GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON MAR 09

HURRIYET
-- IRAN REPORT FROM CANKAYA TO WHITE HOUSE
During U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Ankara, Turkish and U.S. officials agreed on a number of issues, especially on Iran. President Abdullah Gul will convey Washington's moderate messages to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran where he will travel on Tuesday. Gul will also convey Ahmadinejad's response to U.S. President Barack Obama through diplomatic channels.
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-- IMF NOT A MAGIC WAND, SAYS SIMSEK
State Minister for Economy Mehmet Simsek spoke to daily Hurriyet. "The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not a magic wand. However, a deal with the IMF would have significant contributions to ease concerns over the need for external financing," Simsek said. "At a time of fast-moving global economic downturn, it would also be wrong to say (forget IMF) or (we have signed the deal with the IMF and we are relieved). If the global markets normalize, the Turkish lira would not lose value as there is no IMF deal."
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MILLIYET
-- A NEW BEGINNING WITH CLINTON
Circles close to the White House commented that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emphasis on secularism and U.S. President Barack Obama's decision not to deliver the speech on the Islam during his visit to Ankara were signs that the new U.S. administration already perceived Turkey's secular identity with its traditional form.
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-- NATIONAL ATHLETE MAKES HISTORY
Alemitu Bekele Degfa representing Turkey in the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Torino, Italy won gold medal in women's 3,000 m. Degfa also broke Turkey's record after finishing the race at 8:46.50.
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SABAH
-- NAME OF NEW TERM IS DEEP ALLIANCE
The U.S. media described the upcoming visit of President Barack Obama to Turkey as the symbol of a deep alliance between Turkey and the United States. President Obama is expected to be in Turkey between April 6-8 after attending the NATO Summit.
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-- NUMBER OF FOREIGN BANKERS ARRIVING IN TURKEY INCREASES
Turkey's Akbank's senior executive Hulya Kefeli said that the number of foreign bankers arriving in Turkey had increased. "There has not been a decline in the number of foreign bankers entering the Turkish market. Most of the time we see foreign bankers entering the Turkish market rather than vice versa," Kefeli stressed.

VATAN
-- FEAR SECTOR
Phone tapping and bugging scandals caused booming sales of GSM "jamming" device that jams GSM radio signals. Demand mostly comes from businessmen and artists. "The price range is between 380 TL and 30,000 TL for jamming devices which can stop all mobile phone conversations and bugging," says Mustafa Ender, executive of a company selling jammers. "Another device that spots hidden cameras starts from 575 TL," he says.
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-- SUPER LOTO IN BAG IF YOU HAVE 26 MLN TL
Super Loto, one of Turkey's lottery games, will reach nearly 50 million TL this week which would be the highest prize ever in Turkey. We asked mathematicians to calculate the chances of winning. Here is the result: If you have 25.82 million TL, you can guarantee to guess the lucky six numbers of the lotto. But for this purpose, you will have to employ 2,242 people four days to mark lottery tickets in two shifts a day. It is certain to hit the jackpot in this way, but do not forget that someone else can also hit it too.
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CUMHURIYET
-- OBAMA TO VISIT TURKEY, AGENDA TO FOCUS ON BILATERAL RELATIONS
The President of the United States, Barack Obama, is expected to pay a visit to Turkey in April. Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said that Obama would visit Turkey to discuss bilateral relations but he would not focus on the Alliance of Civilizations meeting.
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-- RESPONSIBLE FOR 67 COUNTRIES
Aysegul Ildeniz, an executive of technology giant Intel, is responsible for 67 countries as the head of the Middle East, Turkey and Africa. She has been working to promote the use of computers by women during the past four years.
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RADIKAL
-- NO ROOM FOR WOMEN IN LOCAL ELECTIONS
Four political parties, having seats at the parliament, named only 142 female candidates to run in the upcoming local elections in 2,876 electoral districts. The rate of female candidates is only 5 percent.
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-- ARMENIAN PROBLEM BEFORE OBAMA'S VISIT
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to pay a visit to Turkey in April. Turkey did not accept the United States' requests about Afghanistan and Iraq in advance. On the other hand, the United States did not assure the Turkish party that President Obama would not use the word 'genocide' while talking about the incidents of 1915.
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-- BEKELE BRINGS GOLD
Alemitu Bekele Degfa of Turkey won gold medal in women's 3,000 m at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Torino, Italy.

YENI SAFAK
-- BIG SPEECH NOT IN TURKEY
Following a surprising statement from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that U.S. President Barack Obama would visit Turkey in a month, controversy arose over whether or not Obama would address the Islamic world from Turkey. However, prominent U.S. daily the Washington Post asserted that Obama would speak in another country.
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-- BRAINSTORMING FOR $500 BLN OF EXPORTS
All stakeholders of exports will organize brainstorming sessions to debate how to generate new models on how to attain the goal of $500 billion in exports by 2023. These sessions will gather bureaucrats and representatives of the private sector and academicians.