Cablegate: Ankara Media Reaction Report

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UNCLAS ANKARA 005003

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR INR/R/MR, EUR/SE, EUR/PD, NEA/PD, DRL
JCS PASS J-5/CDR S. WRIGHT

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KMDR TU
SUBJECT: ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2005

THIS REPORT PRESENTS THE TURKISH PRESS SUMMARY UNDER THREE
THEMES:

HEADLINES
BRIEFING
EDITORIAL OPINION
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Southeastern Turks Want Economic, Social Incentives:
Turkish Prime Ministry sources told "Cumhuriyet" that the AK
Party government did not have a special action plan for the
southeast, stressing that initiatives to resolve the
problems in the region had been continuing for 2.5 years.
Businessmen from southeast Turkey demanded a detailed
package of economic measures, the paper says, asking the
government to issue a package of economic measures as well
as social, cultural and educational ones. The head of the
Diyarbakyr Trade Chamber, Fahrettin Akyil said that
Diyarbakyr people had been encouraged by the visit of the PM
to the mainly Kurdish province, but that they saw no results
thus far. `People will not join terrorists in the mountains
if their economic problems are resolved,' Akyil said.

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