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HURRIYET
-- PKK CANNOT RUIN OUR PARTNERSHIP, IRAQI PRESIDENT TELLS TURKISH ENVOY
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-- FRAUD DOSSIER EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN TURKEY
A spokesman for Frankfurt's chief prosecutor's office said a dossier regarding a fraud case on a charity organization in Germany, Deniz Feneri e.V., had been delivered to Turkish officials. The dossier is expected to arrive at the Turkish Justice Ministry next week.
-- PROSECUTOR SEARCHING FOR BODIES IN ACID WELLS
A chief prosecutor in the southeastern town of Silopi, and other officials, looked for traces of people who were allegedly buried in acid wells after they were killed in the1990s. The prosecutor moved to launch the investigation after an alleged former intelligence agent and a former PKK informant claimed that the infamous gendarmerie intelligence unit, JITEM, had killed many people and dumped their bodies in the acid wells of BOTAS,
MILLIYET
-- JIHAD SUMMIT IN
Leaders of Hamas and 200 Sunni religious authorities convened in
-- GOVERNMENT DROPS AMOUNT OF TAXATION ON TEXTILE PRODUCTS
The Turkish parliament approved a package of economic precautionary measures. Based on the package, the amount of taxation on textile products dropped and a tax pardon on scrapping vehicles has been implemented. The economic package gives tax incentives to companies investing in research and development.
SABAH
-- 826 MILLION TL FINE TO DOGAN GROUP
The Ministry of Finance fined the Dogan Group 826 million TL (approximately $488 million) based on tax reports of 2004, 2005 and 2006. The Dogan Group was fined because it did not pay Value Added Tax for transactions of its shares. The Dogan Group responded by saying the laws were being misinterpreted.
-- DENIZ FENERI FILE PUZZLE
The Deniz Feneri file turned into a real puzzle. While Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin claims that the file was not yet sent to
VATAN
-- WE ARE WAITING FOR A NEW PERSPECTIVE FROM IMF,
-- ZIRAAT BANKASI OPENS SECOND BRANCH IN NEIGHBOR
State-run Ziraat Bankasi has opened its second branch in
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The U.S. dollar climbed well above 1.7 against the Turkish lira and it was traded at 1.7055 TL on the free market, the highest in three months. The
-- GALATASARAY DRAW 0-0 WITH BORDEAUX IN UEFA GAME
The first leg of the UEFA Cup round of 32 between Turkish soccer team Galatasaray and Girondins De Bordeaux of France in Bordeaux drew 0-0. The second leg will be played at
RADIKAL
-- OLMERT ANSWERS: WHY WOULD I TELL ERDOGAN?
Isreali Premier Ehud Olmert, whom Premier Tayyip Erdogan scorned as he had not informed him on the upcoming offensive on
-- GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WANT AN INDEPENDENT PRESS
The government's pressure campaign on the Dogan Group --housing
YENI SAFAK
-- ERGENEKON INTERROGATION TO KARAMEHMET
Mehmet Emin Karamehmet, the head of the Cukurova Group, testified to the Ergenekon investigation’s prosecutor, Zekeriya Oz. Karamehmet's name was mentioned in the testimony of ret. Gen. Levent Ersoz.
Voice records of Karamehmet's visit in 2003, to retired Gen. Sener Eruygur --who was the Gendarmerie Commander at the time-- and head of Gendarmerie Intelligence Gen. Levent Ersoz were leaked to the media.
-- GALATASARAY OPEN DOOR FOR NEXT ROUND
Galatasaray tied (0-0) with