diyarbakir. Supreme Court of Appeals has
issued warnings against the co-chairmanship model which is
reportedly against Political Parties Act of Turkey.
OZGUR GUNDEM: Quarantine has been imposed on four villages
in Kars' Sarikamis district because of hoof-and-mouth disease
detected in cattle. 51 animals have died so far because of the
epidemic outbreak.
REID
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 5 JUNE 2006
This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 05, 2006.
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
RADIKAL / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / OZGUR GUNDEM / HURRIYET / ZAMAN:
A hand grenade was remotely detonated in front of a newspaper
and beverages shop in Mersin 50 meters away from the Mersin
Municipality and Mersin Chamber of Commerce and Industry at
11.40 am on 06/03. Twelve people have been wounded. The police
have been looking for a 16-year-old suspect. (This summary is
from 06/04 edition.)
YENI SAFAK / OZGUR GUNDEM: TAK (Kurdistan Liberation Hawks)
reportedly claimed responsibility for the recent bomb incident
in Mersin.
ZAMAN / HURRIYET: Two terrorists were reportedly killed on June
2 in Bingol's Genc district in a clash between security officers
and terrorists during a military operation that was started on
May 31. (This summary is from 06/04 edition.) 06/05 edition of
Hurriyet daily reported that PKK members ambushed a military
unit on Bingol-Elazig road, killed one soldier and wounded 8
soldiers.
CUMHURIYET / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / OZGUR GUNDEM / HURRIYET: A
4.8-magnitude earthquake hit Hakkari's Yuksekova district at
2.07 pm on Saturday (06/03). Three and a half hours later, a
4.5-magnitude earthquake hit Elazig's Karakocan district. No
casualties have been reported. (This summary is from 06/04
edition.) Minor quakes, a 2.9 on Friday (06/02) and a 3.1
yesterday, shook Ceyhan district and Karatas districts in Adana
respectively.
OZGUR GUNDEM: Hans Jorg Kretschmer, Head of the EU
Delegation in Turkey, paid a visit to DTP Erzincan provincial
party organization to get information about the local
developments and problems. (This summary is from 06/04 edition.)
SABAH (GUNEY) / ZAMAN / EVRENSEL / RADIKAL: PM Erdogan
attended provincial congresses of his party held in Mardin and
Sirnak provinces. Erdogan said that everyone should act in
solidarity not to compromise unity of the country. Erdogan
announced that ground-breaking of (controversial) Ilisu Dam
Project (in Batman) will be held in the coming month.
OZGUR GUNDEM: The daily reported that a group of people in
Mardin's Kiziltepe district, who gathered in front of the DTP
Kiziltepe party building, protested PM Erdogan who came to
Mardin on Sunday. (This summary is from 06/04 edition.)
OZGUR GUNDEM: Dead bodies of a 31-year-old father and his
4-year-old daughter have been found in an irrigation canal in
Mardin's Kiziltepe district. The victims were reportedly shot
with a firearm.
HURRIYET: Turkish, U.S. and UNHCR (High Commission for
Refugees) authorities met in Geneva to discuss the future of
Maxmur Camp in Iraq. The parties have agreed in principle that
closing procedures for the Maxmur Camp be started in fall. (This
summary is from 06/04 edition.)
RADIKAL / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / YENI SAFAK: Loading of
petroleum that arrived through BTC pipeline last weekend to the
vessel waiting at the Ceyhan port in Adana started at 4.20 pm on
Saturday. 85,000 tons of petroleum has been loaded onto the
vessel which set off for Italy. (This summary is from 06/04
edition.)
CUMHURIYET: Development Center conducted a survey in Diyarbakir
which covered 3000 people living in sections of Diyarbakir where
the crime rate is the highest. The survey inquired about
results of the internal displacement and migration from villages
to the Diyarbakir city center. The survey pointed focused on
families with an average of 7 members. Seventy-four percent of
the family members are under age of 30-years-old. Sixty percent
of those families are reportedly surviving with an income less
than 300 YTL (approx. 190 USD) per month. Sixty-two percent of
the families reported that they had to migrate to city because
their villages were burned or they feared about their safety.
Sixty-three percent of them said their economic and social
conditions deteriorated more after migration. (This summary is
from 06/04 edition.)
ZAMAN: All of the 94 children, who were detained and
arrested following the violent demonstrations in Diyarbakir in
late March for attending those unauthorized demonstrations, have
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been released. (This summary is from 06/04 edition.)
BOLGE: Bolge daily continues its campaign against Serdar
Seyhan, CHP Adana provincial chairman. Cukurova Journalists
Association Chairperson paid a visit to the Bolge headquarters
in Adana and criticized Seyhan for holding a press conference
where he bitterly criticized the local press.
SABAH (GUNEY): Two people have been caught in Adana's Ceyhan
district in connection with petroleum theft from a pipeline of
BOTAS (Petroleum Pipeline Corporation) between Yumurtalik
district and Kirikkale province.
HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / SABAH: People of Van's Muradiye district
reacted strongly at news of an incident where five people raped
a Swiss national tourist in the district five days ago. The
assailants have been caught in Sirnak's Cizre district.
EVRENSEL / OZGUR GUNDEM: Villagers, who were forced out of
their hamlet in Batman in 1994 on grounds of security concerns,
returned to their village in 2002. However, Batman Governor's
Office has been claiming that the land of the hamlet belonged to
the treasury and that villagers must leave. Governor's Office
reportedly removed the power supply to the village two years
ago.
ZAMAN / EVRENSEL: Diyarbakir businessmen have been making
preparations to hold a conference on June 11 in Diyarbakir to
discuss ways to resolve the Kurdish issue.
ZAMAN: The report of the parliamentary commission probing
the incidents in Hakkari, Semdinli and Yuksekova, has also
providing information about the illegal drug trafficking
business and the routes used in the eastern and southeastern
part of Turkey.
OZGUR GUNDEM: Members of the DTP Diyarbakir Chapter will
gather signatures in support of the co-chairmanship model of DTP
at eight stands in Diyarbakir. Supreme Court of Appeals has
issued warnings against the co-chairmanship model which is
reportedly against Political Parties Act of Turkey.
OZGUR GUNDEM: Quarantine has been imposed on four villages
in Kars' Sarikamis district because of hoof-and-mouth disease
detected in cattle. 51 animals have died so far because of the
epidemic outbreak.
REID