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New Moore Island in the Sunderbans has been completely submerged, said oceanographer Sugata Hazra, a professor at Jadavpur University in Calcutta. Its disappearance has been confirmed by satellite imagery and sea patrols, he said.

"What these two countries could not achieve from years of talking, has been resolved by global warming," said Hazra.

Scientists at the School of Oceanographic Studies at the university have noted an alarming increase in the rate at which sea levels have risen over the past decade in the Bay of Bengal.

Until 2000, the sea levels rose about 3 millimeters (0.12 inches) a year, but over the last decade they have been rising about 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) annually, he said.

Another nearby island, Lohachara, was submerged in 1996, forcing its inhabitants to move to the mainland, while almost half the land of Ghoramara island was underwater, he said. At least 10 other islands in the area were at risk as well, Hazra said.

"We will have ever larger numbers of people displaced from the Sunderbans as more island areas come under water," he said.

Bangladesh, a low-lying delta nation of 150 million people, is one of the countries worst-affected by global warming. Officials estimate 18 percent of Bangladesh's coastal area will be underwater and 20 million people will be displaced if sea levels rise 1 meter (3.3 feet) by 2050 as projected by some climate models.

India and Bangladesh both claimed the empty New Moore Island, which is about 3.5 kilometers (2 miles) long and 3 kilometers (1.5 miles) wide. Bangladesh referred to the island as South Talpatti.

There were no permanent structures on New Moore, but India sent some paramilitary soldiers to its rocky shores in 1981 to hoist its national flag.

The demarcation of the maritime boundary — and who controls the remaining islands — remains an open issue between the two South Asian neighbors, despite the disappearance of New Moore, said an official in India's foreign ministry, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on international disputes.

Bangladesh officials were not available for comment Wednesday.]]>
New Moore Island in the Sunderbans has been completely submerged, said oceanographer Sugata Hazra, a professor at Jadavpur University in Calcutta. Its disappearance has been confirmed by satellite imagery and sea patrols, he said.

"What these two countries could not achieve from years of talking, has been resolved by global warming," said Hazra.

Scientists at the School of Oceanographic Studies at the university have noted an alarming increase in the rate at which sea levels have risen over the past decade in the Bay of Bengal.

Until 2000, the sea levels rose about 3 millimeters (0.12 inches) a year, but over the last decade they have been rising about 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) annually, he said.

Another nearby island, Lohachara, was submerged in 1996, forcing its inhabitants to move to the mainland, while almost half the land of Ghoramara island was underwater, he said. At least 10 other islands in the area were at risk as well, Hazra said.

"We will have ever larger numbers of people displaced from the Sunderbans as more island areas come under water," he said.

Bangladesh, a low-lying delta nation of 150 million people, is one of the countries worst-affected by global warming. Officials estimate 18 percent of Bangladesh's coastal area will be underwater and 20 million people will be displaced if sea levels rise 1 meter (3.3 feet) by 2050 as projected by some climate models.

India and Bangladesh both claimed the empty New Moore Island, which is about 3.5 kilometers (2 miles) long and 3 kilometers (1.5 miles) wide. Bangladesh referred to the island as South Talpatti.

There were no permanent structures on New Moore, but India sent some paramilitary soldiers to its rocky shores in 1981 to hoist its national flag.

The demarcation of the maritime boundary — and who controls the remaining islands — remains an open issue between the two South Asian neighbors, despite the disappearance of New Moore, said an official in India's foreign ministry, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on international disputes.

Bangladesh officials were not available for comment Wednesday.]]> http://www.eltcafe.net/showthread.php?tid=5397 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:31:48 +0200 http://www.eltcafe.net/showthread.php?tid=5397
After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized "bhut jolokia," or "ghost chili," to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilize suspects, defense officials said Tuesday.

The bhut jolokia was accepted by Guinness World Records in 2007 as the world's spiciest chili. It is grown and eaten in India's northeast for its taste, as a cure for stomach troubles and a way to fight the crippling summer heat.

It has more than 1,000,000 Scoville units, the scientific measurement of a chili's spiciness. Classic Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units, while jalapeno peppers measure anywhere from 2,500 to 8,000.

"The chili grenade has been found fit for use after trials in Indian defense laboratories, a fact confirmed by scientists at the Defense Research and Development Organization," Col. R. Kalia, a defense spokesman in the northeastern state of Assam, told The Associated Press.

"This is definitely going to be an effective nontoxic weapon because its pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their hide-outs," R. B. Srivastava, the director of the Life Sciences Department at the New Delhi headquarters of the DRDO said.

Srivastava, who led a defense research laboratory in Assam, said trials are also on to produce bhut jolokia-based aerosol sprays to be used by women against attackers and for the police to control and disperse mobs]]>
After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized "bhut jolokia," or "ghost chili," to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilize suspects, defense officials said Tuesday.

The bhut jolokia was accepted by Guinness World Records in 2007 as the world's spiciest chili. It is grown and eaten in India's northeast for its taste, as a cure for stomach troubles and a way to fight the crippling summer heat.

It has more than 1,000,000 Scoville units, the scientific measurement of a chili's spiciness. Classic Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units, while jalapeno peppers measure anywhere from 2,500 to 8,000.

"The chili grenade has been found fit for use after trials in Indian defense laboratories, a fact confirmed by scientists at the Defense Research and Development Organization," Col. R. Kalia, a defense spokesman in the northeastern state of Assam, told The Associated Press.

"This is definitely going to be an effective nontoxic weapon because its pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their hide-outs," R. B. Srivastava, the director of the Life Sciences Department at the New Delhi headquarters of the DRDO said.

Srivastava, who led a defense research laboratory in Assam, said trials are also on to produce bhut jolokia-based aerosol sprays to be used by women against attackers and for the police to control and disperse mobs]]> http://www.eltcafe.net/showthread.php?tid=3986 Tue, 12 May 2009 15:14:56 +0300 http://www.eltcafe.net/showthread.php?tid=3986
The government’s lack of movement on the package, which addresses the 473 laws and regulations that need to be changed in order to adapt Turkey’s legislation for compliance with 33 chapters of the EU negotiation process, has drawn the ire of intellectuals, who have expressed concern that the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has lost determination and momentum in its European Union bid.

EU efforts have come to a halt. Becoming an EU member is no longer a priority for the government. The Third National Program was prepared in the wake of a progress report on Turkey in 2008. Unfortunately, the government has achieved no success on its road toward the EU since then, which shows that it is unwilling to proceed down this road. If the AK Party was as determined as it was in its first three years in office, it would have completed most of these reforms by now, argued Mehmet Altan, a Star daily columnist.

The AK Party government, which slowed its reform efforts drastically due to presidential and general elections in 2007 and a closure case against it in 2008, seemed to have bounced back on Aug. 18, 2008 with a comprehensive EU reform package. The package is 400 pages long and organized into four chapters. It laid out planned changes to 131 laws and 342 bylaws and regulations, renewing hopes that the government was finally returning to its EU agenda and speeding up efforts to make the country an EU member. The Third National Program, however, ended in a fiasco for the government, with officials devoting their efforts instead to the recent local elections.

According to İhsan Dağı, a professor at the Middle East Technical University's (ODTÜ) international relations department, there are two main reasons the AK Party slowed down on the path toward full EU membership.

One is the ruling party's belief that it can continue its existence in the political sphere without EU plans. The AK Party has been focused on internal politics and lost its unitive vision since 2007. It no longer believes that it needs reforms to exist. Secondly, the negative feedback from the union exhausted the governing party. The unwillingness on the part of [German Chancellor Angela] Merkel and [French President Nicolas] Sarkozy to see Turkey as an EU member made the AK Party lose momentum in its membership bid,Dağı explained.

The Third National Program requires important changes to the Constitution. Turkey is, however, still stuck in debates over whether or not to amend the current Constitution, which was drafted under military rule and has long been a center of criticism, as it denies many rights and freedoms. In 2007 the AK Party geared up to draft a new civilian constitution that could meet the country's contemporary needs, forming an independent commission headed by Professor Ergun Özbudun to draft the document. However, work on the constitution was shelved when a closure case was filed against the AK Party in March of last year on charges of anti-secularism.

The ruling party is now seeking ways to reach a compromise with other political parties for planned changes to the Constitution.

An important part of the national program is judicial reform. Necessary reforms include the restructuring of the Supreme Board of Prosecutors and Judges (HSYK), the establishment of a union of judges and prosecutors, the passing of an arbitration law on jurisprudential conflicts and amendments to the notaries law, the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) and, most importantly, the Code on Criminal Procedure (CMK), making decisions from the European Court of Human Rights enforceable in Turkey.

The government now plans to remain inactive on the Third National Program and focus on the planned constitutional changes until Parliament’s summer recess, which means the program will have to be shelved until the start of the new legislative year on Sept. 1.

Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Çiçek told Today's Zaman that the government attaches great importance to Turkey’s EU bid and that the slowdown in reforms was a result of negative stances against Turkey adopted by certain EU member states.We cannot cover distance on several topics due to vetoes by France and the Greek Cypriots. They don't even allow the opening of certain chapters. Because of the negative stance of these countries against us, there is an opposition within Turkey that resists any progress on the EU road, he explained.

The national program calls for new legislation to ensure a transparent and effective administrative structure during the implementation of the reforms. It also introduces an ombudsman law that establishes a public auditing institution. Another reform includes setting up a commission annexed to the Prime Ministry that will concentrate on increasing transparency in public administration.

Another new body envisioned under the new package will be a political ethics commission. The Prime Ministry’s Human Rights Administration will also be restructured on the basis of the Paris Principles. The package introduces major changes to the Law on Political Parties to allow for more transparency in the financing of political parties and their activities. The most significant changes in the program pertain to civilian-military relations, an area where Turkey is frequently criticized by the EU. Legal changes that will ensure the auditing of all of the Turkish Armed Forces’ (TSK) expenditures are included in the package.

The national program introduces changes that make sure investment decisions made by the government will implemented effectively so the administrative and bureaucratic obstacles blocking domestic and international investors can be removed. Regulations restricting foreign direct investment (FDI) from within the EU will be removed.

Other changes included in the program include a revision to the Code of Civil Procedures. A law on the protection of personal data will be prepared and the necessary steps will be taken to make Turkey a party to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention on Cultural Diversity. It is hoped that Parliament will approve the relevant protocols of the European Court on Human Rights preventing public institutions from discriminating against any individual. The UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment will be ratified.

The law addressing assemblies and demonstrations will be revised and its effective implementation will be ensured. The program also includes significant steps toward improving the quality of life for women and children.


Alıntı:Although several months have passed since the announcement of the Third National Program, the government has failed to take any steps to fulfill its pledges. Intellectuals express concern that the AK Party has lost its determination in the EU bid



In this file photo, PM Tayyip Erdoğan and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso hold a news conference after a meeting in Brussels in early 2009.

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The government’s lack of movement on the package, which addresses the 473 laws and regulations that need to be changed in order to adapt Turkey’s legislation for compliance with 33 chapters of the EU negotiation process, has drawn the ire of intellectuals, who have expressed concern that the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has lost determination and momentum in its European Union bid.

EU efforts have come to a halt. Becoming an EU member is no longer a priority for the government. The Third National Program was prepared in the wake of a progress report on Turkey in 2008. Unfortunately, the government has achieved no success on its road toward the EU since then, which shows that it is unwilling to proceed down this road. If the AK Party was as determined as it was in its first three years in office, it would have completed most of these reforms by now, argued Mehmet Altan, a Star daily columnist.

The AK Party government, which slowed its reform efforts drastically due to presidential and general elections in 2007 and a closure case against it in 2008, seemed to have bounced back on Aug. 18, 2008 with a comprehensive EU reform package. The package is 400 pages long and organized into four chapters. It laid out planned changes to 131 laws and 342 bylaws and regulations, renewing hopes that the government was finally returning to its EU agenda and speeding up efforts to make the country an EU member. The Third National Program, however, ended in a fiasco for the government, with officials devoting their efforts instead to the recent local elections.

According to İhsan Dağı, a professor at the Middle East Technical University's (ODTÜ) international relations department, there are two main reasons the AK Party slowed down on the path toward full EU membership.

One is the ruling party's belief that it can continue its existence in the political sphere without EU plans. The AK Party has been focused on internal politics and lost its unitive vision since 2007. It no longer believes that it needs reforms to exist. Secondly, the negative feedback from the union exhausted the governing party. The unwillingness on the part of [German Chancellor Angela] Merkel and [French President Nicolas] Sarkozy to see Turkey as an EU member made the AK Party lose momentum in its membership bid,Dağı explained.

The Third National Program requires important changes to the Constitution. Turkey is, however, still stuck in debates over whether or not to amend the current Constitution, which was drafted under military rule and has long been a center of criticism, as it denies many rights and freedoms. In 2007 the AK Party geared up to draft a new civilian constitution that could meet the country's contemporary needs, forming an independent commission headed by Professor Ergun Özbudun to draft the document. However, work on the constitution was shelved when a closure case was filed against the AK Party in March of last year on charges of anti-secularism.

The ruling party is now seeking ways to reach a compromise with other political parties for planned changes to the Constitution.

An important part of the national program is judicial reform. Necessary reforms include the restructuring of the Supreme Board of Prosecutors and Judges (HSYK), the establishment of a union of judges and prosecutors, the passing of an arbitration law on jurisprudential conflicts and amendments to the notaries law, the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) and, most importantly, the Code on Criminal Procedure (CMK), making decisions from the European Court of Human Rights enforceable in Turkey.

The government now plans to remain inactive on the Third National Program and focus on the planned constitutional changes until Parliament’s summer recess, which means the program will have to be shelved until the start of the new legislative year on Sept. 1.

Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Çiçek told Today's Zaman that the government attaches great importance to Turkey’s EU bid and that the slowdown in reforms was a result of negative stances against Turkey adopted by certain EU member states.We cannot cover distance on several topics due to vetoes by France and the Greek Cypriots. They don't even allow the opening of certain chapters. Because of the negative stance of these countries against us, there is an opposition within Turkey that resists any progress on the EU road, he explained.

The national program calls for new legislation to ensure a transparent and effective administrative structure during the implementation of the reforms. It also introduces an ombudsman law that establishes a public auditing institution. Another reform includes setting up a commission annexed to the Prime Ministry that will concentrate on increasing transparency in public administration.

Another new body envisioned under the new package will be a political ethics commission. The Prime Ministry’s Human Rights Administration will also be restructured on the basis of the Paris Principles. The package introduces major changes to the Law on Political Parties to allow for more transparency in the financing of political parties and their activities. The most significant changes in the program pertain to civilian-military relations, an area where Turkey is frequently criticized by the EU. Legal changes that will ensure the auditing of all of the Turkish Armed Forces’ (TSK) expenditures are included in the package.

The national program introduces changes that make sure investment decisions made by the government will implemented effectively so the administrative and bureaucratic obstacles blocking domestic and international investors can be removed. Regulations restricting foreign direct investment (FDI) from within the EU will be removed.

Other changes included in the program include a revision to the Code of Civil Procedures. A law on the protection of personal data will be prepared and the necessary steps will be taken to make Turkey a party to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention on Cultural Diversity. It is hoped that Parliament will approve the relevant protocols of the European Court on Human Rights preventing public institutions from discriminating against any individual. The UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment will be ratified.

The law addressing assemblies and demonstrations will be revised and its effective implementation will be ensured. The program also includes significant steps toward improving the quality of life for women and children.


Alıntı:Although several months have passed since the announcement of the Third National Program, the government has failed to take any steps to fulfill its pledges. Intellectuals express concern that the AK Party has lost its determination in the EU bid



In this file photo, PM Tayyip Erdoğan and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso hold a news conference after a meeting in Brussels in early 2009.

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A rebel linked Web site blamed the attacks on the government, while the military accused the beleaguered Tamil Tigers of shelling their own territory to gain international sympathy and force a cease fire.

The first barrage struck the tiny sliver of northeast coast still held by the rebels on Saturday evening and lasted through the night, health officials said. About 6 p.m. on Sunday, a new round of shelling less intense than the first pounded a newly demarcated safe zone where the government had urged civilians to gather, according to Dr. V. Shanmugarajah, who works at a makeshift hospital in the war zone.

A total of 393 people were either brought to the hospital for burial or died at the facility Sunday, while another 37 bodies were brought in Monday morning, he said. More than 1,300 wounded civilians came to the hospital as well, he said.

However, the death toll was likely far higher, he said. Many of the dead were buried in the bunkers where they had taken refuge and then were killed, and many of the wounded never made it to the hospital for treatment, he said.

There were many who died without medical attention, Shanmugarajah said. Seeing the number of wounded and from what the people tell me, I estimate the death toll to be around 1,000.

Volunteers dug mass graves in the marshland near the hospital, putting 50 to 60 bodies in each pit, he said. One of the hospital's nurses was killed along with his family in a trench that was then filled with soil and turned into their grave, he said.


Reports of the fighting are difficult to verify because the government bars journalists and aid workers from the war zone. The attacks marked the bloodiest assault on ethnic Tamil civilians since the civil war flared again more than three years ago.

The UN has consistently warned against the bloodbath scenario as we've watched the steady increase in civilian deaths over the last few months, UN spokesman Gordon Weiss said Monday. The large-scale killing of civilians over the weekend, including the deaths of more than 100 children, shows that that bloodbath has become a reality.

UN figures compiled last month showed that nearly 6,500 civilians had been killed in three months of fighting this year as the government drove the rebels out of their strongholds in the north and vowed to end the war.

Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and other rights groups called on Japan, the largest international donor to Sri Lanka, to press the UN to urgently address the civil war here. Formal meetings of the Security Council must be held urgently so that the council can take the necessary measures to address the humanitarian and human rights crisis, the groups said in a letter to Japan's prime minister.

About 50,000 civilians are crowded into a 2.4 mile (4 kilometer) long strip of coast along with the separatists, who have been fighting for 25 years for a homeland for minority Tamils.

The government has brushed off international calls for a humanitarian truce, saying any pause in the fighting would give the rebels time to regroup.

Shanmugarajah said the hospital was so short-staffed that many of those wounded in the first barrage late Saturday had still not been treated Monday morning. The hospital death rate is increasing, but we are helpless, he said.

People were begging the doctors to send them away on a Red Cross ship that comes every few days to evacuate the wounded, saying they could not bear the shelling anymore.

The rebel-linked TamilNet Web site blamed the attack on Sri Lankan forces. Rights groups have accused them of bombing and shelling the war zone despite pledges to stop using heavy weapons.

The Sri Lankan military denied firing the artillery and said they witnessed rebels firing mortar shells from one corner of the coastal strip into another section heavily populated with civilians for one hour Sunday morning.

I think the LTTE [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam] is now trying to use these people as their last weapon to show the world that the army is firing indiscriminately and stop this offensive, military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said.

Human rights groups have accused the rebels of holding the civilians as human shields and shooting some who tried to flee.


A Tamil woman cries over an injured girl in this picture released by the Tamil Tiger rebels.

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A rebel linked Web site blamed the attacks on the government, while the military accused the beleaguered Tamil Tigers of shelling their own territory to gain international sympathy and force a cease fire.

The first barrage struck the tiny sliver of northeast coast still held by the rebels on Saturday evening and lasted through the night, health officials said. About 6 p.m. on Sunday, a new round of shelling less intense than the first pounded a newly demarcated safe zone where the government had urged civilians to gather, according to Dr. V. Shanmugarajah, who works at a makeshift hospital in the war zone.

A total of 393 people were either brought to the hospital for burial or died at the facility Sunday, while another 37 bodies were brought in Monday morning, he said. More than 1,300 wounded civilians came to the hospital as well, he said.

However, the death toll was likely far higher, he said. Many of the dead were buried in the bunkers where they had taken refuge and then were killed, and many of the wounded never made it to the hospital for treatment, he said.

There were many who died without medical attention, Shanmugarajah said. Seeing the number of wounded and from what the people tell me, I estimate the death toll to be around 1,000.

Volunteers dug mass graves in the marshland near the hospital, putting 50 to 60 bodies in each pit, he said. One of the hospital's nurses was killed along with his family in a trench that was then filled with soil and turned into their grave, he said.


Reports of the fighting are difficult to verify because the government bars journalists and aid workers from the war zone. The attacks marked the bloodiest assault on ethnic Tamil civilians since the civil war flared again more than three years ago.

The UN has consistently warned against the bloodbath scenario as we've watched the steady increase in civilian deaths over the last few months, UN spokesman Gordon Weiss said Monday. The large-scale killing of civilians over the weekend, including the deaths of more than 100 children, shows that that bloodbath has become a reality.

UN figures compiled last month showed that nearly 6,500 civilians had been killed in three months of fighting this year as the government drove the rebels out of their strongholds in the north and vowed to end the war.

Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and other rights groups called on Japan, the largest international donor to Sri Lanka, to press the UN to urgently address the civil war here. Formal meetings of the Security Council must be held urgently so that the council can take the necessary measures to address the humanitarian and human rights crisis, the groups said in a letter to Japan's prime minister.

About 50,000 civilians are crowded into a 2.4 mile (4 kilometer) long strip of coast along with the separatists, who have been fighting for 25 years for a homeland for minority Tamils.

The government has brushed off international calls for a humanitarian truce, saying any pause in the fighting would give the rebels time to regroup.

Shanmugarajah said the hospital was so short-staffed that many of those wounded in the first barrage late Saturday had still not been treated Monday morning. The hospital death rate is increasing, but we are helpless, he said.

People were begging the doctors to send them away on a Red Cross ship that comes every few days to evacuate the wounded, saying they could not bear the shelling anymore.

The rebel-linked TamilNet Web site blamed the attack on Sri Lankan forces. Rights groups have accused them of bombing and shelling the war zone despite pledges to stop using heavy weapons.

The Sri Lankan military denied firing the artillery and said they witnessed rebels firing mortar shells from one corner of the coastal strip into another section heavily populated with civilians for one hour Sunday morning.

I think the LTTE [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam] is now trying to use these people as their last weapon to show the world that the army is firing indiscriminately and stop this offensive, military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said.

Human rights groups have accused the rebels of holding the civilians as human shields and shooting some who tried to flee.


A Tamil woman cries over an injured girl in this picture released by the Tamil Tiger rebels.

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Uludag Exporters' Association told A.A on Monday that the automotive sector made exports worth $4.1 billion to 153 countries and 13 free trade zones in five continents in the January-April period of 2009.

Exports to France dropped 35.8 percent to $761.5 million from $1.1 billion, while exports to Italy fell 49.1 percent to $538.6 million from $1 billion. Meanwhile, exports to Germany reduced 59.2 percent to $506.3 million from $1.2 billion last year.

Exports from the Turkish automotive sectors to ten countries in the first four months of 2009 are as follows:



Turkish Automotive Exports Countries Exports ($'000)
Change (percentage) Share (percentage)
-------- --------- ------ -----
France 761,508 -35.8 18.2
Italy 538,632 -49.1 12.8
Germany 506,326 -59.2 12.1
Belgium 234,985 19.8 5.6
Britain 218,894 -71.4 5.2
Russia 164,942 -69.9 3.9
Slovenia 145,972 30.6 3.5
Algeria 111,909 20.3 2.6
Poland 98,950 -49.9 2.3
Malta 95,757 79.6 2.3

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Uludag Exporters' Association told A.A on Monday that the automotive sector made exports worth $4.1 billion to 153 countries and 13 free trade zones in five continents in the January-April period of 2009.

Exports to France dropped 35.8 percent to $761.5 million from $1.1 billion, while exports to Italy fell 49.1 percent to $538.6 million from $1 billion. Meanwhile, exports to Germany reduced 59.2 percent to $506.3 million from $1.2 billion last year.

Exports from the Turkish automotive sectors to ten countries in the first four months of 2009 are as follows:



Turkish Automotive Exports Countries Exports ($'000)
Change (percentage) Share (percentage)
-------- --------- ------ -----
France 761,508 -35.8 18.2
Italy 538,632 -49.1 12.8
Germany 506,326 -59.2 12.1
Belgium 234,985 19.8 5.6
Britain 218,894 -71.4 5.2
Russia 164,942 -69.9 3.9
Slovenia 145,972 30.6 3.5
Algeria 111,909 20.3 2.6
Poland 98,950 -49.9 2.3
Malta 95,757 79.6 2.3

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The 23-year-old singer is under great stress due to Turkey’s ambitions for another win six years after Turkey’s first-ever Eurovision victory, with a song by Sertab Erener in 2003, and exhausting promotional tours in the past month, her manager, Süheyl Atay, told the Anatolia news agency.

Atay said that as a precaution Hadise would not take part in rehearsals, parties or promotional events until the final dress rehearsals ahead of tomorrow’s semi-finals. The singer is receiving medical treatment and everything is under control, so she will be ready to compete in the show after she rests and completes her medical treatment, Atay said. “What Hadise needs the most these days is not messages underlining expectations of a Eurovision victory, but good wishes and prayers,” he added.

The Belgian-born Hadise Açıkgöz, who goes by her first name, will try to beat hopefuls from 38 other countries with her dance song “Düm Tek Tek” at this week’s 54th Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow. The song has lyrics in English and a chorus that features the phrase “düm tek tek.” Hadise is scheduled to take to the stage as the ninth performer in tomorrow’s semi-finals.

The second leg of the semi-finals will be held May 14 and the final is on May 16 at Moscow’s Olympic Indoor Arena.

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The 23-year-old singer is under great stress due to Turkey’s ambitions for another win six years after Turkey’s first-ever Eurovision victory, with a song by Sertab Erener in 2003, and exhausting promotional tours in the past month, her manager, Süheyl Atay, told the Anatolia news agency.

Atay said that as a precaution Hadise would not take part in rehearsals, parties or promotional events until the final dress rehearsals ahead of tomorrow’s semi-finals. The singer is receiving medical treatment and everything is under control, so she will be ready to compete in the show after she rests and completes her medical treatment, Atay said. “What Hadise needs the most these days is not messages underlining expectations of a Eurovision victory, but good wishes and prayers,” he added.

The Belgian-born Hadise Açıkgöz, who goes by her first name, will try to beat hopefuls from 38 other countries with her dance song “Düm Tek Tek” at this week’s 54th Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow. The song has lyrics in English and a chorus that features the phrase “düm tek tek.” Hadise is scheduled to take to the stage as the ninth performer in tomorrow’s semi-finals.

The second leg of the semi-finals will be held May 14 and the final is on May 16 at Moscow’s Olympic Indoor Arena.

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Dwight Howard grabbed 22 rebounds and 16 points to help underdog Orlando to a 28-point, second-half lead but Boston launched a sensational comeback to close the gap to three points on Paul Pierce's three-pointer with less than seven seconds left. Turkish star had Hedo Türkoğlu had 15 points with three rebounds and three assists.
However, the Magic closed out the win with two free throws from J.J. Redick. Rashard Lewis chipped in with 18 points for Orlando with Mickael Pietrus adding 17 and Redick 12.

The Celtics, who host Game 2 today, got 23 points from Pierce. Rajan Rondo chalked up 14 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists and Glen Davis had 12 points. The Celtics shot less than 39 percent and turned the ball over 14 times, seven by Rondo.

Rockets outmuscle Lakers in opener

Meanwhile in Los Angeles Yao Ming, who briefly left with a knee injury in the closing minutes, had 28 points and 10 rebounds, to lead the Houston Rockets to a physical 100-92 victory win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.

Ron Artest added 21 points and Aaron Brooks had 19 for the Rockets.

Kobe Bryant, who finished a distant second to LeBron James in NBA MVP voting announced earlier Monday, scored 32 points, doing his best to keep the Lakers in the game despite missing practice on Sunday with a sore throat.

Houston forward Shane Battier needed four stitches to close a gash over his left eye late in the first quarter.

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Dwight Howard grabbed 22 rebounds and 16 points to help underdog Orlando to a 28-point, second-half lead but Boston launched a sensational comeback to close the gap to three points on Paul Pierce's three-pointer with less than seven seconds left. Turkish star had Hedo Türkoğlu had 15 points with three rebounds and three assists.
However, the Magic closed out the win with two free throws from J.J. Redick. Rashard Lewis chipped in with 18 points for Orlando with Mickael Pietrus adding 17 and Redick 12.

The Celtics, who host Game 2 today, got 23 points from Pierce. Rajan Rondo chalked up 14 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists and Glen Davis had 12 points. The Celtics shot less than 39 percent and turned the ball over 14 times, seven by Rondo.

Rockets outmuscle Lakers in opener

Meanwhile in Los Angeles Yao Ming, who briefly left with a knee injury in the closing minutes, had 28 points and 10 rebounds, to lead the Houston Rockets to a physical 100-92 victory win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.

Ron Artest added 21 points and Aaron Brooks had 19 for the Rockets.

Kobe Bryant, who finished a distant second to LeBron James in NBA MVP voting announced earlier Monday, scored 32 points, doing his best to keep the Lakers in the game despite missing practice on Sunday with a sore throat.

Houston forward Shane Battier needed four stitches to close a gash over his left eye late in the first quarter.

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Green will play a foreign tourist visiting a Turkish town in the film, if she accepts the role. Filming is expected to start this summer in the western Black Sea city of Bolu. Its confirmed cast includes Saadet Işıl Aksoy and Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu.

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Green will play a foreign tourist visiting a Turkish town in the film, if she accepts the role. Filming is expected to start this summer in the western Black Sea city of Bolu. Its confirmed cast includes Saadet Işıl Aksoy and Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu.

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With Carles Puyol suspended and Rafael Marquez injured, Barcelona looks horribly exposed in central defense, especially with the powerful presence of Didier Drogba poised to overpower whoever is drafted in.

Amid the jubilation of Barcelona's 6-2 thrashing of Real Mad rid on Saturday, Chelsea's spies will have reported back that Real's two goals were via the heads of Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Ramos courtesy of slack marking in the middle.

Gerard Pique, Eric Abidal and Martin Caceres, who has looked shaky this season, are vying for the two slots while manager Pep Guardiola could spring a surprise by dropping muscular midfielder Yaya back to counter the physical presence of Drogba.

The big Ivorian will be licking his lips at the prospect of attacking that soft center, and when it comes to set pieces, he will have considerable reinforcement.

Center-backs Alex and John Terry, Michael Ballack, Mikel, and fullback Branislav Ivanovic, who headed two goals in the quarterfinal against Liverpool, have considerable presence in and Frank Lampard has an unerring delivery.

Ballack and Terry will have loved every word of Barcelona's complaints and no doubt plan to deliver a similarly uncompromising welcome today.

Hiddink, aware of his side's set-piece and aerial threat but also concerned by Barcelona's dangerous attack and ability to snatch an away goal, is likely to start with the same steady approach with Drogba ploughing a lone furrow up front.

Nicolas Anelka, who scored his 22nd of the season on Saturday, will be desperate to start but is more likely to return to the bench, from where can be introduced to add more variety to Chelsea's attack if plan A fails to come off.

"I like to have a flexible team," Hiddink said after seeing his two strikers operate successfully together again. "I don't want them surprised with two strikers playing together.

Chelsea is also stiffened at the back with the return from suspension of Ashley Cole.

The England left back is at his best when fully concentrated on man-marking a dangerous winger, and Lionel Messi, who admittedly did not much out of stand-in Jose Bosingwa in the first leg, will have to be at his elusive best to make his mark.

Probable teams

Chelsea: 1-Petr Cech; 2-Branislav Ivanovic, 26-John Terry, 33-Alex, 3-Ashley Cole, 15-Michael Essien, 12-John Obi Mikel; 13-Michael Ballack, 8-Frank Lampard, 15-Florent Malouda; 11-Didier Drogba.

Barcelona: 1-Victor Valdes; 20-Daniel Alves, 3-Gerard Pique, 2-Martin Caceres, 22-Eric Abidal; 6-Xavi, 24-Yaya Toure, 8-Andres Iniesta; 10-Lionel Messi, 9-Samuel Eto'o, 14-Thierry Henry.

Referee: Tom Henning (Norway).

Live on Star TV
21:45 Chelsea vs. Barcelona

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With Carles Puyol suspended and Rafael Marquez injured, Barcelona looks horribly exposed in central defense, especially with the powerful presence of Didier Drogba poised to overpower whoever is drafted in.

Amid the jubilation of Barcelona's 6-2 thrashing of Real Mad rid on Saturday, Chelsea's spies will have reported back that Real's two goals were via the heads of Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Ramos courtesy of slack marking in the middle.

Gerard Pique, Eric Abidal and Martin Caceres, who has looked shaky this season, are vying for the two slots while manager Pep Guardiola could spring a surprise by dropping muscular midfielder Yaya back to counter the physical presence of Drogba.

The big Ivorian will be licking his lips at the prospect of attacking that soft center, and when it comes to set pieces, he will have considerable reinforcement.

Center-backs Alex and John Terry, Michael Ballack, Mikel, and fullback Branislav Ivanovic, who headed two goals in the quarterfinal against Liverpool, have considerable presence in and Frank Lampard has an unerring delivery.

Ballack and Terry will have loved every word of Barcelona's complaints and no doubt plan to deliver a similarly uncompromising welcome today.

Hiddink, aware of his side's set-piece and aerial threat but also concerned by Barcelona's dangerous attack and ability to snatch an away goal, is likely to start with the same steady approach with Drogba ploughing a lone furrow up front.

Nicolas Anelka, who scored his 22nd of the season on Saturday, will be desperate to start but is more likely to return to the bench, from where can be introduced to add more variety to Chelsea's attack if plan A fails to come off.

"I like to have a flexible team," Hiddink said after seeing his two strikers operate successfully together again. "I don't want them surprised with two strikers playing together.

Chelsea is also stiffened at the back with the return from suspension of Ashley Cole.

The England left back is at his best when fully concentrated on man-marking a dangerous winger, and Lionel Messi, who admittedly did not much out of stand-in Jose Bosingwa in the first leg, will have to be at his elusive best to make his mark.

Probable teams

Chelsea: 1-Petr Cech; 2-Branislav Ivanovic, 26-John Terry, 33-Alex, 3-Ashley Cole, 15-Michael Essien, 12-John Obi Mikel; 13-Michael Ballack, 8-Frank Lampard, 15-Florent Malouda; 11-Didier Drogba.

Barcelona: 1-Victor Valdes; 20-Daniel Alves, 3-Gerard Pique, 2-Martin Caceres, 22-Eric Abidal; 6-Xavi, 24-Yaya Toure, 8-Andres Iniesta; 10-Lionel Messi, 9-Samuel Eto'o, 14-Thierry Henry.

Referee: Tom Henning (Norway).

Live on Star TV
21:45 Chelsea vs. Barcelona

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An Aeromexico plane arrived in Beijing to pick up Mexican nationals there, after taking on dozens in Shanghai. The flight was scheduled to head south to Guangzhou and then to neighboring Hong Kong before flying home.

None of the 70 or so Mexicans quarantined in mainland China have shown symptoms of the H1N1 flu, but they have been caught up in a drama about how far governments should go to stifle fears the virus could creep across their borders.

The row has strained what had been a warming relationship but, with Beijing courting Latin America as a trade and diplomatic partner, the damage appears unlikely to last. Xinhua reported that a Chinese chartered flight had retrieved 79 Chinese nationals in Mexico City before heading to Tijuana, where it was expected to pick up 20 more. China has suspended direct scheduled flights to Mexico.

Mexico is considered the epicenter of the flu outbreak that has infected more than 1,200 people in 21 countries over the past week. To date, 27 deaths have been officially confirmed -- 26 in Mexico and one in the United States -- though more than 100 are suspected to have died from the flu. Its global spread has kept alive fears of a possible pandemic, although scientists say this strain does not appear more deadly than seasonal flu. Other flu-affected nations also have had citizens caught up in China's quarantine measures.

A spokesman for the US Embassy in Beijing, Richard Buangan, said at least four US citizens were quarantined at one point "but most of them have been released". The United States had not issued any protest over the matter, he said.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu told a news conference 25 Canadian students were also in quarantine in a northeast Chinese city but had shown no flu symptoms.

An official with the Canadian embassy in Beijing said his government knew of the quarantine in a hotel in Changchun, but he put the number of students affected at 22. The students from the University of Montreal came to China last week for language studies, according to Canadian news reports.

South Korea confirmed its second case of H1N1 flu, a nun who had been in contact with the first patient, Health Ministry officials said on Tuesday. The first patient was a 51-year-old nun who had visited Mexico and showed symptoms after returning to South Korea. She has since recovered.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced a stimulus package, including a temporary tax cut for cruise lines visiting Mexico, in a bid to lure back shiploads of foreign visitors.

The new H1N1 flu strain has walloped the tourism sector, accounting for 8 percent of Mexico's economy, prompting major operators like Carnival Cruise Lines to cancel visits. Calderon said details of the stimulus plan would be given in coming days, telling the nation in a televised broadcast: "We're going to come out of this experience successfully and soon."

He repeated government assurances that Mexico was over the worst of its own epidemic.

Calderon condemned the quarantine measures against Mexican citizens overseas as "discriminatory."


A convoy of ambulances transport Mexican passengers who were held in quarantine in a hotel to the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai for repatriation on Tuesday.

WHO says 1,124 cases of swine flu confirmed in humans

The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised its tally of confirmed human cases of swine flu to 1,124 from 1,025. There have been 26 confirmed deaths. The global body says 21 countries have now reported laboratory-confirmed cases. The United States has 286 cases and one death. Mexico has reported 590 cases and 25 deaths. According to the latest figures on Tuesday, Canada has 140 cases, Spain has 54, Britain has 18, Germany has eight, New Zealand has six, France and Israel have four each, Italy and El Salvador have two each. Austria, Hong Kong, Costa Rica, Colombia, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, South Korea and Switzerland have one each. WHO figures are often behind those reported by national health authorities.

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An Aeromexico plane arrived in Beijing to pick up Mexican nationals there, after taking on dozens in Shanghai. The flight was scheduled to head south to Guangzhou and then to neighboring Hong Kong before flying home.

None of the 70 or so Mexicans quarantined in mainland China have shown symptoms of the H1N1 flu, but they have been caught up in a drama about how far governments should go to stifle fears the virus could creep across their borders.

The row has strained what had been a warming relationship but, with Beijing courting Latin America as a trade and diplomatic partner, the damage appears unlikely to last. Xinhua reported that a Chinese chartered flight had retrieved 79 Chinese nationals in Mexico City before heading to Tijuana, where it was expected to pick up 20 more. China has suspended direct scheduled flights to Mexico.

Mexico is considered the epicenter of the flu outbreak that has infected more than 1,200 people in 21 countries over the past week. To date, 27 deaths have been officially confirmed -- 26 in Mexico and one in the United States -- though more than 100 are suspected to have died from the flu. Its global spread has kept alive fears of a possible pandemic, although scientists say this strain does not appear more deadly than seasonal flu. Other flu-affected nations also have had citizens caught up in China's quarantine measures.

A spokesman for the US Embassy in Beijing, Richard Buangan, said at least four US citizens were quarantined at one point "but most of them have been released". The United States had not issued any protest over the matter, he said.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu told a news conference 25 Canadian students were also in quarantine in a northeast Chinese city but had shown no flu symptoms.

An official with the Canadian embassy in Beijing said his government knew of the quarantine in a hotel in Changchun, but he put the number of students affected at 22. The students from the University of Montreal came to China last week for language studies, according to Canadian news reports.

South Korea confirmed its second case of H1N1 flu, a nun who had been in contact with the first patient, Health Ministry officials said on Tuesday. The first patient was a 51-year-old nun who had visited Mexico and showed symptoms after returning to South Korea. She has since recovered.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced a stimulus package, including a temporary tax cut for cruise lines visiting Mexico, in a bid to lure back shiploads of foreign visitors.

The new H1N1 flu strain has walloped the tourism sector, accounting for 8 percent of Mexico's economy, prompting major operators like Carnival Cruise Lines to cancel visits. Calderon said details of the stimulus plan would be given in coming days, telling the nation in a televised broadcast: "We're going to come out of this experience successfully and soon."

He repeated government assurances that Mexico was over the worst of its own epidemic.

Calderon condemned the quarantine measures against Mexican citizens overseas as "discriminatory."


A convoy of ambulances transport Mexican passengers who were held in quarantine in a hotel to the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai for repatriation on Tuesday.

WHO says 1,124 cases of swine flu confirmed in humans

The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised its tally of confirmed human cases of swine flu to 1,124 from 1,025. There have been 26 confirmed deaths. The global body says 21 countries have now reported laboratory-confirmed cases. The United States has 286 cases and one death. Mexico has reported 590 cases and 25 deaths. According to the latest figures on Tuesday, Canada has 140 cases, Spain has 54, Britain has 18, Germany has eight, New Zealand has six, France and Israel have four each, Italy and El Salvador have two each. Austria, Hong Kong, Costa Rica, Colombia, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, South Korea and Switzerland have one each. WHO figures are often behind those reported by national health authorities.

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Interior Minister Beşir Atalay said Tuesday security forces had detained eight suspected gunmen following the attack in the village of Bilge, near the city of Mardin, the previous evening.

The attack appeared to be the result of a blood feud and not a terrorist attack, Atalay said. Blood feuds are common among families in the region where tribal ties and rivalries sometimes eclipse the power of the state.

Private NTV television, citing deputy Gov. Ferhat Özen, said the motive for the attack could be a feud between rival groups of pro-government village guards who fight alongside Turkish troops against Kurdish terrorists in the region. If that is the case, the government would come under renewed pressure to rein in the militiamen, some of whom have been linked to drug smuggling and other crimes.

Atalay had earlier said the attack had left 45 dead, but later corrected the toll to 44 dead. He said the dead included six children.

Mehmet Beşir Ayanoğlu, the mayor of Mardin, told Channel 24 that he spoke to two survivors, both girls, who said at least two masked men stormed a house where the wedding took place.

"They raided the house, we were in two rooms, they opened fire on everyone, they were wearing masks," Ayanoğlu quoted the girls as saying. The girls said they lay underneath the bodies of friends until the attack was over.

The attack occurred during the wedding of the daughter of Cemil Çelebi, a former village official who was among the wounded. The bride, Sevgi Çelebi, the groom, Habib Arı, his mother and sister were all killed, as was the Islamic cleric who was presiding over the marriage. The Anatolia news agency said the attack lasted for 15 minutes.

Ahmet Can, a relative who took the body of his nephew to a hospital, said the site of the attack was horrifying.

"You could not believe your eyes, it is unbelievable," he told Turkey's Channel 24.

Earlier reports said the assailants hurled hand grenades but local official Aytaç Akgül said they had attacked with automatic weapons only.

The attack killed an entire family, including the parents and their six children, aged between 3 and 12. Names of the casualties in the attack are Abdullah Çelebi, Şükriye Çelebi, Emine Çelebi, Hüseyin Çelebi, Zekiye Çelebi, Abdulvahap Çelebi, Cemil Çelebi, Hacı Abdulkadir Çelebi, Hacı Mehmet Çelebi, Kenan Çelebi, Sevgi Çelebi, Mithat Arı, Habib Arı, Ali Çelebi, Cemil Çelebi, Abide Akgül, Orhan Akgül, Çelsef Akgül, Halime Çelebi, Hacı Kazım Bozan, Şükrü Çelebi, Rahşan Arı, Çerin Çelebi, Şükran Çelebi, Mehmet Çelebi, Murat Çelebi, Savaş Çelebi, Halil Çelebi, Salih Çelebi, Arife Çelebi, Yıldız Çelebi, Kafiye Arı, Muhittin Çelebi, Maruf Akgül, Semiha Çelebi, Şeyhmus Çelebi, Fasih Çelebi, Seyri Çelebi, Neriman Çelebi, Sevim Çelebi, Yasemin Çelebi, Hacı Haluk Çelebi and two unidentified people.

One survivor, a 19-year-old woman, said the assailants ordered people to huddle in one room and opened fire, NTV said. Another report said the attack occurred when people were praying at the house. Some guards responded to the attack but the assailants fled, NTV said.

Ambulances took at least 17 bodies to the morgue of a hospital in Mardin, said Aytaç Akgül, a local official. Hundreds of relatives of the victims gathered there, wailing in distress. Several people offered to donate blood.

State television said soldiers surrounded the village and cut all roads leading to it. It said there was no power in the village and it could not be reached by telephone. Journalists were barred from traveling to Bilge.

For years, Turkey has struggled over how to trim the 70,000-strong village guard force without releasing masses of trained fighters onto the streets of the southeast, where unemployment in some areas reaches 50 percent. The system is one of the few lucrative sources of employment in the region.

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Interior Minister Beşir Atalay said Tuesday security forces had detained eight suspected gunmen following the attack in the village of Bilge, near the city of Mardin, the previous evening.

The attack appeared to be the result of a blood feud and not a terrorist attack, Atalay said. Blood feuds are common among families in the region where tribal ties and rivalries sometimes eclipse the power of the state.

Private NTV television, citing deputy Gov. Ferhat Özen, said the motive for the attack could be a feud between rival groups of pro-government village guards who fight alongside Turkish troops against Kurdish terrorists in the region. If that is the case, the government would come under renewed pressure to rein in the militiamen, some of whom have been linked to drug smuggling and other crimes.

Atalay had earlier said the attack had left 45 dead, but later corrected the toll to 44 dead. He said the dead included six children.

Mehmet Beşir Ayanoğlu, the mayor of Mardin, told Channel 24 that he spoke to two survivors, both girls, who said at least two masked men stormed a house where the wedding took place.

"They raided the house, we were in two rooms, they opened fire on everyone, they were wearing masks," Ayanoğlu quoted the girls as saying. The girls said they lay underneath the bodies of friends until the attack was over.

The attack occurred during the wedding of the daughter of Cemil Çelebi, a former village official who was among the wounded. The bride, Sevgi Çelebi, the groom, Habib Arı, his mother and sister were all killed, as was the Islamic cleric who was presiding over the marriage. The Anatolia news agency said the attack lasted for 15 minutes.

Ahmet Can, a relative who took the body of his nephew to a hospital, said the site of the attack was horrifying.

"You could not believe your eyes, it is unbelievable," he told Turkey's Channel 24.

Earlier reports said the assailants hurled hand grenades but local official Aytaç Akgül said they had attacked with automatic weapons only.

The attack killed an entire family, including the parents and their six children, aged between 3 and 12. Names of the casualties in the attack are Abdullah Çelebi, Şükriye Çelebi, Emine Çelebi, Hüseyin Çelebi, Zekiye Çelebi, Abdulvahap Çelebi, Cemil Çelebi, Hacı Abdulkadir Çelebi, Hacı Mehmet Çelebi, Kenan Çelebi, Sevgi Çelebi, Mithat Arı, Habib Arı, Ali Çelebi, Cemil Çelebi, Abide Akgül, Orhan Akgül, Çelsef Akgül, Halime Çelebi, Hacı Kazım Bozan, Şükrü Çelebi, Rahşan Arı, Çerin Çelebi, Şükran Çelebi, Mehmet Çelebi, Murat Çelebi, Savaş Çelebi, Halil Çelebi, Salih Çelebi, Arife Çelebi, Yıldız Çelebi, Kafiye Arı, Muhittin Çelebi, Maruf Akgül, Semiha Çelebi, Şeyhmus Çelebi, Fasih Çelebi, Seyri Çelebi, Neriman Çelebi, Sevim Çelebi, Yasemin Çelebi, Hacı Haluk Çelebi and two unidentified people.

One survivor, a 19-year-old woman, said the assailants ordered people to huddle in one room and opened fire, NTV said. Another report said the attack occurred when people were praying at the house. Some guards responded to the attack but the assailants fled, NTV said.

Ambulances took at least 17 bodies to the morgue of a hospital in Mardin, said Aytaç Akgül, a local official. Hundreds of relatives of the victims gathered there, wailing in distress. Several people offered to donate blood.

State television said soldiers surrounded the village and cut all roads leading to it. It said there was no power in the village and it could not be reached by telephone. Journalists were barred from traveling to Bilge.

For years, Turkey has struggled over how to trim the 70,000-strong village guard force without releasing masses of trained fighters onto the streets of the southeast, where unemployment in some areas reaches 50 percent. The system is one of the few lucrative sources of employment in the region.

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Seven were shuffled to different posts in the 27-member ministers' club. Among the newcomers, Zafer Çağlayan assumed the post of state minister for foreign trade from the former minister, Kürşad Tüzmen. At the handing-over ceremony, Tüzmen said they had increased the country's exports to $132 billion from $36 billion in 2002. On the other hand, Çağlayan said he would continue to work on the export area as it is key for Turkey's overcoming of the effects of the global financial crisis.

Nihat Ergün was appointed minister of industry and commerce and Sadullah Ergin as minister of justice.

Former Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Şahin's replacement by Ergin is not being attributed to poor performance on his part, but speculation abounds that he will be a candidate for the post of parliament speaker in August.

Another newcomer to the Cabinet, Ömer Dinçer, assumed the post of labor and social security minister from Faruk Çelik. During the ceremony, Çelik said in his 20 months in the post, they had initiated projects that will be important for the next 10 years in the country, in reference to the social security law.

Meanwhile, Turkey's first female minister of education, Nimet Çubukçu, took over her new post from Hüseyin Çelik, who has been minister of education for the last six years. Çelik said he has no reservations about leaving his post. Çubukçu, who served as the minister for women and children's affairs, said her projects at her new post will include increasing the number of girls going to school.

Former justice minister calls for discussion of allegations against him

As former Justice Minister Şahin handed over his duties to newcomer Ergin, he also responded to questions regarding a fraud case against Deniz Feneri e.V., a German-based Turkish charity.

Şahin said he wished he had stayed in his post just a week longer so he could address the issue at Parliament and show that there were no wrongdoings.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputies presented a vote of no-confidence to Parliament, alleging wrongdoings in the handling of the case. Şahin called on CHP deputy Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to take the allegations to Parliament so they could discuss them.

The Deniz Feneri e.V. dossier was forwarded to the Ankara Prosecutor's Office in late February. In September 2008 a German court convicted three Turks of funneling $26 million in charitable contributions raised by Deniz Feneri to conservative companies in Turkey. The Office of the Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals requested copies of the files of the Deniz Feneri fraud trial in Germany in order to investigate possible links between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the charity organization in November 2008. The investigation is currently being carried out by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

The late arrival of the dossier led to constant confrontation between the AK Party government and the CHP, with the CHP criticizing the government for acting too slowly on the case.

Meanwhile, Ergin said: "Both Deniz Feneri and Ergenekon as well as other cases should proceed as allowed by law. We will stand against any initiatives to move such cases outside this sphere."


Turkey's first female Minister of Education Nimet Çubukçu (L) received her new post from Hüseyin Çelik who has been minister of education for the last six years.

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Seven were shuffled to different posts in the 27-member ministers' club. Among the newcomers, Zafer Çağlayan assumed the post of state minister for foreign trade from the former minister, Kürşad Tüzmen. At the handing-over ceremony, Tüzmen said they had increased the country's exports to $132 billion from $36 billion in 2002. On the other hand, Çağlayan said he would continue to work on the export area as it is key for Turkey's overcoming of the effects of the global financial crisis.

Nihat Ergün was appointed minister of industry and commerce and Sadullah Ergin as minister of justice.

Former Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Şahin's replacement by Ergin is not being attributed to poor performance on his part, but speculation abounds that he will be a candidate for the post of parliament speaker in August.

Another newcomer to the Cabinet, Ömer Dinçer, assumed the post of labor and social security minister from Faruk Çelik. During the ceremony, Çelik said in his 20 months in the post, they had initiated projects that will be important for the next 10 years in the country, in reference to the social security law.

Meanwhile, Turkey's first female minister of education, Nimet Çubukçu, took over her new post from Hüseyin Çelik, who has been minister of education for the last six years. Çelik said he has no reservations about leaving his post. Çubukçu, who served as the minister for women and children's affairs, said her projects at her new post will include increasing the number of girls going to school.

Former justice minister calls for discussion of allegations against him

As former Justice Minister Şahin handed over his duties to newcomer Ergin, he also responded to questions regarding a fraud case against Deniz Feneri e.V., a German-based Turkish charity.

Şahin said he wished he had stayed in his post just a week longer so he could address the issue at Parliament and show that there were no wrongdoings.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputies presented a vote of no-confidence to Parliament, alleging wrongdoings in the handling of the case. Şahin called on CHP deputy Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to take the allegations to Parliament so they could discuss them.

The Deniz Feneri e.V. dossier was forwarded to the Ankara Prosecutor's Office in late February. In September 2008 a German court convicted three Turks of funneling $26 million in charitable contributions raised by Deniz Feneri to conservative companies in Turkey. The Office of the Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals requested copies of the files of the Deniz Feneri fraud trial in Germany in order to investigate possible links between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the charity organization in November 2008. The investigation is currently being carried out by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

The late arrival of the dossier led to constant confrontation between the AK Party government and the CHP, with the CHP criticizing the government for acting too slowly on the case.

Meanwhile, Ergin said: "Both Deniz Feneri and Ergenekon as well as other cases should proceed as allowed by law. We will stand against any initiatives to move such cases outside this sphere."


Turkey's first female Minister of Education Nimet Çubukçu (L) received her new post from Hüseyin Çelik who has been minister of education for the last six years.

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Living under the perpetual shadow of an anticipated earthquake that will lay waste to Europe's biggest metropolis Istanbul, a new project to raise awareness in society on earthquakes will launch in October – eight years after the great Marmara earthquake that killed more than 17,00 people.

Sensitivity to Earthquake Project, organized by Boğaziçi University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute aims to lessen possible loss of life and property by “making people realize the danger and take necessary measures,” said project coordinator Professor Niyazi Türkelli, at a media presentation introducing the project. The project will try to contribute to “creating a culture of being protected from earthquakes,” as well.

Supported by the metropolitan municipality and the governor's office, the project will be the first to directly address people and inform them, in a country where 40 percent of its provinces face a very high earthquake risk. Earthquake training trucks that have been prepared for the project will first cover Istanbul as the pilot region and then move to other regions. A Web site with comprehensive information about earthquakes will be launched, while activities like short film competitions and theater plays will be held in cooperation with schools. The mascot of the project, Sismail – whose name is the combination of the word seismology and a male Turkish name İsmail, will also help in attracting the interest of children.



Will the project save lives?

Although a project to raise awareness has vital significance in saving lives, the first and foremost measure to prevent massive losses during a possible earthquake is to strengthen and renew the buildings. A master plan to deal with the aftermath of an earthquake was completed in 2003 in cooperation with four universities, but the municipalities are waiting for the draft law on urban transformation to pass.

The reality of weakened buildings exists, said Niyazi Türkelli, answering a question by the Turkish Daily News on whether the project would save lives while there is no serious work to strengthen buildings. Türkelli said that the institute is an educational initiative and has to fulfill its own responsibility, “It is not for us to answer this question.” However, there are some improvements in regard to construction regulations and controls, according to Türkelli. The project manager, Süheyla Sezan, who created the project as well, emphasized that serious works are being carried out to strengthen public buildings.

Professor Miktad Kadıoğlu from Istanbul Technical University Disaster Management Center emphasized as well that Turkey needs a change of mind about disasters. “Turkey does not have a mindset for disaster management,” he said, “We should get rid of the mentality of crisis management and establish risk management.”

There are works and improvements to get prepared for a possible earthquake but they are not sufficient, according to Kadıoğlu. “[The improvements] are like a speck of sand on the beach. We need total mobilization,” he said.]]>

Living under the perpetual shadow of an anticipated earthquake that will lay waste to Europe's biggest metropolis Istanbul, a new project to raise awareness in society on earthquakes will launch in October – eight years after the great Marmara earthquake that killed more than 17,00 people.

Sensitivity to Earthquake Project, organized by Boğaziçi University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute aims to lessen possible loss of life and property by “making people realize the danger and take necessary measures,” said project coordinator Professor Niyazi Türkelli, at a media presentation introducing the project. The project will try to contribute to “creating a culture of being protected from earthquakes,” as well.

Supported by the metropolitan municipality and the governor's office, the project will be the first to directly address people and inform them, in a country where 40 percent of its provinces face a very high earthquake risk. Earthquake training trucks that have been prepared for the project will first cover Istanbul as the pilot region and then move to other regions. A Web site with comprehensive information about earthquakes will be launched, while activities like short film competitions and theater plays will be held in cooperation with schools. The mascot of the project, Sismail – whose name is the combination of the word seismology and a male Turkish name İsmail, will also help in attracting the interest of children.



Will the project save lives?

Although a project to raise awareness has vital significance in saving lives, the first and foremost measure to prevent massive losses during a possible earthquake is to strengthen and renew the buildings. A master plan to deal with the aftermath of an earthquake was completed in 2003 in cooperation with four universities, but the municipalities are waiting for the draft law on urban transformation to pass.

The reality of weakened buildings exists, said Niyazi Türkelli, answering a question by the Turkish Daily News on whether the project would save lives while there is no serious work to strengthen buildings. Türkelli said that the institute is an educational initiative and has to fulfill its own responsibility, “It is not for us to answer this question.” However, there are some improvements in regard to construction regulations and controls, according to Türkelli. The project manager, Süheyla Sezan, who created the project as well, emphasized that serious works are being carried out to strengthen public buildings.

Professor Miktad Kadıoğlu from Istanbul Technical University Disaster Management Center emphasized as well that Turkey needs a change of mind about disasters. “Turkey does not have a mindset for disaster management,” he said, “We should get rid of the mentality of crisis management and establish risk management.”

There are works and improvements to get prepared for a possible earthquake but they are not sufficient, according to Kadıoğlu. “[The improvements] are like a speck of sand on the beach. We need total mobilization,” he said.]]> http://www.eltcafe.net/showthread.php?tid=259 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:23:46 +0300 http://www.eltcafe.net/showthread.php?tid=259


A collision late on Monday in the eastern province of Sivas involving a fruit truck and a van carrying agricultural workers left 24 people dead.

There were no survivors from the head-on collision in the Kangal region, with rescue workers spending hours to extricate the badly mutilated bodies from the wreckage.



Authorities have so far identified the truck's driver and 20 of the agricultural workers who were between 13 and 48 years of age. 23 of the victims were traveling in the van, while the other casualty was the truck driver. The van was taking the workers to the Black sea province of Giresun.

Anatolia said the van's passengers were hazelnut pickers from the province of Adıyaman in the southeast of the country. Every summer, hundreds of jobless people from the impoverished southeast travel to northern Turkey, where they are employed as seasonal workers in the harvesting of the region's large hazelnut sector.



Sivas Governor Veysel Dalmaz said the collision was caused when the van driver was speeding, and crashed into a truck while trying to overtake a car.

The Sivas-Malatya highway was closed for five-and-a-half hours due to the crash.]]>


A collision late on Monday in the eastern province of Sivas involving a fruit truck and a van carrying agricultural workers left 24 people dead.

There were no survivors from the head-on collision in the Kangal region, with rescue workers spending hours to extricate the badly mutilated bodies from the wreckage.



Authorities have so far identified the truck's driver and 20 of the agricultural workers who were between 13 and 48 years of age. 23 of the victims were traveling in the van, while the other casualty was the truck driver. The van was taking the workers to the Black sea province of Giresun.

Anatolia said the van's passengers were hazelnut pickers from the province of Adıyaman in the southeast of the country. Every summer, hundreds of jobless people from the impoverished southeast travel to northern Turkey, where they are employed as seasonal workers in the harvesting of the region's large hazelnut sector.



Sivas Governor Veysel Dalmaz said the collision was caused when the van driver was speeding, and crashed into a truck while trying to overtake a car.

The Sivas-Malatya highway was closed for five-and-a-half hours due to the crash.]]> http://www.eltcafe.net/showthread.php?tid=258 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:20:34 +0300 http://www.eltcafe.net/showthread.php?tid=258

With its four-and-half-million residents, the capital of modern Turkey, Ankara is experiencing one of the gravest water shortages in its history, putting the lives of its residents in danger of epidemic diseases. The Greater Ankara Municipality yesterday announced that the city will not get water for at least three days following flooding due to burst water pipes late Monday amid Ankara residents called for the resignation of Mayor Melih Gökçek who has held office since 1994.

The Ministry of Education is still considering postponing the opening of schools to protect students from disease due to the water scarcity. Meanwhile the rectors of the universities located in Ankara also asked to postpone start of term. There are some districts in Ankara that have not received water for more than four days. The government, on the other hand, made no further comment on the issue, as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told reporters that he's got water at home and the situation is exaggerated by the media.

Ankara's water problem turned into a nightmare with recent flooding that hit the city for the second time in two days. After the potable water pipeline attached to the İvedik treatment plant burst Saturday and caused severe flooding and damage in Ankara's Macunköy area, the capital's Demetevler area also suffered from flooding Monday night.

The waste of large amounts of potable water as a result of the flooding drew harsh reaction from Ankara citizens suffering from a serious water shortage and drought. The residents called on Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek to resign.

The potable water pipes that belong to the İvedik treatment plant burst on Saturday and liters of drinking water poured into the streets of Macunköy where numerous cars and shops were seriously damaged. Residents of the capital currently get running water in two-day intervals.

While shock at the situation was still fresh, news of more flooding came from Ankara's Demetevler district. One of the water mains of the Ankara Water Works (ASKİ) burst in Demetevler Monday night, incurring huge damage to a number of houses and work places.

The drinking water poured into the streets for around 50 minutes and people living in the area reacted to the situation by calling on Gökçek to resign. They also said that the water cuts were not a solution to Ankara's water problem.



No water for Ankara in three days:

The Greater Ankara Municipality meanwhile announced that the repair works couldn't be completed before 36 hours and water couldn't be supplied to all of Ankara for three days, reported the Anatolia news agency. The repair works will last 36 hours and another 36 hours are needed for water to reach the network. Water cuts will thus last three days and cover all of Ankara. After three days, it will be decided on whether the previously scheduled water cuts program will be re-implemented. Developments will be announced to the public, said municipal officials.]]>

With its four-and-half-million residents, the capital of modern Turkey, Ankara is experiencing one of the gravest water shortages in its history, putting the lives of its residents in danger of epidemic diseases. The Greater Ankara Municipality yesterday announced that the city will not get water for at least three days following flooding due to burst water pipes late Monday amid Ankara residents called for the resignation of Mayor Melih Gökçek who has held office since 1994.

The Ministry of Education is still considering postponing the opening of schools to protect students from disease due to the water scarcity. Meanwhile the rectors of the universities located in Ankara also asked to postpone start of term. There are some districts in Ankara that have not received water for more than four days. The government, on the other hand, made no further comment on the issue, as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told reporters that he's got water at home and the situation is exaggerated by the media.

Ankara's water problem turned into a nightmare with recent flooding that hit the city for the second time in two days. After the potable water pipeline attached to the İvedik treatment plant burst Saturday and caused severe flooding and damage in Ankara's Macunköy area, the capital's Demetevler area also suffered from flooding Monday night.

The waste of large amounts of potable water as a result of the flooding drew harsh reaction from Ankara citizens suffering from a serious water shortage and drought. The residents called on Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek to resign.

The potable water pipes that belong to the İvedik treatment plant burst on Saturday and liters of drinking water poured into the streets of Macunköy where numerous cars and shops were seriously damaged. Residents of the capital currently get running water in two-day intervals.

While shock at the situation was still fresh, news of more flooding came from Ankara's Demetevler district. One of the water mains of the Ankara Water Works (ASKİ) burst in Demetevler Monday night, incurring huge damage to a number of houses and work places.

The drinking water poured into the streets for around 50 minutes and people living in the area reacted to the situation by calling on Gökçek to resign. They also said that the water cuts were not a solution to Ankara's water problem.



No water for Ankara in three days:

The Greater Ankara Municipality meanwhile announced that the repair works couldn't be completed before 36 hours and water couldn't be supplied to all of Ankara for three days, reported the Anatolia news agency. The repair works will last 36 hours and another 36 hours are needed for water to reach the network. Water cuts will thus last three days and cover all of Ankara. After three days, it will be decided on whether the previously scheduled water cuts program will be re-implemented. Developments will be announced to the public, said municipal officials.]]> http://www.eltcafe.net/showthread.php?tid=224 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:31:10 +0300 http://www.eltcafe.net/showthread.php?tid=224

But a parliamentary vote later this month to elect the country’s next president may yet revive the row that triggered a political crisis in April and forced the early polls on July 22.

The spotlight Saturday was on 21 militant Kurdish politicians who won seats for the first time since the early 1990s when the first parliamentary stint of Kurds campaigning for minority rights ended in disaster.

But the deputies of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) seemed determined not to repeat the storm unleashed at the memorable swearing-in ceremony of 1991 by Leyla Zana, the first Kurdish woman to enter parliament.

The oldest member of the assembly, 83-year-old Sukru Elekdag of the opposition People’s Republican Party, presided over the session pending the election of a new speaker.

Calling on the 550 lawmakers to “act with the good sense and sagacity of statesmen, without yielding to emotion, in a spirit of conciliation and dialogue,” he invited them to swear, individually and in alphabetical order, fidelity to “the secular and democratic Turkish republic.”

The oath-taking session was to continue until around midnight (2100 GMT).

DTP leader Ahmet Turk and his colleagues shook the hand of Devlet Bahceli, head of the Nationalist Action Party, which backs a merciless war against the armed Kurdish separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

“Our ideas cannot be the same, but we are going to work under the same roof,” Anatolia news agency quoted Turk as saying. “We are civilised people, we will have relations.”

He also told CNN-Turk television, “We want to help in working out a peaceful and democratic process .... in a spirit of conciliation and dialogue: it is with these sentiments that we intend to accomplish our mission in parliament.”

In 1991 Zana said she was taking the oath under duress and added a message of peace in Kurdish, breaking a taboo on speaking the language in public. She also wore a headband in the colours of the PKK, whose bloody campaign for Kurdish self-rule has claimed more than 37,000 lives since 1984.

In 1994, parliament lifted the immunity of Zana and her Kurdish colleagues on charges of aiding the PKK, which Ankara lists as a terrorist organisation.

Some of them, including Zana, were jailed for a decade; others went into exile or joined the PKK.

Since then Turkey, under EU pressure, has lifted emergency rule in the Kurdish-majority southeast and legalised broadcasts and private language courses in Kurdish.

Despite their peaceful rhetoric, the DTP members remain under suspicion of being a PKK tool, fuelled by their refusal to condemn the group as terrorist.

Army commanders, who traditionally make a short appearance at the ceremony, were not expected to attend Saturday, officially because of a high-level military meeting.

Media reports, however, said the generals were reluctant to witness the inauguration of recalcitrant Kurdish members of parliament.

Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, a fierce proponent of secularism, would not attend either, as he did after the 2002 elections.

Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) won 341 seats in parliament in last month’s polls, followed by the Republican People’s Party with 99 seats, the Nationalist Action Party with 70, the DTP with 20 and the Democratic Left Party with 13.

The remaining MPs are independents, among them a Kurdish activist who is likely to join the DTP later.

Erdogan was forced to bring elections forward from November after the AKP failed to install Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as Sezer’s successor when an opposition boycott blocked two parliamentary votes in April and May.

The crisis worsened with a threatening statement from the army and mass street protests against the prospect of a president from the AKP, which secularists accuse of seeking to erode the separation of state and religion.

The party, which has disowned its Islamist roots, denies the charges.

Gul has signalled he remains a candidate for president, saying that the AKP’s election victory reflects popular support for his bid.

A referendum on constitutional reforms initiated by the AKP in the wake of the turmoil over Gul’s candidacy, including electing the president by universal suffrage instead of by parliament, will take place on October 21.]]>

But a parliamentary vote later this month to elect the country’s next president may yet revive the row that triggered a political crisis in April and forced the early polls on July 22.

The spotlight Saturday was on 21 militant Kurdish politicians who won seats for the first time since the early 1990s when the first parliamentary stint of Kurds campaigning for minority rights ended in disaster.

But the deputies of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) seemed determined not to repeat the storm unleashed at the memorable swearing-in ceremony of 1991 by Leyla Zana, the first Kurdish woman to enter parliament.

The oldest member of the assembly, 83-year-old Sukru Elekdag of the opposition People’s Republican Party, presided over the session pending the election of a new speaker.

Calling on the 550 lawmakers to “act with the good sense and sagacity of statesmen, without yielding to emotion, in a spirit of conciliation and dialogue,” he invited them to swear, individually and in alphabetical order, fidelity to “the secular and democratic Turkish republic.”

The oath-taking session was to continue until around midnight (2100 GMT).

DTP leader Ahmet Turk and his colleagues shook the hand of Devlet Bahceli, head of the Nationalist Action Party, which backs a merciless war against the armed Kurdish separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

“Our ideas cannot be the same, but we are going to work under the same roof,” Anatolia news agency quoted Turk as saying. “We are civilised people, we will have relations.”

He also told CNN-Turk television, “We want to help in working out a peaceful and democratic process .... in a spirit of conciliation and dialogue: it is with these sentiments that we intend to accomplish our mission in parliament.”

In 1991 Zana said she was taking the oath under duress and added a message of peace in Kurdish, breaking a taboo on speaking the language in public. She also wore a headband in the colours of the PKK, whose bloody campaign for Kurdish self-rule has claimed more than 37,000 lives since 1984.

In 1994, parliament lifted the immunity of Zana and her Kurdish colleagues on charges of aiding the PKK, which Ankara lists as a terrorist organisation.

Some of them, including Zana, were jailed for a decade; others went into exile or joined the PKK.

Since then Turkey, under EU pressure, has lifted emergency rule in the Kurdish-majority southeast and legalised broadcasts and private language courses in Kurdish.

Despite their peaceful rhetoric, the DTP members remain under suspicion of being a PKK tool, fuelled by their refusal to condemn the group as terrorist.

Army commanders, who traditionally make a short appearance at the ceremony, were not expected to attend Saturday, officially because of a high-level military meeting.

Media reports, however, said the generals were reluctant to witness the inauguration of recalcitrant Kurdish members of parliament.

Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, a fierce proponent of secularism, would not attend either, as he did after the 2002 elections.

Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) won 341 seats in parliament in last month’s polls, followed by the Republican People’s Party with 99 seats, the Nationalist Action Party with 70, the DTP with 20 and the Democratic Left Party with 13.

The remaining MPs are independents, among them a Kurdish activist who is likely to join the DTP later.

Erdogan was forced to bring elections forward from November after the AKP failed to install Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as Sezer’s successor when an opposition boycott blocked two parliamentary votes in April and May.

The crisis worsened with a threatening statement from the army and mass street protests against the prospect of a president from the AKP, which secularists accuse of seeking to erode the separation of state and religion.

The party, which has disowned its Islamist roots, denies the charges.

Gul has signalled he remains a candidate for president, saying that the AKP’s election victory reflects popular support for his bid.

A referendum on constitutional reforms initiated by the AKP in the wake of the turmoil over Gul’s candidacy, including electing the president by universal suffrage instead of by parliament, will take place on October 21.]]> http://www.eltcafe.net/showthread.php?tid=223 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:55:13 +0300 http://www.eltcafe.net/showthread.php?tid=223

The research we conduct on forest fires has changed almost all of our previous knowledge. Many people including children willing to see helicopters and forest workers demanding to be on the permanent staff are involved in reducing the green areas to ash. The possibility of terrorism is little. The fire is put out best on the ground rather than with planes and helicopters


Our forests are burning furiously. By July 30, approximately 1,559 fires started destroying 6,352 hectares of forest areas. Some 58 percent of our forests are situated in the Mediterranean and the Aegean regions, where summers are hot and dry. Half of these forests consist of black pines and red pines, which are very susceptible to fire. The existence of fires is an ordinary irony of fate. On the other hand, each fire has a different story. Some forests are set on fire because of ‘obstinacy', some on ‘bet' and some other out of ‘wonder'. The proportion of the areas set on fire for annuity in tourism areas is not little. Moreover according to the Foresters' Association, the amount of the areas set on fire is much higher than what is announced.



Children's curiosity for helicopters

Prof. Dr. Nami Çağan, who worked for four years as the 57th government's Environment and Forestry Minister, has given interesting information regarding the forest fires. According to Çağan, some of the seasonal workers employed in the cleaning of the forest areas set the forests on fire in order to be on the permanent staff. Examples of this were seen in Milas and Bodrum fires, Çağan said. There is no evidence for any political motives behind setting the forest fires, and sabotage is considered the last possibility for the fires. However, Nami Çağan, includes children while listing profiles of fire setters and gives a strange example: “The fire around Ayvalık Şeytan Sofrası was started by the children in that area. If a fire occurs, the helicopters carrying water comes to extinguish it. The children wanting to see the helicopters started the fire in Ayvalık Şeytan Sofrası. A long while after the fire, Utku Acun, the governor of Balıkesir at that time, informed me that it had happened that way,” said Çağan. Another significant group of children likely to cause forest fires are those who are keeping smoking a secret from their families.

Former minister's another fire-raiser example is ‘obstinacy'. “We have found some evidence that in some of our areas, villagers start fires in order to prevent the allocation of forest areas to golf courses. When an area is burnt, it is not possible to turn it into golf course, according to the law. The most striking example of this occurred in Antalya. It was understood that the villagers had burnt a forest area to prevent its allocation to a large company. The forest was burnt, and the conversion of the area into a golf course was prevented.”



Mafia's 2/B lobbying

Prof. Dr. Nami Çağan is against the government's law draft, known as 2/B, defining the areas to lose their designated status as forests. “Mafia's biggest dream is the implementation of the 2/B law. While lobbying, the mafia tries to convince the government authorities that the state will earn approximately $25 billion as a result of this arrangement. This is an enormous lobbying effort. The mafia tries to lobby and persuade each government,” said Çağan.



The burnt area is more than announced

The fight with forest fires was very successful between 2003 and 2005, according to Environment and Forest Minister Osman Pepe. However, Turkey Foresters' Association Chairman Mustafa Yumurtacı does not agree with this opinion. “The existence of many huge forest fires and the loss of large forest areas in 2006 refuted the minister's claim. The ministry authorities have tried to disguise the actual figures about the burnt forest areas to protect the ministers. For instance, the area that was reduced to ash in 2006 as a result of Milas-Mumcular fire was reflected at first as 200 hectares and then increased to 400 and 600 hectares in the newspapers. It was confirmed that the actual figure was 3,526 hectares,” said Yumurtacı.

Meanwhile, according to Yumurtacı, there is adequate expert staff in the forest organization with scientific and technical knowledge about preventing fires. However, the real problem is the appropriate use and motivation of these qualified people. “The schools of forest guards, who live close to forests and provide the primary intervention to forest, were closed. The number of the forest guards has decreased and the remaining guards have been brought to big centers, resulting in their loss of relation with forests. Young people in villages who know forests well were trained in forest guard schools on the scientific and technical issues of forestry, and these people were charged in the forests. These guards living together with the villagers could bring the villagers to put out the fire. In the recent years, persuading villagers to put out the fires has become rather difficult,” said Yumurtacı.



Intervention on the ground

So, have enough measures been taken to prevent forest fires? According to experts, important investments have been made to put out fires immediately. Despite this, the fires particularly in coastal regions and places with dense population cannot be prevented. The prevention of fires without becoming large especially in the Mediterranean and the Aegean regions is critically important.

Professor Tuncay Neyişçi, in his book titled ‘New Fire Fighting Techniques', emphasizes that rather than intervention with planes and helicopters, immediate ground intervention in the forest fires is crucial. “The green area reduced to ash in the countries with many planes is larger because the water putting out the flame is not greater than the flame enlarged by the wind from the plane,” said Neyişçi.



Politicians add fuel to the fire

Foresters' Association Chairman Mustafa Yumurtacı lists his suggestions to fight against forest fires. He particularly does not want politicians to come to the affected areas because their presence makes it more difficult for the fire fighters.

Foresters working in regions susceptible to fire should not change location often due to political savings, and should be posted for duty at one place for long durations of time. Given experience and the local cooperation, many fires can be prevented before becoming fully blown.

Ministers, ministry top executives, and governors without knowledge and experience concerning fires should not intervene in the work of fire fighters apart from providing logistical support. At times, their intervention actually inhibits the effective organizing of foresters and fire brigades, making fire extinguishing far more difficult.

The Forest Organization's force of forest guards should be reinforced as soon as possible. The closed schools for forest guards should be reopened, and implementations to have guards from forest villages should again be initiated. The young, facile and outstanding staff should be included in the primary intervention brigades.

For political reasons, people without necessary qualifications were nominated in the past. In recent years, the 1,200 people that were sent to Environment and Forestry Ministry from Telecom have been nominated as forest guards and have been expected to fight fire. Fire Research Centers should be built in the areas susceptible to fire, and the distribution of the staff should be arranged well when there is more than one fire.



78,000 fires in 60 years

According to the records of Environment and Forestry Ministry, there were 77,785 fires from 1937 until the end of 2006. An area of 1,563,847 hectares of forest was destroyed. Some 1,143 forest fires on average start annually in our country. The Ministry's 20,000 staff-members, 759,307 volunteers in 17,789 residential areas, and all troops in forest areas are actively fighting against the forest fires. In addition to six helicopters used in putting out the fires, 17 water-throwing helicopters hired for $4,650 a day have come into service. In the place where 17 helicopters are situated, there are 25 helicopter teams, each including 450 people for primary intervention. According to statistics, 80 percent of the forest fires start between June and October, and the most risky period is August.

APPLE PIE GRAPH

The distribution of forest fires according to causes

7 percent: Natural causes

93 percent: Human-based causes

The distribution of human caused fires

14 percent: Deliberately

56 percent: Negligence, inattention, accident]]>

The research we conduct on forest fires has changed almost all of our previous knowledge. Many people including children willing to see helicopters and forest workers demanding to be on the permanent staff are involved in reducing the green areas to ash. The possibility of terrorism is little. The fire is put out best on the ground rather than with planes and helicopters


Our forests are burning furiously. By July 30, approximately 1,559 fires started destroying 6,352 hectares of forest areas. Some 58 percent of our forests are situated in the Mediterranean and the Aegean regions, where summers are hot and dry. Half of these forests consist of black pines and red pines, which are very susceptible to fire. The existence of fires is an ordinary irony of fate. On the other hand, each fire has a different story. Some forests are set on fire because of ‘obstinacy', some on ‘bet' and some other out of ‘wonder'. The proportion of the areas set on fire for annuity in tourism areas is not little. Moreover according to the Foresters' Association, the amount of the areas set on fire is much higher than what is announced.



Children's curiosity for helicopters

Prof. Dr. Nami Çağan, who worked for four years as the 57th government's Environment and Forestry Minister, has given interesting information regarding the forest fires. According to Çağan, some of the seasonal workers employed in the cleaning of the forest areas set the forests on fire in order to be on the permanent staff. Examples of this were seen in Milas and Bodrum fires, Çağan said. There is no evidence for any political motives behind setting the forest fires, and sabotage is considered the last possibility for the fires. However, Nami Çağan, includes children while listing profiles of fire setters and gives a strange example: “The fire around Ayvalık Şeytan Sofrası was started by the children in that area. If a fire occurs, the helicopters carrying water comes to extinguish it. The children wanting to see the helicopters started the fire in Ayvalık Şeytan Sofrası. A long while after the fire, Utku Acun, the governor of Balıkesir at that time, informed me that it had happened that way,” said Çağan. Another significant group of children likely to cause forest fires are those who are keeping smoking a secret from their families.

Former minister's another fire-raiser example is ‘obstinacy'. “We have found some evidence that in some of our areas, villagers start fires in order to prevent the allocation of forest areas to golf courses. When an area is burnt, it is not possible to turn it into golf course, according to the law. The most striking example of this occurred in Antalya. It was understood that the villagers had burnt a forest area to prevent its allocation to a large company. The forest was burnt, and the conversion of the area into a golf course was prevented.”



Mafia's 2/B lobbying

Prof. Dr. Nami Çağan is against the government's law draft, known as 2/B, defining the areas to lose their designated status as forests. “Mafia's biggest dream is the implementation of the 2/B law. While lobbying, the mafia tries to convince the government authorities that the state will earn approximately $25 billion as a result of this arrangement. This is an enormous lobbying effort. The mafia tries to lobby and persuade each government,” said Çağan.



The burnt area is more than announced

The fight with forest fires was very successful between 2003 and 2005, according to Environment and Forest Minister Osman Pepe. However, Turkey Foresters' Association Chairman Mustafa Yumurtacı does not agree with this opinion. “The existence of many huge forest fires and the loss of large forest areas in 2006 refuted the minister's claim. The ministry authorities have tried to disguise the actual figures about the burnt forest areas to protect the ministers. For instance, the area that was reduced to ash in 2006 as a result of Milas-Mumcular fire was reflected at first as 200 hectares and then increased to 400 and 600 hectares in the newspapers. It was confirmed that the actual figure was 3,526 hectares,” said Yumurtacı.

Meanwhile, according to Yumurtacı, there is adequate expert staff in the forest organization with scientific and technical knowledge about preventing fires. However, the real problem is the appropriate use and motivation of these qualified people. “The schools of forest guards, who live close to forests and provide the primary intervention to forest, were closed. The number of the forest guards has decreased and the remaining guards have been brought to big centers, resulting in their loss of relation with forests. Young people in villages who know forests well were trained in forest guard schools on the scientific and technical issues of forestry, and these people were charged in the forests. These guards living together with the villagers could bring the villagers to put out the fire. In the recent years, persuading villagers to put out the fires has become rather difficult,” said Yumurtacı.



Intervention on the ground

So, have enough measures been taken to prevent forest fires? According to experts, important investments have been made to put out fires immediately. Despite this, the fires particularly in coastal regions and places with dense population cannot be prevented. The prevention of fires without becoming large especially in the Mediterranean and the Aegean regions is critically important.

Professor Tuncay Neyişçi, in his book titled ‘New Fire Fighting Techniques', emphasizes that rather than intervention with planes and helicopters, immediate ground intervention in the forest fires is crucial. “The green area reduced to ash in the countries with many planes is larger because the water putting out the flame is not greater than the flame enlarged by the wind from the plane,” said Neyişçi.



Politicians add fuel to the fire

Foresters' Association Chairman Mustafa Yumurtacı lists his suggestions to fight against forest fires. He particularly does not want politicians to come to the affected areas because their presence makes it more difficult for the fire fighters.

Foresters working in regions susceptible to fire should not change location often due to political savings, and should be posted for duty at one place for long durations of time. Given experience and the local cooperation, many fires can be prevented before becoming fully blown.

Ministers, ministry top executives, and governors without knowledge and experience concerning fires should not intervene in the work of fire fighters apart from providing logistical support. At times, their intervention actually inhibits the effective organizing of foresters and fire brigades, making fire extinguishing far more difficult.

The Forest Organization's force of forest guards should be reinforced as soon as possible. The closed schools for forest guards should be reopened, and implementations to have guards from forest villages should again be initiated. The young, facile and outstanding staff should be included in the primary intervention brigades.

For political reasons, people without necessary qualifications were nominated in the past. In recent years, the 1,200 people that were sent to Environment and Forestry Ministry from Telecom have been nominated as forest guards and have been expected to fight fire. Fire Research Centers should be built in the areas susceptible to fire, and the distribution of the staff should be arranged well when there is more than one fire.



78,000 fires in 60 years

According to the records of Environment and Forestry Ministry, there were 77,785 fires from 1937 until the end of 2006. An area of 1,563,847 hectares of forest was destroyed. Some 1,143 forest fires on average start annually in our country. The Ministry's 20,000 staff-members, 759,307 volunteers in 17,789 residential areas, and all troops in forest areas are actively fighting against the forest fires. In addition to six helicopters used in putting out the fires, 17 water-throwing helicopters hired for $4,650 a day have come into service. In the place where 17 helicopters are situated, there are 25 helicopter teams, each including 450 people for primary intervention. According to statistics, 80 percent of the forest fires start between June and October, and the most risky period is August.

APPLE PIE GRAPH

The distribution of forest fires according to causes

7 percent: Natural causes

93 percent: Human-based causes

The distribution of human caused fires

14 percent: Deliberately

56 percent: Negligence, inattention, accident]]> http://www.eltcafe.net/showthread.php?tid=196 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:34:58 +0300 http://www.eltcafe.net/showthread.php?tid=196 Thursday, July 12, 2007
M. Ali Birand

The direction and the manner of discussions over the elections have been changing.

Up until a while back, whether the July 22 rendezvous would take place or not was being discussed. There were talks about an event taking place, and the elections being cancelled as a result. We left that probability behind. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) caution played a major role in the road leading to the current point. It did not become tough, it was patient, and did not get angry.

Everyone got involved in politics after the April 27 declaration of the general staff. There was a bloody settling of scores.

Now, we are in the final week.

There were no road accidents, and if there are no other accidents in these last couple of days, the elections will be held. The AKP benefited from the April 27 declaration, and the barring of Abdullah Gül from becoming the president following the declaration. It was clear that the declaration would benefit the AKP but it was not estimated that it would be to such a great extent. Even though a campaign was launched against the AKP, it did not yield the desired result.

The latest data shows that the vote rate for this party has exceeded 40 percent.

The winner of the elections is clear: The AKP

However, what is being discussed and not yet clear is how many deputies the AKP will yield in the elections. Everything depends on this number. For example, this number will define to what extent the reforms needed for Turkey's accession to the European Union will be realized.

Another issue being discussed is what other parties will enter the Parliament and with what number of deputies. The newest and yet the most taken-for-granted element of the elections is that the DTP will yield between 30 and 35 deputies. No one doubts that.

The Republican People's Party's (CHP) ascension continues.

The situation of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) is the most critical issue. This party has surpassed the threshold but it is not known by how much. Every point that the MHP wins over is against the AKP's interests. Because of this, the MHP is the most closely observed party. Even a CHP-MHP coalition is viewed as a probability.

The Democrat Party (DP) is cited within these calculations. But its rates are not yet clear. DP's entrance into the Parliament is regarded important as it manifests itself as a party that would support the AKP in case of a political crisis.

To summarize, the picture has manifested itself but the details will have to wait until the evening of July 22.

It is not befitting to do politics with an executioner's rope

The MHP scares many of us.

Its leader, Devlet Bahceli, employs such a harsh and exaggerated language in meeting squares that I cannot believe he sincerely believes some of these views. Actually, I would not like to believe.

Founding its election strategy on executions and showing them as a part of justice, for a great party like the MHP, is a descend for Turkey.

However, I, like many others, have expected the MHP leader to battle the gangs primarily. Such an approach would be the biggest manifestation of his efforts to pull his party to the center. But Bahceli speaks only of the executioner's rope, and can call on Ocalan's execution in meeting squares by throwing this rope into the square.

Turkey should have left all of these behind. The fact that the MHP's rhetoric gets harsher as it gets closer to the Parliament causes concerns.

VOCABULARY

direction: yön
manner: tarz
election: seçim
rendezvous: buluş, buluşma yeri, randevu
probability: ihtimal
tough: sert, güçlü, sağlam, dayanaklı
declaration: deklarasyon, muhtıra
benefit: yararlanmak
estimate: tahmin etmek
launch: başlatmak
exceed: aşmak
deputy: milletvekili
yield: ürün vermek, yerini almak, almak
ascension: yükseliş
manifest: göstermek
exaggerate: abartmak
execution: idam, ölüm cezası, infaz

This article has been brought from Turkish Daily News so as to teach vocabulary. (Sitemize üye olmadan linkleri göremezsiniz. Kayıt olmak sadece 30 saniyenizi alacak...
Kayıt Ol! -
Giriş Yap...)]]> Thursday, July 12, 2007
M. Ali Birand

The direction and the manner of discussions over the elections have been changing.

Up until a while back, whether the July 22 rendezvous would take place or not was being discussed. There were talks about an event taking place, and the elections being cancelled as a result. We left that probability behind. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) caution played a major role in the road leading to the current point. It did not become tough, it was patient, and did not get angry.

Everyone got involved in politics after the April 27 declaration of the general staff. There was a bloody settling of scores.

Now, we are in the final week.

There were no road accidents, and if there are no other accidents in these last couple of days, the elections will be held. The AKP benefited from the April 27 declaration, and the barring of Abdullah Gül from becoming the president following the declaration. It was clear that the declaration would benefit the AKP but it was not estimated that it would be to such a great extent. Even though a campaign was launched against the AKP, it did not yield the desired result.

The latest data shows that the vote rate for this party has exceeded 40 percent.

The winner of the elections is clear: The AKP

However, what is being discussed and not yet clear is how many deputies the AKP will yield in the elections. Everything depends on this number. For example, this number will define to what extent the reforms needed for Turkey's accession to the European Union will be realized.

Another issue being discussed is what other parties will enter the Parliament and with what number of deputies. The newest and yet the most taken-for-granted element of the elections is that the DTP will yield between 30 and 35 deputies. No one doubts that.

The Republican People's Party's (CHP) ascension continues.

The situation of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) is the most critical issue. This party has surpassed the threshold but it is not known by how much. Every point that the MHP wins over is against the AKP's interests. Because of this, the MHP is the most closely observed party. Even a CHP-MHP coalition is viewed as a probability.

The Democrat Party (DP) is cited within these calculations. But its rates are not yet clear. DP's entrance into the Parliament is regarded important as it manifests itself as a party that would support the AKP in case of a political crisis.

To summarize, the picture has manifested itself but the details will have to wait until the evening of July 22.

It is not befitting to do politics with an executioner's rope

The MHP scares many of us.

Its leader, Devlet Bahceli, employs such a harsh and exaggerated language in meeting squares that I cannot believe he sincerely believes some of these views. Actually, I would not like to believe.

Founding its election strategy on executions and showing them as a part of justice, for a great party like the MHP, is a descend for Turkey.

However, I, like many others, have expected the MHP leader to battle the gangs primarily. Such an approach would be the biggest manifestation of his efforts to pull his party to the center. But Bahceli speaks only of the executioner's rope, and can call on Ocalan's execution in meeting squares by throwing this rope into the square.

Turkey should have left all of these behind. The fact that the MHP's rhetoric gets harsher as it gets closer to the Parliament causes concerns.

VOCABULARY

direction: yön
manner: tarz
election: seçim
rendezvous: buluş, buluşma yeri, randevu
probability: ihtimal
tough: sert, güçlü, sağlam, dayanaklı
declaration: deklarasyon, muhtıra
benefit: yararlanmak
estimate: tahmin etmek
launch: başlatmak
exceed: aşmak
deputy: milletvekili
yield: ürün vermek, yerini almak, almak
ascension: yükseliş
manifest: göstermek
exaggerate: abartmak
execution: idam, ölüm cezası, infaz

This article has been brought from Turkish Daily News so as to teach vocabulary. (Sitemize üye olmadan linkleri göremezsiniz. Kayıt olmak sadece 30 saniyenizi alacak...
Kayıt Ol! -
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