RP's candidate is Menderes From a Sept. 28 article by Hurriyet's Yavuz Gokmen: I have heard from a reliable source at the Welfare Party (RP) that RP Deputy Chairman Aydin Menderes is their choice for Parliament speaker. Menderes, currently under therapy and steadily improving, says he has not received a formal offer but that he would accept such an offer. RP is the biggest party in Parliament and Menderes is a name which carries a lot of weight. The current speaker, Mustafa Kalemli, has failed

Turkish Daily News Ankara - Representatives of Turkey's leading companies in industry will gather in Istanbul between Sept. 3 and Oct. 2 to discuss institutional solutions in system and implementation integration. The initiative, named Epistem' 97, will include seminars and discussion forums, during which the participants will be informed by informatics experts about the latest technical and administrative developments in the field, get the opportunity to debate and implement the proposed solutions in

Turkish Daily News Istanbul - Ender Chocolate Candies was established in Istanbul's Eminonu area in 1943 by Hamdi Kitapci. It was the first Turkish chocolate manufacturer in Turkey. Even today one can still see the Ender candy sign on a building on the street behind the newly revamped bus stop to the west of the Spice Bazaar, even though the company opened a new factory for manufacturing candies in Sirinevler in 1983 to increase its capacity. The factory building, which can be seen from the highway, has

Turkish Daily News Istanbul - Lovers of tempura will find Chef Naoyuki Shiina ready to prepare the unique seafood and vegetable tempura specialties of traditional Japanese cuisine at the Miyako Restaurant in swissotel The Bosphorus. A special price of 13 swissotel Francs for a "deep fried shrimp and vegetables" tempura is all that you have to pay until December 30, 1997. And you don't just get tempura. The meal incudes soup, rice, fruit and a bottle of local wine. Your swissotel Francs have a

Turkish Daily News Istanbul - The Conrad International Istanbul has announced with great pride that legendary Belgian chef, Christian Denis, will be at the hotel's Monteverdi Restaurant between September 28 and October 10. And every day from 19:00 to 23:00, Denis will be available to sign his book, "Symphonie de Saveurs et de Senteurs" for food lovers in Istanbul. Additionally those who enjoy cooking and want to learn more about the art of food will be able to go to lessons on being a chef

Turkish Daily News Istanbul - Rico de Schepper, who successfully carried out his duties as the general manager of the Istanbul Hilton from January 1992 until this month has taken over as the general manager of the Tel-Aviv Hilton. Kees Hartzuiker, the new general manager of the Istanbul Hilton, is well known to the people of Istanbul as he was the manager of the Istanbul ParkSA Hilton from 1994 to 1996. He spent one year managing the London Park Lane Hilton before returning to Istanbul. Hartzuiker was

By Orya Sultan Halisdemir It was surprising to see a Briton openly criticizing his own country's human rights records. However it was not unusual to see the attack to Mr. Anthony McCarthy's letter published in the Turkish Daily News. These critics of Turkey Mr. McCarthy mentions in his letters are no more than those Westerners who call themselves liberals and think they have every right to criticize others, or should I say Easterners! They are nothing more than those Europeans who, as in the words of

Turkey's only fanzine: Amateur, sometimes amateurish, sometimes irritating, sometimes infuriating, but always lively, this weekly is a positive development for Turkey's soccer literatureBy Keith N. Dearn / Turkish Daily News Antalya- Forza Besiktas is Turkey's one and only genuine soccer fanzine: as its editorial department director Yusuf Canli told the TDN, it is produced entirely by the fans for the fans with no outside support. It does not have a single professional journalist on the staff and

Battle of Anatolia: European Cupwinners' Cup entry Kocaeli faces nasty away fixture against Bursaspor; striker Salenko set to make a return for Istanbulspor Turkish Daily News Antalya- With all of Turkey's Big Four soccer teams having played already this weekend ahead of European clashes in midweek, today's five-match Division One program features teams campaigning to break into that leading clique. The day's most important match takes place in Bursa where Kocaelispor is the visitor. Kocaeli coach

Contradiction: Turkish Federation says BIMAS can broadcast Fenerbahce matches; European governing body effectively says exactly the oppositeBy Keith N. Dearn / Turkish Daily News Antalya-Boom boom! Two bombshells from different soccer governing bodies have plunged the already confused state of play in Turkey's long-running row over TV soccer broadcasts into still further chaos. The first was not entirely unexpected, as the Turkish Soccer Federation's Arbitration Council on Thursday announced its

Convincing victory: Turkish champ hammers Limoges away; Ulker goes down in Jerusalem Turkish Daily News Ankara- Playing in Group A of basketball's European SuperLeague on Thursday evening, Turkish champion Efes Pilsen cruised to its first victory by 77-62 away to Limoges in France. This looked very much more like the old Efes than has been the case of late, with coach Aydin Ors' standard tactic of keeping a tight defense and waiting for the offensive opportunities to come paying off handsomely.

The Samsun rally From a Sept. 26 article by Hurriyet's Ertugrul Ozkok: Lokman Kondakci, former head of the True Path Party (DYP) organization in Samsun province, who is now an adviser to Industry Minister Yalim Erez, says he has watched footage of last Wednesday's DYP rally in Samsun where party leader Tansu Ciller made a speech. According to a report he had prepared, groups of people had been transported to Samsun from no less than eight other Black Sea provinces to attend the rally. Also, some 50 DYP

The PKK has begun moving in on the Black Sea from the Sivas and Tokat area and their movements are causing panic among the people of the area Weapons are being distributed to the people in some villages which belong to Ordu and Giresun, known as a festival land The only eyewitness to the gunning down of two shepherd children at Guneyce, told the TDN that they were shot from the second of three vehicles of special team members who were passing by Although there have only been three incidents the government

By M. Akif Beki / Turkish Daily News Istanbul - The pro-Islamist Welfare's Party (RP) one-year experiment in power has overturned some of Turkish politics' foundation stones. The True Path Party (DYP) has its roots in mainstream center-right politics, which was started by the Democrat Party (DP) of the late prime minister, Adnan Menderes, in the 1950s and continued with the Justice Party (AP) in the 1960s and 1970s. Now it seems to be on its way to becoming a radical right-wing party, ever since it

Turkish Daily News Ankara - At a meeting of Istanbul Chamber of Industry's (ISO) "Tax Policies through 2000" on Wednesday, Finance Minister Zekeriya Temizel has made a commitment to deal with undeclared earnings and the practice of money laundering. Temizel said the regulation that was implemented during the Welelfarepath coalition involving the obligatory declaration of $5,000 of foreign exchange or TL to customs has been canceled. Temizel also pointed out that Turkey's domestic debts and

By Payidar Demir -TDN Guest Writer / Turkish Daily News Istanbul - Over the past few years volleyball in Turkey has become increasingly popular and has made successful advances. Ex-volleyball player, and the President of the Turkish Volleyball Federation, Ahmet Gulum, has achieved great success in promoting volley ball in Turkey and abroad. The federation, which was established in 1958, has a young and dynamic team which has drawn attention to the hard won realization of its aims. The National Senior

Turkish Daily News Electronic Edition, 'Editorial' by Ilnur Cevik, September 26 1997 26 September, 1997, Copyright © Turkish Daily News"Glimpse" by Sirma Evcan In the beginning of the 1980s, Bulent Ecevit had said that the dispute over "whether Turkey is a part of Europe was meaningless" because "Europe had been part of the Ottoman Empire." This assessment had reassured all of us who were working for the political weekly Ecevit was bringing out at that time of military

By Payidar Demir -TDN Guest Writer / Turkish Daily News Istanbul - Over the past few years volleyball in Turkey has become increasingly popular and has made successful advances. Ex-volleyball player, and the President of the Turkish Volleyball Federation, Ahmet Gulum, has achieved great success in promoting volley ball in Turkey and abroad. The federation, which was established in 1958, has a young and dynamic team which has drawn attention to the hard won realization of its aims. The National Senior

Turkish Daily News Electronic Edition, 'Editorial' by Ilnur Cevik, September 26 1997 26 September, 1997, Copyright © Turkish Daily News"Glimpse" by Sirma Evcan In the beginning of the 1980s, Bulent Ecevit had said that the dispute over "whether Turkey is a part of Europe was meaningless" because "Europe had been part of the Ottoman Empire." This assessment had reassured all of us who were working for the political weekly Ecevit was bringing out at that time of military

Other suitcases : There might be a whole other 'suitcase trade' beyond the dreams of the tax officials in Ankara Crime corrupts : As organized crime develops economic power, it corrupts democratic institutions and undermines free enterprise Turkish state steadfast :The Turkish state remains steadfast in its most important roleBy Michael Kuser Ahmet in the sales department has $980,000 in cash to turn over to the corporation, while his colleague Mustafa in "human resources" has an even half