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 ATAA
Supports Disarming of Iraq
President Kilic:"Turkish Parliament should
take the necessary measures to make sure that the fifty-year alliance
with US is not damaged"
ATAA President Ercument Kilic released the following
press statement to underline ATAA's continuing support for the US policy
to disarm Iraq and urged the Turkish Parliament to take the necessary
measures in that regard. More
Turks calm despite unpopular war with high economic
price
By Leyla Boulton, Financial Times (UK), March 26,
2003 - The streets of Ankara offer little evidence that the city is
capital of one the states bordering on the war in Iraq. There is no
panic buying in the shops and markets, no apparent fear of attack -
despite the fact that two wayward US cruise missiles have hit eastern
Turkey - and little in the way of protests against America and the war.
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US-Turkey tensions ease amid signs of greater
collaboration
Ilene R. Prusher, Staff Writer of The Christian Science
Monitor - Mar 27, 2003, DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY - Turkey's top military chief
said yesterday that Turkey was actively preparing to send more troops
into northern Iraq, but that it would do so only if the threat against
Turkey escalates - and in coordination with the United States. The comments
by Gen. Hilmi Ozkok, the armed forces chief of general staff, comes
amid signs of an easing of the tense standoff between Ankara and Washington,
which has grown strident in its insistence that Turkey stay out of the
war in Iraq. More
Iraq War Fallout Hurts Turkey's Economy
By JAMES C. HELICKE The Associated Press ANKARA,
Turkey (AP) - Fallout from the conflict in Iraq is creating financial
turmoil in Turkey, threatening to undermine the country's economic recovery
and raising the prospect of instability on Iraq's northern border. Turkish
interest rates rose to around 70 percent as the war began, raising the
possibility that if market turmoil grows worse the country could be
forced to default on its massive debt. More
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Hijack Hostages Released Unharmed
By Patrick Quinn, The Associated Press, ATHENS,
Greece (AP) - A 20-year-old Turkish man who reportedly used
candles to hijack a Turkish Airlines flight was persuaded by
Turkey's prime minister to release his hostages after the plane
landed in Athens. More
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Wolfowitz says Turkey made "big, big mistake" in denying use
of land
By Ken Guggenheim, Associated Press Writer - March
27, 2003, WASHINGTON - Turkey's government "didn't quite know what it
was doing," in failing to win parliamentary approval to allow U.S. troops
the right to use its territory to invade Iraq , Deputy Defense Secretary
Paul Wolfowitz told a House panel Thursday. Wolfowitz described Turkey's
decision as a "big, big mistake" but also acknowledged the United States
had asked a lot of Turkey and noted that Turkey has granted overflight
rights to American planes. More |
