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04 TODAY’S ZAMAN

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TALKS

Mediating the nuclear impasse Iran's insistence on enriching uranium in defiance of three UN Security Council resolutions, combined with a bevy of antagonistic threats aimed at Israel's existence, has created an explosive recipe that may well precipitate a horrifying regional conflagration.

For Iran's own best interests, its contentious leaders would be well advised to tone down their antiIsraeli threats, which have not been taken lightly thus far, and find a diplomatic solution to Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program. The recent Israeli air force exercises and American naval maneuvers in the Persian Gulf, which were countered

by Iran's test-firing of a variety of missiles, have only heightened an already tense atmosphere.

It is now critical to look at who might be in a position to defuse the tension and restore some stability to a volatile region already battered by a devastating war in Iraq. At this point, Turkey has made itself well-positioned geopolitically to play such a significant role. The fact that the Bush administration has shifted policy after nearly three decades and agreed to participate in the international talks with Iran's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in Geneva may well open the door for future direct talks to be facilitated by the Turks.

Israeli concerns over Iran's nuclear program are real and escalating rapidly, regardless of the fact that the US and the International Energy and Atomic Agency (IEAE) show different estimates of how close Iran is to obtaining the needed materials and technology. Israelis know well that while the United States and Europe are weary of Iran's nuclear ambitions, they do not share Israel's sense of urgency about Iran's nuclear potential. The Jews' history in Europe does not offer Israel the luxury of taking matters of national survival lightly. Thus Israel tends to limit the scope of risks it can take with any one of its neighbors. Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak noted recently that "Israel is the strongest country in the region and has proved in the past it is not afraid to take action when its vital security interests are at

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Alon Ben-Meir * TODAY’S ZAMAN stake." Indeed, when survival is at stake, an Israeli official told me during my recent visit to the region, the Israelis will not worry about public relations.

That being said, Israel wants to avoid escalation of the conflict with Iran, fearing that such an extremely sensitive issue could result in a terrible miscalculation. Syrian President Bashar Assad also spoke on the issue last week stating, "The problem is that when one starts such action in the Middle East, one cannot manage the reactions that can spread out over years or even decades." For this reason, Israel will continue to seek and push for a diplomatic solution and welcomes the American participation in the upcoming talks with Iran. However, should there not be a breakthrough in these and future talks, Israel will not wait until Iran reaches the point of no return -- the point at which Iran musters the technology to produce a nuclear weapon.

With the best of intentions Britain, France and Germany, representing the EU in the negotiations with Iran, have thus far failed to persuade Iran to cease its enrichment of uranium. Swimming with oil money, Iran continues to defy three sets of UN sanctions almost with impunity while making considerable progress in its nuclear program. From the Iranian vantage point, the American preoccupation in Iraq and increasingly in Afghanistan substantially reduces the risks of an American attack on Iran. It is doubtful that under the present circumstances the next round of talks even with US participation will produce different results. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei plainly stated on July 16 that "in relations to the negotiations -- we have clearly defined red lines" -- a reference to Iran's insistence that it has the right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.

Whether the next round of talks with Iran will help alleviate the tension between the US and Iran remains to be seen. What is needed at this critical time is a dramatic shift in the dynamic of the conflict, and this is where Turkey might be better suited to mediate Iran's nuclear issue. In the five days of meetings I had in Ankara just recently, whenever the subject of Iran's nuclear program was mentioned, Turkish officials and academics expressed grave concerns about the growing danger of yet another avoidable and potentially devastating war in the Middle East. For the Turks, finding a diplomatic solution is not one of many options but the only sane option to prevent a horrific outcome.

Apart from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan's recent claims that "maybe the mediator role regarding Iran's nuclear issue will soon be given to Turkey" due to its recent diplomatic achievements between Israel and Syria, there are many reasons why Turkey may succeed in mediating a peaceful solution to the nuclear impasse. Other than being directly affected by regional events, Turkey generally enjoys good relations with all states in the region, it has not been tainted with the war in Iraq; it is a predominantly Muslim state, Middle Eastern as well as European. Turkey shares the longest-standing border with Iran and has maintained good neighborly relations with Tehran for centuries with expanding trade relations. Moreover, Turkey and Iran share a similar sentiment and have collaborated recently on the Kurdish issue, and both have a shared interest in this regard for the emergence of a stable Iraq.

Whereas Turkey, at this juncture, may not be able to mediate between Israel and Iran, Ankara certainly stands a much better chance of mediating between Washington and Tehran. Moreover, the Iranian government is mostly concerned with the Bush administration's attitude toward regime change in Tehran.

Iran is terrified of the prospect of an American attack on its nuclear facilities, but its leadership wants assurances from the US that Washington will no longer

pursue regime change and will treat it with dignity and respect in dealing with the nuclear issue. Because of Turkey's standing in the region and as a credible bridge to the West, Turkey might succeed where others have failed. Turkey is a close ally and a reliable friend of the United States; it is an important member of NATO, it has worked fervently to maintain the democratic nature of the state and has received due praise for its recent diplomatic mediating efforts.

Turkey can better understand the nature of Iran's threats, specifically in connection with the United States, which has made no secret of its efforts to support Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's opponents. Arzu Celalifer, a Turkish expert on Iran from the International Strategic Research Organization (ISRO/USAK) Center for Middle Eastern Studies in Ankara suggested that "Turkey may also be in a better position than the EU representatives to bypass Ahmadinejad and reach out directly to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei." In addition, she said, "Turkey may offer a sort of plan B whereby Iran can be persuaded to enrich uranium on Turkish soil under strict IAEA monitoring." Turkey, in short, can change the dynamics by offering a new venue for Americans and Iranians to meet and by generating a new momentum for serious dialogue. Finally, Turkey can provide Iran with a dignified disengagement plan, because if Iran is to make any concessions it will more likely make them to a fellow Muslim-majority state with which it has long and friendly relations.

The decision by the Bush administration to participate in the upcoming round of negotiations, however belated, is a wise one. It offers an opportunity to end the nuclear conflict with Iran. Turkey and the US should build on this development and prevent once and for all the prospect of another potentially devastating war. * Alon Ben-Meir is a professor of international relations at the Center for Global Affairs at NYU. He teaches courses on international negotiation and Middle Eastern studies.

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contýnued from page 1 Babacan has said in recent statements that there have been requests from both sides to "see Turkey in the picture" and that Turkey has been having talks with both sides over the past several weeks. Experts say Turkey, which has good ties with both Iran and the West, is well placed to offer credible assistance to help find a solution in the nuclear row, which Ankara fears could result in a new regional disaster. "Proposals to resolve conflicts in our region are first worked out in Ankara and then brought to the international platform," Erdal ?afak, a columnist for the Sabah daily, wrote yesterday, adding, "Ankara has become a medical clinic offering prescriptions for peace."

In an interview with NTV Mottaki praised the role Turkey has played in the process, saying it was pursuing a "constructive stance."

On Thursday US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley met with President Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan and Babacan during a visit to Ankara. He did not comment on Iran's nuclear program, but his visit led to speculation in the Turkish media that Turkey was passing his message to Mottaki about a US desire for normalization of relations with Iran.

As part of its diplomatic efforts, the US administration is floating a proposal to open a de facto US Embassy in Tehran. US diplomats would go to Iran for the first time since the countries broke off relations after the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Mottaki insisted on specifically calling a US mission a "US interest-protection bureau," instead of a diplomatic mission, but raised the prospect of talks on restoring fractured relations between Iran and the United States. "I think there might be an agreement both on the issue of opening a US interest-protection bureau in Iran and on the issue of direct flights to Iran," he said.

Washington insists it will not negotiate with Iran as it has with North Korea until Tehran halts its enrichment and reprocessing of uranium. But it is supporting an effort led by the EU's Solana that would allow for early talks with others in the sixnation group before such a step. Iran has rebuffed the attempt to persuade it to stop enrichment and reprocessing, which can produce the key ingredient for atomic weapons, and insists its nuclear program is designed only to produce electric power.

Others, particularly the United States and Israel, maintain it is a cover for weapons development.

When asked whether Iran was ready to freeze any expansion of its nuclear program in return for the UN Security Council halting further sanctions against it, Mottaki declined to comment, saying,

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Senior US, European advisors meet in Ankara to discuss security Senior national security advisors to US and European leaders have convened in Ankara to discuss major international issues, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said yesterday.

Responding to a question at a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki, Babacan confirmed news reports about the meeting, which took place on Thursday. "Countries member to NATO meet from time to time at the level of advisors," Babacan said. He added that such meetings take place in different countries and that the latest one was in Ankara. "The issues discussed are international issues that concern NATO," he said.

US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and Ahmet Davutoðlu, the chief foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan, attended the talks as well as senior advisors from six European Union countries, namely Spain, Italy, Denmark, Germany, Britain and Romania. Notably absent was a representative from France, which has problematic ties with Turkey due to its stiff opposition to Turkish membership in the EU. Hadley, on a one-day visit to Ankara on Thursday, met with President Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Erdoðan and Babacan, discussing counterterrorism cooperation between the United States and Turkey and regional issues. His visit came just a day before Mottaki attended talks on his country's nuclear program in Ankara. Ankara Today's Zaman

VISIT

Erdoðan, ministers head for Turkish Cyprus Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan arrived yesterday in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) to attend the Peace and Freedom Day celebrations to be held on the island tomorrow.

Erdoðan was accompanied by nine ministers, including Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Çiçek, Sports Minister Murat Baþesgioðlu, State Minister for the Treasury Mehmet Þimþek, Defense Minister Vecdi Gönül, Interior Minister Beþir Atalay, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, Transportation Minister Binali Yýldýrým, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Mehdi Eker and Environment and Forestry Minister Veysel Eroðlu.

The prime minister is expected to meet Turkish Cypriot leaders, including President Mehmet Ali Talat, Parliament Speaker Fatma Ekenoðlu and Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer, opposition party leaders and representatives from various nongovernmental organizations.

Erdoðan will also attend tomorrow's Peace and Freedom Day celebrations to mark the 24th anniversary of the Turkish military intervention on the island in 1974. The intervention came as a response to a coup staged by the Cypriot National Guard with the intention of annexing the island to Greece.

Erdoðan's visit to the island came only a few days before a planned meeting between Talat and Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias.

The two are expected to meet on July 25 to make a final assessment of preparations for direct reunification talks on the island and end a conflict that has festered for decades, troubling Turkey's bid to joint the European Union. Ankara Today's Zaman

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Turkish jets strike PKK targets in northern Iraq

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (L) gestures as he speaks at a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart, Ali Babacan.

"Let's not hurry." The UN has so far imposed three sets of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. Tensions with Iran have particularly intensified since Tehran tested missiles last week, alarming Israel and pushing up oil prices.

Washington responded to the tests by saying it would defend its allies against any possible attacks.

Speaking to NTV, Mottaki said he saw almost no possibility of Israel or the United States attacking his country over its nuclear program. "The possibility of such an attack is almost zero," he said. "It [Israel] is still going through the aftereffects of its defeat in Lebanon," he said, referring to the 2006 war Israel launched against Lebanon's Hezbullah guerrillas.

There's nothing left from the [Prime Minister Ehud] Olmert period, so the Israelis know what's going to happen," he added. Ankara Today's Zaman with wires

Mottaki confident Turkish leaders will resolve political crisis Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said he believes Turkey's political leaders will find a way out of the current political crisis brewing over a closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party). "Turkey is an important country in the region and it plays an important role. I believe the leaders of Turkey will be able to overcome all matters," Mottaki said at a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart, Ali Babacan, after talks in Ankara yesterday.

Mottaki also announced that the year

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2009 would be marked as Iran-Turkey Culture Year, to celebrate the signing of a cultural cooperation agreement between the two countries 50 years ago.

The two ministers discussed bilateral ties and Babacan said the two countries aimed to increase their trade volume to $20 billion from the current $10 billion.

Mottaki, a former ambassador to Turkey for five years, also displayed his Turkish skills at the press conference, intervening a few times in the translation of his remarks giving brief answers to some questions in Turkish. Ankara Today's Zaman

Turkish jet fighters hit targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq yesterday, regional sources said. Warplanes attacked targets in the areas of Nero, Rekan, Nehly and Mardo in the district of Amedi in northern Iraq, sources said. The bombardment started at about noon and lasted for 45 minutes.

Turkey has been carrying out intermittent aerial strikes on PKK targets since December last year, and it launched an eight-day ground offensive in February. The government says the strikes specifically target the PKK, stressing that it respects Iraq's territorial integrity. Iraqi Kurds, who have been accused of supporting the PKK by Turkey in the past, have expressed limited criticism about the attacks. The United States, which says the PKK is a "common enemy," shares intelligence about the terrorist group's movements with Turkey.

Meanwhile, Internet site PUKmedia, affiliated with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, said Iranian artillery also shelled border villages in Sidakan, a sub-district of Arbil, on Thursday night. The Iranian bombardment came as Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived in Ankara for talks with Turkish officials on bilateral cooperation and his country's controversial nuclear program. M. Alihan Hasanoðlu Arbil

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NATIONAL

I cover my head, not my brain, says Turkish first lady Hayrünnisa Gül, the wife of Turkish President Abdullah Gül, underlined in an interview with an English newspaper that it is her head she covers with the Islamic headscarf -- not her brain.

The first lady, who was interviewed by Janice Turner of UK daily The Times, said she did not believe headscarves should be forced on women. “To me, women should not be forced to wear headscarves. It would be hard to find anyone in Ýstanbul who would disagree with me, at least in public,” Mrs. Gül was quoted as saying.

Gül’s interview was published yesterday in Times2, The Times’ main supplement, which features various lifestyle columns.

The headscarf issue is a topic of fierce debate in Turkey, where wearing the Islamic headscarf is banned in the public sphere. Its use at universities was prohibited in the late 1990s through an earlier ruling by the Constitutional Court on the grounds that it would violate the nation’s secular principles, as the headscarf was seen as a political and religious symbol.

It was stressed in the Times2 article that the headscarf, worn by a considerable portion of Turkish women, means more in Turkey than in any other country. “It has become the most potent symbol of a battle for the soul of the country that will determine its place in Europe and the Islamic world,” the article stated.

The article also recalled a closure case filed against Turkey’s ruling party. “Despite the solid parliamentary majority that enabled her husband [Abdullah Gül] to become president, the country’s Constitutional Court is determined to press ahead with a case intended to outlaw the ruling Justice and Development Party [AK Party] and ban its leading members from politics,” it said.

A top prosecutor requested in March that Turkey’s Constitutional Court close the governing AK Party and place a ban on political party involvement for 71 of its high-level officials, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan and Gül, who was an AK Party member before becoming president and severing political ties as required by the Constitution.

It was also expressed in the article that Western governments must see this case for what it is -- an attempted judicial coup. “It has scant legal basis. If successful it would derail Turkey’s already fraught EU accession and lead many AK Party supporters to despair of the ballot box,” the article read. Ýstanbul Today’s Zaman with wires

Dink murder probe may expand to include ‘pre-warned' colonel Inspectors from the Interior Ministry investigating the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink have requested permission to launch an inquiry into several individuals claimed to have prior information about the plot to assassinate Dink, reported Milliyet daily yesterday.

According to Milliyet, upon direction by Interior Minister Beþir Atalay earlier this month, ministry inspectors launched a preliminary inquiry into the assassination of Dink, who was shot dead in broad daylight outside the office of his newspaper, Agos, in Ýstanbul on Jan. 19, 2007.

Suspicious of contradictory statements by former commander of the Trabzon Gendarmerie Command Col. Ali Öz and intelligence chief Capt.

Metin Yýldýz, who previously refused to cooperate with the investigation, inspectors asked Trabzon Governor Nuri Okutan earlier this week to grant them authorization to launch an investigation into Öz and Yýldýz, along with five gendarmerie officers who allegedly had knowledge of the plot to murder Dink months before the incident occurred.

An investigation in the wake of the Dink assassination revealed that a group of ultra-nationalist youths were behind the murder. Strong evidence suggested that some members of the group had ties with the police department in northern Trabzon, the hometown of the plotters. Some gendarmerie officers later confirmed that they had been tipped off about the plot to kill Dink before the murder was committed.

Sgt. Maj. Okan Þ. and Sgt. Veysel Þ., who appeared in a Trabzon court in March on charges of dereliction of duty for failing to take the necessary measures to prevent Dink’s death, confessed that they had been informed about the murder plot months before his assassination. “We wanted to share this information with Col. Öz, but he covered up the issue. He forced us to give false statements during the course of the investigation,” they said. Öz, who was serving as the Bilecik provincial gendarmerie commander at the time of the murder, was removed from his position and sent to the Bursa Regional Command.

Interior Ministry inspectors asked Öz and Yýldýz about the allegations, and they replied that they “might have forgotten about being informed of the plot.” However, the two had previously denied having prior knowledge of the plot.

If permission is granted to the ministry inspectors, Öz, Yýldýz and five gendarmerie officers will face a probe on suspicion of dereliction of duty for failing to act on warnings before the Dink murder. Ýstanbul Today’s Zaman with wires

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Court orders US to reverse immigration decision for Gülen A US court has ruled that the Bush administration improperly rejected a prominent Turkish religious scholar’s application toward permanent residence in the United States and ordered the government to reverse the decision.

Fethullah Gülen, a Sufi scholar and educator with millions of followers across Turkey and parts of Central Asia, has been living in the United States since 1999. US immigration authorities rejected his application to be classified as “an alien of extraordinary ability,” a step that would have facilitated his permanent residence.

A federal court ruled Wednesday that the decision was improper, according to court documents

obtained by The Associated Press that have not yet been made public. Immigration officials had argued that Gülen did not meet the qualification of extraordinary ability in his field “demonstrated by sustained national or international acclaim and whose achievements have been recognized in the field through extensive documentation.”

Gülen is one of Turkey’s most influential intellectuals, a scholar and preacher of Sufism, a mystical form of Islam. His followers run schools in dozens of countries. In Turkey, they administer hundreds of schools, as well as six universities and various media organizations. His media network reaches millions daily. Gülen is revered by many

but viewed with suspicion by some in the 99 percent Muslim country where secularism is enshrined in the constitution and religion has traditionally been firmly excluded from politics.

In 2006, a Turkish court acquitted him of trying to overturn Turkey’s secular regime.

Prosecutors had accused him of trying to create an Islamic groundswell and of “brainwashing” school children. Gülen’s lawyer, H. Ronald Klasko, said he did not understand the US government’s argument that he did not meet the requirements. “For whatever reason, the government has decided to fight his application,” he said. “Their arguments were very strange to me.”

The US court’s decision means that Gülen can now apply for permanent residence under a more favorable category. The judge scheduled another hearing for next month and could order the government to decide on Gülen’s residency application. The government could also appeal Wednesday’s ruling. US officials declined to comment on the decision Thursday.

“We have just received the judgment and have forwarded it to the appropriate Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security officials for their review,” said Patty Hartman, a spokeswoman for federal prosecutors in Philadelphia, where the case was heard. Washington AP

Gül to send message to Yerevan with Armenia border visit SÜLEYMAN KURT ANKARA

President Abdullah Gül will send neighboring Armenia a conciliatory message wrapped in a warning over regional isolation when he visits the TurkishArmenian border next week.

Gül will visit Ani, an uninhabited medieval Armenian city in the province of Kars on the Armenia border, on July 23, during a visit to the region to attend a ceremony to inaugurate the construction of the Turkish part of a regional railway passing through Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan; the line excludes Armenia. The presidents of Azerbaijan and Georgia will also attend the inauguration ceremony, scheduled for July 24.

Despite Turkish efforts to deepen cooperation with other regional countries at the expense of landlocked Armenia, Gül’s visit to Ani is a sign of readiness to improve ties with Yerevan.

Armenia wants Turkey to restore medieval churches in Ani and Turkish authorities began renovation works in the city early this year.

The president’s visit to Kars comes as the two estranged neighbors exchange warm messages, raising hopes for dialogue. Foreign Minister Ali Babacan yesterday appeared to confirm a report in the Turkish media that Turkish and Armenian officials had secret talks in Switzerland earlier this month. The report in the Hürriyet daily said the officials met for a few days starting on July 8 and that a senior Foreign Ministry official headed the Turkish delegation.

“Such talks are held from time to time,” Babacan told reporters. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry also said there had been occasional contacts between Turkey and Armenia -noting that Turkey had recognized the neighboring state since it declared independence from the

now-defunct Soviet Union in 1991 -- but warned that no specific conclusion should be drawn from them. “Meetings between members of the foreign ministries of the two countries are part of these contacts. We believe no different meaning should be attributed to these meetings.”

In 2005, Turkish and Armenian officials were reported to have had similar meetings. Turkey recognizes Armenia but severed its diplomatic contact with the landlocked country after it occupied Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan.

Ankara says normalization of ties hinges on Armenian withdrawal from Nagorno-Karabakh as well as Armenian recognition of the current border and a change of Yerevan’s policy on claims of an Armenian genocide at the hands of the late Ottoman Empire. Ankara denies claims that Armenians were subject to genocide and says both Armenians and Turks died in a civil conflict that erupted after Anatolian Armenians revolted against the Ottoman Empire for independence during the World War I years.

“We have problems about current issues and disagreements about the 1915 events. It is essential that these problems are handled through dialogue,” Babacan said.

Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan proposed “a fresh start” in relations with Turkey in an article published in The Wall Street Journal earlier this month. “The time has come for a fresh effort to break this deadlock, a situation that helps no one and hurts many. As president of Armenia, I take this opportunity to propose a fresh start -a new phase of dialogue with the government and people of Turkey, with the goal of normalizing relations and

opening our common border,” he said.

Sarksyan also invited Gül to a World Cup qualifying match between Armenian and Turkish teams in September. Officials say the invitation is still under consideration and that the president will decide according to developments.

In the absence of a solution to problems with Armenia, Turkey has taken steps to deepen regional cooperation on energy, transportation and trade with Azerbaijan and Georgia. The planned BakuTbilisi-Kars railway will link the three countries and revive the historical Silk Road by connecting Central Asia and the Far East to Europe via Turkey.

Construction of the Georgian section of the railway, expected to begin operation in 2011, began in November. Gül joined Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the inauguration ceremony then.

Some 1.5 million people and 6.5 million tons of cargo are expected to be transported through the railway in the first year following its launch.

The project is estimated to cost $450 million.

Gül: Sarksyan's invitation being considered President Abdullah Gül has said he is contemplating Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan’s formal invitation to visit Yerevan for a soccer match in September.

When Gül received Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Ankara on Thursday, journalists asked if he would go to Yerevan, and Gül replied: “You will see when the time comes. The offer is being considered.” Armenia and Turkey will play against one another in the Armenian capital on Sept. 6 in a qualifying match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in South Africa.

Sarksyan’s call to Turkey to launch “a fresh start” in relations between the estranged neighbors has been met with a positive response in the Turkish capital.

However, sources said Ankara’s response greatly depends on Yerevan’s attitude regarding resolutions in other countries’ parliaments to consider the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I as “genocide.” If Armenia continues to support such resolutions, relations will remain strained, the same sources noted. Ýstanbul Today’s Zaman with wires

Ani is an uninhabited medieval Armenian city in the province of Kars on the Armenia border.

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Third Common Sense meeting slated for Bursa today The Common Sense movement, a platform bringing together civil society organizations, intellectuals, journalists and academics from various segments of society, will hold its third meeting today in the northwestern province of Bursa.

Organizers of the third meeting of the Common Sense movement, which is composed of over 400 NGOs protesting any kind of intervention in democracy, expect over 100,000 people to attend the meeting, to begin at 5 p.m. in Bursa’s Þehreküstü Square. Salim Uslu, the president of one of the organizing NGOs, the Confederation of Turkish Real Trade Unions (Hak-Ýþ), said, recent events including murders whose perpetrators are still unknown, coup diaries, party closure cases and interventions in the parliamentary process has

led the public to take action. Noting that the public arranges the meetings, Uslu added: “Some are committing murders on behalf of the state under some organizations. There are coup diaries around whose reality is proven. The public does not want to watch these [developments] from a distance; they want to take action.”

Civil Servants’ Trade Union (Memur-Sen) President Ahmet Gündoðdu said Common Sense receives support from everyone pro-democracy who does not want coups in Turkey, adding: “Some have tried to show the public its place once a decade, but the public swallowed this. We will no longer not accept that, as NGOs. All we want a civilian constitution and a more liberal democracy to be established in our country.” Fatih Karakýlýç Bursa

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Bridge of Hearts will go beyond Turkish borders Education Minister Hüseyin Çelik has said the Bridge of Hearts project, launched by the Ministry of Education and sponsored by Turkcell, will extend its scope in the years ahead and go beyond Turkey’s borders. Çelik yesterday addressed around 400 students from the southeastern province of Þanlýurfa visiting Ýstanbul as part of the project, stressing that the Bridge of Hearts will continue by further expanding its scope. “We want this project to go beyond the Turkish borders. We want it to reach Europe and the United States,” he said.

The Bridge of Hearts project aims to establish friendship between the students of Eastern Turkey and Western Turkey and send 100,000 students on trips to cities in other parts of the

country during the summer in an effort to strengthen ties between the two disparate parts of the country. “We hope that this project will expand our students’ vision and help them discover the beauties of our country. The project will conclude at the end of July, but we plan to continue it in the years ahead,” Çelik said.

Turkcell General Director Süreyya Ciliv expressed his satisfaction over having sponsored such a project. “Thousands of our students had the chance for the first time in their lives to travel to a city other than their own and establish unforgettable friendships. This was a great experience for them. As such experiences grow, they will pin greater hopes on the future and strive harder to realize their dreams.” he remarked. Baran Taþ Ýstanbul

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SPORTS

Phillies land pitcher Blanton in trade with A's The Philadelphia Phillies have acquired pitcher Joe Blanton from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for three minor league prospects. The Phillies are looking to boost their rotation and possibly find an alternative to struggling starter Adam Eaton, who is 1-4 with a 9.20 ERA in his last five starts. Philadelphia, Reuters

SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2008

SOCCER

Brazil to play friendly with Vietnam

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The Brazilian team will play a friendly against Vietnam next month before going to Beijing in quest of its first Olympic football gold medal. The match is scheduled to be held at the My Dinh stadium in Hanoi on Aug. 1, Tran Quoc Tuan, secretary general of Vietnam Football Federation, announced Friday. "In football-crazy Vietnam, the game is a dream match that will thrill both players and fans," Tuan said. Tuan declined to say how much Vietnam is paying the Brazilian team, but state-controlled media have reported that the price is US$475,000. Juventus was the only other major soccer team to play Vietnam in a friendly match, when the powerful Italian club visited in 1996. Hanoi AP

OLYMPICS

China warns foreigners about ‘national sovereignty' The government warned foreign performers and entertainers against harming China's sovereignty or ethnic unity, a sign of increasing nervousness over live performances weeks before the Olympic Games. China is ratcheting up security ahead of the Aug. 8-24 games in an all-out attempt to shield the event from disruptions that could tarnish China's carefully cultivated image of order and control. China should strengthen its rules about foreign performers and performers from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, a notice on the Ministry of Culture's Web site said, including checks on their background. "The content of the performance should not violate the country's law, including situations that harm the sovereignty of the country," the notice said. Beijing AP

BASEBALL

Vikings aren't after tampering charge

New Galatasaray Lions coach Michael Skibbe has said he will meet former coach Karl Heinz Feldkamp to learn about his observations of the team.

"I have been coaching the team for 22 days. I have had the opportunity to get to know many players closely. I did not get to study the players who were listed in the national teams and foreign players. I know more about the young players. For this reason, I am planning to meet Karl Heinz Feldkamp as soon as possible to get reports about these players," he told German reporters.

Skibbe's recent announcement that he will decrease the number of players to 25 has upset players who may be laid off. Currently there are 32 players at the Galatasaray Lions camp in Germany. Following the transfer of goalkeepers, defense and forward players requested by the coach, this figure will rise to 35. Thus, as noted by the German coach, 10 players will be dismissed. Skibbe opted to give young players a chance in the warm-up matches in Ýstanbul as well as in matches against VFB Homberg and Paderborn in Germany and expressed satisfaction with the overall performance of the team. "I am happy with the performance of our young players.

Even if they are hired to other teams, I'll continue to monitor them," he said.

Concerning the transfers to the team, the German coach said: "We are trying to find good goalkeepers and defense and forward players.

We are working hard to find them. Perhaps we will conclude some transfers by the end of this camp." Skibbe maintained that they may use the players who recently joined the team against Locomotive Sofia. "By our third match, all players will be ready, I think. That's my expectation.

We will play a preliminary match for the Champions League. Thus, we must get the highest efficiency from all players," he said.

Galatasaray players in the national team and new transfer Harry Kewel are also set to start working with the team.

Schnyder mixes it up for second-round win

speaking in Portuguese, told the news conference that "I already feel home here."

"It's a really special moment," the player said. "Everyone wants to be on this team for the importance of Milan's history.

Putting on this jersey is already a victor for me," Ronaldinho said.

AC Milan is aiming for a quick rebound, back to the top of European football, now that Ronaldinho has joined Kaka and Alexandre Pato in an all-Brazilian attack. Milan finished a dismal fifth in Serie A last season and was eliminated by Arsenal in the second round of the Champions League. This season, Milan will play in the second-tier UEFA Cup. Ronaldinho told reporters that while his time with the Spanish club "had been very positive, with great victories, at a certain point the championship titles weren't coming any more, there were disappointments

and displeasure, and thus the time came to part ways." "Here I can go back to being happy and to reaching new personal and team objectives," he said.

Ronaldinho scored 91 goals in 200 appearances in five seasons at Barcelona, and helped lead the club to consecutive Spanish league titles in 2005 and '06, and the Champions League trophy in 2006. After he signed, Ronaldinho stepped onto the field to the cheers of fans, who attended the presentation for free.

The Rossoneri won the Champions League in 2003 and 2007, and lost the 2005 final to Liverpool. Barcelona said AC Milan will pay US$33.6 million for Ronaldinho and an additional US$6.4 million if the Italian club clinches a place in the 2009-10 Champions League. AC Milan owner and Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has said Ronaldinho is «worth» the money. Milan AP

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The news conference was called to show off Ronaldinho, AC Milan's new star, before the Brazilian star had his name or his number on the team's red-and-black jersey. Ronaldinho didn't even have a contract yet. So Thursday night's presentation at Meazza Stadium began a few minutes late and was hastily turned into a signing ceremony.

"Put your signature here," Milan vice president Adriano Galliani told Ronaldinho, as they sat side-by-side in front of TV cameras, and the player took pen in hand and signed the papers. Galliani told reporters that right down to Thursday night "there were all kinds of problems," the Italian news agency Apcom reported. "It got down into the nittygritty, such as the rating of the bank giving the guarantee" for the transaction to acquire Ronaldinho from FC Barcelona.

Even before he signed, Ronaldinho,

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Michael Skibbe

Tear up their loyalty cards

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Patty Schnyder mixed up her shots just enough to keep Alisa Kleybanova off balance.

The fifth-seeded Schnyder of Switzerland displayed a nice array of power and finesse to get by the inconsistent Kleybanova 7-6 (8), 64 Thursday in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic. "Today, of course, I had a plan. It was just a matter of how many points she would allow me to do it," Schnyder said.

"She was trying to dictate everything, whether winners or errors. ... I think she was so dominant it was tough for me to play. I had to mix it up a lot. It was her game plan to hit a lot of winners and also accept some errors." Next up for Schnyder: a date with topseeded Serena Williams in Friday's quarterfinals. And Williams will certainly be eager to play better tennis after rallying from a set down to beat 15-year-old Michelle Larcher de Brito of Portugal 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in her opening match on Wednesday night. Stanford AP

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The Minnesota Vikings took a different stance on Thursday in what has become the story of the summer in the NFL: They decided NOT to talk about Brett Favre. The Vikings said Thursday they would not comment on allegations by the Green Bay Packers that they made inappropriate contact with Favre before or during the three-time MVP's effort to unretire. "The Vikings are not commenting on the issue. These types of matters are handled by the league," said a statement read by a team spokesman. The Favre saga has overridden everything else going on in the NFL, turning the NFL offseason into a one-story league. Another chapter was added Wednesday night when a person familiar with the Packers' complaint told The Associated Press that Green Bay has filed tampering charges against the Vikings. Minneapolis AP

Skibbe to meet with Feldkamp

GEORGE CAULKIN

Roy Keane

Sepp Blatter said that footballers are akin to slaves and now Roy Keane has claimed that clubs treat their players like "pieces of meat".

While the Sunderland manager was not speaking directly about Cristiano Ronaldo's controversial courtship by Real Madrid, the Irishman's departure from Old Trafford has given him a jaundiced view of loyalty in the game.

Keane, who left Manchester United in acrimonious circumstances in 2005, said: "When a club is finished with you, they get rid. My advice is look

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after yourself. If you get a chance for bigger and better things, then go for it. I've experienced that myself. People question players' loyalty. I question clubs' loyalty. It's a business to them.

"If you're not needed then you can be out of the door in ten minutes, and I'm speaking from experience. Clubs buy and sell players. Clubs sell players sometimes like a piece of meat."

Sunderland are confident they will make their first signing of the summer in the next 48 hours, with Keane expecting the club to break their transfer record of pounds 9million. Keane said yesterday (Thursday) that Kenwyne Jones, the

Trinidad & Tobago striker, will miss at least the first two months of the season with a knee injury and the manager has expressed a long-term interest in Darren Bent, of Tottenham Hotspur.

"This is a big summer," Keane said. "The club needs to make a statement. I do know Niall Quinn [the chairman] and Peter Walker [the chief executive] are working extremely hard, but it's all well and good saying we're nearly there.

The real deal-makers get over the line."

Keane also confirmed that Sunderland have taken Liam Miller and Ross Wallace off the transfer list. © The Times, London

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