GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON JUNE 25

HURRIYET
-- NO ORDER, NO TECHNICAL TRACE, NO ORIGINAL
The military prosecutor's office completed its investigation into the "plan to fight reactionary movements" and decided that the document was not prepared at the General Staff headquarters. The office decided not to prosecute since the document was not original. The office said, "It has been seen that the mentioned document was not prepared at the General Staff and there is no such document. We have not seen any information, document, order or trace in electronic medium or records." The office said, "We seized 14 computers, including two used by the colonel (who is said to have signed the document). The colonel's cell phone was examined and his home was searched. A calligraphic examination of his signature on the photocopied version of the document was made. We also consulted with the Technical and Scientific Research Council of Turkey, or TUBITAK. Nobody could say that it was colonel's signature."

The military prosecutor's office decided that it was not authorized to investigate who was behind the preparation of the document and for what reason, whether it targeted the Turkish Armed Forces, or TSK, and how it was leaked to Taraf daily newspaper. The office sent the file to the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office.
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-- MEDAL GIVEN BY GREEK CYPRIOTS AS BRIBE
The "Greek-Greek Cypriot" bribe came out of the historic decision of the European Court of Justice, the biggest judicial organ in the European Union, or EU. The court put the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, or TRNC, under the sovereignty of the Greek Cypriot judiciary. The British Supreme Court sent a property case filed by Greek Cypriots in London regarding a house in Girne, in the TRNC to the Court of Justice of the European Communities. This was what the Greek Cypriots wanted because the judge was Vasilis Skouris of Greece. Skouris was invited to the Greek Cypriot administration in 2006, and he was granted a medal of honor for his services to the Greek Cypriot people. Also, Skouris and his family were hosted on the island in 2006 and 2008. The court ruled that Greek Cypriot courts can make decisions about not only property, but also commercial and social issues regarding the TRNC, and the decisions would be valid throughout the EU.
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-- 2-MLN-EURO CHINA VISIT
President Abdullah Gul became the first Turkish president to visit China in 14 years. Businessmen accompanying Gul will sign many business deals and projects worth 2 million euros in China.
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MILLIYET
-- EYES TURN ON CIVIL PROSECUTOR
The military prosecutor's office said the "action plan to fight reactionary movement" was not a document drafted at the General Staff Headquarters. It said experts from the gendarmerie, the forensic medicine institution and the scientific research council, Tubitak, have examined the document and report that they "could not conclude a result since the paper was a photocopy." It also said that the police report was conflictive. The military prosecutor's office said that it would not prosecute Navy Colonel Dursun Cicek, who allegedly prepared the document.
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-- NEW EVIDENCES FROM POLICE AND PROSECUTORS
Hours after the military prosecutor's office released a statement saying that the "action plan to fight reactionary movements" was not prepared at the General Staff Headquarters, four prosecutors in charge of the Ergenekon case held a surprise meeting with Erol Demirhan, deputy director of intelligence department of Istanbul Police. The prosecutors said at the meeting that they have new evidence. They decided that forensic medicine experts should carry out a new examination in the light of the new evidence. Demirhan personally delivered the evidence to the forensic medicine laboratory.
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SABAH
-- PROBE INTO PLOT SENT TO CIVIL PROSECUTORS
The military prosecutor's office said in a statement that the document on "action plan to fight reactionary movements" was not a document prepared at the General Staff Headquarters. The statement said military prosecutors have not seen any traces of information, orders or indications --neither in electronic nor in written records-- that the document was drafted at General Staff Headquarters. It also said the military prosecutor's office would not prosecute navy Colonel Dursun Cicek as there was no evidence to prove that he signed it.
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-- 3 BLN-DOLLAR TRIP
Turkish President Abdullah Gul traveled to China with a large delegation consisting of mostly businessmen. He will sign agreements on trade and investments worth $2.9 billion. Agreements will create opportunities especially in the construction industry. Turkish companies operating in the telecommunications, energy and mining industries will take a huge chunk of these agreements.
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-- NIHAT BACK TO BESIKTAS
After losing Mehmet Topuz to rivals Fenerbahce, Besiktas agreed with former player Nihat Kahveci. Besiktas Chairman Erdogan Demiroren met Nihat in the Aegean province of Izmir and agreed with the Villareal striker.

VATAN
-- CONSPIRACY ACCORDING TO TSK, FILE IN CIVILIAN PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
The military prosecutor's office decided that "the plan to fight reactionary movements" was not prepared at the General Staff headquarters, and there was no evidence that the signature on the document was Colonel Dursun Cicek's. The military prosecutor's office threw the ball in the court of the Ergenekon prosecutors, asking them to investigate who was responsible for the preparation of the document and for what reason. The file was sent to Istanbul.
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-- CRISIS HIT RICH PEOPLE
The number of rich people in Turkey was down in 2008, in line with world statistics. The number of the rich dropped to 33,700 from 47,600 in Turkey in 2008. According to a Merrill Lynch report, the total assets of the richest people in the world was down 19.5 percent to $32.8 trillion in 2008. The number of rich people was down 15 million and dropped to 8.6 million.
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-- CHINA GESTURE FROM GUL TO DTP
When there is "appointment" tension between the Democratic Society Party, or DTP, and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, President Abdullah Gul added a representative from the party to his visit to China. The Presidential Palace made a gesture to the DTP, who was complaining about not being invited on foreign visits of the Turkish Parliament and the state. Gul wanted a DTP representative to participate in his visit to China. Selahattin Demirtas, deputy chairman of the DTP, was on Gul's plane and represented the DTP. Gul visited the regional bureau of TRT Turk in Beijing on Wednesday.
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CUMHURIYET
-- NO CONNECTION WITH TSK, WHO PREPARED THE DOCUMENT SHOULD BE FOUND
The General Staff Military Prosecutor's Office said "the action plan to fight reactionary movements" was not prepared at the General Staff headquarters, and there was no such a document. The statement criticized the security report that "the signature belonged to Colonel Dursun Cicek." The office decided that it was not authorized to deal with the file, and sent it to the Istanbul Prosecutor's Office. The office said it was the duty of the civilian judiciary to discover those responsible for the preparation of the document.       Â

-- CREDIT CARD DEBTS TO BE RESTRUCTURED
The Turkish Parliament adopted a law on restructuring credit card debts. The provision regulating the annual membership fee taken from credit card owners was excluded from the law with a motion supported by the government and the opposition parties. From this point on, the membership fee will be determined by a contract between the bank and the card owner.
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RADIKAL
-- MILITARY PROSECUTOR: SUCH A DOCUMENT WAS NOT PREPARED AT GENERAL STAFF HQs
The General Staff Military Prosecutor's Office said in a statement that it would not prosecute over the "action plan to fight reactionary movements". It said the paper was not drafted at the General Staff HQs and that all computers at Navy Colonel Dursun Cicek's department, as well as his home, were examined. The statement said prosecutors took samples of Cicek's signature and his testimony. "Even if its shape resembles, it is impossible to make a proper examination on photocopy," gendarmerie laboratories told military prosecutors. A forensic medicine report backed this finding.
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-- POLICE'S MOVE ON RECORDS: SECURITY INFORMATION CAN NOT BE GIVEN
The practice that reveals the past actions of civil servants has become history. Police or the gendarmerie will only be able to give information in an ongoing trial process or defined sentence if asked about a security investigation or database search. Police will not be able to give any information about records at the police stations and courts.

YENI SAFAK
-- FOUR-HOUR SIGNATURE SUMMIT
The General Staff Military Prosecutor's Office said the prosecution of Colonel Dursun Cicek was not necessary. It said there was no evidence to prove that the photocopied document was signed by the suspect, Colonel Cicek. Ergenekon prosecutors took action after the statement made by military prosecutor's office. Four prosecutors met deputy chief public prosecutor of Istanbul and debated reports regarding Cicek's signature. Prosecutors will wait for reports from police, gendarmerie, forensic medicine institution and scientific research council, Tubitak. Following the final report, police will take testimony of Colonel Cicek as a "witness" or a "suspect".
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-- BRITAIN SEARCHING FOR TURKISH TRUCK DRIVER
Ayhan Pervan, a Turkish truck driver, went to Homerton Hospital in Britain after he being bitten by a tick. However, Pervan, 44, had difficulties with the language and fled from the hospital which was located in a neighborhood where mostly Arab people and Jamaicans reside. Police issued a warrant for his arrest and questioned hospital staff after Pervan's escape.