GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON APR 10

HURRIYET

-- FIRST ANITKABIR THEN TALKS

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn will begin a two-day visit to Turkey on Thursday. His first visit will be to Anitkabir, the Mausoleum of the founder of modern Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. After visiting the Anitkabir, Barroso and Rehn will begin their formal talks with Turkish authorities.

-- MANY STUDENTS VACATE THE DORMS

After incidents that took place in Akdeniz University on Sunday, many undergraduate students left the campus dormitories. A total of 2,058 university students vacated the dorm because they consider that staying there unsafe. On Sunday, a fight broke out between two opponent groups using guns, knives and sticks at the university.


MILLIYET

-- EU TENSION IN ANKARA

All eyes in Turkey that were fixed on the closure case and the Ergenekon investigation are now diverted to EU, with Barosso and Rehn's visits to Turkey beginning today. CHP officials warned EU Commission President Barosso, who is arriving in Ankara today, not to discuss the closure case during his address to parliament. Important meetings will take place during the visits of EU officials, Barosso and Rehn. Opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader, Devlet Bahceli, will meet with the EU Commission president for the first time and says that the EU applies double standards to Turkey.

-- BAYKAL EXPECTS SELF-CRITISM FROM AKP

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader, Deniz Baykal, in an exclusive interview on the CNN Turk, said Justice and Development Party (AKP) officials should make self-criticism and admit their mistake. Baykal, who suggests that the AKP failed to learn its lesson on one issue, said: "They thought of compromising with the U.S., but they did not want to compromise with Mustafa Kemal's republic system. They did not learn that lesson."


SABAH

-- IT IS SOLVED WITH DEMOCRACY

This was how Turkish President Abdullah Gul responded to people of the southeastern province of Diyarbakir who asked for support to solve the Kurdish problem. Gul addressed representatives of non-governmental organizations of Diyarbakir saying, "problems are solved by rising democratic standards. The differences are the mosaic of color of Turkey. Problems have political aspects, too, but the real problem is economic. If a person does not have a job, then they look for alternatives."

-- 301 UNIMPORTANT FOR MUMCU

Acting parliamentary speaker and member of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Guldal Mumcu did not submit the proposal of amendments put forward by the ruling Justice & Development Party (AKP) regarding Article 301 of Turkish Penal Code to the commission. Mumcu said, "I don't think it is an important issue. It's okay to wait."

VATAN

-- GUL AND BUYUKANIT FIRST MEETING SINCE LAWSUIT WAS FILED

President Abdullah Gul and Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit will meet today. They last met the Presidential Palace on March 6. Regular talks between Gul and Gen. Buyukanit have not taken place for the past 25 days due to several reasons.

-- POLICE NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND MINOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

A new regulation, designed to reduce the traffic problems resulting from minor accidents, will allow drivers to exchange details and not wait for police attend to make an official report, went into effect on April 1. Since going into effect, 60 percent of accidents were resolved without police attendance.

CUMHURIYET

-- WORKERS TO SEND A WARNING ONCE AGAIN

Revolutionary Labour Unions Confederation (DISK), Confederation of Public Employees Labour Unions (KESK), Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers & Architects (TMMOB), the Turkish Medical Association, and the Turkish Dentists Association will once again launch mass protests against the Social Security and General Health Insurance Bill today. Workers gathering outside Parliament at 12:30 p.m. intend to send the message that they will continue their protests until the "Justice and Development Party turns away from IMF and the World Bank and looks to the country's workers."

-- CONSTITUIONAL COURT DOES NOT ALLOW INDIVIDUAL DEFENCE

Turkey's constitutional court ruled that AKP deputies, cited in the closure cases filed against the ruling AKP and the Democratic Society Party (DTP), could not conduct individual defense. The court, ruling on a demand from a DTP Sanliurfa MP, reasoned that individual defence was not possible since the lawsuits were filed against legal entities and not individual people.


RADIKAL

-- AKP SUPPORTERS BECOME EU SUPPORTERS AFTER CLOSURE CASE

A recent poll of ruling party voters to assess AKP constituent attitudes to Turkey's EU membership since the filing of the closure case revealed that 47.1 percent of AKP voters say "Turkey must join EU," up from 29.5 percent in January 2008.

-- CREATION OF ORGAN DONATION AIR FLEET

The Turkish Health Ministry will establish an air ambulance fleet. The ministry opened a tender to purchase four planes and 17 helicopters. The fleet will be used to ferry donated organs to the recipients and contribute to the health efforts after disasters.

YENI SAFAK

-- TURKISH AIRLINES STRONG ENOUGH TO STAND GLOBAL CRISIS FOR TWO TEARS

Candan Karlitekin, a senior official from the Turkish Airlines said they were strong enough to stand a global crisis for two years. "Because of the high demand in tourism and business sectors for air carriers, we don't see any risk," said Karlitekin.

-- 41 INAGURATIONS IN BAGCILAR

The 41 projects that were launched by the Bagcilar Municipality to transform Istanbul's largest district into a modern centre for living, will be inaugurated tomorrow at the Olympic Gym at 2:00p.m. The facilities, which will be inaugurated by PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, consist of swimming pools, schools and health clinics.