Strength and stamina Victory in competition requires strength, stamina and flawless execution Show jumping popular Grand prix showing jumping is one of the most popular equestrian sports in the world Preparing for Olympics 'Going on the road with an equestrian outfit is a bit like touring with a rock band,' said Gary. 'We have a steady group of people like roadies working for us and an advance team who goes ahead to make sure all the arrangements are set. Part of the benefit of the travel schedule is

Failure :The main items of the Ankara process declarations, such as the sharing of border revenues, which is a key obstacle to peace in northern Iraq, failed to be implemented PUK's Saib 'The Ankara process turned into a disaster for us... The Iraqi Kurds think that Turkey is backing the KDP and that Turkey is helping the KDP... The KDP is using Turkish artillery against us' KDP 'Violations of the cease-fire on the part of the PUK have become continuous since Talabani's trip to Washington, London and

Rubbing salt into the wound Rather than arriving in Ankara to succour Turkey in its feeling of being treated in a roughshod manner by the EU -- whether this feeling is justified or not -- Poos chose instead to employ a 'rubbing the salt in the wound' method Poos role? Of course the Kurdish problem, like the Cyprus issue, is open to debate. But it is not clear whether it is the job of the EU term president to mount his high horse on this score and commit one faux pas after another in order to intentionally

Tactics changed : When the Musa Anter Peace Train idea was eliminated, organizers called on possible participants to come to Turkey by air Harassment: Travelling to Diyarbakir in a bus convoy, participants were subjected to frequent identity checks on the road, not usual Turkish practice Disastrous image: By Thursday, people were already commenting on what is clearly a disaster for Turkey's image abroad. These foreigners are going to go home with the image of a Turkey which is just exactly what the Kurds

Schools targeted : With only a short time to go before schools open, the alarm has already been sounded Police on alert : Istanbul police have readied themselves for an all-out battle against drug pushers attempting to sell their wares to primary school students Measures taken : Not only have Turkey's largest municipalities taken measures to combat drug use in school, now even smaller areas such as Kocaeli have begun as wellBy Hakan Aslaneli The passage of the eight-year compulsory education bill and the

Industry objects: 'We face a total information blackout. Our ties with our consumers have been severed. We are even unable to publicize price increases on our products. How can you ban advertising of a product that is legally manufactured?' Ads must go The legislation gives owners of billboards and tobacco shops one year to tear down all cigarette advertising, including neon-lit names of popular foreign brands on the front doors of tobacco shops. Price increases worry : Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz's

What France has told Ismail Cem From a Sept.4 article by Sabah's Mehmet Ali Birand: Foreign Minister Ismail Cem was in Paris last Tuesday to take France's pulse. The European Community (EU) seems to be confused over the Turkish full membership issue. The Turkish file, considered closed for good until some time ago, is now being reopened but no one seems to know what kind of formula is to be found. The developments are interesting but I do not want to inspire any false hopes. Cem's talks show that minds

By Osman Senkul / Reuters Istanbul- Turkish television manufacturer Vestel Elektronik A.S. has raised its 1997 production target by 15 percent to 2.3 million units, the company chairman said. "Our former target was to increase production by 100 percent to two million units in 1997, from one million units in 1996," chairman Ahmet Nazif Zorlu told Reuters. "But the positive developments in domestic and international markets made us update our target to 2.3 million TV sets," he added.

The number of traffic accidents, injuries and deaths in Turkey, as well as worldwide, is increasing yearly In an official bulletin, it was announced that plastic body bags will become a mandatory part of first aid kits found in shipping vehicles, public places, offices, companies where five or more people work, and in households with six or more members Turkish Daily News Ankara - The Traffic Services Department of the Security General Directorate announced that 2,713 people had died in traffic

By Niki Gamm / Turkish Daily News Istanbul - The residents of Istanbul awoke Wednesday morning to the news that the High Planning Council had approved a third Bosphorus Bridge for the city as well as a second major airport at Kurtkoy. The two projects were among the more than 5,000 important ones which are on the drawing boards and have been for some time. State Minister Isin Celebi at the same time announced that priorities would be given to investments in energy, highways, telecommunications and the

Gen. Parayudakis visits Pentagon Chrysostomos to visit WashingtonBy Ugur Akinci / Turkish Daily News Washington - The way Washington is readily dismissing signs of impending trouble in Cyprus suggests to some Turkish observers in Washington that keeping the transatlantic agenda free of any third-party-related static is perhaps -- in terms of priorities -- more important for the Clinton administration than finding a lasting and equitable solution in Cyprus. The U.S. State Department deputy spokesman Jim

By Orya Sultan Halisdemir / Turkish Daily News London - Turkey's Defense Minister Ismet Sezgin has asked Charles Mansfield, the head of the export department in the British Ministry of Defense, to prevent the London-based Kurdish satellite TV channel, MED-TV, from broadcasting programs "which are propaganda against Turkey." Sezgin, who had a meeting with Mansfield on Tuesday evening during his visit to the "Royal Navy and British Arms Equipment Exhibition" held in Farnborough, stated

Foreign minister says that if EU does not see the 'strategic picture,' which includes Turkey, this is not the end of the world for Ankara Turkish Daily News Ankara - Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem has repeated that Ankara's bid for eventual membership in the European Union remains "a goal" and is not "an obsession." Cem's remarks were quoted by the Anatolia news agency, reporting from Paris late on Tuesday, following talks between the Turkish foreign minister, his French

Reuters Edgartown, Mass.- President Bill Clinton intends to nominate Daniel Fried, until recently a National Security Council official responsible for central and eastern Europe, as U.S. ambassador to Poland, the White House said in a statement. The White House also said Clinton would nominate career diplomat Barbara Bodine as ambassador to Yemen. In addition, Clinton would nominate for ambassadorial rank B. Lynne Pascoe, the U.S. special negotiator for Nagorno-Karabakh. Fried stepped down in July as

By Robert Melnbardis / Reuter Montreal - An exhibition at Montreal's Musee des Beaux-Arts of artists who fled Nazi Europe has a particular poignancy for tour guide Regine Frankel. "I wanted to guide this exhibition because it is very close to my heart," Frankel told Reuters in an interview at the museum where "Exiles and Emigres: The Flight of European Artists from Hitler" is showing. Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the show examines Hitler's oppression of European

Reuters Kourou/ French Guiana- Western Europe's 99th Ariane rocket put two satellites into orbit for European operators after a launch from equatorial French Guiana early on Wednesday. The Ariane 44LP rocket, equipped with two liquid and two solid strap-on boosters, lifted off at 7:21 p.m. (2221 GMT) from the European Space Agency (ESA) launch center in Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeast coast of South America. Reporters watching the launch at a control center eight miles (13 km) from the launch

Warning: UN Economic Commission for Europe urging Car manufacturers to display a newly-designed caution Reuters Geneva- Placing a rearward-facing infant in the front seat of an airbag-equipped car could prove fatal even in a minor accident, due to the sheer force of the airbag, a United Nations agency said. The U.N. Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) said it was urging car manufacturers in its 55 member states to display a newly-designed warning prominently in such cars. The caution, which would be

Turkish Daily News Electronic Edition, 'Opinion' by Orhan Kilercioglu, September 4 1997 4 September 1997, Copyright © Turkish Daily News It is true that the West has some expectations for Turkey, but Turkey also has concerns about its rights, integrity and security"Opinion" by Orhan Kilercioglu Turkey's foreign policy has been revived by the current Motherleft-D coalition government. Unfortunately, every new government reshapes our foreign policy within its own principles. Yet, however

RP's money From a Sept. 3 article by Yeniyuzyil's Okay Gonensin: It is all too obvious that in the past 10 years, during which the Welfare Party (RP) achieved its biggest growth, the party has benefited from ample financial resources, the nature of which are somewhat obscure. According to one argument a growing number of RP sympathizers have been donating money to the party, especially Turkish migrant workers in Germany where radical Islamists have become well organized. I am saying this is merely an

Reuters Milan- Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini's comments that delaying Europe's single currency would be better than a soft euro are not a departure from Italy's EMU drive but a peace offering to allay German concerns, an analyst said. Dini told German radio in an interview that economic and monetary union (EMU) criteria should be fulfilled substantially and a new currency must be as strong and as stable as the mark. "If the results of several countries for economic reasons in 1997 diverge