GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON NOV 24

HURRIYET
-- I WILL QUIT IF MY PARTY COMES 2ND
Premier Tayyip Erdogan said he would give up the chairmanship of his party should they emerge as the second party in the municipal elections on March 29,2009. Suha Okay from the opposition CHP said, "This means actually that he thinks there is a possibility that his party could become the second party." Mehmet Gunal from Nationalist Movement Party said, "He shouldn't wait, and resign at once and save the country from himself."
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-- SPEACIAL CRISIS ADJUSTMENT TO RENTS
The Parliament's Justice Commission will discuss provisions of the draft Turkish code of obligations --that would put tenant's in a hard situation --  in the new year. According to the draft, landlords will be able to ask tenants to evacuate their property when they demand that not only their children or spouse will live in the house, but also their parents, grandparents and grandchildren. Rental contacts would also be able to be renewed due to changing economic circumstances as a result of the economic crisis. The draft would also enable landlords to file eviction lawsuits not only in the case where tenants fail to pay their rents on time, but also when the tenants fail to pay their utility bills.

MILLIYET
-- HOW CAN THEY CELEBRATE?
Teachers' Day will be celebrated throughout Turkey today. However, teachers in Turkey cannot afford to celebrate. According to a recent survey carried out by the Organization for European Cooperation and Development (OECD), a Turkish teacher works 1,832 hours a year, while teachers work 1,425 hours a year in Spain and 1,440 hours in Portugal. Among OECD-member countries, the highest annual salary of a teacher is about $54,000. This amount is only $15,000 in Turkey.
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-- ERDOGAN CRITICIZES TUSIAD AGAIN
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has criticized the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) during his meeting with Turkish businessmen and local journalists in India. Erdogan said that TUSIAD did not support the government. "In fact, they should have supported us. But I will not take a step back," he said.
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SABAH
-- LOOSING ONE SHOULD LEAVE
Turkey's Premier Tayyip Erdogan, who is on an official trip to India, made challenging remarks. Erdogan staked his career saying, "I'm not doing things with an ambition for power. Let me put it clearly, if my party emerges as the second party from the elections, I will give up the chairmanship of this party." All eyes turned to Republican People's Party chairman Deniz Baykal, but he made no comment in response. CHP's controller Mustafa Ozyurek said, "Mr. Premier is making a show, just like late Mr. Ozal had. But Ozal's party became the third party."
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-- MY GRANDFATHER WILL LIVE HERE, EVACUATE THE HOUSE
It appears the draft code of obligations before parliament will bring arrangements favoring landlords. If the draft code is enacted, landlords will be able to file lawsuits to cancel rental contracts saying their grandparents, grandchildren or even their adopted children are going to live in the property.

VATAN
-- "IF WE BECOME SECOND PARTY, I QUIT POLITICS"
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has sent important messages about his political future during his visit to India. "If our people want, they can elect another political party to rule Turkey. If the Justice and Development Party (AKP) emerges as the second the political party during next year's local elections, I will quit (party chairmanship)," he said at his meeting with Turkish businessmen and local journalists in New Delhi. Erdogan also warned that if private banks failed to take the necessary measures, state-banks would take a position to arrange markets. "I will discuss this with the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD). But there are bankers among members of the association. They cannot support it," he added.
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-- "INDUSTRIALISTS NEED 30 BILLION-PACKAGE"
Husnu Ozyegin, one of leading bankers and industrialists of Turkey, has said that Turkey had just began feeling impact of the global crisis. "We need to leave aside inflation targets for a while. An unemployment fund can be set up. Prices of raw material can drop further. The government should create a support fund including a $30 billion package for industrialists," he said.
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CUMHURIYET
-- SECTORS CALL ON GOVERNMENT: WHEELS SHOULD NOT STOP
While many countries around the world announced financial aid packages months before, to be able to cope with the crisis, Turkey did not take any precautions. This drew wide reaction from the real sector which makes production and creates jobs. While each sector announces its own remedy formula, they all point out that unemployment should be prevented and that an atmosphere of confidence should be restored. All agree that real and financial sectors should not be considered separate while preparing a financial aid package.
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-- STATE MINISTER SIMSEK: DO NOT EXPECT A MAGIC PACKAGE
State Minister Mehmet Simsek, who argued that Turkey faced the crises intact, said, "The real dimension of the global crisis is the financial and banking sectors. Forget about banks going bankrupt, the banking sector announced earnings." Simsek said resources were limited and called on the real sector to make reasonable expectations about the financial aid package.
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RADIKAL
-- FIRST FOREIGN LANGUAGE, THEN KORAN COURSES
Low income families, who live in suburbs, want to send their children to foreign language courses. Their second preferences are Koran courses and sports activities. Their approach to women is based on traditional references. Marriage is essential. They also think that the state must be secular.
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-- BABACAN-NALBANDIAN MEETING
The dialogue process which started with President Abdullah Gul's visit to Yerevan to watch the match between Turkish and Armenian national soccer teams, will continue with Armenia Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian's visit to Istanbul. Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan will come together with his Armenian counterpart under the umbrella of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). Nalbandian, as foreign minister of Armenia which has taken over presidency of the organization, will also visit the BSEC secretariat in Istanbul.

YENI SAFAK
-- "IF WE BECOME SECOND PARTY, I QUIT"
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has said that if his Justice and Development Party (AKP) could not win the upcoming local elections in 2009, he would give up the chairmanship of the party. During a meeting he held in New Delhi, India, Erdogan listened to problems of businessmen and told them they would overcome bureaucracy through solidarity.
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-- GROWTH OF THY IN CARGO
THY Turkish Cargo is turning old A310 passenger planes into cargo planes. Accordingly, the firm will be able to transport cargo to 33 provinces in Turkey and 109 destinations around the world. Atilla Genc, director of THY's Cargo Department, said that they would continue enlarging the department.