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Two goals in the last three minutes give Turkey a remarkable comeback victory over Czech Republic in a winner-take-all Euro 2008 Group thriller and a quarterfinal meeting with Croatia on Friday scored the winning goals in the two decisive Turkey staged one of the greatest comebacks qualifying games that sent Turkey to Euro 2008. in a major tournament, scoring three goals in On Sunday, he gave Turkey its biggest victory the last 15 minutes to beat Czech Republic 3since reaching the semifinals of the 2002 World 2 in Group A on Sunday to reach the Euro 2008 Cup. And with his double strike, he finally took quarterfinals. Nihat Kahveci has been in the habit of over the mantle of Turkey's best striker from scoring decisive goals for Turkey. No Turkish fans in their wildest dreams could have been Hakan Þükür, who was not picked for prepared for what happened on Sunday, the team. Cech took the blame for the Big guy though. The Villarreal striker scored two stunning demise of his team. “It was my beats up the goals in three minutes late in the match mistake that decided that we have to go little guy against the Czech Republic to finish off home,” the Chelsea goalkeeper said. an incredible comeback and give Turkey Jan Koller had given the Czechs the a 3-2 win and a spot in the European lead in the 34th, and Jaroslav Plasil Championship quarterfinals. added another in the 62nd. Arda Turan started the comeback for the Turks in the Nihat profited from an unlikely 75th by finishing off a sweeping move blunder from Petr Cech, one of the with a low drive that Cech could only world's greatest goalkeepers, who

By Okan Udo deflect off his post and past the line. fumbled a simple cross in the 87th Bassey Turkey goalkeeper Volkan Demirel was minute. With the game seemingly P A G E 2 1 red-carded in injury time for pushing heading for a penalty shootout, the down Koller and will miss the team's Czech defense fell apart and Nihat quarterfinal match against Croatia on Friday in scored the decider with a precise inside-foot shot Vienna. Attacking Midfielder Tuncay Þanlý that bounced off the bar and into the goal two replaced Demirel in goal for the final seconds. minutes later. “Seeing the ball in the nets and “The Turkish national team is in the top eight. knowing that the goal was bringing a win and the quarterfinals, it was an unbelievable feeling,” Nihat Hopefully it will get only better from now on,” said. He should have grown used to it though. He Turkey coach Fatih Terim said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 M. BURAK BÜRKÜK

Ýstanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah urged senior citizens who own real estate to visit land and real estate registry departments to check on their properties as 19 people were sent to court yesterday for involvement in the extortion of real estate from elderly residents in Ýstanbul.

"Let's not abandon our elderly.

Relatives of the elderly should go and check the status of their properties," Cerrah was quoted as saying by the Anatolia news agency.

The Ýstanbul Police Department displayed

several real estate deeds, credit cards and mobile phones seized after an operation in which 19 people, including eight women and four public servants, were captured for the perpetration of several crimes, including wrongful seizure of property, abduction and murder. In the early hours yesterday morning police forces surrounded a villa on Heybeliada, an island of the coast of Ýstanbul, belonging to Çetin Acar, who was the alleged ringleader of a gang that hogtied, robbed and murdered senior citizens with no relatives. CONTINUED ON PAGE 05

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Obama's campaign envisions a path to the presidency that could include Virginia, Georgia and several Rocky Mountain states, but not necessarily the pair of battlegrounds.

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Under the auspices of the Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat and the Foreign Ministry, the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) has organized another signature event today to expand trade relations with the Asia-Pacific countries.

TUSKON representatives told Today's Zaman that they expect a record level of participation from high-level bureaucrats, government ministers and businessmen from Turkey and the Asia-Pacific countries. They are expecting 420 foreign companies from 22 AsiaPacific countries, 2,000 Turkish businessmen

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TUSKON has become a veteran organizer of such forums in a very short period of time, contributing an estimated $10 billion to the Turkish economy through initial contracts and providing Turkish businessmen with opportunities to sign business agreements with African, Eurasian and Asia-Pacific countries. It has also helped improve diplomatic and cultural relations with a number of countries in these regions. The "Turkey-Asia Pacific Foreign Trade Bridge II" forum will mark the growing business relations between Asia-Pacific countries and Turkey.

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Medýa trývýalýzatýon of secret meetýng draws crýtýcýsm A secret meeting between Constitutional Court Justice Osman Paksüt and Land Forces Commander Gen. Ýlker Baþbuð at a critical time for Turkey has found extensive and varied coverage in the Turkish media. While some newspapers, particularly those owned by the Doðan Media Group, chose to downplay the importance of the meeting, which was at first denied by Paksüt, other newspapers highlighted the meeting's timing, finding Paksüt's statements that he met with Baþbuð to congratulate him on the northern Iraq operation far from satisfactory and arguing that it was unlikely they did not discuss a constitutional amendment over the headscarf being challenged at the Constitutional Court and a closure case that would be filed against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) only days after the meeting. In addition, the Turkish General Staff releasing a harsh statement directed at those speculating on the meeting's content has also drawn ire for harming its apolitical stance.

Star's Mehmet Altan criticizes the newspapers and journalists he terms pro-Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), which did not find the secret meeting between Paksüt and Baþbuð newsworthy and attacked other newspapers for covering it. "Is it not news if a Constitutional Court deputy chairman meets with the Land Forces commander at military headquarters with security cameras turned on an emptied command floor?" Altan questions. In his view, if this had been an innocent meeting, Paksüt never would have denied it to begin with. "An institution that remains silent when one of its members tells lies and meets with commanders in secret, an institution that supports one of its members for doing something that s/he is not supposed to and a media that engages in partisanship instead of trying to shed light on these incidents, exhaust their respectability. They destroy the order and law in the society, which is the sole guarantor for living together. We are headed rapidly toward that point," claims Altan.

Another Star columnist, Eser Karakaþ, criticizes the General Staff for its statement, explaining that in a normal democratic state, the defense ministry should respond to political criticism toward the military, not the General Staff as in Turkey. "The abnormal and atypical civilian-military relationship in Turkey damages the armed forces again. The future historians or political scientists will write about the TSK as a party to a political polarization and an ally of some other institutions," says Karakaþ.

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The third goal marked a total collapse, which I cannot explain. I will not forget this for a very long time.

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I am very pleased to have a team that never gives up, a team that believes the match isn't over until the referee blows the final whistle.

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Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

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TAHA AKYOL, MÝLLÝYET The Constitutional Court has engaged in "seizure of authority," not "exceeding its authority," by canceling the amendments that would lift the headscarf ban at universities. It is impossible to claim that lifting the headscarf ban would mean a direct violation of the principle of secularism. It is certain that the Constitutional Court will face more criticism if it writes a justification for its verdict that does not address the criticism directed at it.

We pose these questions to Paksüt NAZLI ILICAK, SABAH

Some 1.53 million high school graduates who plan to pursue higher education took the three-hour, 15-minute Student Selection Examination on Sunday.

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In an exclusive interview with the daily, Ýstanbul-based Cem Foundation President Ýzzettin Doðan said Turkey should allow Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen to return to Turkey from the US and should not repeat its mistake, referring to the exile of renowned Turkish poet Nazým Hikmet, who died abroad. "I know Fethullah Gülen.

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done to Nazým should not be repeated. He should be welcome to return to Turkey," Doðan told the daily.

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University preparation courses won, read the daily's headline yesterday, deeming these courses the real winners of the Student Selection Examination, which was held on Sunday with the participation 1.5 million students. The cost of sending a student to these courses is YTL 10,000, reported the daily.

The credibility of Constitutional Court Deputy Chairman Osman Paksüt has been remarkably damaged. The court's rulings were already giving signals of the existence of an ideological stance, and Paksüt's secret meeting with Land Forces commander Gen. Ýlker Baþbuð raised suspicions even more. If this meeting had really taken place because Paksüt wanted to congratulate Baþbuð on the operation into northern Iraq, as claimed by Paksüt, why did he originally deny having met with Baþbuð? And why were the security cameras turned off before the meeting?

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Suspýcýons rýse over mýlýtary’s role ýn AK Party closure case The release of a warning memorandum written by Turkish generals against the ruling party on the Web site of the Turkish General Staff on April 27, 2007 and the controversial 367 quorum ruling of the Constitutional Court that halted last year's parliamentary vote for presidential elections are among the recent examples of Turkey's staunchly secular military's intervention in the country's political process.

Contrary to claims made by the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), there have been significant legal doubts that a quorum of 367 deputies was necessary to go ahead with presidential voting. But the high court voted in favor of the CHP's argument.

The memo and the court decision forced an early election on July 22 last year that brought the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) back to power for the second time with an overwhelming 47 percent of the popular vote.

This signaled a defeat for the military, as well as for the CHP, which had brought the quorum before the court. Then-Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül was elected as president by the new parliament despite the e-memo and the court ruling.

At the center of the dispute is the decades-long fight between the secular elite and the conservatives who believed in the softening of the country's stringent conception of secularism. The secularists feared that the AK Party would use its control of both Parliament and the presidency to overcome opposition against moving Turkey toward Islamic rule.

This has been despite the fact that the ruling AK Party has been extremely successful in furthering Turkey's accession talks with the EU. But we should also note that the AK Party stalled with these its democratic reforms following its second election.

LALE SARIÝBRAHÝMOÐLU loglu@todayszaman.com

The e-memo and the court ruling came in the midst of a rallies all over the country organized by military-supported nongovernmental organizations.

Also in recent history, it was the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) that initiated meetings at the military headquarters in Ankara with the media members, academics and members of the judiciary in 1996, launching an open propaganda campaign against the coalition government at the time, which had Islamic roots. The TSK-led propaganda campaign resulted in the resignation of the government, which came to be known as the Feb. 28, 1997 postmodern coup.

Prior to these events, the TSK had staged three other interventions into the political system to put an end to political turmoil due to worsening economic conditions, halt ideological clashes between leftist and rightist students or stem what they perceived as the rise of political Islam.

Paradoxically, these military interventions have given rise to more conservatism while further paralyzing the economic situation and leaving more room for corruption. It was after the postmodern coup, for example, that the Turkish banking system collapsed due to corruption that involved certain retired generals.

When the military's past actions are taken into account, questions are raised, not just in Turkey but also throughout the Western world,

over whether the TSK is behind the recent court Constitutional Court decision that annulled constitutional amendments allowing women to wear the headscarf on university campuses.

There have also been suspicions that the TSK may be behind a public prosecutor's decision to file a case for the closure of the AK Party with the Constitutional Court and to seek political bans on 70 AK Party members, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan, as well as President Gül. The court has not yet made any ruling this case.

A recent event has strengthened such suspicions. According to press reports confirmed by the parties involved, Constitutional Court Deputy President Osman Paksüt and Land Forces Commander Gen. Ýlker Baþbuð, who is expected to be appointed as the chief of general staff during the August meeting of the Supreme Military Council (YAÞ), have had three separate meetings at the Turkish General Staff (TGS) headquarters since March this year.

Paksüt and Baþbuð confirmed that they had met, but criticized some media organizations for casting suspicion about the meetings.

Interestingly, Paksüt's first meeting with Gen. Baþbuð took place just before the release of the chief prosecutor's indictment against the AK Party.

Some may think that there was nothing wrong with Paksüt meeting with Gen. Baþbuð.

But if the military's traditional intervention in the country's political life is taken into consideration, such meetings between a member of the Constitutional Court, which will decide over the fate of the political process in this country, and a senior general slotted to become the next chief of general staff will be perceived as suspicious, throwing further shadows on the top court's rulings.

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EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to ease the economic isolation of the Turkish Cypriots via adopting certain amendments to its Green Line Regulation, which was approved back in 2004.

The measures "aim at enhancing trade and economic integration on the island," the EU ministers said in a statement, adding that they would help "support" both Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders in finding a negotiated settlement to end the 34-year division of the island.

The EU said the rules would lift duties on agricultural products and ease restrictions on companies that carry out services across the so-called Green Line border between the two communities.

The limit on personal goods carried by visitors crossing the line also will be raised from 135 euros ($207) to 260 euros ($399) to encourage economic integration.

In April 2004 the European Commission proposed the regulation of direct trade and financial assistance to reward the Turkish Cypriots for their willingness for reunification. Yet the EU's direct trade proposal was apparently suspended in 2006 when EU member states agreed to decouple it from a financial aid scheme, without a hint as to when the direct trade regulation would again be taken up.

As of yesterday night, Lynn Pascoe, UN undersecretary-general for political affairs, was scheduled to arrive on the divided island to take stock of preparations for peace talks between the rival Greek and Turkish communities. He will today meet separately with Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat.

Also yesterday, Joachim Horster, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) rapporteur for Cyprus, had talks with Greek and Turkish Cypriot officials, in preparation for a report he is expected to present to the PACE president in autumn. Ankara Today's Zaman with AP

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Israeli and Syrian officials concluded yesterday a second round of peace talks with Turkish mediation in Turkey, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said, with the possibility emerging that a face-to-face meeting between leaders of the two enemy countries in Paris could follow the Turkish-mediated talks.

Israeli envoys attending the second round of indirect talks with Syrian officials in Turkey were to propose a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Syrian President Bashar Assad in Paris, according to Reuters news agency, which quoted Israeli political sources.

Israel and Syria launched Turkish-mediated negotiations last month but there has been no word on prospects for a summit given the distance between the sides' bedrock demands. Olmert and Assad are both to attend a July 13 summit of a union of European and Mediterranean countries in Paris, and Olmert has offered to meet Assad on the sidelines, Israeli political sources said. "The idea isn't necessarily to hold an hours-long conversation, just a face-to-face encounter that would serve to take things forward," said one source. "This is one of the fresh ideas that is being raised in Turkey."

According to the source, Olmert aides Yoram Turbowicz and Shalom Turjeman had indirect talks with Syrian counterparts in Turkey. "The two sides reiterated their common will to continue their talks and agreement to continue meeting regularly," a statement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry said, without elaborating. According to the statement, the indirect talks took place on Sunday and Monday.

Israeli sources said Olmert's delegation was not optimistic about the chances of Assad agreeing to meet the prime minister at this stage. "The assessment in Israel is that he [Assad] would first need something concrete in hand," the source told Reuters. The last round of indirect Israeli-Syrian talks, in mid-May, took place at an Ýstanbul hotel, with Turkish diplomats shuttling between the delegations' rooms. Ýstanbul Today's Zaman with wires

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Olli Rehn says EU’s commitment to admitting Turkey remains intact.

Foreign Minister Ali Babacan will meet with senior European Union officials today in Luxembourg to formally initiate accession talks on two more chapters, a step that will take Ankara's troubled bid to join the 27-nation bloc a step forward amid worries that Ireland's rejection of the EU reform treaty may block accession of new members.

Turkish and EU officials are set to open the accession talks on company law and intellectual property rights chapters at their intergovernmental conference in Luxembourg, bringing the number of chapters on which talks have so far been opened to eight out of a total 35. The talks began in 2005, but progress has been very slow since then amid widespread public skepticism in Europe toward accepting Turkey and problems over Cyprus. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is also pushing hard to keep Turkey out of Europe, a continent to which he says Turkey does not culturally and geographically belong.

Ireland's rejection of the EU's Lisbon treaty at a weekend referendum cast a further shadow on membership prospects, as critics say the "no" vote means no further expansion is possible.

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Rehn, however, dismissed the argument and said the bloc's commitment to admitting new members from the Balkans and Turkey remains intact after the Irish vote and said opening of talks on more chapters on Tuesday is proof that the EU expansion is on track.

"Despite current difficulties related to the Lisbon treaty, the EU sticks to its word concerning the EU perspective of southeastern Europe, that is the Western Balkans and Turkey," Rehn told Reuters in an interview. "On Tuesday, we'll have concrete proof that the EU accession process is moving ahead as we open some chapters in the accession conference with both Croatia and Turkey."

The Lisbon treaty was designed to give the bloc stronger leadership with a long-term president of the European Council of EU leaders, an enhanced foreign policy leadership with a real diplomatic service, easier decision-making rules and a greater say for the national and European parliaments. The European Parliament has said in a non-binding resolution that there should be no new accessions as long as the Lisbon treaty is not in force.

"As long as the Lisbon treaty is not in force, there can be no further accessions to the EU, with the possible exception of Croatia," European

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The main impact of the Irish vote on enlargement may be to reinforce those who argue that Turkey is too big, poor and culturally different to join the bloc. French Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier appeared to take that line on Sunday when he said the referendum had showed that citizens were afraid of an EU "without borders and limits."

'Closure not business as usual' EU officials are concerned that Turkey may severely harm its membership prospects in the coming months if, as expected, its Constitutional Court bans the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and bars leading members, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan, from office.

Rehn declined to speculate on whether the EU would suspend accession negotiations, formally or informally, in that case but said it was bound to have an impact. "Closing down political parties is not business as usual in a normal democracy in Europe and it is essential that the ruling of the Constitutional Court respect European principles of democracy and the rule of law," he said. Ýstanbul Today's Zaman with Reuters

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The Turkish capital yesterday hosted top commanders from Britain, Chile and Russia who paid official visits to the country at the invitation of their counterparts. Russian Navy Adm. Vladimir Sergeyevich Vysotskiy, who was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy in September 2007, paid his first visit abroad under his current title to Turkey.

Chief of Turkish General Staff Gen. Yaþar Büyükanýt was meeting with Gen. Oscar Izurieta Ferrer, commander-in-chief of the Chilean army, at General Staff headquarters, while Naval Forces commander Adm. Metin Ataç had talks with Vysotskiy at the navy command during the same hours. Later in the day, Air Forces commander Gen. Aydoðan Babaoðlu met with Britain's Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy at air force command.

As Ataç greeted Vysotskiy with a military ceremony, the navy band made a gesture to the visiting commander by playing the well-known Russian song "Kalinka."For his part, Vysotskiy said he wanted bilateral relations between Turkey and Russia to reach to the level of a "bilateral strategic partnership." During their four-day stay in Turkey, Vysotskiy and the delegation accompanying him will also visit the Gölcük navy base.

Russian media recently reported that Moscow has been planning to expand its strategic interests in international waters and that it could also set up a naval base in the Mediterranean Sea. The Russian navy has been operating a logistics support facility in Syria's Tartus port since the Soviet era, and about 10 Russian warships and three floating piers are currently deployed there, reports noted. Russian specialists are expanding the port and building a pier in nearby El-Latakia. Ankara, Moscow Today's Zaman

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The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) submitted its final written defense in the closure case filed against it to the Constitutional Court on Monday.

The AK Party turned in its defense statement ahead of the deadline in an attempt to speed up the legal process to avoid lingering ambiguity. Media reports have claimed that the AK Party has already completed preparations for a new political party to be created in the event that the party is closed, although officials from the ruling party have denied such reports.

Turkey’s top prosecutor filed a case against the governing AK Party in March, demanding the party’s closure, as well as a ban on 71 former and current members from political activities, over allegations that the party has become a “focal point of anti-secular activities.”

In its introduction, the 98-page defense statement argues that the prosecutor’s indictment was formulated by ideological and political motives rather than legitimate legal concerns. It said the tone of the indictment was too simplistic. It also stated that the indictment was sloppily prepared and that documents that did not belong in the indictment were left in. This is also a criticism the AK Party had made in its preliminary defense.

It also argued that the prosecutor’s understanding of the concepts of democracy and secularism did not live up to the universally accepted understanding of these concepts. It argued that the prosecutor was defending secularism as a lifestyle rather than as a healthy separation between religion and state affairs. The defense testimony argued that the text of the indictment was not a legal text but a document filled with

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AK Party submýts defense, calls case polýtýcal

Senior Justice and Development Party (AK Party) officials Dengir Mir Mehmet Fýrat, Sadullah Ergin and Bekir Bozdað submitted the party’s final defense to the Constitutional Court yesterday. fictitious accusations based on speculative assumptions regarding the future, ignoring the performance of the ruling party and the reality of the country. It further presented evidence that some of the evidence had been produced only after the prosecutor had decided to launch the lawsuit to shut down the AK Party. The indictment strongly denied accusations that the AK Party had became a “focal point of anti-secularist activity,” as the prosecutor claims.

The defense statement also noted that banning the AK Party would be a violation of precedent cases heard by the European Court of Human Rights. It also argued that shutting down the AK Party would be a violation of the freedom to establish organizations.

It reiterated that the AK Party dreams of a “democratic society” and argued that accusations directed at the party’s members individually had no solid foundations.

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“All data in this case against us have been interpreted by the Chief Prosecutor’s Office at the expense of freedoms. However, the fundamental principle of universal human rights law is ‘interpretation in favor of freedoms.’ Let alone interpreting data in the favor of evidence, the Chief Prosecutor’s Office has literally used the method of ‘divination’ in assessing the AK Party’s alleged goals and has shown things not likely to happen as likely,” the statement said in its conclusion.

It continued: “There is not a single reason in this case that necessitates sanctions against our party. In fact, the AK Party has not become the focal point of deeds against the law but of serving the nation, human rights, democracy, peace and brotherhood, tolerance and the love of Turkey. The actions of the AK Party in its six years of power have borne testimony to it being the guarantee of the preservation of the democratic, secular and social state of law.” The testimony in conclusion requested that the court, in light of the case presented in the defense statement, throw out the case to close down the AK Party.

The top court last week annulled a government-sponsored bill that would have ended a long-standing headscarf ban on university campuses. Analysts say this indicates that the court will likely rule to shut down the party.

Meanwhile, Government spokesman Cemil Çiçek said the ambiguity in the country due to the closure case against the AK Party is costly.

“This is the first time that a closure case against a party in power has been opened. Ambiguity is very costly for the country. We have used our time economically and even though we had until June 29 to present our defense, we submitted it early.” Ýstanbul Today’s Zaman with wires

Ýstanbul police chief asks elderly to check on their property contýnued from page 1 Cerrah said the villa was bought with the money obtained from the sale of properties belonging to Vanda Esen, a senior citizen living in the Kandilli district of Ýstanbul.

Acar tried to acquire all of Esen’s property by becoming her adopted son.

Police opened an investigation following Esen’s suspicious death in May 2007 and exposed 13 cases that are suspected to be related to the gang’s crimes. Esen was the daughter-in-law of Sadullah Paþa, who used to own a historic seaside mansion built toward the end of the 18th century on the Anatolian coast of the Bosporus. According to the police investigation, six days before her death she turned her seaside property in Ýstanbul’s Beykoz district over to an unknown party.

Cerrah also provided details on two other cases. In one, another senior citizen who was found buried with hands tied in the northwestern city Tekirdað had handed over her property in Ýstanbul’s Yeþilköy district while she was listed as missing.

Another individual was abducted last year while at the same time her property was seized. The woman was found in November of last year in serious condition near a hospital in Gebze and died after being treated for 110 days. The woman’s property was acquired by someone named in a forged power of attorney.

The total value of the properties extorted by the gang reportedly stands at $30 million.

Acar reportedly said he was deeply sorry that the victims were bound and said he did not want them to die.

“I visit their graves every week and weep.

I pray for them. This gives me some relief. I didn’t want anyone to die. I am especially sorry for Vanda Esen. She loved me and I liked her. She was a good person,” Acar was quoted as saying by news agencies.

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None of the international leaders on the world stage inspires wide confidence in the global community, according to a recent poll from WorldPublicOpinion.org.

The poll revealed that the world trusts almost no international leader. While US President George W. Bush is among the least trusted leaders, no other leader has gained a broad international base of support, according to the poll.

Only UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon received largely positive ratings in the poll, which asked respondents whether they trusted international leaders “to do the right thing regarding world affairs.”

The poll was conducted between Jan.10 and May 6 among 19,751 respondents from China, India, the United States, Indonesia, Nigeria, Russia, Mexico, Argentina, Britain, France, Spain, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Turkey, the Palestinian territories, South Korea and Thailand.

President George W. Bush from the US, President Nicolas Sarkozy from France, Prime Minister Gordon Brown from Great Britain, President Vladimir Putin from Russia, SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon from the United Nations, President Hu Jintao from China, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from Iran and President Pervez Musharraf from Pakistan were among the leaders discussed in the poll.

Thirty five percent of those polled in Turkey expressed a lot of confidence in Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan and 20 percent expressed some confidence, whereas 8 percent said they did not have much confidence in him and 30 percent said they had no confidence in him at all.

With a total of 55 percent expressing at least some confidence in Erdoðan, it seems he remains popular inside Turkey despite a closure case filed against his ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party).

Turks, like Middle Eastern publics, expressed low confidence in world leaders but, unlike the people polled in the Middle East, they expressed low confidence in Middle Eastern leaders as well. Turks said they lacked confidence in every one of an extensive list of

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A poll conducted by WorldPublicOpinion.org between Jan. 10 and May 6 among 19,751 respondents from many countries has revealed that the world trusts almost no international leader Parliament Speaker Köksal Toptan

Toptan summit plans in limbo ERCAN YAVUZ ANKARA

Fifty-five percent of Turkish respondents expressed at least some confidence in Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan, whose party currently faces a closure risk. foreign leaders they were asked to rate.

Only 16 percent of those polled in Turkey expressed confidence in Iran’s Ahmadinejad, who was followed by Pakistan’s Musharraf with 15 percent, China’s Hu Jintao with 13 percent, Russia’s Putin with 11 percent, by the UN’s Ban Ki-moon with 9 percent, by Britain’s Brown with 8 percent, America’s Bush with 7 percent and France’s Sarkozy with 5 percent.

Sixteen of the 20 publics surveyed said they lack confidence in President Bush. Just two countries -- Nigeria and India -- gave Bush positive ratings, while a third -- Thailand -was split. Bush also got the highest average percentage of negative ratings, with 67 percent.

Although China is a rising world power,

most publics did not express confidence in Chinese President Hu Jintao. Thirteen publics gave Hu predominantly negative ratings, while only five tended to be positive.

Eleven publics expressed negative views about Putin, while just five were positive and three were divided. On average 32 percent expressed confidence in Putin, but a larger 48 percent did not.

The only world leader who garnered relatively positive reviews was the UN’s Ban. In nine nations a majority said they have some or a lot of confidence in him. Only in eight nations did a majority say they have little or no confidence in him.

British Prime Minister Brown got positive ratings in six nations, yet eleven publics said

Another person dies from CCHF A patient suspected of having CrimeanCongo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) died yesterday in the central Anatolian city of Konya, while another patient displaying symptoms of the disease is in critical condition in Sivas.

Victim M.D. died after he was transferred to Selçuk University Hospital from the Beyþehir district of Konya. Doctors said his symptoms and blood samples indicated that he may have had CCHF, a viral disease carried by certain tick species, but they are awaiting confirmation from a laboratory in Ankara. The doctors also noted that they hadn’t found any ticks on the patient’s body.

Meanwhile, a 17-year-old girl with CCHF symptoms was transferred yesterday to a larger hospital in Sivas from Tokat Cevdet Aykan State Hospital because of her deteriorating condition.

E.Ç., who resides in a village in Tokat, pulled off a tick from her leg, thinking she had a simple bite. She was hospitalized a week later.

During E.Ç.’s transfer, the ambulance driver noticed that her nose was bleeding and the people around her were given masks as a precaution since the disease can also be transmitted through direct contact with the blood or secretions of an infected person.

Two physicians and an assistant paramedic at the Diyarbakýr Dicle University School of Medicine Research Hospital were quarantined on Sunday for suspected contraction of CCHF. The doctors were most likely infected by the patient’s blood when it came into contact with their eyes as they tried to stop the patient’s nosebleed.

Since first observed in Turkey 2002, 92 people have died of CCHF in the country, including 22 so far this year. The fever is much more prevalent in central Anatolian and eastern Anatolian provinces, especially Tokat, Çorum, Sivas, Amasya, Yozgat, Gümüþhane, Bayburt, Erzurum and Erzincan. Last year, 717 people were diagnosed with the disease, claiming 33 lives. Ýstanbul Today’s Zaman with wires

they do not trust him.

Pakistani President Musharraf has the poorest ratings around the world. Only in China do the positive views outweigh the negative. Nigeria is divided and the other nations lean toward the negative.

In the Middle East publics are generally the most negative: Egyptians, Jordanians, Iranians and Palestinians expressed little or no confidence in nearly all of the leaders rated.

On average, 25 percent of those surveyed expressed confidence in Sarkozy, while 48 percent expressed little or no confidence.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on the other hand, got negative ratings in 13 nations, the most after Bush and Musharraf. Ýstanbul Today’s Zaman

A meeting of political leaders to be presided over by Parliament Speaker Köksal Toptan to discuss a political crisis that emerged after the Constitutional Court earlier this month annulled constitutional amendments allowing women to wear a headscarf at universities is more and more unlikely.

When the top court made its ruling, it said allowing the headscarf violates the principle of secularism. Many accused the court of violating the Constitution, which says the Constitutional Court can overrule a constitutional amendment only on procedural grounds. Toptan, who said the court had grossly exceeded its authority, announced shortly after the decision was issued that he would bring together leaders of all political parties represented in Parliament to find a way out of the tense situation.

However, recent developments indicate that Toptan has failed to convince political party leaders to join a meeting and discuss the situation. Deniz Baykal, the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), said the Constitutional Court’s decision was made completely within the boundaries of law and that in no way could it be categorized as surpassing the court’s authority. He announced that he would not be joining any meeting to discuss the decision.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli agreed with Toptan and the government in that the Constitutional Court had overstepped its bounds and entered the territory of legislation. He said he would like to see the government produce some solutions to the looming crisis caused by the decision and also noted that he would join Toptan’s leaders’ summit. However, he also sent a message saying he would not want to join the summit if a joint declaration was to come out of it.

After an official visit to Athens last week, Toptan last Friday met with deputy leaders of the parliamentary groups of political parties represented in Parliament. No mention of the Constitutional Court decision was made during this meeting, but Toptan did request that party administrators do their best to abate political tension in Parliament.

Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leader and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan and Democratic Society Party (DTP) deputy group leader Emine Ayna said they would attend, but Baykal’s rejection and Bahçeli’s stated reservation have forced Toptan to delay his plans for the summit. Sources close to him say he will engage in further talks with senior CHP and MHP members to make such a meeting possible in the future, but observers say the chances of that happening are slim.

It has become very difficult at this point for Parliament to take a common stance in response to the Constitutional Court’s violation of its legislative powers.

Prisoner X-rays reveal cell phones Ýstanbul’s Maltepe Prison has confiscated cell phones, chargers and other materials after X-raying prisoners.

Six hundred prisoners were transferred from Bayrampaþa Prison to Maltepe Prison on June 6. Upon arriving at Maltepe Prison, the prisoners walked through a metal detector. Prisoners who set off the metal detector were sent to Kartal Lütfi Kýrdar Hospital for an X-ray, which revealed that the prisoners were carrying cell phones, SIM cards and phone chargers in their bodies’ cavities.

Doctors removed these devices and handed them over to the gendarmerie, which oversees prisons. Gendarmerie officials note they occasionally encounter prisoners trying to smuggle in cell phones and the like and that the metal detectors are an effective way to prevent such devices from entering prisons. The gendarmerie has filed an investigation into the prisoners caught transporting objects inside their body cavities. Ýstanbul Today’s Zaman with wires

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The unemployment rate increased to 10.7 percent as of March 2008, up from 10.4 percent in the same period of last year, the Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat) said on Monday.

According to the Household Labor Force Survey for February, March and April 2008, the unemployment rate stood at 12.7 percent (up 0.6 percent) in urban areas and at 7.6 percent (down 0.2 percent) in rural areas. The number of employed increased

by 134,000 people, compared to the same period of the previous year, and totaled 20,752,000 for the March 2008 period. Agricultural employment decreased by 198,000 people while non-agricultural employment increased by 332,000 in this period.

The number of unemployed increased by 95,000 compared to the same period of the previous year and totaled 2,496,000. The unemployment rate stands at 10.7 percent, a 0.3 percent increase. Ýstanbul Today’s Zaman

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Banker’s crýsýs of 1982: hasty lýberalýzatýon The unemployment rate stood at 12.7 percent (up 0.6 percent) in urban areas.

Cevher Özden (“Banker Kastelli”) died on June 2. A lot has been written about him in the newspapers, but the discussion was generally on the less substantive issues. Özden’s story is an important episode in Turkey’s financial liberalization experience at the outset of the 1980s.

Prior to 1980 Turkish financial markets, consisting mostly of the commercial banking sector, were “repressed.” The primary objective of the government was to reduce real interest rates in order to reduce the cost of funds for enterprises. That was done through ceilings set by the central bank on the deposit and credit interest rates as well as subsidizing commercial bank credits extended to priority sectors. Foreign exchange rates were fixed and capital movements were prohibited.

That policy was followed in Turkey as well as in other countries as a complement to import substitution to provide the economy a “big push” in industrialization. During the 1970s Turkey rapidly industrialized and generated many skilled engineers and managers. However, the policy had its own seed of destruction. A lack of emphasis in exports together with rising oil prices brought with it a foreign exchange crisis. The government resorting to central bank and commercial bank resources resulted in higher inflation. Under rising inflation, real interest rates fell and ultimately turned negative. An ensuing black market economy led to long lines in front of grocery stores and gas stations, deepening the social dimension of the crisis.

A response to reforms announced on Jan. 24, 1980 included across the board liberalization of the economy. In the financial markets that meant the abolishment of commercial bank interest rates and the introduction or reopening of new financial markets such as the securities markets.

Turkey was among the first developing economies to liberalize its financial markets.

With liberalized interest rates, the banks entered into competition to attract funds. They were now allowed to issue certificates of deposit (CD) which were exempt from income tax and were thus more attractive than ordinary bank deposits.

Increasing competition brought into the picture the so-called “bankers” which provided marketing services for the banks’ certificates of deposits.

The number of “bankers” increased rapidly. So did the competition and quoted interest rates. With backgrounds varying from carpenter to waiter, most bankers had no experience in banking or finance and little education; marketing certificates of deposit was not very different to them from marketing toothpaste. They also started to collect deposits for their own account and started “investing” them.

The gold rush, created by offered interest rates in excess of 20 percent in real terms, attracted many to deposit money with the bankers, reportedly including through selling their houses.

Soon the case became an epitome of Ponzi finance; to pay the interest and principal of the previous customer, the banker needed the next lucky customer. Many of the banks were in the same situation. The euphoria lasted around two years and abruptly ended when Özden, the largest and the most credible of the bankers, fled the country secretly following the liquidity squeeze that was inescapable.

In the heyday of the bankers when they were mobilizing funds on the order of billions of dollars, there were few registration requirements or regulations in general that set the rules of the game for bankers. The authorities did not even know how many bankers existed.

The “bankers’ crisis,” as the episode was later to be named, is a good example of how hasty liberalization can affect hundreds of thousands of households and billions of dollars. More generally, it shows the possible costs of the lack of proper regulation.

Consumer confidence down 1.15% in May The Consumer Confidence Index, which was 76.24 in April 2008, dropped by 1.15 percent to 75.36 in May, according to the consumer tendency survey. The monthly survey is carried out jointly by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat) and the Central Bank of Turkey.

When the index is above 100, it indicates an optimistic outlook; when it is equal to 100, it refers to a neutral outlook; when it is below 100, it indicates a pessimistic outlook. The index remained above 100 until May 2006, after which it dropped below 100 and continued to decline. The decrease stemmed from a deterioration in consumer assessments concerning purchasing power in the present period, the general economic situation Ýstanbul Today's Zaman

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Russýa rýsýng market for Turkey's auto exports A new report has revealed that Turkey's exports of motor vehicles to Russia grew by 116 percent to $697.6 million in the first five months of the year compared to the same period last year.

The report from the Automotive and Sub-Industry Products Exporters' Union (UTAYSÝB) noted that total exports from the automotive sector increased by 46.14 percent to $11.3 billion between Jan. 1 and May 31.

Turkey exports motor vehicles and spare parts to a number of countries in Europe, Central Asia, North

America and Africa. Germany, France, Italy and Britain last year topped the list of countries importing motor vehicles and spare parts from Turkey.

In recent years, exports from the Turkish automotive sector to Russia increased considerably. With auto exports to Russia growing by 116 percent to $697.6 million, Russia ranks in fifth place behind Germany, France, Italy and Britain for auto import volume from Turkey. The top 10 countries receiving Turkey's auto exports are listed in the table below in a comparison of the January-May period of 2007 and 2008. Ýstanbul Today's Zaman with wires

Competition Board approves port deals Competition Board authorizes privatization of Samsun and Bandýrma ports Turkey's anti-trust authority has authorized the transfer of operation rights to the ports in Samsun and Bandirma to private companies.

With Monday's decision, the Competition Board authorized the winning bidders to take over the operating rights to the Black Sea port in Samsun and the Marmara Sea port in Bandirma.

Turkerler-Kolin Consortium and Ceynal Logistics and Trade Co. were the bidders competing for the operating rights of the Samsun port, while Celebi Consortium, Global Liman-Torunlar Consortium and the Varyap Varl?baslar construction company were the bidders competing for the Bandirma port.

Celebi won the tender for the Band?rma port, while Ceynal, a Turkish logistics company, won the tender for the rights to the Samsun port. Now that the sale has been approved, the winning bidders can take over the operating rights to these ports for 36 years. Ýstanbul Today's Zaman with wires

Asia stock markets rise after turmoil last week Most Asian markets rose Monday after steep declines last week, lifted by Wall Street's gains and lower crude oil prices. Japanese stocks led the region as a strengthening dollar pulled auto and electronics exporters higher.

The Nikkei 225 index shot up 2.7 percent to 14,354.37. Hong Kong's blue-chip Hang Sang Index advanced more than 1.9 percent to 23,029.69 -- the first rise in five sessions. Meanwhile, mainland China markets were mixed as the Shanghai benchmark ended an eight-session losing streak to edge higher on bargainhunting in oil refiners and other market heavyweights.

The region's overall strength came on the heels of Wall Street's 1.37 percent rise last week, thanks to positive government readings on inflation and a drop in oil prices. Oil eased further Monday, with a barrell of light, sweet crude falling 36 cents to ‘‘US’’ $134.51 during intraday trade in Singapore. Hong kong AP

Drought reduces harvest by up to 50 percent Drought conditions stemming from global warming have resulted in a decreased volume of agricultural harvest this year, a top Turkish official has said. Speaking to an international meeting on drought held in the western Turkish town of Menemen yesterday, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Ministry Deputy Undersecretary Ramazan Kadak saidö "Turkey will be more adversely affected by climate change due to its geographic location." He added that with some agricultural products, the volume might fall by up to 40-50 percent. The ministry is coordinating a working meeting to deal with the drought issue with the participation of 40 countries. Ýstanbul Today's Zaman with wires

Inflation biggest world threat since 1970s The world economy faces its gravest threat since the oil shock of the 1970s due to soaring prices, South Korea's president said on Monday, underlining concern among global policy makers about inflation.

Finance ministers from the world's richest countries meeting in Japan at the weekend warned that soaring commodities prices could damage economic growth, but they didn't come up with any plans to calm financial markets or quell public protests over the rising cost of living.

It's no overstatement to say that the world is faced with the gravest crisis since the oil shock of the 1970s, with oil, food and raw materials prices skyrocketing, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak told an AsiaEurope finance ministers' meeting in his country.

Recent comments from policy makers at the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank have raised market expectations that the world's central banks could start to push up interest rates to try to calm price pressures. Jeju Reuters

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Turkish government successfully pursues ‘Asia-Pacific Countries Strategy’ since 2005

huge market with over 3 billion consumers.

Southeast Asia is on its way to becoming a prominent region in terms of investment as well as trade. The region includes countries that attract large amounts of investment, along with investing countries such as China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea.

The Asia-Pacific region is one our country has had close relationships with in terms of cultural and commercial interaction. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, India and Mongolia are examples of this.

Taking into account the global economic trends and developments in Turkey's economy,

especially in its foreign trade, and capitalizing on the experiences and results of the "Trade Development Strategies" toward the "Neighboring and Surrounding Countries" in 2000 and "African Countries" in 2003, a new trade development strategy toward "AsiaPacific Countries" was initiated in 2005.

The Asia-Pacific Countries Strategy is based on boosting general trade and economic relations with the region and getting a share of the region's markets; attracting investment from those countries of the region with considerable capital accumulation; increasing the market share of our con-

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Developments over the past 10 years have resulted in a gradual shift in the center of the global economy toward the Asia-Pacific region. The region, already a "center of attraction," accounts for 30 percent of all global trade, and its foreign trade volume exceeded $8 trillion in 2007.

Excluding trade between the European Union's member countries, five of the top 10 countries trading globally (China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong) are located in this region.

It is anticipated that by 2030, the top two countries in global trade will be from the Asia-Pacific, with half of all global trade concentrated in the region. Two of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China), expected by monitoring institutions to become trade leaders in the near future, are also in this region.

Furthermore, six of the Next Eleven (N-11: Turkey, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Nigeria, South Korea, Mexico, Iran, Indonesia, Egypt, Pakistan and the Philippines), considered to be other prominent players in global trade, are located in the area.

On the other hand, the region also accommodates countries with varying degrees of development, such as Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) members Australia, New Zealand and Japan; BRIC countries China and India; leading Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore; as well as Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Mongolia, among the least developed countries in the world.

Although this may seem like a disadvantage at first in terms of market access, it is in fact an important advantage. The region in question, where a wide variety of goods of different quality and varying quantities is produced, constitutes a

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Believing in the potential of increasing trade RIZANUR MERAL TUSKON CHAIRMAN

Once again, I am very proud to announce a Turkey-Asia Pacific Foreign Trade Bridge program, organized by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) for the second time. Our interest in improving relations between Turkey and the Pacific countries through trade had led to our sponsoring the first international "Foreign Trade Bridge" program for the Asia-Pacific region in April 2006. At that event, we welcomed 12 ministers, 60 senior officials, 228 businessmen and 28 journalists. The Turkey-Asia Pacific program in 2007 provided an opportunity for about 8,000 business meetings. It is estimated that these discussions among participating businessmen have resulted in a business volume of $250 million and have laid the foundations for much higher trade figures in coming years.

Each successive TUSKON-organized event has been more productive and efficient than the last. For instance, the first event targeting the Eurasian counties resulted in 8,000 trade meetings and a trade volume of $500 million, whereas in the second, called "Turkey-Eurasia Foreign Trade Bridge 2," held Dec. 4-5, 2007, the number of meetings and trade volume increased to 13,500 and $1.5 billion, respectively. A similar situation is seen with the events organized for African nations. Therefore it is estimated that the forthcoming event will yield more than "Turkey-Asia

Pacific Trade Bridge 1," which resulted in 7,980 meetings and volume of $250 million. As businessmen from Turkey and the Asia-Pacific region are becoming familiar with one other and confidence between them increases, mutual gain scales up.

Moreover, what we observe in commercial relations between Turkey and the Asia-Pacific countries is an increasing trade volume. In 2006, the annual trade volume between the two regions was $27.3 billion. In 2007, this figure increased to $35.2 billion. However the share of Asia-Pacific nations in Turkey's $260 billion foreign trade volume is only 13 percent -- far from the actual potential.

Since we believe in the potential of increasing trade between Turkey and the Asia-Pacific region, we are organizing TUSKON's second Asia-Pacific summit, named "Turkey-Asia Pacific Foreign Trade Bridge 2," from June 16-18, 2008. We believe the planned event will play an important role in bringing together business communities in Turkey and Asia-Pacific countries as well as investors from both sides. This program is being organized under the coordination of the Turkish Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade and with the support of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In this context, we hope to host 420 foreign companies from 22 Asia-Pacific countries, who will have nearly 20,000 business meetings with 2,000 Turkish businessmen. I would like to extend a warm invitation to you to participate in the trade event, in which new trade opportunities will arise for both sides.

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struction, consultancy and engineering companies; and utilizing the potential of our defense industry.

Our undersecretariat has undertaken serious trade development activities related to the realization of these goals in the past three years, with the contribution of public and private establishments.

Since 2005, trade missions to nine countries, almost 50 purchasing committee organizations and national participation in nearly 50 trade fairs have kindled the interest of our business community.

We have also begun to operate interstate platforms more effectively and established the political will and necessary political and legal

framework that will strengthen commercial and economic relations with the region.

The main goal of the Asia-Pacific Countries Strategy is to increase our export volume to the region from $2 billion in 2004 to $8 billion by 2010.

As of 2008 we will solidify our approach to operations within the strategy, discussed on a country-industry basis, and initiate expansion programs directed toward specific countries. Within this framework, we will develop specific projects aimed at India, Indonesia and Vietnam in 2008, in addition to our successful "China Country Program."

At the same time, we are conducting projects committed to furthering our cooperation with the region's countries in relation to investment and contracting. The project volume of Turkish contractors in the region, home to prominent contracting markets, has exceeded $3.5 billion. Our aim is to double this amount within five years.

We have seen positive results since the beginning of 2005, thanks to our trade development activities in combination with political will. Our exports to the region reached $3 billion in 2006 and approached $4 billion at the end of 2007.

In this context, the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), a key player in the effective employment of economic diplomacy among the industry's leading establishments and a driving force of real economy through the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) under its roof, successfully conducted the "TurkeyAsia Pacific Trade Bridge I" program in April 2007.

I believe the expanded Asia-Pacific summit scheduled for June 2008 will present an opportunity to further consolidate our relations with the region and contribute substantially to the realization of our goals. I would like to thank in advance all those involved in the organization and successful completion of the summit in question.

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Fast-trackýng trade relatýons between Turkey and the Asýa-Pacýfýc regýon A record number of high-level bureaucrats, government ministers and businessmen from Turkey and Asia-Pacific countries will gather today to celebrate the official opening of the Turkey-Asia Pacific Foreign Trade Bridge 2 at Ýstanbul's WOW Convention Center. Organized by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) and supported by Turkey's Foreign Trade Undersecretariat and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the summit will mark the occasion of growing business relations between Asian countries and Turkey in recent years.

"Developments over the past 10 years have resulted in a gradual shift in the center of the global economy toward the Asia-Pacific region," said Foreign Trade Minister Kürþad Tüzmen in his article published in today's edition of the paper. He added: "The main goal of the Asia-Pacific Countries Strategy is to increase our export volume to the region from $2 billion in 2004 to $8 billion by 2010," also noting: "We have seen positive results since the beginning of 2005, thanks to our trade development activities in combination with political will. Our exports to the region reached $3 billion in 2006 and approached $4 billion at the end of 2007."

TUSKON Chairman Rýza Nur Meral said, "What we observe in commercial relations between Turkey and the Asia-Pacific countries is an increasing trade volume." He lamented the trade level's current volume, saying, "The share of Asia-Pacific nations in Turkey's $260 billion foreign trade volume is only 13 percent -- far from the actual potential." Meral emphasized, however, that TUSKON "believes in the potential of increasing trade between Turkey and the Asia-Pacific region."

TUSKON ran its first trial on opening up strategy to Pacific and Asian markets in April 2006 with the Foreign Trade Bridge program for the Asia-Pacific region. The result exceeded all

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With today's Turkey-Asia Pacific Foreign Trade Bridge 2, TUSKON aims to attract 420 foreign companies from 22 Asia-Pacific countries. expectations, with the participation of 12 ministers, 60 senior officials and 228 businessmen. It resulted in 8,000 bilateral trade meetings and achieved a trade volume of $500 million.

Realizing the great potential, TUSKON officials immediately moved to take advantage of this opportunity, organizing the "Turkey-Eurasia

Trade Bridge” in December 2007. This time, the number of bilateral meetings and trade volume increased to 13,500 and $1.5 billion, respectively.

With today's program, TUSKON aims to attract 420 foreign companies from 22 AsiaPacific countries, who will realize almost 20,000 bilateral business meetings with 2,000 Turkish

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businessmen. Though it is not required to participate, Turkish businesses can set up booths and pavilions to showcase their items if they so wish. Meral suggests that with trade fairs like this, his organization aims to turn Turkish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) into import and export companies. "We bring buyers to

our businessmen so that they can exchange trade with partners from the Asia-Pacific," Meral told Today's Zaman at the first summit.

TUSKON officials tell us that they have gone out of their way to ensure everything runs as smoothly as possible. They have provided for a welcome desk right at the airport to greet their guests to the Trade Bridge fair. They will also provide native interpreters free of charge to participants.

For the duration of the event, TUSKON representatives have been assigned to each country to help visitors with the event, accommodation, transportation and more, with most of the costs being borne by TUSKON. There is no entrance or application fee for international participants; the only expenses that visitors need to cover are airfare and accommodation in Ýstanbul. All other expenses, including food, city transportation, domestic flights, factory site visits, lunch and dinner, are covered by TUSKON. Guests will also participate in on-site visits of factories and technology centers to familiarize them with Turkey's industrial base. Other cities are also on the itinerary, with the aim of showing visitors the full spectrum of what Turkey has to offer them in terms of trade opportunities.

Organizers made business transactions easier for everyone by setting up a computerized system that automatically matches African businessmen with their Turkish counterparts. Prospective clients need only enter their detailed information into a database when registering for the event, and they get to choose the time and place of a meeting from options presented to them by a centralized information system. After that, all they need to do is wait at their table for the next meeting client to show up. In addition to scheduled meetings, visitors may also promote their business and company information by advertising on plasma screens inside the hall. This allows for great exposure for purchase and sale offers on the floor.

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To the amazement of many analysts and pundits, Turkey was able to successfully turn the economic tide after a major financial crisis in 2001 and to achieve a steady growth rate of about 7 percent on average over the last five years. Thanks to international anchors, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union, Ankara has made sweeping reforms in terms of structural changes in the economy, in addition to implementing radical changes in various sectors such as banking, agricultural, social security, energy and telecommunication. Despite much work remaining to be done, especially in taxation and labor, Turkey has been able to draw substantial amounts of foreign direct investment (about $22 billion in 2007) and has been singled out as one of the most attractive emerging markets.

Today Turkey is the 17th largest economy in the world, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of over $400 billion in 2007. It is the fastest growing economy on the European continent and currently the sixth economy in Europe. Although the country's prospects have inevitably been dampened by the rising energy and food prices facing the world, the government is still sticking to its long-term targets with a tight fiscal policy. In its latest report, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) projected that Turkey's growth rate, which has dropped below 4 percent this year, will bounce back to 4.5 percent in 2009.

There are many more reasons to celebrate the accomplishments of the Turkish economy. Turkey's gross national income on the basis of purchasing power parity was $663 billion in 2007 and its per capita income doubled compared to five years ago, reaching almost $10,000. Its exports in 2007 stood at $107 billion, with 90 percent of this coming from industrial goods and 35 percent from technology products. Its budget balance is projected at 2.5 percent of the GDP this year, while this number was 2.3 percent in 2007. With that figure, Turkey met one of the Maastricht criteria in 2007, with its ration of budget deficit to GDP being below 3 percent.

Much of the credit for these achievements goes to the acceleration of the privatization processes of major state-owned enterprises. The government did away with many public economic enterprises (KÝT) and transferred their ownership to domestic and foreign companies operating in Turkey and moved itself toward a regulatory role. In fact, the amount of privatization over the last four years alone has almost equaled the privatizing efforts Turkey has seen in throughout its history. The best example of this was the public offering of 15 percent of Türk Telekom, which was the fifth-largest public offering in the world in 2008 and generated revenue of $1.9 billion. The Privatization Administration has concluded the privatization process of 196 entities, 187 of which have no public share left in its equity. It has generated revenue of over $30 billion through the privatization of state-owned companies since 1985.

Privatization at full force Turkey also seems to have learned its lesson from the 2001 financial crisis that stemmed mostly from the banking sector and it has privatized many stateowned banks. The last such sale took place on May 4, 2007, when $1.84 billion in revenue was generated by the initial public offering of 25 percent of the government stake in Türkiye Halk Bankasý A.Þ.

Today the Turkish banking and financial sectors are healthily structured. In fact, many Turkish banks are recording large profits this year while US and European counterparts are busy writing off debts and posting losses. The World Bank Business Report, a prominent indicator of investment climate issues in 178 countries, ranked Turkey at 57th, 34 places up when compared to the previous report's findings, in its "Ease of Doing Business Index." According to the 2008 Doing Business Report, which provides comparative analyses of business procedures in 178 countries in terms of time and cost, the Turkish market's remarkable progress in employing workers, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and closing of businesses was explicitly mentioned.

Turkey is quickly becoming an operation base for major multinational companies that want to access wider markets, such as Europe, Central Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Many see Turkey as a gateway country to a geographic area that is home to 1.34 billion consumers. Thanks to low costs and a highly skilled labor force with technological know-how, they have established base operations in Turkey and begun exporting to other regions nearby. Just last week, GE announced that it decided to move $17 billion of its GE Healthcare operation to Ýstanbul. They will manage operations in 80 countries from their new Turkish base. Similarly, Microsoft caters to customers in 79 countries in the Middle East and North Africa from its Turkish base.

You can add many more names to this list.

The Turkish government, recognizing the importance of research and development investments as an engine of economic growth, has also allocated a

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Today Turkey is the 17th largest economy in the world, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of over $400 billion in 2007. great amount of money to these sectors. As a matter of fact, Turkey and China have experienced the highest increase in research and development expenditures among all countries between 2003 and 2005.

The Supreme Council for Science and Technology set a target of increasing the number of Turkey's fulltime scientists to 40,000 by the end of 2010. As of 2006, this target had already been achieved. The Law on Enhancing Research and Development Activities, aimed at accelerating research and development investments and boosting innovations in products and production methods, came into force in March 2008.

Public funds allocated for supporting research and development were increased by 124 percent between 2003 and 2006. There has been a more than 100 percent increase in international patent applications filed by Turkish residents in the last 5 years through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

digits at 10.74 percent last month. Much of the blame for this goes to dramatic price hikes in oil, as Turkey is a major oil importer. To curb this inflation, the central bank needed to increase interest rates, though this runs counter to investment goals. It is a catch 22 situation. The Turkish Central Bank, which raised its benchmark interest rate last month for the first time since 2006, said on May 28 that it is ready to continue raising rates in a "measured" way to counter the risk

of rising inflation caused by high oil and food prices.

One thing that Turkey needs to watch is the size of its current account deficit, which poses a major risk for the country, many analysts say. As imports surge much higher than exports, Turkey's current account deficit is rather high -- $38 billion by the end of 2007.

But Turkish people traditionally keep some of their savings in foreign currencies to shield themselves from sharp shifts in lira exchange rates. Now at

around $105 billion, Turkish foreign currency holdings provide a safety valve for sharp changes in lira rates and current account deficit, analysts said.

Economy Minister Mehmet Þimþek has not been deterred by the deficit. He said last week his ministry is keeping a watchful eye on macroeconomic indicators.

The minister said the government would bring the current account deficit down to a more manageable level while keeping a tight fiscal policy in place.

Growing industrial base Another good indicator of Turkish economic growth can be seen in the number of Turkey's industrial zones. As of March 2008, the number of industrial zones with plans approved by the Ministry of Industry and Trade reached 251. There were 107 organized industrial zones fully operating on 22,198 acres of land at the end of 2007. At the end of 2007, the number of technology development zones in Turkey had reached 30, with eighteen being fully operational as of May 2008 and infrastructural investments underway on the rest. The government is also entertaining the idea of technology villages.

With its land stretching from Asia to Europe, Turkey is also becoming a major energy hub for the region. Seventy percent of the world's gas and oil resources are located to the east and south of Turkey. Natural gas coming in from the Caspian Sea area to Europe must inevitably pass through Turkey and Greece. The Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum Natural Gas Pipeline was opened in July 2007. The Turkey-Greece Natural Gas Pipeline began operations in November 2007 and gas exports to Greece have already begun. Engineering tenders for the Nabucco pipeline Project were concluded in 2007.

The decision to establish the Ceyhan Specialized Energy Industry Region came into effect in October 2007 with the aim of turning Ceyhan into an international energy hub. Between June 2006 and the end of 2007 268.3 million barrels of oil were transferred from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.

The government has also passed a labor reform package, adopted by Parliament on May 15, 2008.

With the new law, the government hopes to reduce administrative and financial burdens on labor, increase the flexibility of the labor market and to strengthen vocational education through active labor programs. The Turkish labor force is the fourth largest in Europe, with close to 25 million people.

With over 70 million people, 65 percent of whom are below the age of 35, Turkey also represents a major consumer market for foreign companies. A prime example of this is the widespread use of mobile phones and information technology products. The size of the information technology market reached $20 billion in 2007, a 25 percent increase over 2006. In 2007 the number of mobile telephone subscribers reached 62 million. The number of high speed Internet ADSL subscribers, which was 2.7 million in 2006, increased to 4.3 million by the end of 2007, a 60 percent rise.

The Turkish government has been commended for pulling high inflation, approximately 70 percent at the beginning of 2002, to a single digit 8.4 percent last year. Of course, the figure jumped back to the double

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Since its establishment in 2006, the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), chosen "NGO of the Year" in 2006 by Dünya daily, has contributed an estimated $10 billion in initial contracts, providing Turkish businessmen opportunities to sign business agreements with African, Eurasian and Asian/Pacific countries. It also paved the way for long-term solid cooperation between Turkey and its trading partners.

TUSKON, at the time a new trade organization, surprised everyone with its courage to establish multilateral business conferences and confidence to say it would become a trade bridge between Africa and Turkey. Some of Turkey's established organizations and economic giants looked down on this budding organization, which essentially hoped to encourage small and middle-sized enterprises (SMEs) of Anatolian provinces.

Unlike traditional approaches to already saturated markets, TUSKON was turning its eye to regions where bilateral trade with Turkey had not been fully developed: African, Eurasian and Asian/Pacific countries. A recent conference organized by the organization was so successful and fruitful that even the organizing committee was surprised to see 550 African businessmen, ministers and bureaucrats from 30 African countries in the meeting hall. These businessmen came to Turkey on May 8-9, 2006 to seal business deals with their Turkish counterparts. Some 1,300 Turkish businessmen participated in the event, but as this was their first experience with African businessmen, they had problems communicating with one another.

Although many Turkish businessmen can speak English and there were many interpreters standing by, most cannot speak French, the dominant language in African countries. However, even this problem did not stop them and 25,000 bilateral trade agreements were signed, with trade volume reaching $250 million. Now even more experienced, TUSKON organized the second Turkey-Africa Foreign Trade

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Bridge Meeting on May 16-17, 2007. Compared to the first African summit, the second meeting captured far more attention in the African business community. As a result, 900 businessmen, ministers, senior bureaucrats and journalists from 40 African countries participated. Some 1,600 Turkish businessmen attended and the trade volume generated through

30,000 bilateral business meetings during the program totaled $500 million, two times more than in the previous year.

TUSKON's latest foreign trade bridge meeting took place on May 13-15 at the ?stanbul WOW Convention Center and hosted 3,500 businessmen, ministers and bureaucrats from Turkey and 45

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African countries. TUSKON set up almost 1,000 tables to facilitate business meetings among Turkish entrepreneurs and their African counterparts and the goal was to reach a trade volume of $3 billion.

Looking to further develop relations with the Eurasian region, TUSKON organized a TurkeyEurasia Foreign Trade Bridge on Sept. 17-18, 2006.

Five hundred businessmen, ministers, bureaucrats and journalists and 1,200 Turkish businessmen participated in this event; 20,000 bilateral meetings took place and $250 million in trade volume was achieved.

This trade bridge was held for the second time on Dec. 4-5, 2007. It was TUSKON's fifth international event. Twelve Eurasian countries participated in the event; 500 businessmen, journalists, and ministers from various countries participated; 16,000 bilateral business meetings took place. TUSKON expected an annual trade volume of $500 million, twice that of the previous Eurasia summit.

But focusing solely on Africa and Eurasia was not enough for TUSKON's vision, so the organization turned its eyes to the Asia-Pacific region. The first Turkey-Asia/Pacific Foreign Trade Bridge Meeting took place on April 7-8, 2007 and saw the attendance of 1,400 Turkish businessmen, 300 Asian-Pacific businessmen, ministers, senior bureaucrats and 16 journalists. Some 6,000 business meetings took place and $200 million in trade volume was generated.

The second such meeting took place in Moscow, Russia on Sept. 25-27, 2007. The meeting was organized by TUSKON in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.

The third meeting was held in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on Oct. 4-6, 2007, with Foreign Trade Undersecretary Tuncer Kayalar and the TUSKON board in attendance.

TUSKON does more than organize meetings. It also visits various industrial cities throughout Turkey on behalf of businessmen from Africa, Eurasia and the Asia-Pacific region in order to meet with local producers, to visit their factories and to figure out Turkey's real economic potential.

This growth has led to TUSKON opening branches internationally. Its Brussels branch opened on Feb. 15, 2007 and its Washington D.C. branch on Oct. 19, 2007. The TUSKON Washington branch aims to develop trade relations between the US and Turkey and TUSKON as a whole is working to enhance its activities for Latin America and develop Turkey's trade relations countries in that region.

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EU says no agreement on new Iran sanctions The European Union said on Monday it had agreed no new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, apparently contradicting British statements announcing new measures on its financial and energy sectors. Speaking after talks with President George W. Bush in London, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown earlier announced EU moves to freeze the overseas assets of the biggest bank in Iran and to launch action against Iran's oil and gas industries.

A British diplomat said the measures had been agreed by EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Monday and would be implemented within days, but an EU spokeswoman said ministers had not even discussed sanctions.

"There was no discussion of sanctions today. I know nothing about that," said Cristina Gallach, spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana who this weekend presented Iran with an updated offer of incentives by major world powers to halt enrichment. Tehran again ruled out suspending enrichment. It rejects suspicions it is building the atom bomb, insisting its nuclear program is intended only for civilian purposes. A spokeswoman for the Slovenian EU presidency also said she was not aware of any agreement on Monday on sanctions. Luxembourg Reuters

EU vows treaty not dead after Irish ‘No’ European Union foreign ministers insisted on Monday that the EU reform treaty was alive despite Ireland's "No" vote but conceded they had no quick fixes for rescuing it.

Their monthly meeting in Luxembourg was a first opportunity for EU officials to start picking up the pieces after Thursday's Irish referendum cast doubt over the survival of a pact meant to bolster the EU's economic and political weight in the world.

EU leaders will want to hear from Prime Minister Brian Cowen at a summit in Brussels later this week whether he sees any hope of winning a new referendum, a step Irish officials have not ruled out but which they believe is a high-risk strategy.

"The people's decision has to be respected and we have to chart a way through ... It is far too early for proffering any solutions or proposals," Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said on arrival.

"There are no quick fix solutions."

But for the moment, Dublin's 26 partners in the bloc are not taking "No" for an answer and most insist that ratification of the project should continue elsewhere in the bloc.

"The treaty is not dead. The EU is in constant crisis management -- we go from one crisis to another and finally we find a solution," Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb told reporters, noting the bloc had always pushed ahead with inte-

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EU foreign ministers attend a meeting in Luxembourg on Monday. From L-R: Italy's Frattini, Greece's Bakoyanni, France's Kouchner, Luxembourg's Asselborn, Slovenia's Rupel and the EU’s Solana. gration despite past rebuffs from voters.

"I believe the European spirit is strong ... and we'll see more ratifications," said Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency.

He stressed it was up to Ireland to propose ways out of the impasse: "I don't have any solutions." "Life has to continue," said EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, whose role was to have been

beefed up with a real foreign service under the Lisbon Treaty, which will not now come into force as planned next Jan. 1.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said he did not see any direct impact on the bloc's expansion plans into southeastern Europe from the Irish vote. Croatia hopes to conclude accession talks next year to be the 28th EU member.

EU officials say the hope is that if all other

countries back the treaty by December, the Irish can be persuaded to try again in exchange for assurances on issues such as preserving a member of the European Commission for each member country and retaining national vetoes over tax legislation indefinitely.

Cowen said Dublin's EU partners must help otherwise the treaty cannot come into force, depriving the bloc of a long-term president, revamped decision-making structures in Brussels and more effective foreign policy and defense arrangements.

A senior EU official said if Cowen tells EU leaders he cannot win a new referendum, the "plan C" alternative could be to put limited reforms into the accession treaty of Croatia, likely to join in 2010 or 2011. That might modify the voting system and the distribution of European parliament seats, but it could not include the whole range of reforms defeated in last Thursday's Irish vote.

Opposition to the treaty among Irish voters focused on suspicion of Brussels and of Ireland's political elite. Meanwhile, a potentially damaging "who lost Ireland" row threatens to erupt after French ministers accused the executive European Commission of insensitivity to fishermen, truckers and cattle breeders hit by soaring fuel and food prices. Luxembourg Reuters

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Abbas to send Fatah envoys to Gaza today Envoys from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction will visit the Gaza Strip today to brief members there on his bid to cement reconciliation with Islamist Hamas, officials said. Hikmat Zeid, a Fatah leader in the West Bank, told Reuters it would be the first mission by representatives of the secular and Westernbacked faction to Gaza since Hamas took over the territory a year ago. "We want to brief our brothers in Fatah about the president's initiative," Zeid said, adding that the delegation had no plans to meet the Hamas administration in Gaza. A Hamas official in Gaza confirmed the planned Fatah visit. Following a call by Abbas for reconciliation talks with Hamas leaders earlier this month, officials from the two factions met in Dakar, Senegal, in an effort to iron out differences. The talks had restored "an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect between the two factions," a joint statement signed by both sides said. Zeid said efforts by Arabs were exerted to organise a meeting of all Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, in Cairo before the end of June. Hamas ended more than 40 years of Fatah's unchallenged leadership of the Palestinian people with a victory in a parliamentary election in 2006. Hamas fighters went on to rout Fatah forces and take over the Gaza Strip in June 2007. Ramallah Reuters

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Rice visits Beirut to back plans for new government US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put an American stamp of approval on Monday on plans for a new government in Lebanon that would increase the power of Hezbullah militants. Rice made an unannounced visit to Lebanon's capital to meet with Western-backed leaders of an emerging coalition government, which the country's factions are still negotiating over. The US regards Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah as a terrorist group and has no dealings with it. "Congratulations," Rice said as she shook hands with Michel Suleiman, the army chief elected last month as president. "We are all just very supportive of your presidency and your government." She introduced members of the US delegation to him as they sat down for their meeting at the presidential palace. On the flight from Israel, Rice told reporters her message would be one of US support for Lebanese democracy and that they would discuss "how the United States can support the institutions of a free Lebanon." Beirut AP

Bush wraps up European trip with talks in London and Belfast US President George W. Bush, capping his European trip on Monday in London and Belfast, met on Monday with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to discuss the Middle East, climate change and global trade negotiations.

Brown greeted Bush outside No. 10 Downing Street as the US president got out of his limousine. The two leaders, both unpopular with their constituencies, then went inside the prime minister's residence for their talks, which will include the issues of Iraq, Afghanistan and the IsraeliPalestinian conflict.

Brown's office said talks would also center on Afghanistan, and that the leaders would likely offer firm words on Zimbabwe and on how to step up pressure on Iran to stop enriching uranium.

The EU and other nations are seeking new ways of persuading Tehran to shut down its uranium enrichment program, which they suspect will be used to make nuclear weapons.

Three sets of UN sanctions have failed to bring any change and Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful, civilian use only.

Even before EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana presented Iran with a modified package of incentives Saturday to suspend its uranium enrichment program, a spokesman for Iran's government said his country would reject it.

Iran said it would turn down any offer that Solana presented -- on behalf of the US, Germany, Britain, France, Russia and China -- if it required Iran to stop the sensitive nuclear work.

"There is a commitment to try and make this Solana mission to Iran work, to show Iran that there is a way forward," US National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said Sunday. "But there is determination that if

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Thousands of victims of China's earthquake are moving to escape a new threat from rain-triggered landslides, officials said on Monday, while floods battered the nation's southern trade powerhouse. The May 12 quake centered in the southwest province of Sichuan killed at least 70,000 people and shattered slopes in the mountainous region, parts of which have seen heavy rainfall. With continued tremors jolting hillsides, officials have decided to relocate 50,000 residents at risk of landslides in Wenchuan County, the epicenter of the quake.Continued tremors and multiple strong tremors have constantly caused shore collapses and mudslides on fragile slopes in Wenchuan County, and damaged houses have constantly collapsed in the tremors, the Xinhua news agency reported. Last week, county officials told threatened residents to move to safer areas, and troops had relocated 3,000 by Monday, Xinhua reported. All at risk must be moved by the end of June, before the rainy season starts in earnest. Beijing Reuters

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British police officers clash with anti-war protesters gathered at Parliament Square in London to demonstrate against the visit of US President Bush. the Iranian regime rejects the latest offer, that the consequence of the regime's decision will result in greater isolation of the regime, and regrettably, of the Iranian people."

The president and Brown was also to talk about what conditions would allow more US and British troop withdrawals from Iraq.

Britain has 4,000 troops remaining in Iraq on the outskirts of Basra.

British forces withdrew from their base in

Basra's city center last year and began to focus only on training Iraqi security forces. British troops, however, did aid Iraqi and US forces in late March during their crackdown on Shiite militiamen in largely successful sweeps to curb violence in the oil-rich city.

Bush also is meeting in short sessions with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the UN envoy to Middle East peace negotiations, and Britain's conservative op-

position leader, David Cameron.

The last stop on Bush's trip is Belfast where he, as well as Brown and Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, will visit the Protestant and Catholic leaders of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government. Cowen and Brown planned separate talks to discuss the fallout from Ireland's failure last week to ratify an EU treaty in a public referendum.Bush will also visit an elementary school for Catholic and Protestant students. London AP

Obama campaign seeks ways to win without Ohio and Florida

European astronomers find batch of three ‘super-Earths’

Barack Obama's campaign envisions a path to the presidency that could include Virginia, Georgia and several Rocky Mountain states, but not necessarily the pair of battlegrounds that decided the last two elections -- Florida and Ohio. In a private pitch late last week to donors and former supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe outlined several alternatives to reaching the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House that runs counter to the conventional wisdom of recent elections. At a fundraiser held at a Washington brewery on Friday, Plouffe told a largely young crowd that the electoral map would be fundamentally different from the one in 2004. Wins in Ohio and Florida would guarantee Obama the presidency if he holds onto the states won by Democrat John Kerry, Plouffe said, but those two battlegrounds aren't required for victory. Florida, which has 27 electoral votes this year, gave the presidency to George W. Bush in the disputed election of 2000. Flint, Michigan AP

European researchers said on Monday they discovered a batch of three "super-Earths" orbiting a nearby star, and two other solar systems with small planets as well.

They said their findings, presented at a conference in France, suggest that Earth-like planets may be very common.

"Does every single star harbor planets and, if yes, how many?" asked Michel Mayor of Switzerland's Geneva Observatory. "We may not yet know the answer but we are making huge progress towards it," Mayor said in a statement.

The trio of planets orbit a star slightly less massive than our Sun, 42 light-years away towards the southern Doradus and Pictor constellations. A light-year is the distance light can travel in one year at a speed of 186,000 miles (300,000 km) a second, or

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about 6 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km).

The planets are bigger than Earth -one is 4.2 times the mass, one is 6.7 times and the third is 9.4 times.

They orbit their star at extremely rapid speeds -- one whizzing around in just four days, compared with Earth's 365 days, one taking 10 days and the slowest taking 20 days. Mayor and colleagues used the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher or HARPS, a telescope at La Silla observatory in Chile, to find the planets.

More than 270 so-called exoplanets have been found. Most are giants, resembling Jupiter or Saturn. Smaller planets closer to the size of Earth are far more difficult to spot. None can be imaged directly at such distances but can be spotted indirectly using radio waves or, in the case of HARPS, spectrographic measurements. Washington Reuters

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linked to the first by a small hole through which the liquid would have dripped. At the bottom of this second niche was a circular indentation in which would have stood one of the large amphora-like jars used to collect the juice. I had just such an arrangement in two of my own caves, but here there was something extra -- a third

Pat Yale lives in a restored cave-house in Göreme in Cappadocia.

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Athletes from a previous G4Challenge smile for the cameras. This year Land Rover expects to raise YTL 22,000 for the Turkish Red Crescent in conjunction with the adventure sports competition.

Týme for summer sports: Levent and Kasýmpaþa JOHN CROFOOT*

Ýstanbul is home to a growing number of adventure sport enthusiasts. Take, for example, the agile and versatile Burcu Oylan, 30, of Ýstanbul.

Swimming is her favorite sport; she also enjoys biking, rock climbing, trekking, scubadiving and sailing. Oylan bikes most days to her office, a distance of seven kilometers.

“I’ve been doing sports all my life,” she says.

Anyone like Oylan -- women and men alike -- with a passion for multiple sports and the ability to swim 50 meters competitively has a chance to compete in a three-week international competition: Land Rover’s G4 Challenge. Qualifying trials for the contest, which includes climbing, biking, orienteering, kayaking, rafting and off-road driving, will begin in mid-July. The international event, a contest of teams from 18 countries, will take place in England early in 2009.

Organizers of the qualifying trials for the Turkish team expect 2,000 adventure athletes to apply by the June 30 deadline (application form available at www.landroverg4challenge.com). Of these, 100 will be selected to compete in July’s fitness trials at the Mars Athletic Center in Levent.

Because fewer women than men will apply for the competition, women who regularly pursue more than one sport have a higher chance to make the initial cut for the endurance tests. Subsequent trials in remote

sites near Kemerburgaz and Fethiye will eliminate all but four contestants, two men and two women, to compete in the international competition.

Land Rover sponsors the 18-country G4Challenge in cooperation with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and seeks to raise 1 million British pounds for these organizations.

Within Turkey, the G4Challenge expects to raise approximately YTL 22,000 for the Red Crescent. The modest fundraising goal for Turkey may reflect the nascent state of voluntary charitable giving in Turkey, but Adým Adým, a group of runners and fundraisers in Ýstanbul, raised over three times this amount for the Spinal Cord Paralytics Society of Turkey during the group’s training for this year’s Antalya Marathon.

Land Rover’s fundraising goal also pales in comparison with its sales in Turkey.

According to Borusan Holding’s 2006 Annual Report, Borusan Automotive sold 2,422 Land Rover automobiles in 2006; list prices for 2008-model Land Rovers in Turkey range from YTL 97,000 to YTL 354,000. If the Turkish team finishes first in the international competition in early 2009, the Turkish Red Crescent will receive a Land Rover.

Outdoor sports enthusiasts may also question the environmental impact of the G4Challenge. The vehicles to be used in the contest range in fuel efficiency from 10 liters/100 kilometers (28 miles per gallon) to

8.5 liters/100 kilometers (33 miles per gallon). Land Rover will purchase carbon offsets through Climate Care, a mechanism enabling businesses and consumers to contribute to efforts to reduce global warming.

As reported in National Geographic’s Turkish edition in June 2006, 89 percent of Turkish land is at risk of desertification due to erosion caused by loss of vegetation.

According to Land Rover’s promotional Web site for the G4Challenge, the automaker seeks to minimize the environmental impact of the contest’s off-road events with the help of environmental experts and a promise to return each contest location to its original state after the event has ended.

Another opportunity for summer sports is available in Kasýmpaþa, at the Orbay School Sports Center. Opened in April, this center is one of the 110 school sports centers built over the past two years by Spor A.Þ., an arm of the Greater Ýstanbul Municipality. The Orbay Elementary School uses the center for physical education programs during the weekdays and weekends. The facility is open to the public, free of charge, on weekday evenings.

In addition to an indoor court for ball games, the center has two training rooms, one for weight training, the other for aerobics. According to Murat Baðýþ, a sports school district director for Spor A. Þ., the step aerobics program and weight training facility are both open to men and women.

However, Baðýþ observed, women typically choose aerobic training and men do weight training. One goal of Spor A. Þ. school sports centers, noted Baðýþ, is to familiarize women with different ways of exercising and the health benefits of exercise, like weight control. He also commented, “Women, when they first start, may be timid, but after they get used to the instructor, their participation increases.”

Having opened two months ago, the Orbay School Sports Center has 300 registered members (male and female). A group of neighborhood youth and adults gathered recently to play basketball at the Orbay School Sports Center. It was their first time to use the center, which occupies the field where they used to play ball. A younger member of the group said he preferred the enclosed court to the field. An older teammate differed, saying that the field was better because the field had room for four simultaneous games.

The Orbay Summer Sports School, for students ages nine and older, will start June 6 and continue until the start of school in the fall. The school will train students in basketball, volleyball, badminton, tennis and handball. Special activities (some open to students’ family members) will include museum visits, picnics and tours. Registration information available at www.okulspor.org.

Hýgh fuel prýces should promote cyclýng, German famýly says High oil prices have led a German family living in Turkey to take action to promote cycling in the area for both locals and tourists.

Associate Professor Horst Ottmann and his family, residents of Manavgat -- a town in Antalya province on the Mediterranean coast, have put together a campaign called “Let us ride bikes for a healthy town without noise.”

Ottmann said there is great potential in developing cycling as a means of transport because significant numbers of Europeans travel abroad for bicycle tourism. In his native Germany, half of the country’s 80 million people ride their bicycles as a means of transport in inner-city neighborhoods and some 350,000 go to Spain’s Mallorca Islands during the winter just for cycling.

His birthplace, Herford, now has 21,000 registered cyclists and traffic has improved.

The same can happen in Manavgat, he says, if cycling is promoted and taken seriously by the locals. He notes that traffic congestion will significantly improve once an 18-kilometer-long bicycle road currently under construction is complete. “The rise of oil prices is a good opportunity for cycling to become a real alternative in the town. It draws considerable interest in Germany. A cycling magazine published in Berlin has a monthly circulation of 10 million. Even though we have exerted significant effort to promote this sport for 16 months, we have been unable to meet our targets. The tourism industry did not support our idea of turning Manavgat into a popular tourist destination like Spain, Greece, Italy, South Cyprus, France and the Canary Islands for cycling addicts from European Union states.”

Ottmann’s wife, Petra, says she, her husband and their daughter have prepared a Web site on “how to cycle for health” in Turkish, German and English and added that the tourism perception based on sun, beach and sea has started to lose its popularity while rich and educated tourists from Europe show more and more interest in alternative tourism fields.

She also noted that it is vital to form new tourism fields to attract rich and educated tourists and added if 40 percent of European cyclists choose Manavgat instead of the Mallorca Islands, Manavgat’s hotels would work at full capacity year round. The Ottmann family says Manavgat is special in terms of geographical conditions suitable for cycling; however, this potential is underutilized by tourism establishments. Abdurrahman Büyükkeskin Manavgat CÝHAN

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niche with several indentations in the bottom where a series of full jars could have been stored. As I gazed at this enviously, I remembered all the times when I’d caught myself coveting the superior tiles that surrounded a friend’s fireplace back in the UK. There, real estate agents were always suspected of gilding the lily when it came to preparing details of the properties they hoped to sell. House-hunters quickly became expert at reading between the lines: “cozy” meant “no room to swing a cat”; “in need of some updating” meant “a wreck that will cost a fortune to restore.” For the time being, Göreme still lacks any official real estate agents, which is probably just as well since it would take a Pulitzer-prize-winning author to do justice to the labyrinthine cave networks that are the Cappadocian equivalent of terraced housing.

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especially desirable about possessing one of them. In reality, no one ever actually owns the “peribacalar,” which remain the property of the state. Still, having one attached to your house does allow you a feeling of one-upmanship over your neighbors, who must make do with more prosaic caves.

After that comes a whole litany of cave features, which take the place of the ceiling roses and the stained-glass door panels. I was reminded of this recently when I went to look at two newly opened hotels that had been created out of cavehouses. “Our family kept wheat in here,” one owner told me, pointing out an unusual cavity in the wall. “We could store enough to keep a family of five for two years.”

Elsewhere, I was soon salivating over a large niche cut into a bedroom wall, which would once have been used to tread grapes for wine or pekmez (grape molasses). Beside it was a smaller niche

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When I was house-hunting in the UK, there were certain things I was looking for. I wanted a street with houses on both sides of the road. I wanted three bedrooms and two separate living rooms. I wanted a small garden. Above all, though, I wanted an old house that retained some of its original features, particularly Victorian fireplaces, ceiling roses and stained-glass door panels.

How different it is when it comes to house-hunting amid the cave-homes of Cappadocia. Here the overwhelming priority is usually the view. The locals may be blasé about the landscape they grew up with, but most foreigners fantasize about being able to look out on beautiful scenery or on picturesque houses, preferably with as few solar panels and satellite dishes on their roofs as possible.

Next on the list usually comes having a fairy chimney on the property. A fairy chimney is one of the strange conical rock formations for which Cappadocia is famous, so there is something

* John Crofoot is a runner and a freelance writer in Ýstanbul.

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Ýstanbul’s culture journal publishes fourth edition The fourth issue of the “1453 Ýstanbul Kültür ve Sanat Dergisi” (1453 Ýstanbul Journal of Culture and Art), published by the Ýstanbul Metropolitan Municipality’s culture enterprise Kültür A.Þ., hit bookstores last week.

The main theme dominating this issue is the conquest of Ýstanbul, in line with last month’s celebrations of the 555th anniversary of the city’s conquest by Fatih Sultan Mehmet in 1453. Aimed at shedding a different light on what really happened during the conquest more than five centuries ago, the magazine features several articles that look into the Ottomans’ approach on architectural structures in the city before and after the conquest; with separate writings on the construction of the historic Grand Bazaar and efforts to conserve the Hagia Sophia.

A separate file that focuses on community life following the conquest aims to highlight how the followers of various religions managed to live together as neighbors in peace. The majority of the articles featured in the magazine are written by academics, with separate fields of specialization such as history and architecture. One such writer is Assistant Professor Selman Can, who in his article focuses on the architect of the Ortaköy Mosque, a landmark that decorates the Bosporus shoreline. Another piece by Professor Önder Küçükerman traces the reflections of the Industrial Revolution in Ýstanbul from the Topkapý Palace to the Dolmabahçe Palace. Þennur Þentürk’s article looks at Ottoman-era coins minted in the city, exploring the economic life in old Ýstanbul.

The bilingual Turkish/English periodical, described as the “signature of Ýstanbul,” was launched in July 2007 with an initial circulation of 10,000. The periodical’s advisory board includes professors Ýlber Ortaylý, Halil Ýnalcýk, Semavi Eyice, Ýskender Pala, Ahmet Faruk Yanardað and Süleyman Faruk Göncüoðlu. Ýstanbul Today’s Zaman

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Rock band Sakin

Sakin is a band that will change the perception of indie rock in Turkey. It has steadily been making itself heard, and long before its album came out it already had quite a number of fans who followed its gigs and visited its MySpace page. Their songs appeal to Turkish alternative rock and indie audiences, who have long been in search of a new sound in their own language that would reflect their up-to-date circumspection with meaningful lyrics.

The band features Onur Özdemir on guitar and vocals, Özdemir Dereli on guitar, Cenker Kökten on bass and Soner Özýþýk on drums. All four musicians were born in different cities but together they give the impression that they were

meant to unite and play in Sakin one day. Since it was first formed in 2000, Sakin has been performing at university festivals and has been an indispensable name in the Beyoðlu rock scene -- especially at Peyote, a club where many alternative bands have gotten “noticed.” They made their first big festival appearance at last year’s Radar Live in Ýstanbul, which was broadcast live by MTV. Their songs use sharp, catchy melodies emphasized by distinctive guitars and Onur’s delicate vocals. Their captivating lyrics find a firm rhythmic background within their music.

“Hayat” is Sakin’s debut album. It was produced by Volkan Gürkan, mixed by Louis Read in

London and released by Rakun records in March.

The first single from the album, “Denek Hayatým” (My Life as a Guinea Pig) questions “living life as a guinea pig, as someone who is being experimented on” and the sorrow this brings about. The song was inspired by 2004’s high-speed train disaster near the northwestern Anatolian town of Pamukova, when a train en route from Ýstanbul to Ankara derailed, killing 38 passengers. They have lyrics that talk about today’s sorrows, catchy melodies, a sure indie sound and an audience that already sings along to their songs by heart. They have all it takes to secure success in the Turkish rock music scene.

Sakin “Hayat,” Rakun Music, 2008 Fulya Özlem Ýstanbul

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Sofia Opera to stage ‘Turandot’ at Aspendos Bulgaria’s Sofia National Opera and Ballet, one of the two guest companies featured in this year’s Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival in Antalya, will stage their production of the opera “Turandot,” the Puccini masterpiece in three acts, tonight. The singers of the Sofia Opera, which has a history of over 110 years, will take to the stage at 9:30 p.m. at the ancient Aspendos Theater.

“Turandot,” which was unfinished by the time of Puccini’s death in November 1924, and was later completed by Franco Alfano, was given its world premiere at La Scala in Milan in April 1926 with a performance conducted by Arturo Toscanini.

“Turandot” is a Persian word meaning “the daughter of Turan.” The opera is based on a legend about Turandot -- an empress whose heart will be conquered only by a brave man who can solve three riddles for her. If he fails in his attempt, he must die. Prince Calaf arrives in Peking and, enchanted by her beauty, is determined to accept the challenge. His efforts are crowned with success, yet the princess decides to kill the prince if she can find out his name by dawn.

This year’s Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival runs until July 3, featuring such classics as “Nabucco,” “Swan Lake,” “Aida” and “La Bayadere” in its 15th installment. Organized annually by the Ankara-based State Opera and Ballet Directorate General, the festival is Turkey’s only festival dedicated in its entirety to the performing arts of opera and ballet. Antalya Today’s Zaman

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Shyamalan’s ‘Happening’ beats ‘Hulk’ overseas The latest thriller by M. Night Shyamalan, “The Happening,” edged out “The Incredible Hulk” at international box offices over the weekend, Variety reported on its Web site on Monday.

While “Happening” hauled in $32.1 million at 5,714 theaters in 88 markets, “Incredible Hulk” turned out a far stronger per-screen performance, with $31 million at 3,165 theaters in 38 territories, as the superhero flick won headto-head battles while holding back launches in much of Europe, the report said.

Fox International took advantage of the year’s only Friday the 13th to launch “The Happening” in every market except Japan and Argentina. Fox International officials Paul Hanneman and Tomas Jegeus said the Shyamalan film beat internal forecasts, as it overcame the distractions of the Euro Cup soccer tourney plus unenthusiastic reviews.

“There’s a real disconnect between critics and audiences, who are responding well to a very watchable film,” Jegeus was quoted as saying by Variety.

According to the report, the solid start for “The Happening” represents something of a rebound for Shyamalan, whose “Lady in the Water” took in only $30 million overseas in 2006. His previous films have shown plenty of traction offshore, with “The Sixth Sense,” “Unbreakable,” “Signs” and “The Village” combining for more than $800 million at foreign boxes office. Ýstanbul Today’s Zaman

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MURAT YILMAZ*

e l b a b o r p e h T s e c n e u q e s n co of the Ergenekont ýndýctmen

Once more Turkey is seeking a way out of obstacles designed to trap it.

Since 2002 -- the formation of the Ergenekon terror group, a shady gang whose members allegedly perpetrated a number of attacks and bombings to create chaos, which began with the Ayýþýðý and Sarýkýz coup attempts, anti-government protests before the elections and the latest indictment filed to close down the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) -- the judiciary has unfortunately failed to play the role it is supposed to play in a democratic order; rather, it prefers heading in the opposite direction.

There are suspicions that the judiciary serves as the center of actions against the government. Attempts to intimidate judicial figures committed to doing their job following an indictment in the Þemdinli case in which a public prosecutor was disbarred after pursuing charges against a soldier are now being made in the Ergenekon case, which so far has nearly 50 suspects under arrest and awaiting trial. Threats ranging from removal from office to murder are made against prosecutors who investigate the case.

Developments in the Ergenekon case alone show that democracy can be preserved well if the judiciary relies on democratic principles. Despite all pressure, the fact that the Ergenekon investigation has been initiated is a great achievement for the sake of democracy, civilian government and the rule of law.

Harassment started with reminders of Ferhat Sarýkaya's fate According to press reports, the Ergenekon indictment is about to be submitted to the court. The Ergenekon case is vital for Turkey, a country whose pulse has been taken in the courts for a while. For this reason, circles committed to the protection of the illegal Ergenekon organization are waging a psychological war through the media. In no other case in Turkish political history have tools of psychological warfare been used so extensively. Above all, prosecutors carrying out the investigation and police officers doing the interrogations were subjected to serious threats in this case. Some judicial figures -some retired and some still in office -- openly threatened the prosecutors and police officers, implying that they will share the fate of Ferhat Sarýkaya, the prosecutor removed in the Þemdinli case. That the list of those who made such threats includes such prominent names as Sabih Kanadoðlu, known for his extensive role in the Constitutional Court's decision on the 367-quorum case and the filing of the AK Party closure case, shows the seriousness of the situation. However, the prosecutors' decisiveness in proceeding with filing the indictment shows that the resistance of the clandestine entity and the ongoing psychological war is losing strength.

Probable scenarios

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The psychological war initiated to intimidate relevant actors will take different forms with the submission of the indictment to the court.

The so-called central media, which served as an active and passive agent of the psychological war during a coup process that started with the presidential elections, preferred to overlook the Ergenekon case at the outset. Some of these media actors resorted to disinformation in their material in relation to Ergenekon. We may argue that they will continue publishing such material following the indictment's submission; this material will most likely be an attempt to make sure that the public perceives the Ergenekon case as an insignificant event.

Actually, material published so far is the byproduct of the psychological war designed for the aftermath of the indictment.

A detailed analysis of this process will show the size and scope of the Ergenekon investigation and its affiliation with the media actors. To this end, it should be recalled that the public should remain alert vis-à-vis the psychological operation that will be staged following the indictment and that the liberal media should seek to reveal the connections and details of the Ergenekon organization and its members. Let us now discuss the probable scenarios of the psychological war to be waged in the aftermath of the submission of the Ergenekon indictment.

Turkey has to extricate itself from Ergenekon Junta and gangs that pursue anti-democratic interventions are so isolated from the global and local realities that they are searching for a scapegoat on which to put the blame of all that has happened to them. These circles, which fail to notice the pluralism and increased demands for liberalization, also fail to understand that those who demand freedoms will fight for those freedoms. Because they have always remained in the centralized national structures, they tend to see those who struggle for further liberties and freedoms as enemy agents.

Because they are isolated from reality, they are destined to fail in the final analysis. These circles, which constantly accuse their opponents of being members in a certain religious community, are actually members in a small group that resembles a tribe. For this reason, they are now unable to justify their existence and actions. In an attempt to prevent the dissolution of the front that remained supportive of their actions, they are prone to deepen the crisis because they are aware that once they stop, they will be taken to the brink of total collapse.

The Ergenekon indictment shows the fate of this clandestine organization, and for this reason they are really mad and angry with it.

They are getting angrier because even their inherent supporters do not believe their assertions and actions and the people are opposed to their presence at a time when they thought they were at the height of their strength. For this reason, regardless of the content of the indictment, this process will be a start for the elimination of coup lovers from the political stage. Turkey will separate itself from Ergenekon not only with this indictment but also with pressure coming from civilians and democrats as well as further reforms. * Dr. Murat Yýlmaz is a political scientist.

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1. Propaganda: investigation did nothing The said media actors will promote propaganda which will assert that the indictment and the entire investigation process did nothing, implying that efforts of prosecutors and the police were inconclusive. These actors will mention previous reports, asking why they were not included in the indictment. In this way, they will seek to draw attention away from the main focus of the case. For instance, a similar development took place when a photo showing Alparslan Aslan, the prime suspect in the 2006 Council of State attack, and Veli Küçük was denied. Reports were published as if this photo was the only evidence for the clandestine relations.

2. Ammunition not found; no attack on Council of State For instance, facts of ammunition dumps revealed in Ýstanbul's Ümraniye district and Eskiþehir and the use of grenades used in attacks on Cumhuriyet daily and the Council of State with the same serial numbers as those in the materials found in these dumps will be overlooked. More importantly, cooperation between the Ergenekon organization and a junta within the army to lead a coup attempt will also be ignored in an attempt to prevent the furtherance of the investigation and subsequent indictments from revealing additional facts.

3. The prosecutor's favorite TV station It is also possible for the said media actors to speculate on the prosecutor who prepared the indictment. His friends, his favorite TV station and religious beliefs will inevitably be brought into this process.

4. Religious community influential in police department rumor These media actors will most probably also remain committed to the propaganda that the actors who stage a war against the clandestine organizations have connections to a certain religious community.

Actually, such propaganda will remain in effect unless the junta lovers dominate the police department as a whole. Those who try to aggress against bureaucrats wanting justice and freedom by relying on this propaganda are terrified by the good performance of a few good men - as recently noted by Yasemin Çongar.

A few good men within the military and civilian bureaucracy are able to undermine the ability and influence of these junta and gang attempts. These good men prevent the intimidation of circles within the army and the bureaucracy who favor a liberal state and work to further liberties. To this end, it is possible that even the most unusual parties will express support for democratization and normalization.

Bureaucrats will realize that anti-democratic interventions will isolate Turkey in the globalized world and that such attempts will be harmful to Turkey. Therefore, they will not submit to juntas and gangs. Modern-day saviors who will get rid of Ergenekon represent the strength of civil society in the struggle against those who seek to inflict the greatest harm on Turkey. For this reason it is obvious that attempting to show those who stage a war against juntas and gangs as related to a certain religious community will not be convincing.

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The judge and the general Anger and indignation probably best describe the recent reaction by the chiefs of general staff to the less than favorable treatment they have been receiving in even the mainstream press. The straw which appears to have broken the generals' patience was a report last week in the Taraf newspaper -- a daily which had adopted a more aggressive investigative edge than much of the Turkish press. The headlines reported at least one meeting between the deputy head of the Constitutional Court, Osman Paksüt, and the commander tipped to be the next chief of general staff, Gen. Ýlker Baþbuð. This was no chance encounter between senior public officials, according to the paper. It reported that the security cameras outside Land Forces Command had been deliberately turned off and an entire floor cleared to ensure the meeting would remain secret.

This was not the only item in the news that the military press statement accused of being (and I translate) "ill-intentioned and beneath contempt." In the war of nerves between the government and its perceived opponents in the establishment, the military has become the subject of paparazzi-style invasions of privacy. The judiciary, too, complains of being harassed and Justice Paksüt cites the Taraf story as evidence that he is being followed and bugged. However, he did even-

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tually confirm "two or three" meetings with Gen. Baþbuð, but denied they had occurred in the cloak-and-dagger way the paper describes.

The implication of the incident, never openly stated, is that it is improper for the military to be in consultation with the judiciary, especially while the courts are hearing cases no less extraordinary than the closure of two political parties. A statement by Paksüt denied he was seeking extra-judicial advice. He maintained that he was the one who was offering both counsel and condolences to the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on the occasion of their operations in northern Iraq. He submitted his CV as evidence that he had every right to do so, having been a friend and colleague of the general during time which they spent in diplomatic missions abroad.

I was not a fly on the wall where the general and the judge met

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and cannot begin to comment on whether either man exceeded the remit of their respective high office. One must assume that the judge would not commit the same error of which the courts have accused much of the Turkish media, discussing cases that remain sub judice.

However, one thing still strikes me as being odd, and that was Paksüt's CV. He does indeed have a long and honorable career of public service, including a spell in the permanent representation to NATO where he became friends with senior Turkish military. He served in embassies in Japan, Cyprus and even Iraq and must have been relieved to leave Baghdad to become Turkey's ambassador to Helsinki. The thing is, he's a diplomat. According to his CV, prior to his appointment to the high court in 2005, he never worked in a courtroom apart from a brief period as a lawyer from 1975-77.

I have subsequently discovered that not all the judges on the Constitutional Court even have law degrees. Two made their names as sub-provincial and then provincial governors, another has a doctorate in management studies. It would be unfair to say that jurists are the exception on the 11-judge bench. Some have worked in the Ministry of Justice, others in actual courts; one or two appear from their published CVs to

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Modern town, problems and relýgýon What should be questioned is not the natural crunch encountered by humanity while undergoing the transition from one type of society and lifestyle to another, but rather the profound crisis that emerges when people barely coping with the transition are confined by a wholly unequal social order.

When we view the issue from the conceptual perspectives provided by the social sciences, it is impossible to come across a single human community that doesn't suffer from some sort of problems. On every plot of land where people live, problems naturally occur. The hegemonic point of view furthers the prevalence of an opinion that forwards the idea that major, profound problems are suffered only in places where Muslims live. This is the result we can infer: If there are grave problems in Muslim lands and if these problems are of such a magnitude that they encroach upon our civilization, it is not Islam that is to blame; it is obvious that this is a covert type of Orientalism.

In the early years of Islam, the first problem emerged during the transition from a nomadic life to the settled life. However the Bedouin tribes were not forced to undergo this change -- for instance, their villages were not burned, nor were they exiled to towns -- they were only encouraged to take that step. The first examples succeeded. Following the third rightly guided caliph of the Prophet Mohammed, the venerable Uthman, tremendous social reactions were demonstrated by the people in the face of unequal social statuses and the institutionalization of income distribution. Those Bedouins, who gave in to despair during this process of transition, made their nomadic culture a part of the political scene, and by combining that culture with their temperament, they launched bloody acts of violence. The Bedouins' problem was not their decision to abstain from participation in urban life. They were of course going to suffer some problems, to a certain extent, but the real problem they encountered was the exclusionary attitude of the urban elite, who did not want to see them as parts of the political and social system and therefore blocked all their possible paths toward political participation.

In our current situation, we still face the same problem. Those who migrate to urban areas are unable to garner an equal share from the income distribution or discuss their problems in a political milieu where all paths of participation are open to them. If income distribution were more just, if the educational possibilities were up for grabs -- the willingness of headscarved students to go to university is an open sign of their desire to participate in urban (modern) life -- and if all problems could be voiced at legitimate civil political platforms, would we still suffer such traumas?

The lack of social norms, not having identities, the rise in crime rates, divorces, those who go out of their minds and embark on shooting rampages, killing their entire families, increasing intra-familial violence, the outpouring of violence during the Nevruz and May Day celebrations, on March 21 and May 1, respectively, the fights in courthouses, the turning of rows in the traffic into violent attacks, the attempts to lynch defendants, growing violence in every segment of society and vandalism demonstrate that modern urban life has a frail body riddled with maladies. The system itself is a hub of problematic relations, and there is a pathological situation in question in every single social field. What mixes and keeps this society together, what rehabilitates those who migrate to towns and what averts crises and conflicts of greater magnitudes is the religion, even though it is being continuously and unintelligently worn out and harassed. The religion fulfills the function of insurance for political unity and social peace.

The religion and the religious in countries like Turkey, where they are viewed as a threat by the official regime, in reality democratize, civilize and liberalize society. No matter what the political tendency, nothing can prove to be efficient unless it is legitimized on the religious grounds by large social segments and unless it is considered legitimate by the people. The core of the problem suffered by democracy in Islamic countries is not the religion of Islam itself; it is that ruling elites portray the religion as opposed to democracy.

The reflex of the main body is to live its religious life and discuss its problems on a legitimate political platform, without suffering from cultural erosion or a cloudy conscience. In Turkey, it is not the people who politicize the religion, it is the administrative center itself; can there be anything more natural than people seeking to voice their problems within legal boundaries and trying to carry their problems to the center of politics by means of politicians and political parties when they have serious problems? Is it not negotiation politics that constitute the foundation of democracies?

And in the meantime, the disappearing social norms that stem from the nature of the modern city and the pathological process take their toll on the religious people; they themselves become a part of the problems from time to time.

have cultivated academic reputations in jurisprudence.

Another two made their names as judges in the military court system. However, the impression of my brief research is that the Constitutional Court resembles a senior branch of the civil service rather than a body of judicial learning and opinion one associates with a high court.

I tested this view with a corporate lawyer -- the sort that earns by the hour what I get by the month. He laughed at my confusion. "We think of the Constitutional Court not as a collective of judges but as a jury," he explained. One (very) senior Ankara diplomat had a similar opinion. "It doesn't matter if they don't have judicial experience. The decisions they make are political," he said with an entirely straight face.

The judiciary may bristle at the way its integrity is being slighted in the press. But it is already too late to salvage its reputation as an institution which gives priority to raisons d'état over the rights of the individual. It is not surprising that the Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) opponents are so determined to prevent so formidable an apparatus from falling into their hands.

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The winds of independence blowing from Kosovo to the Black Sea seem to have urged Abkhazia, which unilaterally declared independence from Georgia, to action. While there is a tendency to present Kosovo as a "particular example," the South Caucasus started to model itself after this example after Kosovo declared independence on Feb. 17, 2008.

Abkhazia has been improving its diplomatic relations with states whose independence is not recognized by the United Nations, including the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC). Within this context, the first visit to the KKTC was made by Abkhazian Deputy Foreign Minister Maxim Gunjia on Jan. 5-8, 2008, which served as the starting point for official relations between the KKTC and Abkhazia. What Sokhumi is trying to do is to open a representation office in the KKTC, and, following the visit to the KKTC, to establish diplomatic relations with the de facto independent states, including Somaliland, which is located within the borders Somalia and which declared its independence in 1991.

The number of visits from Abkhazia to Turkey has been increasing. Sokrat Djindjolia, former Abkhaz parliament speaker and current president of the Abkhazia branch of the Caucasian Institute for Democracy, Associate Professor Guram Gumba, the head of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Abkhaz parliament, and Talih Hvatish, the deputy chairman of the Economic Relations Commission of the Abkhaz parliament, visited Turkey in April. Abkhaz Foreign Minister Sergey Shamba visited Turkey on June 2-6. Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh

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had planned to come to Turkey between April 15 and 21, 2007, in order to discuss the new period and future of Abkhazia and improve cooperation in political, social and economic areas, but had to postpone the visit to the fall of 2007 due to health problems. At the time, it had been suggested that the main purpose of this visit was to have a secret meeting between Bagapsh and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, and it was considered very important for that reason. The unofficial visit by Bagapsh to Turkey planned for Oct. 17-24, 2007 had been postponed for a second time due to the escalating tensions and presidential elections in Georgia and upon the request of Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli.

Abkhazia seeks to ensure that the embargoes imposed by Georgia concerning marine and air transportation and trade are lowered to humanitarian levels.

Abkhazia wants to see change and have its identity recognized. The Abkhaz overture for improving relations with Turkey, with which it has historical, cultural and kinship ties, is important in that it will shape the relations between the two countries in the future. Indeed, the World Abkhaz Peoples' Union, a powerful organization with influence over the Abkhaz government and people, met on June 11, 2005 in Turkey (Hendek district of Sakarya), and this shows that Abkhazia is determined to improve political, social and economic ties with Turkey.

In the summer of 2008, Bagapsh is expected to make an unofficial visit to Jordan. The Jordan visit, following the aborted Turkey visits by Bagapsh, will be considerably important for the foreign policy moves of Abkhazia. The fact that there is a powerful diaspora of people from the North Caucasus that wields influence in Amman's politics and geography, and that Bagapsh's visit was accepted by Jordan despite its close and good relations with the US, is sufficient to show the importance and multiple dimensions of this visit. Analysts are now waiting anxiously to see what Tbilisi will do in the face of Bagapsh's visit to Jordan.

“If you don't believe in the power of one to make a difference, you have clearly never spent the night with a mosquito,” the saying goes. It is easy to forget it, particularly in these days of overwhelming political confusion, but change often starts discreetly, at the individual or local level, before spreading more broadly.

Belief in individual power was on display in Kars last Friday when Güler Sabanci and a small team visited the dormitory for girls built by the Sabancý Foundation to support schooling for girls. As students provided details about their backgrounds, one of the teenagers explained that she was the youngest of seven siblings and the only one who had been able to study. "I will look after them all," the young girl said with a cheerful determination that moved Sabanci to tears. The girl, despite her young age -- or perhaps because of it -- trusted her own ability to improve her life and her environment.

The trip to Kars was organized to coincide with an assessment meeting of the Women Friendly Cities initiative launched jointly by the UN, the Sabancý Foundation, Sabancý University and the Interior Ministry, with the support of several foreign embassies.

Kars is one of six pilot cities, along with Izmir, Nevþehir, Sanlýurfa, Trabzon and Van, chosen for this multi-pronged initiative, launched officially in March 2006, which aims to promote and protect the rights of girls and women through training and consultation with the local authorities, infrastructure investments as well as grants to civil society organizations. I had mentioned other aspects of the UN Joint Gender Program (UNJP), including the training of teachers, in an earlier column.

Action plans, tailored to the needs of each city, have already been adopted by the municipal councils of the six cities involved and equality commissions created.

Positive results have already been recorded.

Deputy Police Chief Nurgül Ada had failed to obtain a grant to sensitize police officers in Kars to domestic violence, but she was pleasantly surprised when 40,000 police officers around the country received such training and were taught the correct procedures.

Efforts must, of course, not stop there. While Interior Minister Beþir Atalay proudly mentioned a law that requires all municipalities with 50,000 residents to build a shelter for victims of domestic violence, in reality few cities abide by it and Kars has no such facility. While politicians now pay lip-service to the need to encourage women to join the workforce, there is still no acknowledgement that if women are employed, their husbands will have to share the responsibility for household chores and child rearing.

In Kars, where no woman currently sits on the municipal council, a grant allowed 58 would-be female politicians to receive confidence-boosting political training. Fifteen of them have already announced their intention to compete in next year's local elections. Given that women only account for 0.5 percent of local representatives in Turkey, it will be interesting to see if political parties are willing to accommodate these candidates.

For the Sabancý Foundation, which is in the process of becoming a grant-making body, this partnership with the UN is a first departure from more traditional investments in brick-and-mortar projects, such as the construction of schools. Hüsnü Paçacýoðlu, the general manager of the Sabancý Foundation, acknowledged the difficulty of measuring the impact of "soft" civil society programs, which is partly why most charitable institutions favor projects that end with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. While some benchmarks can be set to measure success, the sustainability of changes effected by civil society projects becomes evident long after they have been completed. At the municipal level, the elections next year may test the durability of the measures introduced by the current local authorities involved in the UNJP, and show if they have been sufficiently institutionalized to survive a potential change of administration.

For the students in the girls' dormitory in Kars, who would not have been able to travel daily from their villages to attend high school, and for the women who are preparing to enter local politics, change has already begun and it will rebound on their environment. This, in itself, is already progress.

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"August: Osage County," the Tracy Letts play that won the Pulitzer Prize for drama this year, won Tonys for best play, best featured actress (Rondi Reed), best leading actress (Deanna Dunagan), scenic design and direction (Anna D. Shapiro). Cast members signaled that the sprawling drama about a dysfunctional family in rural Oklahoma could transfer to London's West End later this year.

Broadway veteran Patti LuPone won best actress in a musical for her role in "Gypsy," while her co-stars won best featured actor (Boyd Gaines) and featured actress (Laura Benanti). The show is a revival of a musical suggested by a stripper's memoir with Stephen Sondheim lyrics. It was the second Tony for LuPone, who last won for "Evita." "Shut up, it's been 29 years," she yelled as the orchestra began playing at New York City's Radio City Hall. "It's such a wonderful gift to be an actor who makes her living on the Broadway stage and then once every 30 years or so pick up one of these."

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Performers from the cast of the musical "South Pacific" sing at the 62nd annual Tony Awards in New York. in a speech he rapped to the crowd. The Tony Awards were established in 1947 and are named for Antoinette Perry, whose nickname was Toni. Perry, who died in 1946, was an actress, stage director and philanthropist who was a founder of the American Theatre Wing. Around 750 people from the theater industry -- from actors, to directors to journalists -- vote for the Tony Awards.Sondheim, who wrote music and lyrics for "Sweeney Todd," was given a special Tony for lifetime achievement. New York Reuters

Stewart, won best book of a musical for "Passing Strange," the show's single award from seven nominations. "In the Heights," a musical about a largely Dominican northern Manhattan neighborhood, won three awards, including best original score for creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda. It had led the Tony nominations with 13. "I used to dream about this moment, now I'm in it," Miranda, 28, who thought up the show during his second year in college and worked on it for eight years, said

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Today is Laylat al-Nuktah on the Coptic calendar. This is the fixed date for the rise of the Nile. It means "night of the drop" because people believed that a huge drop is supposed to fall from the sky, causing the swelling of the river.

The actual date of the rise usually occurs a few days later near the summer solstice. In ancient times, if the rise was late by even one day, then beautiful young girls would be drowned in the river in order to appease the gods.

Today is Watergate Day in the US. On June 17, 1972 news items that revealed the Watergate scandal were first published. On the same day several officials were arrested at the Democratic Party Headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. The arrests led to revelations of political espionage, threats of imminent impeachment of the president and the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon on Aug. 9, 1974. By Kerim Balcý

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Today is Independence Day in Iceland, which gained its independence from Denmark in 1944. Iceland had been under the control of Nordic countries from the 12th century.

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Today is the Lily Festival in Japan. Named Saikusa no Matsuri in Japanese, the core of this festival is in the Isakawa Shrine in Sakurai (Nara Prefecture). In a ceremony dating

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“I'm proud that I have players who know that the match ends with the referee's whistle. We showed to the whole world what kind of a team we are,” he added. “We had said that we came here to go until the end. We are working to make that goal come true.” The Czechs scored in the 34th when defender Zdenek Grygera crossed into the area for Koller. Even though the towering forward had to lean his 2.01-meter (6-foot-7) frame backward, he still got enough power and precision on the header to send it to the upper right corner for his 55th goal in 90 internationals.

If that is impressive, Nihat had already scored the decider in both of Turkey's last qualifying games, two matches they had to win to get to Switzerland. His late double will only add to his aura as Turkey's life saver. “There was a Turkish national team on the field that fought until the end of the game,” he said. The Czechs took a 2-0 lead in the 62nd under a steady rain when Libor Sionko sent a low cross into the area and Plasil threw his whole body sliding into the ball. For the second time Volkan got a touch of the ball, but not enough to keep it out.

Turkey, facing elimination in its last game when it was down 1-0 against Switzerland, rallied in a driving rain and an injury-time goal to set up the clash against the Czechs.

On Sunday, the comeback was even bigger. At the end of the match, the 10,000 Turkish fans in the crowd of 30,000 at the Stade de Geneve went into a delirium while Cech took off his black headgear and kicked it away in frustration.

“The third goal was nothing but a collapse. I can't explain that,” Czech Republic coach Karel Bruckner said.

Turkey was outplayed until the late stages in the match and was lucky the result was not worse after Jan Polak sent a half-volley onto the post in the 71st minute that surely would have put the game away. “Until the second half, it seemed like the Czechs would easily win,” Terim said.

In the first half, the Turks were dangerous on just one corner, but were constantly frustrated by the Czech defense.

Soon, the Turks started passing to each other as long as possible in defense, just hoping to draw out the Czech team and wait for time to pass with a penalty shootout to come.

Much had been made of the inclusion of Semih Þentürk alongside Nihat in attack. Called Turkey's super sub, Semih was the top scorer in the domestic Turkcell Super League this season despite only starting half the games. Underscoring Turkey's dismal first-half performance, he was replaced at halftime. As soon as the second half started, the rain started coming down. And after its come-from-behind waterlogged win over Switzerland, it inspired the Turks. Turkey ended with six points in Group A, three ahead of the Czechs, who were eliminated along with co-host Switzerland.

Portugal, who fielded a reserve side against the Swiss, finished top despite a 2-0 defeat in Basel on Sunday night.

Final Group A standings P W D L GF GA PTS *Portugal 3 2 0 1 5 3 6 *Turkey 3 2 0 1 5 5 6 Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 4 6 3 Switzerland 3 1 0 2 3 3 3 * Qualifiy for quarterfinals

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Tuncay saved from facing penalty shootout From the moment it became clear that second place in UEFA Euro Group A could be decided by a penalty shootout between Turkey and the Czech Republic, most neutrals were willing the fixture in Geneva to be drawn, if only for the sheer novelty value. But who knew that regulation time would provide a marathon of drama that made the sprint of spot-kicks superfluous?

It was exciting enough when Arda Turan pulled a goal back not long after the Czech Republic had doubled the lead. Then, when Nihat Kahveci took advantage of a real rarity, a Petr Cech fumble, in the 87th minute, penalties were somehow back on and in circumstances of heightened excitement. Except that Nihat struck again to make it 3-2 with one minute of normal time remaining, for Turkey's second consecutive late winner. Yet even that was not the end of it, as Turkey goalkeeper Volkan Demirel was dismissed for a push on Jan Koller when the ball was out of play -- that last detail meaning makeshift replacement Tuncay Þanlý did not have to face an immediate spot-kick and then perhaps several more. For the Turks, it was a spectacular finish. No one could have predicted this. Ýstanbul Today’s Zaman

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In martial arts and boxing it is usually the big guy who beats up the little guy. This theory at times also applies to soccer.

Before Sunday the tiny Czechs had won 10 games, drawn three and only lost once to the mighty Turks, in a 1958 friendly when they were part of Czechoslovakia. The two teams last played two years ago in a warm-up for the 2006 World Cup, drawing 2-2 in the Aegean city of Ýzmir.

But all that came to an abrupt end on Sunday night when, quoting a Turkish proverb, “The big fish swallowed the small fish.” The never-say-die Turks, who finished the game with 10-men, came from two goals down to beat the Czechs 3-2 and sent them packing ignominiously from the competition. And the triumphant Turks marched majestically into the Euro 2008 quarterfinals, where they will be facing another tiny but more dangerous side, Croatia.

The come-from-behind victory over the Czechs was not the first time the Turks had shown staying power at the ongoing Euro 2008. On Wednesday night Arda Turan's goal deep in injury time gave the Turks a 2-1 win that revived their Euro 2008 hopes, but ended those of co-host Switzerland.

This means the Turks are traditionally slow starters and for them no match is over until the final whistle is blown. However this also calls for a timely reality check. On those two occasions, the Turks snatched victory from the jaws of defeat as a result of the secondhalf substitutions coach Fatih Terim made. Attackingmidfielder Mehmet Topal and striker Semih Þentürk were brought in for the second half against the Swiss on Wednesday and that made all the difference.

Similarly the introduction of Sabri Sarýoðlu and Kazým Kazým also made the difference against the Czechs on Sunday. And this matter raises more questions than answers about Terim’s first half tactics and game plan as well as his choice of the starting line-up.

“Attack is the best form of defense,” that should be Terim’s and Turkey’s motto. Conceding goals and trying to equalize and then struggling to win are not the wisest things to do in this sport.

The Turks meet Group B winner Croatia in Vienna this Friday without injured defender Emre Güngör, who was stretchered off on Sunday, Mehmet Aurelio, who was suspended for a double yellow, and keeper Volkan Demirel, who saw red.

Croatia, which beat Germany in their second Group B game, is undoubtedly a more formidable adversary than the Czechs. So the Turks need a change in tactics, game plan and mindset. Mighty Turkey has sent one tiny opponent home, and there is no reason why it cannot do likewise against the Croats in the quarters.

Expert warns over gunshot celebrations' danger

In Vienna thousands of Turks turned the city into a festival zone after Turkey scored three consecutive goals in the final minutes of the game.

European Football Championship. Crowds of Turks toured the city on foot and in their cars.

In Kiev Turkish students also ran into the streets to proclaim the victory to the world, or at least to parts of the Ukrainian capital. The students spent hours dancing and chanting in the streets. "We have united into a single heart in Ukraine, we are celebrating this victory," said Meriç Köyatasý, a journalist reporting from Ukraine.

In Germany, which has the second biggest

population of Turks outside of Turkey, massive outdoor celebrations took place after the victory.

Large vehicle convoys with honking cars and delighted fans jammed the streets of Berlin.

Celebrations in Turkey In Ýstanbul the main squares and streets of the city such as Taksim Square, Baðdat Street and Bakýrköy Square were filled with people celebrating the last-minute victory. Music, highspirited crowds, people chanting "Turkey,

Turkey" and unfortunately, bullets fired into the air could be witnessed all over the city.

In the southeastern city of Diyarbakýr were similar scenes, with convoys driving down the streets of the city to celebrate victory. On Ofis Street, the busiest road of Diyarbakýr, the celebrations caused midnight traffic jams. In Ýzmir hundreds were in the streets and squares seconds after the game finished. The festivities in this city and elsewhere lasted well into the wee hours of the morning. Ýstanbul Today's Zaman

Coach Terim slams sports media over harsh criticism Turkey coach Fatih Terim has hit back at certain press organs that had criticized the national team for not playing well during the first 70 minutes of Sunday's match against the Czech Republic. "We are a team which never throws in the towel till the referee blows the final whistle. We struggled hard against Czech Republic, and won a victory. But some criticize our team for not playing well enough. I don't think we played badly. If we had lost the match, they would probably set up gallows for us. They would execute me and my players there. Our victory means we destroyed those gallows," he said at a press conference in Switzerland.

Terim, arguing that the national team struggled well against Portugal, which it lost to by 2-0, com-

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Turks everywhere celebrate national team victory over Czechs Turkey's last-gasp 3-2 win over Czech Republic sparked many joyful celebrations, with convoys and crowds of Turks flooding the streets in Turkey and across Europe Sunday night.

Turkish expatriates in European countries did not leave their home team alone during the Euro 2008 football championship. Thousands of Turks flocked to Geneva from neighboring towns and cities to support the team of their home country. Black-market sellers forced many of them to buy tickets at prices as high as 150 euros.

Both Turkish and Czech supporters gathered in front of the stadium prior to the game, where they put on street performances, showing off their bright and wacky outfits. Of course, members of the press were not an insignificant part of the crowd, with 264 journalists following the Turkish-Czech game. Sports Minister Murat Baþesgioðlu, Labor and Social Security Minister Faruk Çelik, former Sports Minister Fikret Ünlü, former leader of the Democrat Party (DP) Mehmet Aðar and head of the Turkish Soccer Federation (TFF) Hasan Doðan watched the game together from the bleachers.

In Vienna thousands of Turks gathered at the official Fan Zone in front of the mayor's office hours before the game and started chanting slogans for their team, with flags, drums, darbukas, clarinets and other musical instruments. Although they were silent during much of the game, they turned the city into a festival zone after Turkey scored three consecutive goals in the final minutes of the game. Turks cruised the city in their cars, honking and cheering. Austrian and German sports fans also joined in the victory tour, observers said.

Security officials in the city center stated that Turkish fans had been very orderly, with no unruly behavior taking place in the city either during or after the game.

The streets of London also saw Turks celebrating and screaming exuberantly after the Turkish victory against Czech Republic, which took Turkey to the quarterfinals in the

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plained his team was subject to harsh criticism by press organs. "There are some people who criticize us. Some even insult us. We had promised our nation to be successful against Czech Republic, and we are happy to have kept our promise," he stated.

Terim said Turkey will go into Friday's Euro 2008 quarterfinal match against Croatia thinking about the present and trying to forget the past.

The Turks lost their Euro '96 opener to Croatia 1-0 in England and finished the tournament without scoring a goal, but coach Terim dismissed that loss as nothing more than history.

"The situation is much different than how it was in 1996," Terim said Monday. "The Croatian team has displayed good performance both in

qualifiers and in the championship. But at this stage of the competition, names or past results do not mean a lot. What is important is how you play on the match day at the right moment."

This month's competition in Switzerland and Austria is Turkey's first major tournament since the team reached the semifinals at the 2002 World Cup. Turkey reached the quarterfinals at Euro 2008 after an incredible comeback against the Czech Republic on Sunday, scoring three goals in the last 15 minutes for a 3-2 victory. Terim said coming back from a two-goal deficit was bit of a miracle.

"On my office wall at home it reads, 'There is nothing here that can be called impossible, and miracles take some time',"

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Terim said. "The miracles do take a little time.

They are taking some time in this tournament, too. But we are a team that never gives up."

Turkey will face the Croats without Brazilborn midfielder Mehmet Aurelio -- a key to Turkey's defensive strategies -- or goalkeeper Volkan Demirel, however. Aurelio was shown a yellow card for the second game in a row, while Demirel was sent off after a last-minute clash with Czech Republic striker Jan Koller. And injuries are giving Terim a further headache.

Central defender Servet Çetin, who was a doubtful starter for all three group games, is still injured and may not be able to play against Croatia, Terim said. Ýstanbul/Geneva Today's Zaman

In the wake of excitement over Turkey's last-minute win in a Euro 2008 game on Sunday night, experts have repeated warnings over firing gunshots in celebration, recalling the deadly consequences of the tradition.

Many Turks cheered as the national soccer team scored Sunday night in the 75th minute of the Euro 2008 tournament, adding two goals in the last five minutes to become a Group A quarter finals contender and beat Czech Republic 3-2. But some celebrated by firing shots into the air, with some narrowly escaping death. One man was injured in Bursa on Sunday night and had to undergo surgery to remove a bullet in his back. Hüseyin Güneþ, 20, said he bent down while he chatting with a friend in front of his house and then heard a gunshot and felt warmth on his back right before he fainted. "I could have died if I was standing up, since the bullet would have hit my head," he was quoted as saying by the Anatolia news agency.

Ayhan Akçan from the Umut Foundation said approximately 30 people had died in the past 10 years from bullets fired in celebration of Turkish victories in international soccer games. Only 2 million of Turkey's 7 million guns are registered, Akçan said, adding: "That means there is a gun in one of every three homes, or, one out of every two men has a gun. In a year, an average of 3,000 people die and 9,000 are wounded because of guns and only 17 percent of the arms used in those incidents are registered."

Akçan pointed out the fact that gunshot salutes in celebration have been considered a "cultural matter" and therefore not addressed adequately. Akçan said about 700 people die every year from the stray bullets fired into the air during various celebrations such as circumcisions, weddings and graduations. "People usually end up killing their relatives at such events, but they do not report these [incidents as murder]," he added. Ýstanbul Today's Zaman

France detains suspected DHKP/C members Eight suspected members of the outlawed far-left group Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) were placed under formal investigation in France last week and four have been held in custody, a justice official said on Monday. The eight, who were arrested in Lyon and Paris, are accused of "financing terrorism and criminal association in connection with a terrorist organization," the official said. The DHKP/C, the largest of Turkey's many far-left factions, is on the European Union's list of outlawed terrorist organizations. Paris Reuters

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TODAY’S LEARNING TIME

QUOTE OF THE DAY

elementary OSMAN TURHAN

READING

Can you swim?

ILLUSTRATIONS

Nasreddin once had an old boat, which he used to ferry people across the river. One day, he was taking a university professor to the other side.

"What is the square root of 9?" asked the professor.

"I don't know," answered Nasreddin.

"How do you spell giraffe?" asked the professor.

"I have no idea," answered Nasreddin.

"Didn't you study anything at school?" demanded the professor, surprised.

"No," said Nasreddin.

"Then you wasted half your life," said the professor.

Nasreddin was silent for a little while. Then he said: "Can you swim?"

"No," said the professor.

"Then you wasted ALL of your life," said Nasreddin. "We are sinking.”

Activity:

Reading Part 1. What was Nasreddin's job? a.university professor b.ferry man c.judge 2. What kind of question did the professor ask him first? a.a language question b.a history question c.a math question 3. What kind of question did he ask second? a.a language question b.a history question

c.a math question 4. Why didn't Nasreddin know any of the answers? a.He was a history professor. b.He never studied at school. c.He couldn't swim.

5. Which man was probably able to swim? a.Nasreddin b.the professor c.both are correct 6. Who had the most useful knowledge? a.Nasreddin b.the professor c.neither are correct

make or do?

1) to……...............................…......a favor 2) to.........................……….the shopping 3) to.................................……….the beds 4) to....................……….fun of someone 5) to.……….............................an exercise 6) to..............................……….one's best 7) to.................................……….a speech 8) to............................………..a good job 9) to..............................………..a mistake 10) to.....................………the homework

“‘Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed’ was the ninth beatitude.”

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advanced READING

What should I name my new puppy?

You've just brought home a puppy for your wife. She wanted a child, but you weren't ready, so a canine will have to do. It certainly is a cute little thing. Of course, all puppies are great, and you both quickly forget the barking, shedding, fleas and countless walks that will take place in the immediate future.

The first job on her hands is what to name it. Dog names are important to owners who wish to bestow the perfect title that fits the looks or personality of the dog. It doesn't matter if the dog was gotten at the pound, pet store or from a friend. What is important is that the name fits the dog.

The breed of the dog is often important in determining the name. A dog name for a St. Bernard will differ from a name given to a poodle. Dog names also come in a variety of emotional names from ming to king and everything in between. It is sometimes more humorous to

give a brutish dog name to a small dog such as a toy Chihuahua or a cute name to an Irish Wolfhound. Dog's names also echo their owners and the owner's family.

German Shepherd families will usually choose rough and frightening names for their pets while miniature dog owners may choose something in the funny variety. No matter what, there are plenty of names to choose from. The following lists were comprised after an internet survey was taken. As you will see, the lists were certainly subjective.

Vocabulary Exercise

a.unit of weight b.place for stray animals c.animal hospital d.unit of money 6. brutish _____ a.cruel b.huge c.friendly d.wild 7. to echo _____ a.to hear b.to repeat c.to sound d.to reflect 8. miniature _____ a.hairy b.naughty c.little d.brown 9. to be comprised _____ a.to be full b.to be made c.to be erased d.to be written 10. subjective _____ a.long b.well read c.personal d.conservative

Good Dog Names Bingo Bruiser Frisbee Jaws Nitro Scooter Slobber Sparky Turbo

Bad Dog Names Baby Dracula Howie Lamont Punk TJ Max Uma Wetter Wendell

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PART 1: Comprehension

Poles apart Many people are surprised to learn that Antarctica is almost twice the size of the United States. The name Antarctica was coined to mean "opposite of Arctic." It is just that in many ways. Antarctica is a high, ice-covered land-mass. In the Arctic the landmasses are grouped around the ice-covered Arctic Ocean.

Largely because of this difference, the climate of the two areas is very different. Antarctica is the coldest area in the world. On the average it is about 30 degrees colder than the Arctic. At the South Pole, nearly 10,000 feet high, monthly mean temperatures run well below zero. Only in coastal regions do temperatures sometimes rise about freezing in the summer (December to March). In contrast, near the North Pole monthly mean temperatures often rise above freezing.

At both poles, daily temperatures may drop far below the monthly average. At the American South Pole Station, winter temperatures sometimes fall below -100 degrees Fahrenheit. Elsewhere, on higher parts of the south polar plateau, even lower temperatures are recorded. A temperature of -127 degrees Fahrenheit was measured in August 1960. It is the world's record low temperature.

Partly because of this climatic dif-

Activity: Prefixes Match the words with their definitions.

1. anti-social ____ 2. decaffeinate __ 3. dehumanized __ 4. overcrowd __ 5. overripe__

ference, the land animals and plants of the two regions are very different.

On the continent of Antarctica, there are very few plants. On the Arctic there are many plants. In some of the few ice-free areas of Antarctica, mosses, lichens, and algae are found.

Penguins populate Antarctic coastlines but do not exist in the Arctic. The land animals of the Arctic are foxes, bears, reindeer, and lemmings. These animals are unknown in the Antarctic.

Old rock layers show that this "oppositeness" extends far back into the early chapters of earth history.

Ice is the great feature of Antarctica.

More than 4.5 million square miles of ice sheet cover the area. Great rivers of ice, called glaciers, push down the mountains. Antarctica is the storehouse of about 85 percent of the total world supply of ice.

The icecap is very thick, averaging nearly 8,000 feet. At one spot, scientists have found the distance from the surface to the rock underneath the ice to be more than 13,000 feet.

If this great volume of ice were to melt, the volume of the world oceans would increase, and sea level would rise.

Extreme atmospheric changes would have to take place for this to happen.

6. overwork__ 7. equipped__ 8. understaffed__ 9. mismanagement____ 10. overcharge _

d. provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose e. remove caffeine from f. shunning contact with others g. use too much h. inadequate in number of workers or assistants i. cause to crowd together too much j. administer that is careless or inefficient

a. a price that is too high b. deprive of human qualities c. too ripe and beginning to turn soft

VOCABULARY Specialized Vocabulary Fashion: Trendsetter (noun) is a person or thing that establishes a new trend or fashion.

The famous Turkish fashion designer Hussein Chalayan is a trendsetter worldwide.

Entertainment: Studio (noun) under the classic definition, the studio is a set location for physical production of a film.

The lead actor in the new film was always late arriving at the studio.

Publishing: Watermark (noun) is a design that is subtly impressed on a sheet of paper.

Jane held the letter up to the light so she could see the beautiful watermark clearly.

Technology: Shortcut (noun) is a key stroke that enact the same commands available in the menus of a program.

Ben uses the shortcuts on his computer as they are quicker and more direct.

Architecture: Penthouse (noun) is an apartment or condominium that is on one of the highest floors of an apartment building or condominium.

The estate agent explained to his customers that the penthouse apartment had extra luxury features.

Idiom of the Day Foot the bill MEANING: to pay for something EXAMPLE: My sister is footing the bill for her daughter's education so she is making sure that she studies hard.

Choose the best choice for each question.

1. The coldest area in the world is ___________________. a. the Arctic b. Antarctica c. Siberia 2. The world's record low temperature was recorded in ___________________. a. 1950 b. 1960 c. 1970 3. How much of the world's ice is located in Antarctica? a. 15 percent b. 55 percent c. 85 percent 4. Compared to the United States, Antarctica is ___________________. a. the same size b. twice the size c. four times the size 5. Some areas of Antarctica are ___________________. a. ice free b. very humid c. quite mild 6. One type of animal found in the Arctic is the ___________________. a. fox b. wolf c. opossum 7. The author develops his point through ___________________. a. comparison and contrast b. theories and proof c. characters and actions 8. The author implies that if Antarctica's ice melted, _____________. a. coastal areas of the world would be flooded b. ocean currents would shift direction c. climate could change drastically everywhere 9. The name Antarctica, meaning "opposite to the Arctic," was based on ____________. a. insufficient exploration b. inaccurate knowledge c. adequate knowledge 10. We may conclude that __________. a. life at the North Pole is more tolerable than at the South Pole b. the Arctic is a solid land mass c. penguins could not live at the North Pole

Phrasal Verbs: Wean off meaning: When you wean off something, you gradually stop taking some drug or medicine. example: If you are currently on anti-depressant therapy and wish to wean off it, get in touch with your physician, and ask for a specific program.

Fill in the blanks with the correct letters.

1. canine _____ a.male animal b.female animal c.dog d.tooth 2. to shed _____ a.to cast off hair b.to get a haircut c.to grow hair d.to brush 3. flea _____ A kind of: a.dog b.bird c.insect d.owner 4. to bestow _____ a.to carry b.to take away c.to give d.to hide 5. pound _____

Activity: Word Endings Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1. We can't____________ where to take a holiday this year. a) decided b) decision c) decisive d) decide 2. ________________ is one of the biggest problems in class. a) confusing b) confusion c) confuse d) confused

3. I adore____________ so much that I'm thinking of opening a little cafe.. a) cooker b) cook c) cooks d) cooking 4. Before losing weight, you should consult a_______________________. a) dietician b) dieter c) dieting d) diet 5. Don't give the child too much cola.

Children are really ___________ after they have had too much sugar. a) exciting b) excitement c) excitable d) excite

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER KEY:

ELEMENTARY: (Reading Part) 1.b 2.b 3.a 4.b 5.a (Activity) 1.long 2.narrow 3.loose 4.smooth 5.heavy 6.hard 7.neat 8.open 9.empty 10.wet INTERMEDIATE: (Part 1) 1.gather 2.particularly 3.watch 4.convince 5.slap (Part 2) 1.Because of Henry's business 2.No, he didn't 3.Their hometown is in England 4.No, He saw it in the kitchen 5.Because she wanted to pull him together (Part 3) 1.F 2.T 3.T 4.T 5.F (Activity) 1.expand 2.translation 3.understand 4.improve 5.check 6.explain 7.reduce 8.choose 9.concentrate 10.revise ADVANCED: 1.b 2.a 3.c 4.d 5.a 6.c 7.c 8.b 9.c 10.d (Activity) 1.battle 2.legitimate 3.grind 4.solemn 5.ancestor 6.digestion 7.crew 8.tribe 9.row 10.revolution

Wise up meaning: When you wise up or wise up to something, you use yourcommon sense and become more aware of things. example: It's about time employers wised up to the fact that staff who are happy work more efficiently.

Slang: Guts meaning: Courage, valor; having the nerve to do something. example: Jim had real guts to fight a man twice as big as himself.

Confusing Words In English: dead vs died Dead is an adjective meaning 'not alive'.

For example: Unfortunately, our dog has been dead for a few months.

Died is a verb past tense and past participle of the verb ‘to die' For example: His grandfather died two years ago.

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Lamentations of Czech keeper Petr Cech Czech Republic's Petr Cech said that Turkey’s equalizer in Sunday's makeor-break Euro 2008 match summed up his miserable season. “I know the mistake I made for their second goal is the reason we are going home,” Cech told reporters after the Group A thriller.

“That incident for me sums up my whole season.” Geneva, Reuters

TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2008

Turkey wýn takes Euro 2008 to new heýghts Turkey's pulsating 3-2 win over Czech Republic brought the curtain down on Group A in exceptional circumstances on Sunday night as Euro 2008 continued to produce yet another unlikely drama.

As befits a tournament being staged in the Alpine nations of Switzerland and Austria, the players appear to be scaling new peaks of excitement and entertainment in almost every match.

With 18 of the 31 scheduled games completed -- and with three first round groups still to be completed and the knockout stage to come, the tournament is shaping up as the best European Championship since the finals were first held in 1960. The opening 18 games have produced 46 goals -- the same number as in Belgium and Netherlands at the same stage in 2000 -- and five more than at this stage in Portugal four years ago.

The first 18 matches in Euro' 96, the first 16team finals, produced 36 goals -- but even though every tournament is special and every one produces memorable moments, none has quite matched this one in a number of key areas.

These include the type of football being played by almost every team. Apart from one or two exceptions, fans have been treated to fast, open, attacking action. The players are, in general, showing respect for each other and to the officials, and have been concentrating on producing football of the highest technical caliber rather than arguing about this decision or that.

Despite some mixed weather with supporters

Turkish players celebrate their victory over the Czech Republic

regularly getting a drenching, the atmosphere surrounding the matches themselves, in the stadiums and in the fan zones has been remarkable.

UEFA President Michel Platini said on Sunday -- even before Turkey's remarkable fightback against the Czechs -- that the tournament had so far been “sizzling,” marked by “dazzling individual performances.” He was spot on.

Turkey captain Nihat Kahveci personified his comments in rainy Geneva on Sunday night by scoring twice in the last four minutes to transform Turkey's fortunes and give them a truly astonishing victory over the Czechs, who, at 2-0 ahead until 75 minutes played, seemed set for the last eight.

Turkey were also involved in one of the other memorable games when they came from behind

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for the first time to beat co-hosts Switzerland 2-1 in a match played in such a deluge it looked as though it might have to be abandoned at one stage. The Dutch have also dazzled in their opening matches, beating world champions Italy 3-0 and World Cup finalists France 4-1 in successive matches in Group C. While the Dutch are safely through to the last eight and being spoken of as possible champions, Italy and France meet in Zurich on Tuesday with one, or possibly both going out.

In the 2002 World Cup, France, then the defending world champions and Argentina, failed to survive the group stage and Italy went out in the second round. Their absences were missed in the later stages, but if Italy and France fail to make the quarter-finals here, the quality in this competition is so good, they will not be missed for long.

Portugal have been outstanding in their wins over Turkey (2-0) and the Czech Republic (3-1), while Spain's 4-1 win over Russia and their resilient 2-1 defeat of Sweden has seen them into the last eight. David Villa's four goals, including the tournament's only hat-trick so far against the Russians, have had Spaniards dreaming of a first major title since they were European champions in 1964.

With defending champions Greece eliminated, a vacancy exists at the summit of European soccer.

If the battle to reach it is half as good as the fight to make it out of base-camp, this tournament is going to get even better in the remaining two weeks.

Turkey’s player ratings against Czech Republic Volkan Demirel: 6. Made some serious saves but was sent off after a clash with Jan Koller in injury time while Turkey was leading 3-2.

Hamit Altintop: 7. Worked well down the right flank and set up the first two goals.

Servet Çetin: 6. Solid. Did his best against Jan Koller, but what he could do was limited against the towering striker.

Emre Güngor : 5. No big mistakes in defense but misjudged long passes under pressure. Was injured and stretchered off the pitch.

Hakan Balta: 6. Did not allow too many threats from his wing but was uncreative in offense.

Mehmet Aurelio: 7. Will miss the next game due to a booking he could have easily escaped but was superb in blocking Czech attempts through the center of the midfield.

Mehmet Topal: 6. Did a good job while trying to mark Marek Matejovsky but misjudged passing options when in offense.

Arda Turan: 7. Another good performance after the Swiss game.

Never lost faith in the game and pulled one back for his team.

Tuncay Sanlý: 7. The team's most hardworking player, even helping the linesman change his broken equipment so as not to allow the game to slow down too much.

Nihat Kahveci: 8. Scored twice to hand Turks a brilliant comeback.

Semih Þentürk: 6. The super-sub looked like he was still on the bench. Had no effect on the game.

Sabri Sarýoðlu (for Sentürk in the 46th): 7. Was ery hardworking.

Brought energy and strength to the midfield.

Kazim Kazim (for Topal in the 57th): 6. Was passionate but not at the right place at the right time.

Emre Aþýk (for injured Gungor in the 63rd): 6. Replaced the injured Gungor and played during the game's most stressful part. No mistakes.

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