GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON JULY 29

HURRIYET

-- FIVE-HOUR TETE-A-TETE MEETING IN CUKURAMBAR
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President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a five-hour tete-a-tete meeting at the residence of Mehmet Tekelioglu, a deputy from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), in Cukurambar district of Ankara the previous day. Gul and Erdogan had a meeting 12 hours before the Constitutional Court began hearing the closure case filed against the AKP.

-- "WE STAND BY TURKEY"
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After the two bombings in the Gungoren district of Istanbul, several countries and organizations released messages condemning the attacks. The European Commission said it fully supported Turkey in its fight against terrorism. NATO Secretary General strongly denounced bomb attacks in Istanbul and gave a message of solidarity. The United States said it was deeply saddened by the incident in Istanbul and is ready to extend every kind of assistance to Turkey.
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MILLIYET

-- LOOK, YOU KILLED THEM!
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One of them was an unborn baby, one them was a three-year-old. The villainous bomb claimed lives of 17 people including five children. Aleyna Celik was getting ready to celebrate her 4th birthday on July 30. She and her four-year-old cousin were out that night to have an ice-cream. That villainous bomb killed them. Seyma Ozkan was a twelve-year-old student. She went out to their balcony to see what happened in front of their home after the first blast. She was hit by shrapnel after rushing with her parents to the balcony of their apartment to see what was going. Filiz Ikiz was expecting a baby in 15 days. She and her husband were out to shop for their baby. She and her unborn child died in the explosion.
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-- SUSPECTS TO BE TRANSFERRED TO SILIVRI JAIL
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The High Criminal Court has decided to transfer all arrested suspects (47 people) in the Ergenekon probe to a jail in Silivri. The trial will be held at the same jail.
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-- A CHORUS OF 40 THOUSAND PEOPLE FOR METALLICA
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Worldwide famous heavy metal band Metallica has given its third concert in Istanbul. Nearly 40,000 fans wearing the black t-shirts of the band watched the concert at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium. Members of the band admired the audience's performance.
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SABAH

-- AIM OF BOMB IS TO CAUSE FRATERNAL FIGHTING
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Whether they are planted by the terrorist organization PKK or another terrorist organization, the aim of bombs targeting innocent people is the same: To cause ethnic conflict. The death toll rose to 17 after two bombs exploded in Istanbul's Gungoren neighborhood on Sunday night.

Some 50 people have been injured and are receiving medical care at hospitals. Seven of them are in serious condition. Experts say that the bomb resembled those earlier planted by the terrorist organization PKK. The real aim of the attack was to cause chaos and domestic clashes, like the days before the military intervention on Sept 12, 1980. Prosecutors wrote about this heinous intrigue in the "Ergenekon" indictment.

They said, "Like the separatist terrorist organization PKK, Ergenekon terrorist organization intends to incite Turkish-Kurdish clash throughout the country and divide Turkey."
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-- ATTACK CONDEMNED
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The entire world condemned Gungoren bombings and gave the message that they were standing by Turkey in its fight against terrorism. Many countries, from the United States to Russia and from European Union (EU) members to Israel, condemned Sunday's bomb attacks in Istanbul. The United States said that killing of innocent people could not be justified, whereas Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev offered his condolences. Israel, Italy, Spain and Germany said that they were supporting Turkey's fight against terrorism.

VATAN

-- A SPANISH CALL
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Turkey's main opposition party's leader Deniz Baykal has called everyone to join a "national condemnation rally" against the acts of terror just like the one in Spain. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed his proposal. Nearly 11.5 million people held a rally in Spain to condemn killing of 191 people in al Qaeda's bomb attacks on trains in Madrid on March 11, 2004.
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-- TRAITOR'S PHYSICAL APPEARANCE DETERMINED
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The police have determined the physical appearance of the terrorist who carried out the double bomb attacks in Istanbul. According to witnesses, the traitor is 20-25 years of age and was wearing a green t-shirt. He has a beard. The police could not find any image after investigating security cameras in the area. The police said that the attack bore the hallmarks of the PKK terrorist on the basis of the style of the attack and use of the RDX explosive. On the other hand, the PKK denied any involvement in the attack, and focused the blame on "Ergenekon".
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CUMHURIYET

-- IT IS TIME TO REACT
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Gungoren massacre angered Turkish people and political circles. Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the day was a day of unity and solidarity. "The closer we stand against terrorism and the more we hang together, the more successful we will be in combating terrorism," he said. Deniz Baykal, chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP), said that Turkey should set a "national condemnation policy". "Millions of people should say out loud that they condemn those who stage these attacks," Baykal also said. Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, the chief of General Staff, also harshly condemned those who staged the heinous attack.
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-- EXPERTS POINT PKK
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The Istanbul governor said that experts had seen a link between the bombings in Gungoren and the separatist terrorist organization. Ercan Citlioglu, the head of the Strategic Researches Center in Bahcesehir University, said that the attack had nothing to do with recent developments. Citlioglu said that the terrorist organization, stuck in the rural area, was trying to prove itself. Also, terror expert Nihat Ali Ozcan said that the PKK might not claim responsibility for the attack, but it was a high possibility that the bombings were staged by the terrorist organization.
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RADIKAL

-- PROVOCATION DAYS
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When Turkey has been going through tense days, Turkish and foreign authorities strongly condemned the bomb attacks in tye Gungoren district in Istanbul that killed 18 people. Authorities signaled that terrorist organization PKK might be behind the attacks. No one has claimed the responsibility for the attacks.
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-- TOP COURT TO CONTINUE HEARING CLOSURE CASE
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The Turkish Constitutional Court convened on Monday to deliberate a verdict on the closure case filed against the ruling Justice and Development  Party (AKP). The gathering lasted for 12 hours. The court board will convene every day until they reach a decision.

YENI SAFAK

-- WHO IS THIS MAN?
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A youth recorded the bomb site from the balcony of his house after a heinous attack that killed 18 and wounded more than 150 in Istanbul's Gungoren neighborhood on Sunday night. The youth recorded the scene on his cell phone, and police examined the video. The police saw that a person around 20 years of age and wearing a black shirt was running away from the scene only five seconds before the second explosion. Police are searching for this person who is thought to have detonated the remote-control bomb.
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-- ERGENEKON PRISON
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Under a decision of the court that will hear the Ergenekon case, defendants were transferred to a maximum-security prison in Silivri where the hearings will take place. Dogu Perincek, Veli Kucuk, Muzaffer Tekin and Kemal Kerincsiz, who are being held in Kandira prison, will also be transferred to Silivri. The first hearing will begin at 9 a.m. on Oct 20. The hearings will continue every day.
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-- TODAY IS A DAY OF UNITY
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the bomb site in Gungoren. Erdogan said Turkey had been countering terrorism for 35 years. "The closer we stand against terrorism and the more we join together, the more successful we will be in combating terrorism," he said.