GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON MAY 11

HURRIYET
-- ‘PRESSURE ON JUDICIARY MAY LEAD TO CHAOS’
Mustafa Birden, chief judge of the Council of State, warned the government about social chaos, legitimacy, secularism and a new constitution during his speech at ceremonies marking the 141st anniversary of the highest administrative court in Turkey. "Attempts by political powers to take the judiciary under control may lead to chaos. The judiciary must be independent, and politics must be made in line with the basic principles of law," he said.
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-- ‘LET'S CLARIFY THAT HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY’
Messages from Kandil gave rise to discussions about an amnesty. President Abdullah Gul indicated that some good developments could occur toward resolving the Kurdish problem. In response, Republican People's Party, or CHP, leader Deniz Baykal said, "The president is talking about a historic opportunity. I expect an explanation about it. Will we amend the Constitution or declare an amnesty? If it is an amnesty to gain extra time in the fight against terrorism, it will not work."
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MILLIYET
-- EX-MINISTER: FULL INITIATIVE, BOLDNESS NEEDED
Former foreign minister Ilter Turkmen said, "A wise men’s commission is an interesting idea, but it is not realistic to me. What would happen in that commission? Would Turkish wise men and wise men of the PKK meet?" In an exclusive interview with daily Milliyet, Turkmen said, "It is obvious that the PKK is stranded. They are looking for a way out. On the one side, Turkey agreed with the United States, and on the other side, Iran and Syria are applying pressure." Turkmen said, "The military says it did its best. Politics stood still doing nothing until 2005. However, it cannot continue from now on doing nothing. Politics should make moves and should be bold."
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-- AMMUNITION FOUND IN BEYKOZ
Acting on a tip off from amateur fishermen, diver policemen searched the waters near the Cubuklu dock and found ammunition hidden in boxes underwater. Four hand grenades, seven smoke bombs, two plastic explosives and more than 2,000 M-16 bullets were among the ammunition.
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SABAH
-- ARSENAL AT STRAIT
Many bombs, bullets and parts of long-range weapons were found in the sea in Istanbul’s Beykoz district. Divers took out suspicious plastic bags from the sea. There were two plastic explosives, two hand grenades, more than a thousand bullets and smoke bombs in the bags.
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-- TPAO WILL COLLECT DATA FROM SEA
The Turkish Petroleum Corp., or TPAO, Directorate General, which collects data on land, has widened its projects to also collect data from the sea. The TPAO statement said it would open a tender to collect data in seas within the scope of its activities to explore oil and natural gas.

VATAN
-- EIGHTH ROUND OF AMMUNITION COMES OUT FROM SEA
A number of weapons, bombs and bullets were found in several bags taken out of the sea by divers in the Bosphorus Strait. The bags were discovered by fishermen. Security forces searched the area after fishermen informed them. The ammunition also includes more than 1,000 bullets.
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-- ‘AUTHORITY OF POLITICAL POWER IS NOT UNLIMITED’
Mustafa Birden, chief judge of the Council of State, gave important messages during his speech marking the 141st anniversary of the highest administrative court in Turkey: "Views of all sections of society should be listened to before preparing a new constitution; any amendment damaging the principle of secularism cannot be made; attempts by political powers to take the judiciary under control may lead to chaos; and prosecutors should not use illegal evidence."
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CUMHURIYET
-- ‘AUTHORITY IS NOT UNLIMITED’
Mustafa Birden, chief judge of the Council of State, said the authority to amend the Constitution was not arbitrary. "The biggest threat against judicial independence and neutrality is the politicization of the judiciary," he said during a ceremony marking the 141st anniversary of the highest administrative court in Turkey.      Â

-- ‘ART IS THE BIGGEST POWER’
Leading Turkish novelist Yasar Kemal met with German Nobel laureate Guenter Grass in Berlin. Grass said he could smell the thyme growing the Toros Mountains in southern Turkey while reading Kemal's novels. Multiculturalism is a fortune unless it turns into a clash, they said.       Â

RADIKAL
-- CABINET WILL BE GUEST OF GUL
President Abdullah Gul will host Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Cabinet members over dinner this evening. Politics, foreign policy and the economy will be discussed at the meeting. The Kurdish problem is also expected to be discussed.
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-- AMMUNITION FOUND IN SEA
Ammunition was found in the sea in Istanbul’s Beykoz district. After a fisherman found bullets in a sack, divers discovered hand grenades, smoke bombs, bomb mechanisms and weapons in the sea.

YENI SAFAK
-- HERON DISAPPEARS IN AIR
Ten Heron unmanned surveillance aircraft purchased from Israel for $183 million have not yet been delivered. The planes, which were designed to fly at 30,000 feet, have not yet gone beyond 21,000 feet. One of them disappeared in the air when it began to land in the last test flight. It was finally spotted six minutes later.
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-- TURKEY TO START EXPORTING UNIVERSITIES
Yusuf Ziya Ozcan, chairman of Higher Board of Education, said the boar was encouraging state-run universities to open faculties in foreign countries. Ozcan said new Turkish universities would be opened in Germany, Afghanistan and Azerbaijan. He said Ankara, Gazi and Hacettepe universities were developing such projects and that there would probably be an Istanbul Technical University in Berlin.