GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON JULY 2

HURRIYET
-- COLONEL RELEASED AFTER BRIEF DETENTION
Colonel Dursun Cicek, who was arrested by a court in Istanbul as part of the Ergenekon investigation, was released pending trial late on Wednesday after spending 20 hours in custody. Cicek's lawyers objected to the court's arrest order earlier Wednesday. Dursun was claimed to be involved in an alleged anti-government plot document.
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-- TURKISH DOCTOR DEVELOPS HEART ATTACK DETECTING TOMOGRAPHY
A U.S.-based Turkish doctor has developed a new kind of optical tomography that can detect heart attacks before they strike. "We can learn in advance about a potential cardiac arrest with the help of intravenous imaging," Mehmet Cilingiroglu said. A company named "Volcano" has pruchashed the patent rights of the new tomography for $25 million and it is planning to start manufacturing the device in a year.
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MILLIYET
-- CRITICAL SENTENCE FROM GUL
Columnist Fikret Bila of Milliyet daily, writing about what happened behind closed doors in the National Security Council, or MGK, meeting, noted that President Abdullah Gul played an effective role both during and after the critical summit. Gul himself wrote the sentence in the MGK statement that expressed the military’s concerns. The sentence said, "We have expressed the views and reactions to recent publications and remarks aiming to harm our state institutions, and reaffirmed that such acts will be no use to our country." After the MGK meeting, Gul held a trilateral summit with Premier Recep Tayyip and Chief of General Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug. Ministers Cemil Cicek and Sadullah Ergin later joined the summit. Gul said he wanted to see the report prepared by a committee of jurists of the General Staff related to the problems emerging from a Constitutional amendment foreseeing the trial of military personnel before civilian courts. Gul signaled that he wants a swift end to discussions on the issue, and he would make a decision within 15 days of examining the reports.
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-- COLONEL CICEK RELEASED
Navy colonel Dursun Cicek was released by an out of sessions court a day after Ergenekon case prosecutors ordered his arrest charging that his name was signed to a plan draft to fight reactionary movements. Cicek's lawyers objected to his detainment. The 14th Criminal Court deliberated the objection from Cicek's lawyers before releasing him pending trial.
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-- ONE-THIRD OF EXPORTS EVAPORATED IN FIRST SIX MONTHS
According to figures of the Turkish Exporters' Assembly, Turkey's exports were down 32.7 percent in the first half of 2009 over the same period of 2008. Turkey exported goods worth $43.8 billion in the first half of 2009.
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SABAH
-- CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURE PACKAGE
The government is preparing to put into effect a confidence-building package comprised of five steps to reduce the tension of the military reflected in the National Security Council, or MGK, meeting. Here are the five steps most likely to be included in the package

1- The message that "we are not prejudiced against the military" will be given.

2- A committee comprised of jurists from the ministries of National Defense and Justice will examine the legal arrangement paving the way for trial of military personnel before civilian courts.

3- The Turkish Armed Forces, or TSK, will be clearly informed about the amendments to the Turkish Penal Code, or TCK, which were part of the European Union, or EU, accession process.

4- The TSK will also be told that the European Court of Human Rights, or ECHR, also demanded the amendments.

5- The trial of high-level officers will be possible only with the permission of the president.
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-- JET RELEASE OF COLONEL CICEK
Colonel Dursun Cicek, who was tried within the framework of the Ergenekon case, was released by the 14th Criminal Court after his lawyers filed an objection over his arrest. The court released Cicek, pending trial with a majority vote. The vote of an interim judge charged was effective in the verdict.

VATAN
-- QUICK RELEASE FOR COLONEL CICEK
A criminal court in Istanbul ordered the release of Colonel Dursun Cicek, who was arrested under the Ergenekon investigation after he was claimed to have drafted what is publicly known as the "Action Plan to Fight Against Reactionary Movements," a plot document aiming to besmirch the government and an influential community leader. The release order came after Cicek's lawyers filed an objection to the arrest. Cicek was detained for allegedly inciting an armed uprising against the government.
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-- NO NEED FOR IMF IN TURKEY, ECONOMIST SAYS
Nobel-winning economist Robert E. Lucas has said that the worst of the global economic crisis was over and that there was no need for an IMF deal in Turkey. "Turkey's economy has built up a certain degree of strength over the years and it is continuing to develop. And it has record growth rates. I do not get why it would need another IMF deal. The Fund has no magic stick," Lucas told daily Vatan.
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CUMHURIYET
-- GUL TO DECIDE ON LAW ON CIVILIAN TRIAL OF MILITARY PERSONNEL
Turkish President Abdullah Gul will reportedly make a decision on a law that would allow civilian courts to try military personnel. Gul is expected to give his judgment on whether to approve the law following the outcome of a series of planned consultations between the government and military.
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-- ISTANBUL JAZZ FESTIVAL STARTING TODAY
The 16th Istanbul Jazz Festival is set to begin today with a concert in Esma Sultan Mansion. Turkish jazz pianist Kerem Gorsev, and vocalist and trombonist Fatih Erkoc will take the stage in the first event of the international event.
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RADIKAL
-- THAT COLONEL RELEASED A DAY LATER
The 14th Criminal Court arrested colonel Dursun Cicek, who military prosecutors had rule against filing for a criminal investigation. The same criminal court released Cicek 18 hours after his arrest. Cicek's was imprisoned for only one day. Cicek is claimed to have signed a reactionary movement plan.
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-- THEY MET AGAIN
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Chief of General Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug met again on Wednesday following Tuesday's tense National Security Council, MGK, meeting. Erdogan and Basbug, who refused to comment on Wednesday, met at the Defense Industry Executive Committee in the evening.
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-- VETO SIGNALS FROM GUL
President Abdullah Gul, who met Premier Tayyip Erdogan and Chief of General Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug, said, "Jurists from the ministries of National Defense and Justice and the Turkish Armed Forces, or TSK, should prepare a report for the legal arrangement (paving the way for trial of military personnel before civilian courts.) The prime minister accepted this suggestion, which is a signal that the legal arrangement might be amended, which is only possible through a vetoing of the legal arrangement.

YENI SAFAK
-- MILITARY PROSECUTOR CHOCKED AFTER INVITING INTELLIGENCE CHIEF FOR TESTIMONY
A military prosecutor has been reportedly relieved from duty after he had asked head of the National Intelligence Organization, or MIT, to testify in an investigation into a group of air force officers allegedly planning a military coup. It was revealed that the military prosecutor, Mehmet Celik, has sent an invitation to Emre Taner, MIT chief, inviting him to testify. The prosecutor was relieved of his position after Taner informed the General Staff about the invitation.
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-- GUL TO SAY FINAL WORD ON CIVILIAN TRIAL OF MILITARY PERSONNEL
Turkish President Abdullah Gul was reportedly set to return to parliament a law that would allow civilian courts to try military personnel, citing uncertainty about trying chiefs of the General Staff. Gul would also assess the outcome of consultations between the government and the military.