GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON JAN 20

HURRIYET
-- COSTLY IN SINGLE ENVELOPE FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Russian JSC Atomstroyexport and JSC Inter Raoues-Park Technical (Ciner Group) joint venture group (Rao-Ciner partnership) offered a costly price for electricity that will be sold to the state for nuclear power plant which will be established in Akkuyu in southern province of Mersin. The joint venture group offered that per kilowatt-hour of electricity would be sold to the state for 21.16 cents.
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-- HRANT DINK COMMEMORATED
Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of the Agos weekly newspaper, was commemorated in front of the newspaper's offices in Sisli district of Istanbul where he was shot dead two years ago. Those who attended the ceremony chanted slogans saying that "Murderer of Hrant Dink is Ergenekon State".
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MILLIYET
-- RET. INTELLIGENCE COLONEL FOUND DEAD
A retired colonel, who was said to have served for the infamous gendarmerie intelligence unit, JITEM, was found dead on Monday at his home. Police said the colonel, Abdulkerim Kirca, might have committed suicide. Kirca faced life imprisonment for his alleged involvement in the killings of many people in southeast Turkey during 1990s, which were blamed on the JITEM.
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-- SLAIN JOURNALIST COMMEMORATED
Slain Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was commemorated Monday on the second anniversary of his death. Thousands gathered outside the Istanbul offices of his Agos newspaper, the very spot he was shot dead. "We are All Hrant, we are all Armenians," people chanted, carrying banners which read "For Hrant, for justice."
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SABAH
-- TURKEY PLAYS ITS ENERGY CARD
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan warned in Brussels: "If energy chapter is not opened in negotiations, we will have to reconsider Nabucco project." "You are trifling with us," Erdogan told EU leaders. Erdogan also criticized EU's stance over Gaza crisis. "Hamas represents Palestinian people's will," he said.
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-- MYSTERIOUS BULLET IN THE HEAD
Turkey was shocked by a sudden death amid Ergenekon controversies. Retired colonel Abdulkerim Kirca, who was tried for 13 unsolved murders, committed suicide. Former regional group commander of the gendarmerie intelligence in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir was found dead at his home. Kirca shot himself in the head while his wife was at home. Kirca also left a letter after his suicide, it was claimed.

VATAN
-- ARE YOU OUT TO HIT THE JACKPOT?
Turkish businessman Turgay Ciner and his Russian partner were the sole bidder in a tender to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant. However, the consortium asked 21.16 cents for 1 kw per hour for the electricity that Turkey would buy. This price, which should be at most 12-13 cents, shocked everyone. If the consortium's offer is accepted, it will spend $7.8 billion to build the nuclear plant in the Mediterranean province of Mersin. But the government will have to pay $87.9 billion in the next 15 years if the offer is accepted.
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-- CRISIS SEER: FEBRUARY AND MARCH WILL BE WORSE
Nouriel Roubini, or nicknamed as "Dr. Doom" because he first saw the global economic crisis coming, predicted that deepest level of the crisis has not been seen yet. At a conference in Istanbul, the American economist said he could not see any upward trend in growth for 2009. He said developed countries, especially the United States, will face a severe stagnation. "February and March will be worse," he said, predicting that the deepest part of the economic shrinkage would continue until the end of 2009.
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CUMHURIYET
-- MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE OF INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
Abdulkerim Kirca, a retired colonel who served as the eastern commander of the Gendarmerie Intelligence and Counterterrorism Unit or JITEM, was found dead at his home on Monday in capital Ankara. Police said Kirca shot himself in the head. Kirca was called "the mastermind and the executioner," in a report on the Susurluk scandal. Kirca faced prison sentence for setting up an armed gang, torture and murder.
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-- THOUSANDS COMMEMORATE DINK
Near three thousand people gathered on Monday in Istanbul to commemorate slain Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink on the second anniversary of his assassination. The crowd chanted "We are all Hrant, we are all Armenians," condemning the murder. People carried banners that read "For Hrant, for justice" in Turkish, Armenian, Kurdish and English.
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RADIKAL
-- ERDOGAN: "2009 WILL BE A VERY DIFFERENT YEAR"
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who is continuing his talks in Brussels, delivered a speech at the European Policy Center in the Belgian capital. Erdogan informed participants on the relations between Turkey and EU. Erdogan said they attached a great importance to EU institutions' support to Turkey's accession process. Erdogan said Egemen Bagis was appointed as the new chief negotiator for EU talks and 2009 would be a very different year for Turkey's EU adhesion process.
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-- TENS OF THOUSANDS COMMEMORATE DINK
Tens of thousands of people commemorated Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish and Armenian weekly Agos newspaper, who was shot dead outside the newspaper's offices in Osmanbey in Istanbul two years ago. Those who attended the ceremony carried banners reading "For Hrant, For Justice".

YENI SAFAK
-- COMMEMORATION FOR HRANT DINK
Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish and Armenian weekly Agos newspaper, who was shot dead outside the newspaper's offices in Sisli district of Istanbul two years ago was commemorated with songs.
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-- MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF RETIRED COLONEL
A retired colonel, Abdulkerim Kirca who served as the regional commander of the Gendarmerie Intelligence and Anti-Terrorism Command, or JITEM, committed suicide at his house on Monday. Kirca was said to have involved in the killings of many people in southeast Turkey during 1990s.