GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON FEB 24

HURRIYET
-- MEDIA CRITICIZING GOVERNMENT WILL NO LONGER EXIST
The "tax evader" accusation directed against Dogan Media Group and the unbelievably high penalty given to the group were given broad coverage in the European media. Die Welt, one of Germany’s leading newspapers, wrote that "media organs which criticized the government would no longer exist".
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-- SPECIAL CYRPTO DEVICE FROM TUBITAK
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) has developed a new cryptographic key loading device called "Safe USB Storage Device (SIR)". The device automatically erases all coded information stored in it if an attempt is made by unauthorized people to open it. Moreover, the information in the device can be accessed even if the device is lost. Officials said that 600 devices would be sent to NATO in the coming days.
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MILLIYET
-- "BROTHER BULENT" FORMULA OF GALATASARAY
Galatasaray, who received a major home defeat of 2-5 against Kocaelispor, sacked German coach Michael Skibbe. After the defeat, there were rumors that Galatasaray had agreed with their formal player and coach Gheorghe Hagi of Romania to become the new coach of the team. However, Galatasaray said that they would sign a one-and-a-half-year contract with Bulent Korkmaz, a former team captain with the nickname, "Brave Heart".
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-- ERDOGAN: IF THERE IS REMEDY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT, LET'S PRACTICE IT
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan reacted to Deniz Baykal, chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP), and Devlet Bahceli, chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) who were criticizing him over the unemployment rate in the country. Erdogan said, "If you have a remedy, make it public and don't speak in vain." Erdogan also said, "I am ready to quit politics if I do not practice that remedy."
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-- 60 MLN DOLLARS INVESTMENT FROM HP
Giant U.S. computer company Hewlett-Packard (HP) has ignored the global economic crisis and has decided to invest some $60 million in Turkey. HP will produce desktop PCs in a factory it will establish in Corlu (northwestern Turkey) and employ 2,000 people.
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SABAH
-- U.S. GIANT CHOOSES TURKEY FOR INVESTMENT
The world's leading PC manufacturer, Hewlett-Packard (HP) is preparing to establish a factory in Turkey with an investment of $60 million despite the ongoing economic crisis. HP chose Turkey over Macedonia and it is planning to manufacture 200,000 desktop computers in its new factory. The factory, which will be constructed in Corlu town in the northwestern province of Tekirdag in 18 months, is expected to provide employment opportunities for 2,000 people.
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-- PKK TERRORIST FROM SIRNAK SENTENCED TO DEATH PENALTY IN IRAN
Ferhan Calis, a PKK terrorist who joined the terrorist organization from Turkey's southeastern province of Sirnak, has been sentenced to death penalty in Iran. With this decision, Iran has punished a PKK terrorist with death penalty for the first time.

VATAN
-- FILE HAS COME, BUT IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE LEFT?
The Deniz Feneri e.V. file will arrive in Turkey six months after the Turkish prosecutor's office requested it from Germany. The 169-day delay may have a negative effect on the investigation because companies have been emptied, ships have been sold and evidence has been washed away. Germany sentenced three administrators of the Deniz Feneri e.V. charity association in September 2008 for fraud, and it declared that the real perpetrators were in Turkey. The individuals who received 17 million euros were identified. Turkey just watched the developments, and Ankara Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation only after a criminal complaint. Prosecutors asked Germany to send the file a month later. In the meantime, Mehmet Gurhan, an administrator of the association who was in prison, emptied the companies through a false proxy, shares of Kanal 7 were sold to others, and the vessel bought with fund from the donations was sold.
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-- SKIBBE GOES, DISMISSED CAPTAIN KORKMAZ COMES
Galatasaray changed their coach after a 2-5 defeat against Kocaelispor. Galatasaray's management dismissed German coach Michael Skibbe, and then negotiated with former footballer and coach Gheorghe Hagi, to be the coach of the team until the end of the season. When Hagi wanted to sign a two-year contract, Galatasaray management negotiated with former team captain Bulent Korkmaz, who was dismissed from the team four years ago without a jubilee. Galatasaray management signed one-and-a-half-year contract with Korkmaz.
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CUMHURIYET
-- FILE COMES AT LAST
Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin said that the Deniz Feneri e.V. charity association case file, demanded by the Ankara Prosecutor's Office, would be conveyed to the office on Tuesday. Sahin said, "Our judicial organs will do what they have to do if there are documents and information that a crime was committed, irrespective of whoever committed that crime."      Â

-- SECRET VISIT OF "SECRET EYE"
Keith Alexander, the head of the U.S. National Security Agency, paid a clandestine visit to Ankara, which led to questions being raised. The visit was paid "secretly" in the days when discussions were underway on whether or not to increase troop numbers in Afghanistan, close bases in Kyrgyzstan and withdraw U.S. troops in Iraq via Turkey, as well as Iran's nuclear file. The visit was planned as a "secret" one, but news of the visit leaked to the press due to a problem at Ankara's Esenboga Airport.
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RADIKAL
-- SAME MENTALITY AFTER 20 YEARS AND 4 ELECTIONS
Just like former Prime Minister Turgut Ozal, Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin has defended his recent remarks in which he had stated that "projects of municipalities which are in conflict with the government would not be approved by Ankara". Opposition parties were angered by Sahin's statements.
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-- HP COMES TO MANUFACTURE
Global technology leader Hewlett-Packard (HP) will invest in Turkey with its partner Foxconn. HP's $60-million investment will provide employment opportunities for nearly 2,000 people.

YENI SAFAK
-- TURKISH CRYPTO TO NATO
NATO will use a high-security crypto device developed by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), in preserving top secret documents and intelligence of member states. The secure USB flash memory device passed all tests successfully, and was chosen as the safest system in the world in the transfer of top secret documents and intelligence.       Â

-- "VADI EL DIAB" WIND
Turkish TV series "Kurtlar Vadisi" (The Valley of Wolves) is being broadcast by an Abu Dhabi TV channel under the title of "Vadi El Diab". Middle Eastern countries are watching the series with great appreciation. Earlier, the Turkish drama series "Gumus" (Silver) and "Ihlamurlar Altinda" (Under the Linden Trees) broke rating records in Arab countries.