HURRIYET
-- SOCIALIST REVOLUTION
The world held its breath awaiting the 700-billion-dollars rescue package. However some Republicans opposed the deal saying it is a "socialist package" and the financial institutions lost their hopes.
-- FIRST TURKISH CORVETTE
The first Turkish corvette ship will be launched in Heybeliada, Istanbul on Saturday. Twelve corvette ships will be constructed within the scope of a national ship project which will not be seen in radars. The ships have been developed for the Turkish Naval Forces with national facilities. Gen. Metin Gurak, the head of the communication department of the General Staff, said, "Turkey would have paid at least 500 million USD for the ship, that would cost only 260 million USD, if it had purchased it from a foreign country. Thus, five of 12 ships will be free of charge."
-- STORM IN ISTANBUL: ONE DEAD
Istanbul was paralyzed by a storm, with wind that reached 140 km/hr in some parts of the city, and rainy weather. Trees were uprooted, roofs of 144 houses were damaged, and many people were wounded. A person, who was trapped under the minaret of a mosque in Kustepe, died.
MILLIYET
-- TURKISH WARPLANES HIT TERRORIST TARGETS IN NORTHERN IRAQ
Turkish military said Friday that its warplane hit a number of targets of the terrorist organization PKK in an operation overnight in Iraq's north. The General Staff said 16 targets were hit around the Qandil Mountain.
-- OFFICER SAYS GENDARMERY KNEW ABOUT ASSASINATION ON JOURNALIST SIX MONTHS IN ADVANCE
A commissioned officer with the Turkish Gendarmery Forces told a court on Friday that there was the gendarmery in the Black Sea city of Trabzon who had received intelligence that the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink would be assassinated as early as six months before Dink was shot dead in Istanbul. Colonel Huseyin Polat told the court that he had informed his ranking officer Ali Oz, former gendarmerie commander of Trabzon, about the intelligence but Oz had passed over the matter.
SABAH
-- STORM NIGHTMARE: ONE DEAD
Flights and city sea service were hampered in Istanbul by a storm that reached 110 km/hr. The storm demolished the minaret of Kustepe Mosque. 48-year-old Metehan Altunkilic, who was trapped under the minaret, died. A ship ran aground on the Istanbul Strait. Four people were wounded as a tree was uprooted by strong winds in Besiktas district.
-- PRINCESS CARRYING HER OWN LUGGAGE
Swedish Princess Brigitte came to Turkey's holiday resort of Bodrum and carried her suitcases on her own at the airport. She left the airport from the same gate together with regular citizens, and she did not use the VIP hall. Turkish executives waited for the princess at the VIP hall, but they started to seek her when the princess did not show up. They found the princess, carrying her own luggage in front of the domestic flights terminal. Princess Brigitte then went on a blue voyage with a luxurious schooner. This was her third visit to Bodrum.
VATAN
-- TURKISH JETS DESTROY 16 TARGETS IN QANDIL
In the first informative meeting of the General Staff, Gen. Metin Gurak made a breaking statement. He said, "Turkish jets hit 16 terrorist targets in Mount Qandil the previous night." Gurak said terrorists had to disperse in small groups.
-- STORM HITTING ISTANBUL
The rainy weather and storm, that came from the Central Mediterranean, paralyzed daily life and scared citizens in Istanbul on Friday. Storm, that reached 75 km/hr, destroyed roofs of 144 buildings, and uprooted trees. The minaret of Kustepe Mosque in Sisli demolished, and 48-year-old Metehan Altunkilic was trapped under the minaret and died. Two people were wounded.
CUMHURIYET
-- PROSECUTOR DEMANDS FILE
Ankara Chief Prosecutor's Office, carrying out the Deniz Feneri charity investigation in Turkey, applied to the Turkish Justice Ministry and asked the ministry executives to demand the investigation file regarding Deniz Feneri e.V. from Germany.
-- COLONEL OZ ACCUSED
Trabzon Criminal Court of Peace ruled for lack of jurisdiction for the gendarmery officers who were charged to be negligent in the Hrant Dink killing. Witness colonel Husamettin Polat said the non-commissioned officers, who gave assassination intelligence, did right. Polat said colonel Ali Oz was responsible.
RADIKAL
-- WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR MR. FIRAT
The AKP's deputy leader, Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat, is still in his posts despite the Supreme Court's ruling on the fictitous exports allegation on his company. Firat had previously said CHP official Kemal Kilicdaroglu has no document to prove his claims.
-- STORM IN ISTANBUL KILLS ONE
One man was crushed to death under the debris of a collapsed minaret as a fierce storm hit Istanbul on Friday. The strong wind ripped of roofs and toppled trees. A tourists was seriously injured when trapped under a fallen tree in Istanbul's Topkapi Palace.
-- TURKISH, ARMENIAN, AZERBAIJANI SUMMIT RAISES HOPES
Turkish, Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers met on Friday in New York on the sidelines of a meeting of the UN General Assembly. The three ministers agreed to continue their contacts in the future for a better political dialogue, re-affirming their support to Turkey's proposal for a joint platform for stability and cooperation in the Caucasus.
YENI SAFAK
-- STORM HITS ISTANBUL
A fierce storm hit Istanbul on Friday, with a wind that reached over 110 km per hour. The storm brought the daily life to a brief standstill. The wind ripped off roofs of hundreds of houses, toppling trees. One man was killed under a collapsed minaret.
-- iPHONE MADNESS
Thousands of Turkish people made long queues outside mobile phone shops to buy an iPhone, which just hit the market on Friday. iPhones are sold at prices between 650-750 euros.
