GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON FEB 5

HURRIYET
-- INCITING DIVISION IS A DYNAMITE FOR PALESTINE
President Abdullah Gul, who addressed Saudi Arabia's Consultative Assembly, said that inciting the division in Palestine would mean to put a dynamite. He said, "this would be the biggest harm to be made to Palestine. Turkey, while calling people to take Hamas into consideration, is acting with the consciousness of preserving the integrity of Palestine."
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-- FROM BLACK COAL TO WHITE GOODS
Following the free distribution of coal all across Turkey, the Governor's Office in the eastern province of Tunceli started a campaign as "one white good for each house". The Governor's Office brought six trucks of white goods which will be distributed to 3,300 families in the city. The Office started to deliver the goods firstly in Nazimiye, the smallest town of Tunceli where 2,900 people are living.
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MILLIYET
-- FREE HOME APPLIANCE FOR TUNCELI FOLK
Governor's office in the eastern province of Tunceli has been giving away free household appliance including refrigerators, washing machines, dish washers, cookers and desktop computers. Five trucks of items have started unloading in Tunceli's Nazimiye town, the hometown of lawmaker Kamer Genc as well as Kemal Kilicdaroglu, candidate for Istanbul mayor of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP). CHP local head in Tunceli Cemal Ozarslan described the move as "an election bribe."
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-- TURKISH NATIONAL KILLED IN GERMANY FIRE
One woman of Turkish descent was killed when she panicked and fell off trying to protect herself from the smoke in a fire in Germany's Duisburg city. Hatun Avci, 24, fell off from the fourth storey of a building as leaned out of window and grabbed a satellite dish to escape from the smoke.
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SABAH
-- OPERATION AGAINST PKK'S FINANCES
The world's largest bank takeover was hampered because of terrorist organization PKK's accounts. Royal Bank of Scotland which took over the Dutch finance giant ABN Amro, asked the branches of this bank in Turkey to be handed over to itself. However, Turkish Intelligence Organization warned Turkey's Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BBDK) that PKK's finances were kept in Royal Bank of Scotland's British partner Barclays. Following this BBDK suspended the handover of the branches. Ministry of Foreign Affairs mediated and Barclays Bank's officials tried to persuade the BBDK in Ankara. The handover was realized when Barclays announced that PKK's accounts were cleared.
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-- "A DIVIDED PALESTINE IS THE GREATEST LOSS"
President Abdullah Gul who addressed the consultative assembly of Saudi Arabia said, "the division amongst Palestinians is a dynamite planted to the foundation of the Palestinian state. We should not merely watch the suffering in Palestine but take measures to prevent these from happening again."
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VATAN
-- TURKISH PREMIER MEETS QATARI COUNTERPART
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan met his Qatari counterpart Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir al-Thani in the Turkish capital on Wednesday. The two leaders discussed the re-building of the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of the Israeli offensive and al-Thani asked for Turkey's support for an international conference on the issue. The visiting premier was in his traditional clothing during his stay in Turkey unlike his formal visit to London on Tuesday where he met British premier in his well-tailored suit.
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-- CHADOR FAILS FOR OPPOSITION PARTY, NEW HOPE IN QURAN CLASSES
Chadored women members of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) resigned from membership on Wednesday after the party refused to nominate their relatives for mayor in Istanbul's Eyup district. Now that the chador failed to work out his party, CHP leader Deniz Baykal opt to extend support for his mayor candidate Sefa Sirmen who promised Quran classes if he gets elected. "Quran classes for each neighborhood is a good project. It would be a descent move to teach Quran to children of Muslim families in a right way," Baykal said.
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CUMHURIYET
-- U.S. DOES NOT WANT TENSION: "DAVOS WAS AN INDIVIDUAL INCIDENT"
U.S. Department of State officials believe the tension between Turkey's Premier Tayyip Erdogan an Israeli President Shimon Peres would not effect relations between Turkey and Israel. Officials say, "both Israel and Turkey are important allies for us. We can't choose one over the other." Same officials argue that what happened in Davos was between two people and not two states.
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-- MINISTER CELIK PROTESTED IN VAN
A shoemaker named Cetin Isik threw a shoe at National Education Minister Huseyin Celik who attended the inauguration of Justice and Development Party's (AKP) election campaign bureau in the eastern province of Van where the party's candidates were promoted. While Celik was telling the crowd about AKP's services to Van, Isık yelled, "there are no such services in Van" and threw one of his shoes at the minister.
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RADIKAL
-- BEST OF DAVOS: "DOING AN ERDOGAN"
The Economist magazine prepared a list of "hits of Davos". According to the list, "doing an Erdogan" was the best expression of the summit. The expression refers to the angry attitude of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan during a panel discussion on Gaza in Davos.
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-- FIRST ISSUE IS ARAB UNITY
President Abdullah Gul, who addressed Saudi Arabia's Consultative Assembly, said, "division among Palestinians would be the biggest dynamite put in the foundation of independent state. The first issue is to unite Palestinians, Arabian and Islamic world."

YENI SAFAK
-- LIEUTENANT COLONEL DONMEZ ARRESTED
Lieutenant Colonel Mustafa Donmez, in whose house several explosives and arms were seized, was arrested under operation Ergenekon. Donmez used his right to remain silent both at the prosecutor's office and the court.
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-- STANDING OVATION GUL
Abdullah Gul, who became Turkey's first president to address Saudi Arabia's parliament, said the division of Palestine made it harder for a solution to be reached in the Middle East. "We are crying out everywhere that it is wrong to quote Islam and terrorism together. Unfortunately such discourses spread hatred against Islam secretly in the world," said Gul. Gul's speech received standing ovation in the parliament.