GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON JAN 14

HURRIYET
-- "OPERATION ERGENEKON NOT REVENGE"
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said that the Ergenekon probe was not carried out with the feeling of revenge. He said a shocking amount of weapons and ammunition were seized in the operation, adding, "Who knows, maybe this is the beginning."

-- ONE OF TOP NINE IN ACADEMY AWARDS
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, best director award winner in Cannes with "Uc Maymun" (Three Monkeys), pushes for another award in the Oscar ceremony. "Three Monkeys" succeeded to be one of the top nine films to compete for the best foreign film Oscar at the 81st Academy Award ceremony. The first five will be announced on Jan. 22. Producer Zeynep Ozbatur said, "It is very important to come to this level. We are very happy."
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MILLIYET
-- OSCAR WAY OPENED TO "THREE MONKEYS"
The movie "Uc Maymun (Three Monkeys)", which brought the 'best director' award to Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan in Cannes, ranked among the top nine movies out of 65 others and gained an opporunity to compete for "Best Foreign Film Oscar" in the United States. The number of films nominated will be reduced to five, and their names will be announced on Jan. 22.
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-- HOMAGE AND TEARS FOR PALESTINE
In line with a circular of National Education Minister Huseyin Celik, students in elementary and high schools observed a minute of silence at 11:00 a.m. yesterday for Palestinians who were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza. Some students could not help crying.
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SABAH
-- ARTISTS AT CANKAYA PALACE
President Abdullah Gul hosted several Turkish artists and film makers over lunch at Cankaya Presidential Palace. Artists Zuhal Olcay, Lale Mansur, Sener Sen, Turker Inanoglu, Yucel Cakmakli, Gani Mujde and Erden Kiral attended the luncheon. Speaking at the gathering, Gul said, "Turkish cinema should produce worldwide masterpieces from now on". When the artists gave director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's success as an example, Gul said "there is a significant rise in the success of Turkish movies. There is a serious state contribution to films that won awards."
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-- MEMO FASCINATES US WITH 43 POINTS
Mehmet Okur, the Turkish star of U.S. Basketball League NBA, scored 43 points in a match between Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers, and made his career-high.
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-- MINUTE OF SILENCE FOR GAZA
Under a circular prepared with the orders of National Education Minister Huseyin Celik, students in all primary and secondary schools observed a moment of silence to damn the cruelty in Palestine and to show solidarity with Palestinian people.

VATAN
-- LIEUTENANT COLONEL BURRIES AMMUNITION NEXT TO MILITARY QUARTERS
The underground ammunition found in Ankara's Yenikent town, which is alleged to belong to Lieutenant Colonel Mustafa Donmez, had been buried right next to the military quarters Donmez was working at. It is supposed that Donmez chose such a location as it was close to his duty station. The excavations in Yenikent continued throughout the day on Tuesday. Officials used a geo-radar device to search an area at a depth of 9-meters; however, they did not find anything.
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-- THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, ERDOGAN
"Would there be a war? What is all that? Who knows what is happening and what has happened in this country? This is just the beginning. More will be discovered," Premier Tayyip Erdogan said, commenting on the munitions unearthed in recent excavations. "What are these plans aiming to shoot and kill other people? Those who have done or are desiring to do such a thing should pay for it no matter where they are working or what their titles are," Erdogan also said.
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CUMHURIYET
-- "WHAT HAPPENED IN THREE DAYS?"
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal talked about the Chief of General Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug's meeting with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan during the recent wave of custodies in the Ergenekon probe. "Three generals and the former head of the Higher Education Board were released three days after that meeting. We saw that the incident was stopped without gearing up," he said. Baykal also said that the Ergenekon probe lost its plausibility and legitimacy once again.
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-- NO INVESTIGATIONS AGAINST PROSECUTORS
Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin said that no investigations would be initiated against prosecutors in charge of the Ergenekon probe. "There is no such thing on my agenda," he said.
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RADIKAL
-- ARCHAEOLOGIST BACKUP TO EXCAVATION
Police officers in Ankara resumed excavations in Zir Valley at 8:30 a.m. (0630 GMT) where they have earlier found a minor arsenal (within the scope of Ergenekon probe). As the region is a protected area, the excavations were made together with archaeologists under a special permit. In the excavations 200-meter away from the place where the arsenal was found, police unearthed pieces of a jug thought to be ancient.       Â

-- NEW EXCAVATIONS CAN BE MADE
Interior Minister Besir Atalay said, "Sketches and documents are being examined in the Ergenekon probe. If we find new places, we can dig them too." He also replied to criticisms regarding the style of the detentions, and said, "It is important. I gave the necessary directions for an inquiry."

YENI SAFAK
-- FIGHT AGAINST ERGENEKON IS A NATIONAL DUTY, BAHCELI
Devlet Bahceli, chairperson of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), said that the "Ergenekon" shadow over Turkish democracy should be removed. Bahceli also said that the fight against criminal organizations was a "national duty". "All illegal formations against democracy should be revealed," Bahceli said.  Â

-- TURKISH ADVISOR TO OBAMA
Ilhan Dogan, a body language and communication expert known as "Riccon", will be U.S. president-elect Barack Obama's cultural advisor. Dogan, who previously trained numerous European politicians, worked with American actor George Clooney most recently.