GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON MAR 27

HURRIYET
-- EU'S FUNDAMENTAL VALUE IS FREEDOM OF PRESS
President Abdullah Gul had a meeting with Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, in Belgian capital of Brussels. In regard to "tax penalty" to Dogan media group, Barroso said that respect for freedom of press was one of the fundamental values of the European Union. Replying to a question, Barroso said they had been watching developments regarding penalty to Dogan Group.
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-- WE FEEL DEEP SORROW
Crash of helicopter (around the village of Kurucaova in the southern province of Kahramanmaras) carrying Great Unity Party (BBP) chairman Muhsin Yazicioglu and other five people caused deep sorrow in the country. Political party leaders cancelled their public meetings scheduled for Thursday. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan went to Kahramanmaras and several politicians visited BBP and expressed their regret.
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MILLIYET
-- HAS SNOW COVERED WRECKAGE?
Hopes have been fading away to find Great Unity Party (BBP) leader Muhsin Yazicioglu and five other people alive after their helicopter crashed in the southern province of Kahramanmaras two days ago. Hundreds of soldiers, villagers and other rescue workers searched for the wreckage of the helicopter, bud fog and snowstorms hampered the search missions by air. A locator signal from the helicopter could not been detected since 3.00 a.m. on Thursday morning and the size of the large area made search efforts difficult. Meanwhile, members of the BBP claimed that official search efforts were conducted in the wrong area. An executive of the political party said that they determined a totally different coordinate through GPS devices and sent a team to the region.
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-- EU WARNS TURKEY
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso highlighted importance of freedom of press during his meeting with President Abdullah Gul in Brussels. Barroso said that they attached great importance to the value of full respect to the freedom of press.
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SABAH
-- LOCAL ELECTIONS RECESS SCHOOLS FOR ONE DAY
Schools were recessed for one day on March 30 because most of teachers will work at ballot box boards during local elections on March 29 and people will cast their votes at schools. National Education Minister Huseyin Celik made the announcement of recess on Thursday.
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-- NO HOPE REMAINS
Search and rescue teams tried to reach the wreckage of the helicopter, which was carrying Great Unity Party (BBP) chairman Muhsin Yazicioglu and five other people when it went down in bad weather on its way from southern province of Kahramanmaras to central province of Yozgat Wednesday afternoon. But fog, cold weather and snowstorms hampered the search missions. Rescue teams worked till the midnight Thursday, but they could not reach the wreckage.

VATAN
-- RIGHTFUL OUTRAGE
Thirty-six hours have passed since crash of the helicopter carrying Great Unity  Party (BBP) leader Muhsin Yazicioglu and five other people in the southern province of Kahramanmaras. The state mobilized all means and instruments at its disposal. Three thousand people including gendarmerie forces and civilians, 11 helicopters and a plane could not find the wreckage of the helicopter. Hopes are fading away to find those on board the helicopter alive. Since the emergency locator transmitter (ELT) in the helicopter did not give any signals, efforts to locate the wreckage became more difficult under the current bad weather conditions in the area.
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-- LAST CALL
The telephone conversation between Ismail Gunes, a reporter of the IHD News Agency who was on board the helicopter which crashed two days ago, and the emergency hot line was revealed. "My foot is badly broken. I am starting to freeze. I cannot see Muhsin Yazicioglu. I think the others are dead. I cannot move my foot. When will you locate us, madam?" Gunes said. Meanwhile, people criticized the emergency hot line officials for panicking and letting the battery in Gunes's mobile telephone drained by talking too long.
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CUMHURIYET
-- SEARCH SCANDAL
Three thousand people have searched for the wreckage of the helicopter carrying Grand Unity Party (BBP) leader Muhsin Yazicioglu and five other people crashed in southern province of Kahramanmaras two days ago. Snow reached 2-3 meters in the region and heavy fog reduced visibility. Hopes are fading away to find them alive. Although emergency hot line officials talked to journalist Ismail Gunes who was on board the helicopter for minutes, they could not pinpoint their location. Then, the battery in Gunes's mobile telephone drained.
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-- A WARNING FOR FREE PRESS
President Abdullah Gul met with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels and said that Turkey's EU process would gain impetus again. Meanwhile, Barroso said that they attached great importance to the value of full respect to the freedom of press.
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RADIKAL
-- SEARCH-RESCUE TEAMS COULD NOT REACH YAZICIOGLU AND OTHER FIVE
Search and rescue teams tried to reach the wreckage of the helicopter, which was carrying Great Unity Party (BBP) chairman Muhsin Yazicioglu and five other people, but teams could find them due to freezing cold weather. The helicopter crashed on its way from southern province of Kahramanmaras to central province of Yozgat on Wednesday. 2,000 people have been searching for Yazicioglu and other five people, but they could reach them due to heavy fog and snowstorms.
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-- GIANT 'NANO' INVESTMENT
Sabanci University will establish Turkey's first interdisciplinary research center in nanotechnology with an investment of 50 million TL. Projects in the areas of physics, biology and electronic will be conducted at the center.

YENI SAFAK
-- EU PROCESS TO BE SPEEDED UP
President Abdullah Gul had a meeting with Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, in Belgian capital of Brussels. Gul said, "the steps taken by Turkey will speed up its EU accession process." Barroso said that Turkey had taken some important steps including Gul's visit to Armenia.
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-- EVERYONE FEELS DEEP SORROW
Search and rescue teams could not reach Great Unity Party (BBP) chairman Muhsin Yazicioglu and five other people after their helicopter crashed in the southern province of Kahramanmaras. Thousands of people searched for Yazicioglu and other five people despite freezing cold weather.