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TODAY’S ZAMAN 13

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‘L’Art Ottoman’ sheds light on history of Turkish painting ALÝ PEKTAÞ ÝSTANBUL

Osman Hamdi Bey, Fausto Zonaro, Halil Paþa... these are only three of the most prominent names that come to mind whenever the subject of Orientalist painters and pioneers of the art of painting in Turkey comes up. But how much do we really know about them? And how much do we really know about the history of painting in Turkey? The answers to these questions can be found in a book that was written around a century ago by an artist who befriended the most prominent painters of Turkey at the turn of the 20th century.

This book, an account of the early years of Turkish painting and painters penned in the first decade of the 20th century

by French writer Adolphe Thalasso, was recently published by the Ýstanbul Metropolitan Municipality’s culture enterprise Kültür A.Þ. and has recently hit the book shelves. The main theme dominating the book, titled “L’Art Ottoman -- Les Peintres de Turquie” (Ottoman Art, The Painters of Turkey) is the pioneers of Turkish painting and their influence on the art of painting in Turkey. The book, originally written in French by Thalasso, was edited by Ömer Faruk Þerifoðlu. “L’Art Ottoman” is considered the first source in print on Turkish painting and the starting point of “art criticism” in the country.

The book, published in both Turkish and English, Os was translated into Turkish by Orçun Türkay and ey ma n Hamdi B into English by Öykü Terzioðlu. Thalasso’s lost biography, on the other hand, was penned by Þerifoðlu.

Thalasso sheds a different light in his book on the artistic adventures of Osman Hamdi Bey, Fausto Zonaro, Halil Paþa, Salvator Valeri, Joseph Warnia-Zarzecki, Leonardo de Mango and Pietro Bello and provides a concise summary of the history of painting in Turkey and the development of this branch of art. “L’Art Ottoman” also provides an interesting section on the inauguration of Ýstanbul’s first painting galleries. The book gives readers the impression that they are strolling around an exhibition staged by the prominent artists of the era.

Fa usto onaro Þerifoðlu recalled in an interview with Today’s Z Zaman that Thalasso penned almost all of his books in French. “Among them, the most noteworthy are ‘Les Premiers Salons de Peinture de Constantinople (The First Painting Galleries of Ýstanbul)’ written in 1906, ‘Der-i Seadet ou Stamboul: Porte du Bonheur (Der-i Saadet or Ýstanbul: Door of Happiness)’ written in 1908 and ‘L’Art Ottoman (Ottoman Art)’ written in 1910-1911,” he said. Þerifoðlu stressed “L’Art Ottoman” has always been on the agenda and attracted attention since the very first day it was published. “’Les Premiers Salons d’Ýstanbul’ provides comprehensive information about the first painting Hali aþa exhibitions staged in Ýstanbul between the years lP 1901 and 1902,” he said. He also noted that while editing “L’Art Ottoman -- Les Peintres de Turquie” he had benefited from catalogues of exhibitions staged by Fausto Zonaro and Leonardo de Mango. “I also profited from the family archives of Erol Makzume and Zonaro,” he added.

The Georgian national folkdance troupe grabbed the Golden Karagöz prize at Bursa’s annual Golden Karagöz International Folkdance Competition over the weekend, beating folkdance groups from 15 countries from the four corners of the world in the competition’s 22nd edition.

The Greek team came in second in the finals of the six-day Golden Karagöz competition, held Friday night at Bursa’s Kültürpark Open-air Theater. Greece received the Silver Karagöz trophy along with a cash prize of $3,000, while the Georgian winners returned home with a $5,000 prize. The Bronze Karagöz trophy, which comes with a cash prize of $1,000, went to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) team.

The teams received their awards at a gala ceremony on Saturday night. Bursa Mayor Hikmet Þahin said in a speech at the ceremony that the competition helped build bridges of peace and culture between the participating nations. “Countries that cannot come side by side on political platforms come together on a cultural platform,” the mayor said. Folk dancers from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Egypt, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, the KKTC and Ukraine took part in this year’s event. Ýstanbul Today’s Zaman

Bodrum readies for sixth ballet festival The Bodrum International Ballet Festival, Turkey’s only festival devoted entirely to ballet, will present its sixth edition from Aug. 15-29, with a program that focuses more on modern choreography than world classical ballet repertoire.

The festival, organized annually by the State Opera and Ballet Directorate General, will present all its performances in the historic setting of Bodrum Castle. The Ankara State Opera and Ballet will present its productions “SYNC” and “Carmina Burana” on the festival’s opening night. The performance will combine two separate choreographies: Dutch artist Nils Christie’s “SYNC,” which features Brazilian-style percussion with Indian and Native American motifs in the first act, and a balletic take on Carl Orff’s masterpiece cantata “Carmina Burana,” with choreography by Argentine Mauricio Wajnrot in the second act.

The second night of the festival will feature Los Vivancos, the acclaimed all-male flamenco ensemble formed by seven dancer brothers from Spain, the guest country of this year’s festival.

The Ýstanbul State Ballet will present the modern ballet “Güldestan” (Rose Garden), a critically acclaimed collaboration between choreographer Beyhan Murphy and musician Mercan Dede, on Aug. 22. Wrapping up this year’s festival will be the Ýzmir State Ballet, presenting the modern ballet “Going Beyond the Limits” (Sýnýrýn Aþýldýðý Noktalar), the newest choreography by famed Dutch freelance choreographer Jan Linkens which had its world premiere last November in Ýzmir. Ticket price for all performances at the festival will be YTL 20. Ýstanbul Today’s Zaman

Danish film wins top prize in Karlovy Vary

Adolphe Thalasso: a stranger to both sides A Levantine of Venetian origin born in Ýstanbul around 185557, Thalasso had a life of voyages between Ýstanbul and Paris in the second half of the 19th century and in the first years of the 20th century. He first came into prominence with his oeuvres on Ottoman art life and published books and articles on painting, music and theater in the Ottoman Empire.

Though not much is known about his lost biography, his research on Ottoman art of painting and theater are considered a fundamental source for further research in these fields.

Georgia wins Golden Karagöz competition

Osman Hamdi Bey’s 1904 painting “Ab-ý Hayat Çeþmesi” (The Fountain of Immortality)

EXHIBITION

FESTIVAL

Exhibit in Denizli pays tribute to Samuel Beckett

Maden, his quartet and Belmondo at Nardis club

Pamukkale University in the Aegean province of Denizli is currently hosting an exhibition paying tribute to 20th century Irish playwright Samuel Beckett. The exhibition, showcasing photographs and essays depicting parts of Beckett’s life, is organized by the local European Union Information Office as part of events marking the 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.

The exhibition will remain open until July 19.

Sarp Maden, who despite his young age has established himself as one of the best guitarists in Turkey with his technique and mastery of harmony, will be on stage tonight at Nardis Jazz Club as part of the ongoing Ýstanbul International Jazz Festival. Maden and his quartet will feature trumpeter Stéphane Belmondo as guest soloist at the performance, which will start at 10:30 p.m. Tickets: YTL 25 (seated), YTL 20 (limited view seated), YTL 15 (standing)

CINEMA

‘Pandora’s Box’ to open at Toronto film fest Turkish film director Yeþim Ustaoðlu’s latest feature “Pandora’nýn Kutusu” (Pandora’s Box) will get its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Variety reported on its Web site. The film, which depicts three siblings coming to terms with their own lives after their mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, will be screened in the festival’s Contemporary World Cinema program.

The 33rd Toronto film fest will run from Sept. 4-13.

Bon Jovi performs at free concert in NY CONCERT

Atakoðlu celebrates quarter century in music Jazz pianist and composer Fahir Atakoðlu continues sharing the stage with his colleagues in symphonic concerts marking the 25th year of his career in music. One of those concerts will take place next month at Ýstanbul’s Cemil Topuzlu Open-air Theater, as part of this year’s 12-gig AVEA Harbiye Open-air Concerts. Atakoðlu will share the same stage with pop singers Nilüfer, Levent Yüksel and Sertab Erener in his concert, scheduled for Aug. 6.

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The Danish film “Terribly Happy” has won the top prize at this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which wrapped up its 43rd edition on Saturday in the famous Czech spa town. Directed by Henrik Ruben Genz, the film contains elements of horror and Western genres and centers on the story of a policeman sent for disciplinary reasons from the capital to a provincial town, The Associated Press reported.

The film was chosen out of 14 contenders for the Crystal Globe by the festival’s seven-member jury led by director Ivan Passer. Saturday’s award also includes a $30,000 cash prize.

No Turkish films were included in this year’s international feature competition. Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “Üç Maymun” (Three Monkeys) was the only Turkish title featured in the festival and screened in the Open Eyes section. Ýstanbul Today’s Zaman

Bon Jovi rocked Central Park on Saturday.

The rock group gave a free concert on the park’s Great Lawn, delighting tens of thousands of fans who sang along with the lyrics. New York City officials gave away 60,000 tickets for the concert.

Some 50,000 people were expected to attend. The free tickets were reportedly being hawked by scalpers on eBay for as much as $1,500 a pair.

Hundreds of fans lined up early -- in some cases as many as six hours before the show’s 8 p.m. start.

Bon Jovi performs at Madison Square Garden arena on Monday and Tuesday as part of its “Lost Highway” tour. Alas, those shows require paid admission. The quartet has been rocking for about a quarter-century and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. New York AP

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TODAY’S ZAMAN 15

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A Swedýsh wýtness to the ‘sýlent revolutýon’: Turkey decoded Sweden throughout the 1990s was one of the most vocal critics of human rights violations in Turkey. At the Helsinki summit of the EU in 1999 Sweden was one of the last member states to give its consent to Turkey's candidacy. Today, in contrast, Sweden is the strongest supporter of Turkey's membership in the EU. Cecilia Malmström, Sweden's minister for EU affairs, recently made the following statement: "We recommend membership -- when Turkey fulfils the criteria - because we believe that a democratic and open Turkey has much to contribute to the EU and that the country will be able to serve as an important bridge between Europe and the Muslim world. There is naturally a long way to go before membership can be considered, but it is important that we send positive signals to Turkey and to all those people who want the prime minister and the government to move closer to Europe and bring the country into the EU. We need to show our support particularly now that he and his party are experiencing major problems with nationalist forces who have reported the ruling [Justice and Development Party] AK Party to the Constitutional Court. The whole matter may appear farcical but is an example of the powerful forces struggling in this country. It is no less than an attempt at a con-

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ÞAHÝN ALPAY s.alpay@todayszaman.com

stitutional coup d'état..." (Europaforum, April 14, 2008) Sweden is the only country where both left and right-wing governments and all parties in parliament support Turkey's membership in the EU. There is not a single member in the Swedish Parliament who is against Turkish accession. The Swedish Parliament has so far rejected all draft resolutions put forward for the recognition of the "Armenian genocide," most recently on June 14, 2008 when out of 254 members of parliament who voted only 32 cast their votes in favor.

Sweden is the only EU member country which has opened a Swedish-Turkish Cooperation Center in Ýstanbul to promote Turkey's integration into the EU. In a recent conference on Turkey-EU relations I attended in Holland, a high-ranking Dutch diplomat stated, with astonishment, that Sweden is the only country which is putting up a

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fight in favor of Turkey against France in Brussels. According to Eurobarometer surveys, Swedes are the people most supportive of Turkish membership in the EU, with 46 percent being in favor.

Sweden is surely Turkey's best friend in the EU. Why? Swedish governments, both left and right, are fully aware of the benefits of enlargement and oppose the EU turning into a federal superstate. They have observed how the EU's soft power, its ability to attract and persuade countries to adopt its norms and goals, has led to a silent revolution in Turkey between 2001 and 2005 towards greater freedom and prosperity, and also how negative signals coming from the EU since then have led to a nationalist backlash, dangerous for both Turkey and the union.

One of Sweden's former social democratic foreign ministers, the late Anna Lindh, and current conservative Foreign Minister Carl Bildt have both shown a keen interest in Turkey. This has helped Stockholm to understand, perhaps better than any other EU capital, the dynamics of Ankara. Swedish Ambassador to Turkey Christer Asp, former Swedish Ambassador to Turkey Henrik Liljegren, former Swedish Ambassador to Turkey Ann Dismorr and Swedish ConsulGeneral in Ýstanbul Ingmar Karlsson have all made outstanding con-

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tributions to bring Turkey closer to Sweden and the EU. Karlsson believes that history is an important factor in explaining Swedish sympathy for Turkey: Austria is Turkey's staunchest opponent in the EU, perhaps because the Turks twice attempted to take Vienna. Sweden and Turkey, on the other hand, have never been at war against each other.

Dismorr served in Ankara precisely in the period between 2001 and 2005 when the prospect of EU membership helped Turkish governments achieve substantial democratic reforms which led to the start of accession negotiations with Brussels in October 2005. She recently published a book, titled "Turkey Decoded" (Saqi Publishers, 2008), which is undoubtedly the best account so far of the role of the EU's soft power on what has been called a "silent revolution" in Turkey. The concluding sentences of the book seem to summarize its main argument: "President [Abdullah] Gül and the AK Party government face a historic challenge to demonstrate that Islam and democracy are compatible. Turkey has come a long way in proving that. …

The EU is facing a historic choice of how to deal with Turkey -the most liberal and well-developed democracy in the Muslim world of 1.2 billion people. The world is watching."

YAVUZ BAYDAR y.baydar@todayszaman.com

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Ergenekon and ‘the banalýty of evýl’

A hýstorýc trýal under way

For some reason the Ergenekon case (an investigation into a crime network with links to the "deep state") always reminds me of a dark picture within an even darker picture. A major symbol in Ergenekon's darkness was Hrant Dink's murder. But there was something even darker that emerged after this horrible assassination. A darkness that was too simple, too ordinary to be described as the "deep state." This was the image of two police officers proudly posing with the young murderer, as if they were congratulating him for what he had done. This was the day I realized that looking too deep for the deep state may cause us to miss what is so obvious on the surface.

These police officers proudly posing with the murderer in front of a Turkish flag were not Ergenekon gang members. Neither were the millions who demonstrated against the Justice and Development Party (AKP) last year prior to the general elections of July 22. The crazed masses in football stadiums chanting "We are all Ogün Samast" were not Ergenekon masses either. These people were just ordinary citizens. The defenders of Turkish Penal Code (TCK) Article 301, editorialists in search of empathy for a military coup, even the Kemalist "elites" who defend the worldview of "For the people despite the people" are all ordinary Turks.

These people are products of our political system. A system that is unable to promote civic virtues and a democratic mindset, a system that is unable to promote patriotism without fueling toxic nationalism and, most disturbingly, a system that blindly promotes a personality cult at the expense of creative thinking. When the system is so problematic, the evils associated with it become increasingly banal. This is why we need to avoid conspiracies about the deep state. There is no conspiracy.

What we have is the banality of evil living amongst us.

This concept of "the banality of evil" came into prominence thanks to Hannah Arendt's 1963 book "Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil." Arendt's book was about the trial of Adolph Eichmann, an administrator in the machinery of the Nazi death camps.

There was something disturbingly ordinary and simple in Eichmann's demeanor. He was just an ordinary cog in the machine. Not an exceptional fanatic, but just an officer who was doing his job with all the seriousness and routine involved in a daily activity. According to Arendt, the problem was not this individual but the system that created him. No wonder Arendt's most brilliant work came in another book that covered "the origins of totalitarianism." Doing terrible things in an organized and systematic way often rests on "normalization." Only when the totality of the system is conquered does evil become the norm. A banal process may then emerge. A process whereby ugly, degrading, murderous and unspeakable acts become routine and accepted as "the way things are."

Similar dynamics are at play in today's Turkey. The system, the media, the state bureaucracy and the political culture of the country all fuel a schizophrenic and paranoid mindset. It is that mindset that has created Ergenekon. Ergenekon is based on a culture of fear and victimization that defines our yesterday, today and tomorrow. Such fear and insecurity are evident in the opening words of our national anthem. We keep singing "Do not fear," the first word of our national anthem. Yet we fear deeply. We fear our imagined enemies.

Our Kurdish dilemma, our problem with political Islam, our relentless distrust of the "West" are all based on existential fears.

Without understanding the banality of this fear we cannot understand the Ergenekon mindset. According to this mindset, any deviation from the Turkish character of the nation state and the secular framework of the republic presents a challenge to the Kemalist identity. Any public assertion, no matter how minor, of Kurdish ethnic identity is perceived as a major security problem which endangers Turkey's territorial and national integrity. A similarly alarmist attitude characterizes Ergenekon's approach to Islam. Islamic sociopolitical and cultural symbols in the public domain are seen as harbingers of a fundamentalist revolution, no matter how innocuous such symbols may be intrinsically, as in the case of headscarves.

Such alarmist approaches to Kurdish and Islamic identity are at the heart of the banality of evil associated with Ergenekon.

Particularly during the 1990s, at a time when Turkey needed to demonstrate its post-Cold War credentials as a Western democracy, the Kemalist republic came to be seen as an illiberal country fighting against its own ethnic and religious identity. This fight created "the lost decade" of the 1990s. It also shaped the current dynamics behind Ergenekon. Let's not look too deep for the deep state. What we are looking for is amongst us.

Today is the day. Backed by collected evidence and testimony from 20 unnamed key witnesses, prosecutor Zekeriya Öz and his two assistant colleagues today will make public the text of the Ergenekon indictment, seen by many as a big step toward confronting Turkey's bloody past, and feared by others who try to discredit it.

It is, according to leaked information, 2,455 pages long.

Eighty-five people, 49 of whom are currently in custody, stand accused of plotting a coup (four consecutive coups, to be exact) to overthrow the constitutional order. The events in the indictment begin in 2003, a year after the Justice and Development Party (AKP) established a majority government.

Furthermore, the suspects will be charged with a series of political assassinations and acts of terror. If we are to believe the initial reports, even the murder of Hrant Dink is included in the gigantic file.

If true, the inclusion of the Dink murder in the context of Ergenekon is explosive stuff. So far there have been no leaks about the identities or positions of the 20 "secret witnesses." It is to be taken for granted that, if the court does not simply reject the indictment in the initial phases, this will be a historic trial. It is hoped that it will finally shed some light on clandestine work over the past decade to keep Turkey a politically fragile, socially fearful country.

The latest accounts and analysis in the Turkish press also help crystallize the picture. One of my colleagues, the wellsourced Murat Yetkin, revealed some details yesterday about the goings-on in the corridors of the General Staff in the critical days of 2004. We know almost for certain that the key person who stood firmly against the coup attempts, retired Gen. Hilmi Özkök, lived under constant threat of being murdered (or ousted), and survived professionally with the help of the current top commander, Gen. Yaþar Büyükanýt, and the likely one, Gen. Ýlker Baþbuð. Had it not been for this trio's careful navigation, Turkey would likely be quite a troublesome spot today.

Without doubt, the testimony of Özkök (and, perhaps, Büyükanýt, after he is retired) in court will help Turkey and its allies understand the domestic and international efforts to destabilize the country and push it into chaos. Özkök's pattern of behavior has lately been very clear: Clearly not willing to stir things up prematurely, the former top general advised President Abdullah Gül that democracy must be kept on its feet no matter what and that the EU process -- as the only path for Turkey -- must be kept alive. In his carefully worded statements to the press, he has hinted that he wants to talk when the time comes.

His courageous behavior explains the deepening fear and desperate attempts by some parts of the Turkish press to discredit him. Some columnists openly reflect the anxiety among themselves and those forces in the dark. The truth is a threat to their existence, apparently. Otherwise, like many of their decent colleagues, they would simply say, "Let Özkök and anyone else talk, let the truth this case produces set us free."

Therefore, if the prosecution is successful and bold enough, we shall see even other segments as accomplices in the drama.

None of the plotting or terror acts would go on without the help of collaborators within the media. So a continuous wave of manipulation in the press attempting to discredit the accusations and obstruct the paths that may lead to the uncovering of the "whole truth" should not surprise anyone.

If the indictment poses a threat to the remnants of the plotters, we can expect further turmoil, further acts of terror and other forms of private threats.

If and when the AKP is closed down, the risk that Öz and his team will hit a brick wall in their investigation may increase. But we are not there yet.

Finally, a note for our dear colleagues Roger Cohen and Martin Woollacott, who are now very popular with some "democracy-skeptic" elitist columnists, who tendentiously quote them out of context: Please follow the Ergenekon trial closely. It may fail, as many others did, yes. But if it does not, you will understand better how deeply spread "the cancer of hatred for democracy" and "the contempt for individual freedom" in Turkey's power structures is. The AKP's flaws and grave mistakes cannot be attributed simply to unfocused leadership. The staunch resistance to the EU reform path that has persisted ever since 2002 -- and finally became successful in 2005 -helped push the AKP to the periphery, to those mistakes.

Why, do you think, the Republican People's Party (CHP) tries so fiercely to undermine the Ergenekon trial?

That should be a fine subject for columns.

Note: Antý-democratýc forces are also antý-Western ÝHSAN DAÐI i.dagi@todayszaman.com

Since the disclosure of the "coup dairies" of former Naval Commander Özden Örnek by Nokta magazine last spring I have been warning against an anti-Western military coup. I did so because it was obvious that the coup plotters not only aimed to topple the government but were also determined to take Turkey away from the West as a precondition to secure their position in the international arena. They rightly observed that in a Turkey that is anchored in the West, a military regime is not sustainable. An alternative was sought in the East, including Russia, China and even Iran, for this. Accordingly these circles have orchestrated a "psychological operation" to win over the support of the Turkish public against the West, Western institutions and Western policies through movies, novels and public debates that fabricated fears and anxiety toward the West. Well, let's face it; Western policies have given a lot of ammunition to this propaganda.

If we go back to the attempted coups in 2004 the truth reveals itself even more today. Former Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi Özkök said last week that he "could neither deny nor approve of the coup attempts" when he was in charge. Gen. Özkök noted that "it is up to the court to verify them," adding that he is prepared to talk in court. For anyone familiar with the talk of military officers, this was a clear admittance of the coup attempts.

Moreover, when the commander of the gendarmerie and the other coup plotters retired, they did not stop their efforts to topple the government by force. In the dairies the strategy to prepare the ground had been set: mobilize civil society, organize the universities and manipulate the media. The plan was carried on even after the retirement of those generals. Gen. Þener Eruygur took over the presidency of a civil society organization, the Atatürkist Thought Association (ADD), and worked hard to mobilize civil society. The so-called republican rallies were organized by the ADD, led by Gen. Eruygur. University rectors continued to coop-

erate with the military personnel, on duty or retired, to mobilize students and citizens at large and create a favorable social environment. And remember some media groups that tried hard until last week to disregard the Ergenekon investigation.

Looking at these three levels of activity as envisaged by the "coup diaries" we can claim that it is not a plot that was attempted and failed in 2004 but a plan that continued to be implemented until very recently, when the deepening of the Ergenekon investigation (an investigation into a crime network with links to the "deep state") interrupted the activities.

So, what we have at hand is a sophisticated network with an objective of redefining Turkey's domestic policy and foreign alignment. Since the spring of 2007 whenever I referred to a possibility of a military coup, I warned that such an attempt would be an anti-Western initiative. Looking at the names in detention, accused of establishing a terror gang and plotting a military coup, it is now more obvious that the objective of such an organization was -- among others -- to break from the West.

These retired generals and their allies never hid their disgust of the West, including the EU and the US. Detained Gen. Hürþit Tolon described the EU as a neo-imperialist plot against Turkey's territorial integrity planning to revive the Sèvres Treaty.

Gen. Eruygur, another detainee, was in favor of an alliance with Eurasian forces like Russia, Iran and China instead of the West.

During a conference organized by Eruygur's ADD, another general, Tuncer Kýlýnç, declared that "the key for Turkey to get rid of Western imperialism and hegemony is to withdraw from NATO." Do you remember the main slogan of the so-called republican rallies of 2007, organized by the ADD of Gen. Eruygur? It was "neither the US nor the EU" -- very reminiscent of the Iranian revolution of 1979.

Ergenekon is an organization of nationalists who are determined to break Turkey from the West as a precondition of establishing an authoritarian, inward-looking and aggressive regime in Turkey.

In light of revelations brought about by the Ergenekon investigation, it has become very clear why Turkey's Western allies should support democratic forces in this country: The continuation of Turkey's alliance with the West depends on the survival of democracy. Western observers should note that antidemocratic forces in Turkey are also the most anti-Western.

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indictment or return it to the prosecutor's office if there are errors or inadequacies in the indictment. Once the indictment is accepted, the case will start. The court will then hear witness testimonies once again and review the situation of those under arrest. If the court rejects the indictment, the investigation will continue and the prosecutor will have to go over any errors or inadequacies in the text before s/he resubmits the indictment.

Özkök in his time pressured to resign

Þener Eruygur underworld who is serving 14 years on organized crime charges and who also has alleged links to the gang, frequently met in foreign countries to have secret meetings.

News reports also say there will be a separate indictment for Ret. Gen. Eruygur and Ret. Gen. Tolon, who were first detained and then arrested by a court two weeks ago in the last wave of police raids in the Ergenekon investigation.

The indictment will be presented today to a court which will then decide under the rules of Turkey's National Judicial Network project which higher criminal court will hear the case. Later, the higher criminal court assigned the case will have 15 days to either accept the

Meanwhile, former Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi Özkök, who was in office during the time of the coup attempts of Ergenekon suspects and who made exclusive statements to Radikal daily's Murat Yetkin, said he was forced to resign from his position by the coup plotters. According to Yetkin's account, based on his interview with Özkök, there was pressure on him to resign and pressure to block Gen. Yaþar Büyükanýt, then Land Forces commander, from being promoted to chief of general staff. Yetkin wrote that former Gendarmerie Force Commander Gen. Eruygur attempted to be promoted to chief of general staff himself by excluding both Özkök and Büyükanýt.

Among other Ergenekon suspects currently in jail pending trial are controversial ultranationalist lawyer Kemal Kerinçsiz, who has filed countless suits against Turkish writers and intellectuals at odds with Turkey's official policies; Fikret Karadað, a retired army colonel; and Sami Hoþtan, a key figure in the 1996 Susurluk affair in which close links between a police chief, an internationally sought-after mafia boss and a Southeastern Kurdish tribal leader whose people are funded by the state to fight separatist terrorism had been exposed.

Full list of Ergenekon suspects currently under arrest Ret. Brig. Gen. Veli Küçük, Workers' Party (ÝP) leader Doðu Perinçek, ÝP Secretary-General Nusret Senem, Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate Press spokeswoman Sevgi Erenerol, lawyer Kemal Kerinçsiz, National Forces Association President retired Sr. Col. Mehmet Fikri Karadað, retired Maj. Fikret Emek, retired noncommissioned officer Oktay Yýldýrým, retired Cpt. Muzaffer Tekin, former Cpt. Zekeriya Öztürk, retired Cpt. Gazi Güder, retired noncommissioned officer Mahmut Öztürk, retired noncommissioned officer Orhan Tunç, former Spc. Sgt. Muhammet Yüce, Bekir Öztürk, Murat Çaðlar, former police officer Aydýn Yüksek, writer Ergün Poyraz, Susurluk affair convict Sami Hoþtan, academics Dean Ümit Sayýn and Dean Emin Gürses, journalist Vedat Yenerer, Aydýnlýk magazine Editor-in-Chief Serhan Bolluk, National Channel board member Adnan Akfýrat, National Channel Editor-in-Chief Ferit Ýlsever, National Channel Ýzmir Bureau Chief Hayati Özcan and remaining suspects Hayrettin Ertekin, Mehmet Demirtaþ, Muzaffer Þenocak, Ýsmail Yýldýz, Mete Yalazangil, Ayþe Asuman Özdemir, Hüseyin Gazi Oðuz, Kahraman Þahin, Erol Ölmez, Erkut Ersoy, Hüseyin Görüm, Oðuz Alpaslan Abdülkadir, Abdullah Arapoðlu, Ümit Oðuztan, Vatan Bölükbaþoðlu, Muammer Karabulut, Abdülmüttalip Tonçer, Selim Akkurt, Hikmet Çiçek, Ali Kutlu, Rasim Görüm and Behiç Gürcihan. Ýlhan Selçuk, chief columnist of the Cumhuriyet daily, and former Ýstanbul University Rector Kemal Alemdaroðlu were also detained in the operation but later released pending trial. The court ordered a ban on overseas travel for Selçuk and bi-weekly checks at the nearest police station for Alemdaroðlu.

Close to 30 other suspects in addition to the individuals listed above are being charged with links to Ergenekon.

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contýnued from page 1 A heated debate on integration and assimilation was sparked when Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan delivered a speech to Turkish immigrants in Cologne earlier this year.

Erdoðan had said Turks in Germany should learn German but that they should not give up their Turkish identity. He also described assimilation as a "crime against humanity," remarks that resulting in a great deal of controversy.

This weekend Ali Alaybeyoðlu, an advisor to Turkish State Minister Mustafa Said Yazýcýoðlu; Albrecht Schmidt, president of the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees; and Ali Dere, head of the Foreign Office of the Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs, set out to address the root of the debate, taking up the challenging questions of identity, bilingualism, intercultural competence and the role religion plays in the lives of young Turkish immigrants in Germany.

Mustafa Ünal, a founding member of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and a deputy who currently heads the Parliamentary German-Turkish Friendship Group, and Professor Dieter Oberndörfer, emeritus professor of political science at the University of Freiburg and the head of Germany's Migration Council spoke with Today's Zaman about the problems faced by immigrant communities and the future of German immigration policy.

Surprisingly, these experts spoke in unity. It is still possible to successfully integrate the 2.7 million Turks living in Germany, said both experts, who also agreed that controversial discourses taken up by politicians have been overplayed in public debate.

"Assimilation should not be the aim of any immigration policy, nor can it be a solution," Ünal stressed, adding that he has no suspicions about the German government in this regard. The aim of German immigration policies is clearly defined in the German law on immigration and the aim written is "to talk with the immigrants, not about them," he said, adding that this approach may be the only precondition for successful integration.

In response to a question about a recent law making it obligatory for spouses of Turkish immigrants to learn German if they

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contýnued from page 1 The indictment also claims Ergenekon operations were behind the killing of a senior judge in a 2006 shooting at the Council of State and the assassination of TurkishArmenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was shot dead by an ultranationalist teenager in January 2007. The prosecutors say the Dink assassination and the Council of State shooting were operations of the group as it planned to stage attacks and murders that would create "chaos in the country."

In addition to retired generals Eruygur and Uður, retired Gen. Veli Küçük, who was the leader of an ultranationalist organization in his civilian life, and Gen. Hurþit Tolon, a former chief of the 1st Army, are also currently under arrest. However, they are not the only suspects with a military background. Eruygur also heads a seemingly civil society organization called the Atatürkist Thought Association (ADD), which organized massive rallies against the government in major cities last year. These rallies, the plans of which are detailed in coup plot documents, are now mostly seen as attempts to mobilize the masses to serve the purposes of the coup planners.

Another public figure in the indictment is Doðu Perinçek, head of the Workers' Party (ÝP), who too has also been under arrest for some time now. Each of the 85 suspect indicted is addressed in five chapters, on average, detailing the nature of the accusations, amounting to a total of 425 chapters on the accused alone. Some of the chapters on the key suspects are as long as 150 pages. The indictment also details the Ergenekon terrorist organization's international links.

The indictment claims that ÝP leader Perinçek, retired senior Gen. Küçük and Sedat Peker, an ultranationalist leader of the

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Long awaited day in Ergenekon case

Four suspects in US Consulate attack sent to court Three of the four suspects who were detained as part of an investigation into an armed attack on the US Consulate General in Ýstanbul last week were remanded to court yesterday.

Four gunmen stormed a guard post outside the US Consulate in Ýstanbul's Ýstinye neighborhood last Wednesday morning, touching off a deadly shootout.

Three assailants, identified as Erhan Kargýn, Bülent Çýnar and Raif Topcil, were killed in the assault. Three Turkish police officers, Nedim Çalýk, Mehmet Önder Saçmalýoðlu and Erdal Öztaþ, were slain.

After the completion of their interrogation, the suspects were sent to Ýstanbul courthouse in Beþiktaþ under strict security measures. Here, while one of the suspects, Atilla Ç. was released, three of them Reþat A., Dursun P. and Servet Ç. were sent to court as the prosecutor demanded their imprisonment. Reþat A. is claimed to have gone to Syria in 2005 as a human shield. Ýstanbul Governor Muammer Güler said 12 individuals, one of whom is from outside of Ýstanbul, had been taken into police custody in the ongoing investigation.

One of the suspects is expected to be sent to court on Monday. The suspects will make depositions to the public prosecutor. One of the suspects is supposed to be sent to court on Monday.

In the meantime, Osman Daðlý, a policeman who was injured in the attack in which he killed the assailants, was discharged yesterday from Ýstinye State Hospital, where he was hospitalized after the incident. Daðlý quickly recovered from his injuries following an operation on his shoulder.

Daðlý was visited last Friday by US Consul General Sharon Wiener, who expressed her gratitude for his courage.

Police continue investigation in Altýnþehir The Ýstanbul Police widened the investigation in Ýstanbul's Altýnþehir district, where the assailants were living, and discovered that Kargýn, the suspected mastermind of the US Consulate attack who returned from Afghanistan to Turkey in 2007, was frequently visited by unidentified individuals before carrying out the attack. Police took depositions from Kargýn's family and relatives in order to learn who Kargýn was in contact with before the attack. Police teams, continuing their investigation in Altýnþehir, revealed that Kargýn and other assailants were in a voluntary relationship with al-Qaeda.

Fourteen people have been taken into custody so far over the incident.

In the meantime, Osman Daðlý, a policeman who was injured in the attack in which he killed the assailants, was discharged from the Ýstinye State Hospital yesterday where he was hospitalized after the incident. Having an operation on his shoulder, Daðlý quickly recovered from his injuries. Daðlý was visited by US Consul General Sharon Wiener last Friday in the hospital who offered him her gratitude for his courage. Ýstanbul Today's Zaman

Bombardier launches new aircraft to compete with Boeing and Airbus want to join their husbands or wives in Germany, Ünal said this "surely has not been a good move," and expressed his hope that the amendment would soon be revisited.

Professor Oberndörfer agreed with Ünal's opinion, emphasizing that these new regulations were discriminatory.

"They are indeed problematic from a legal perspective," he said, adding that knowing the language of one's new host country was very helpful for starting a new life in a foreign country. "Immigrants should look at this as an opportunity," he said.

'Citizenship test will not solve the real problem' Regarding the new citizenship test that foreigners are expected to pass to be eligible for a German passport, both Ünal and Oberndörfer argued against it.

After months of work, the Interior

Ministry published a test of 310 multiplechoice questions on the Internet two weeks ago. From Sept. 1, applicants will have to take an exam that includes 33 of those questions and answer 17 of them correctly to pass. However, the quiz, which asks questions such as "Who wrote Germany's national anthem?" "What is the population of Germany" and "Which German institution should you register your dog with?" is already a subject of controversy.

It has been criticized for testing attitudes rather than knowledge.

"This test can hardly be answered by a German academic," Ünal said.

Oberndörfer argued, "If our immigrants manage to answer these questions, they are much more knowledgeable citizens than 80 percent of native Germans."

Both agreed that the real problem of getting the immigrants to really identify with

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the German society and state will not be solved by such a test. "The real problem lies much deeper, we have to make our country more attractive for our immigrants," Oberndörfer said, adding that he was not greatly concerned about people having double citizenship. "One can identify with two countries at the same time and should not, therefore, be denied the right two hold two citizenships at the same time," he said.

Commenting on Prime Minister Erdoðan's suggestion of opening Turkish schools in Germany and appointing teachers from Turkey, both said, "Why not to give it a try?"

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other German authorities made it very clear they were unhappy about Erdoðan's suggestion. Bavarian Governor Günter Beckstein went as far as to say that the Turkish government was supporting "ghettoization" among Turkish immigrants.

Canadian planemaker Bombardier Inc launched a new aircraft range Sunday to compete with Boeing Co. 737 and Airbus A320 jets. The C-series aircraft will carry 110-145 passengers. Bombardier's current largest plane, the CRJ-900, has a maximum capacity of 88 seats.

The launch on the eve of the Farnborough air show in southern England marks the Canadian company's entry into a key market for Airbus and Boeing. German airline Lufthansa said it had provisionally ordered 30 aircraft with an option of buying 30 more. Bombardier said the aircraft will enter service in 2013 and each will cost $46.7 million at list price. Airlines, particularly at the launch of a new aircraft, usually negotiate substantial discounts to catalog prices. Bombardier said the final assembly site will be at Mirabel, near Montreal, with the wings made at a site in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The decision will initially create 1,000 jobs in Canada, rising to as many as 3,500 at peak production, and 800 jobs in Belfast, according to Gary Scott, president of Bombardier commercial aircraft. He said Bombardier hopes to grab 50 percent of the market for 100-150 seat planes. The company estimated the total market in the 20 years from 2007 to be 6,300 planes. Farnborough AP

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TODAY’S LEARNING TIME QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill

elementary OSMAN TURHAN

READING

Staying alive at sea

ILLUSTRATIONS

It can be dangerous to travel by sea. Ships sometimes sink far away from land. When this happens the sailors have to get into small boats. If another ship does not come and help them and they do not have enough food or water they may die.

Most people believe we must not drink sea water. They believe that if we do we shall very ill because of all the salt in the water. A doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this. He thought that people could stay alive by drinking sea water and eating small fish, animals, and plants from the sea. On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

He did not take any food or water with him.

Every day Dr. Bombard drank just a little sea water. He also caught fish and they had water in them. He drank this water. He could not cook the fish so he ate them as they were. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food.

Dr. Bombard became hot, tired and quite ill, but after 65 days at sea he was still alive. He traveled 2750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other and on 24 December 1953 he reached Barbados.

He lost 20 kilos but he showed that people can live on sea water and the animals and plants in the sea.

Activity: IRELAND

PART 1: Match words and phrases 1. food 2. sink 3. wait 4. boat

Circle the correct answer.

1. Ireland is ___ of Britain. a. west

b. next to

b. people

c. cattle

b. Irelandese

c. Irish

5. Ireland has many pubs and only a ___ of them are empty. a. many

b. few

These three seem unwilling to use native languages, cheap, and unable to leave a tip. The survey was conducted among employees at 4000 hotels in the U.S., Canada, France, Italy, Germany and the U.K. Tourists from Japan were rated the best, with Germans, Brits, and Canadians following. The U.S. was ranked 11th, tied with Thailand.

The criteria used was general attitude, politeness, tendency to complain, willingness to speak local languages, interest in sampling local cuisine, readiness to spend money, generosity, cleanliness, discretion and elegance. Americans were found to be the biggest spending and best tipping tourists. Italian and French tourists were rated the best-dressed.

Americans, used to exceptional service at home, were also rated the loudest, most inclined to complain, and among the least polite.

a. go down under water b. something to eat c. small ship d. stay for someone or something

c. little

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PART 1: Vocabulary Exercise

READING

PART 1: Read the text and then

Sleepless Nights DC Hilton was one of the first Americans to find out that there was money to be made in the middle of the night.

42 years ago he bought a small restaurant on US Highway 69,in Oklahoma. His customers were truck drivers and traveling salesmen. They used to drink coffee and eat hamburgers when they stopped to have a break during their journey.

It was them who first tried to persuade Hilton to stay open all night. He thought about it for a while, and then suddenly made up his mind. He took the door key and threw it across the road. He hasn't closed the door since.

Over the years his simple burger café has turned into a 24-hour roadside empire, with a lOO-seat restaurant, a petrol station, a mini shopping market, a park for mobile homes and

As an American, I realize that the U.S. is full of tourists on any given day at any time of the year. Niagara Falls. The Statue of Liberty. Disney World. Hollywood. These are the locales that foreigners yearn to see.

Even in my small city in upstate New York, people from other countries come to see beautiful Seneca Lake.

When it comes to tourists, I have no problems with them regardless of their country of origin. I did become irate once with a Chinese tourist who threw his soda can on the ground. You mustn't litter in the U.S.! I also know that many merchants don't appreciate the closedfistedness of Canadians.

A survey was recently taken (is there anything that hasn't been surveyed?) to determine which tourists are the most obnoxious. To no one's surprise, the French were rated the worst. Indians and the Chinese were also rated as far from ideal tourists.

dangerous salt alive miles sinking caught ill little 1. At the end of the journey Dr. Bombard was …………..but happy.

2. Dr. Bombard drank a ………….sea water on his journey.

3. Most people cannot stay …………at sea without food or water.

4. It was very ………..for Dr. Bombard to travel alone at sea.

5. You won't get to the town tonight. It's many ……….away.

6. I went fishing last week and I ……… three fish.

7. I like to put ………..on my meals.

8. Help! My boat is ………….and I can't swim.

c. at

4. The most popular ____ rock band is U2. a. Irelandish

An expatriate's View of Tourism

PART 2: Complete the sentences using words from the box.

b. in

3. There are three cows for every ___ in Ireland. a. person

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c. near

2. The capital ___ Ireland is Dublin. a. of

__ __ __ __

advanced

look at the underlined words.

Match them with their meanings.

1. discover ______________ 2. decided _________________ 3. lorry (US) ________________ 4. one of the first people to do something _________________ 5. fashion, tendency_______________

PART 2: True (T)or False (F) all-night launderette.

Hilton was a pioneer in a 24-hour working trend which has now caught on around the world. Today not only

restaurants but also banks, supermarkets, mail-order firms, travel agencies and many other businesses are beginning to stay open all night.

1. When DC Hilton bought

24 hours. ___ 2. Most of his customers were people

Circle the correct answer.

1. Saudi Arabia is probably the only country in the world which has the name ___ a family. All the kings have been members of the Al-Saud family. a. with b. on c. by d. of 2. Saudi Arabia became wealthy after it developed its oil. This country has the largest known reserves of oil ___ the world. a. in b. for c. with d. over 3. The location of the borders of Saudia Arabia ___ both Yemen and Oman are not precisely known because they lie in a huge desert called "The Empty Quarter." a. between b. with c. by d. for 4. The Saudi cities Mecca and Medina are two ___ the three holiest places for the Islamic religion. a. with b. in c. for d. of 5. The third place is ___the city of Jerusalem. a. with b. in c. for d. of

whose jobs involved traveling. __

Specialized Vocabulary Literary Terms: Soliloquy (noun) in drama, a moment when a character is alone and speaks his or her thoughts aloud.

Hamlet's soliloquy begins with “To be or not to be.”

Accountancy: Installment (noun) is partial payment.

Jane is paying for her new TV by installments.

Art: Perspective (noun) perspective creates the feeling of depth through the use of lines that make your image appear to be three dimensional. The closer the image is, the more detailed it will appear, and the larger it will be.

The shape of Doric and Ionic columns change depending on your perspective.

Cooking: Al dente (adjective) is an Italian expression applied in all western kitchens to pasta cooked just until enough resistance is left in it to be felt “by the tooth.” The expression is also applied to vegetables that have been cooked crisp by steaming, boiling, or stir-frying.

My grandma hates al dente vegetables because she has false teeth.

Music: Soprano (noun) is the highest female vocal range, above alto.

Maria Callas was an American-born Greek soprano and perhaps the most renowned opera singer of the 1950s.

Idiom of the Day Weather the storm MEANING: to survive difficulties EXAMPLE: Lenny weathered the storm after his divorce and eventually met someone else.

c. park

d. street

c. to hate

d. to want badly

c. angry

d. insouciant

c. to recycle trash

d. to clean trash cans

c. manager

d. vendor

c. miserliness

d. wealth

c. defensive

d. tidy

c. caution

d. danger

c. impulsiveness

d. instability

c. noteworthy

d. untimely

his restaurant it stayed open

Activity: THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

VOCABULARY

Fill in the blanks with the correct letters.

1. locale _____ a. site b. house 2. to yearn _____ a. to take photos b. to be destined to 3. irate _____ a. jealous b. snooty 4. to litter _____ a. to pick up trash b. to throw trash on the ground 5. merchant _____ a. employee b. cleaner 6. closedfistedness _____ a. envy b. splendor 7. obnoxious _____ a. smelly b. offensive 8. discretion _____ a. safety b. health 9. elegance _____ a. grace b. foolishness 10. exceptional _____ a. mediocre b. awful

Activity: PHRASAL VERBS - ILLNESS Circle the correct answer.

1. To get an illness from someone is to ___. a. pick it up

3. Hilton thought of the idea of 24hour opening himself. __

a. tide it over 4. The idea of opening for 24 hours wasn't successful.__

b. truck it in

b. cave in

a. comes out

b. kicks in

4. Another expression for vomiting is to ___.

more than food. __

a. throw up

6. The idea is popular only in

5. To become unconscious is to ___.

the USA. __

a. go out

Top Off meaning: add a finishing touch to something. example: And he topped off his speech with a terrible joke.

c. fight it of

3. If a part of your body gets bigger and rounder because of injury or illness it ___.

5. Now Hi1ton's business offers

Phrasal Verbs Tone Up meaning: make muscles stronger. example: This aerobic class will tone you up nicely for the summer.

c. take it away

2. To try hard to get rid of an illness is to ___.

b. toss out

b. black out

c. swells up

c. pass out

c. knock over

FRIDAY’S ANSWER KEY:

ELEMENTARY: (Part 1) 1.F 2.T 3.T 4.F 5.F 6.F 7.F 8.F 9.T 10.T (Activity) 1.c 2.d 3.d 4.b 5.b INTERMEDIATE: (Part 1) 1.a 2.d 3.b 4.a 5.a 6.d 7.a 8.d 9.c 10.c (Activity) 1.a 3.c 4.c 5.b 6.b ADVANCED: (Part 1) 1.d 2.c 3.a 4.b 5.c 6.c 7.a 8.a 9.d 10.d (Activity) 1.c 2.c 3.b 4.a 5.b POP Quiz Answer Key: (Part 1) 1. pump iron 2. hillbilly 3. pointed out 4. try out 5. bad mouthed 6. try out 7. under the gun 8. whole nine yards 9.squeaky clean 10. set off (Part 2) 1. media 2. Imminent 3. Understatement 4. Boil 5. Fraud

Slang: Head Doctor meaning: A psychiatrist; a doctor who helps people with mental problems. example: I've been seeing a head doctor for several years.

Confusing Words In English accelerate vs exhilarate Accelerate is a verb it means to cause anything in motion or process to go or move faster; speed up.

For example: To avoid being hit by the truck, he had to accelerate his car.

Exhilarate Make merry or lively; put into high spirits; cheer For example: Seeing friends and exchanging gifts during the holiday season exhilarates us all

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SPORTS

Brazil’s Robinho wants to stay at Real Real Madrid’s Brazil forward Robinho has said he does not want to leave the Spanish champions, despite interest from Chelsea and media reports he might be sold to help bring Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo to the Bernabeu. Madrid, Reuters

MONDAY, JULY 14, 2008

Busch continues hot streak in NASCAR

New coach has Canarýes runnýng ERHAN GÜVEN KITZBUHEL

Fenerbahçe's new coach, Spaniard Luis Aragones, is forcing his players to follow a heavy training program during the team's training camp in Kitzbühel, a town in Austria, in order to create a team ready to run more during matches.

The 70-year-old coach is a charismatic character and has a disciplined system, the effect of which has already begun to show.

Fenerbahçe's Brazilian-Turkish footballer Gökçek Vederson suffered from hypoglycemia after pushing himself too far during a training session last week. The Brazilian needed two days to recover, but this time suffered from edema on his left knee. At least three or four players needed ice treatment for their feet and hands after each training session for over exerting themselves.

Fenerbahçe's Spanish coach, nicknamed "grandfather," gives importance to training with the ball. The players do not leave the ball during training sessions except while jogging. Team Captain Alex de Souza defends that training with the ball boosts their concentration and motivation. Fenerbahçe's Serbian striker Mateja Kezman said: "We train with the ball in general. I have worked with very big coaches in previous years; Jose Morinho and Guus Hiddink are two of them.

I saw Aragones' style only while playing with these two coaches." Aragones wants quick and frequent passes during the play and warns players who keep the ball for too long during the match. Additionally, Fenerbahçe, highly criticized during Arthur Zico's time for having only one striker on the pitch, will have two strikers next year, though no one knows who these two strikers will be.

Fenerbahçe has Daniel Güiza, the top scorer of the Spanish League in 2008; Semih Þentürk, Turkey's top scorer in 2008; Kezman, uncomfortable sitting on the bench; and Ýlhan Parlak so everyone is curious who the two strikers will be.

It seems that the Spanish coach will not change

SOCCER

Championship process starts, says Yanal Trabzonspor coach Ersun Yanal has said the championship process is under way for the team as it begins its training at a venue in the Gerede district of Bolu province. Yanal noted that Trabzonspor fans had traveled to Gerede to support their team, adding that this shows how substantial the team is. The coach stated that the orientation process of the new members of the team had been very successful. “We have brought together players who are very close in age. Their ages and cultures are similar. Besides this, we have very experienced players like [Rigobert] Song, who is captain of his national team and highly respected. Selecting members of a team to play together is different from meeting their social needs. We have not had any problems so far in this context. We will try to minimize our orientation problems in the future,” Yanal stated. He said his players had adapted well to the training schedule after returning from vacation. “We had provided them with some training programs for their vacation period. It seems that they actually performed these programs so we did not have major problems in our training camp. Ýstanbul Today’s Zaman

BASEBALL

Yankees former All-Star, broadcaster Murcer dies

France recall 1998 triumph to forget about Euro flop

Deivid de Souza’s mother dies

France, reeling from the shock of an early Euro 2008 exit, celebrated the 10th anniversary of their World Cup triumph with a commemorative game on Saturday between their former heroes and an international selection.

Ten years to the day after France stunned Brazil 3-0 to lift the World Cup for the first time, a packed Stade de France once again saluted the players who had conquered the world.

Zinedine Zidane and guests drew 3-3 with an international team guided by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and featuring greats like Zvonimir Boban, Edgar Davids and Gianfranco Zola.

Emilio Butragueno, the oldest player on the pitch at 45, scored the opener for the international side in the first half.

Playmaker Zidane, who scored two firsthalf headers against Brazil in 1998, equalised in the second half before Pauleta volleyed home to put the visitors 2-1 ahead.

Ludovic Giuly, not part of the winning ‘98 team, got France level again before late goals from Davor Suker for Wenger’s side and Bernard Diomede for the French left the game all square.

The mother of Brazilian Fenerbahçe player Deivid de Souza died on Sunday. According to a statement made by Fenerbahçe, the broken leg Deivid suffered on the first day of his team’s training camp was not the worst development in his last two weeks, explaining that his mother had passed away. The statement said: “Our Brazilian player lost his mother, who had a heart attack two days ago. This is the second unfortunate event he went through besides his injury. We express our condolences to him and his family.” Ýstanbul Today’s Zaman

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Former New York Yankees outfielder and broadcaster Bobby Murcer has died from brain cancer, the Yankees said on Saturday. Murcer, 62, had a 17-year career in the Major Leagues from 1965. He spent 12 seasons with the Yankees, and also played for the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs. Murcer was a fivetime All-Star and had a career batting average of .277 and hit 252 home runs and 1,043 RBIs. Murcer found his second niche in broadcasting, where he worked for the Yankees for the better part of the past 24 years. “Bobby Murcer was a born Yankee, a great guy, very well-liked and a true friend of mine. I will really miss the guy,” Yankees chairman George Steinbrenner said in a statement. Murcer is survived by his wife and two children. New York Reuters

last year's defense quartet. Gökhan Gönül, Edu, Lugano and Roberto Carlos seem to have guaranteed their place in the first 11. The players to play in the midfield will most probably be determined after Fenerbahçe's preparation match with Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk on July 23. But it seems Alex will have a difficult time getting a place in the midfield this year.

Needless to say, after Zico left the team, the former first 11 have become history. Now all players have an equal chance at getting their place on the team, from Ali Bilgin to Gürhan, from Önder Turacý to Yasin. It is expected that after Fenerbahçe's national players Volkan, Uður Boral, Colin Kazým, Tümer Metin and Semih Þentürk participate in the team's training camp in Austria, the struggle to get a place in the first 11 will become even harder. Güiza and Emre Belözoðlu's presence will make it harder still.

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Kyle Busch retook the lead with less than two laps remaining to win his seventh Sprint Cup race of the season at the Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday. The win came the day after he won the Nationwide Series race on the same track.

He has 14 victories across all three NASCAR racing series this season. Busch, who has now finished in the top-five 12 times in 19 Sprint Cup starts this season, led for the majority of the race, but lost the lead to Jimmie Johnson with 17 laps remaining. However the caution flag allowed him to close the gap on the twice Sprint Cup champion and he surged back into the lead when he went high on the track with 1 ½ laps remaining. Kevin Harvick finished third, while Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart rounded out the top five. The 23-year-old Busch has a 262-point lead in the Sprint Cup standings over Dale Earnhardt Jr., who finished 16th. Chicago Reuters

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“Ten years ago, we were full of hope. Today, we are full of happiness,” World Cup-winning coach Aime Jacquet told a cheering crowd with tears in his eyes before the game.

The France team was complete except for Emmanuel Petit, who scored the third goal in the dying moments of the final.

Fellow midfielder Patrick Vieira, who played for the last 15 minutes against Brazil, and forward Thierry Henry, who stayed on the bench 10 years ago, were also missing.

The game helped French fans forget a disappointing Euro 2008 campaign that saw their team exit the tournament with just one goal and one point from three group matches.

Many of the 1998 side, who are now part of a “France 98” association, including Christophe Dugarry and Bixente Lizarazu, had called for the dismissal of coach Raymond Domenech after the Euro flop but he has been given the go-ahead to continue.

They wanted former captain Didier Deschamps appointed as coach but the midfielder told Canal Plus before the game: “Many things have been said about us but we do not have any power.”

The players were saddened by the death of a young boy who was due to play in a curtain-raiser tournament between children born in 1998. He was killed in the morning when his bus collided with a car while travelling from southern France to Paris. Paris Reuters

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Marco Melandri is to part company with MotoGP team Ducati at least a year early, the struggling Italian rider’s agent Alberto Vergani said on Saturday. “The contract that bound us to Ducati also for 2009 has been annulled by mutual agreement and therefore without any penalties,” Vergani was quoted as saying by the ANSA news agency. Melandri has won just 32 points since joining Australian world champion Casey Stoner at Ducati on a twoyear deal at the start of the season, leaving him a lowly 14th in the standings. Italian media have speculated that Ducati may be about to replace 25-year-old Melandri with retired former rider Sete Gibernau after the Spaniard recently did tests for the team. Vergani also said the former 250cc world champion may not even complete the season with his current team. “Melandri might remain on hold waiting for 2009,” he said. Rome Reuters

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Wladimir Klitschko retained his IBF and WBO heavyweight titles on Saturday with an 11th round knockout against American challenger Tony Thompson. Klitschko recovered from an unexpectedly shaky start to finish off his opponent with a straight right after softening him up with a flurry of punches.

The American, who just failed to make the count, had opened up a cut over the Hamburg-based Ukrainian’s eye in the second round of the scheduled 12-round bout. However, from the sixth round on Klitschko increasingly took control, landing a series of powerful shots to

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Thompson’s head. “He’s an incredible boxer, he was exactly as difficult as I expected,” said Klitschko, 32 who has 51 wins and three defeats. “He was in top form and went all out to win. It was a lot of fun to box against a fighter like him. He put me under a lot of pressure. But I never thought it would be as hard as it was.”

His win was clearcut but hardly overwhelming although it was a better fight than his Feb. 23 win in New York over Sultan Ibragimov of Russia which gave him the World Boxing Organization belt to add to his International Boxing Federation title.

On Saturday, there was one farcical

moment when Thompson was tripped by Klitschko in the 10th round and both fighters hit the canvas with the American taking a while to walk off his injury before he was finished off in the 11th round.

Boxing in front of a home crowd of 12,000 and a television audience in 100 countries, Klitschko was far from impressive in the early rounds despite being the heavy favourite.

The man known as “Dr Steel Hammer” also looked slightly nervous after blood streamed across his face from a cut opened over his eye when the pair clashed heads in the second round. Germany Reuters

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