GOOD MORNING TURKEY - PRESS SCAN FOR NOV. 15

  HURRIYET

-- NO RETREAT, WE WILL SOLVE THIS PROBLEM

Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan talked about the democratization initiative in Malatya.

"We take our strength from our nation, our courage from our history. We take our inspiration from our ancestors who made Anatolia into the homeland of brotherhood. We take our determination from you. Therefore we will solve this problem," said Erdogan.

"We will solve it despite the ill-tempered, slandering, and hindering opposition, exploiters and the conflict lobby," said Erdogan.

-- GOV’T PRESSED THE BOTTON FOR ETHNIC SEPERATION

Republican People's Party Chairman Deniz Baykal said, "Erdogan's speech resembled an elementary school student's essay. For the first time in the history of the Republic a government started a process for separatism. The government pressed the button for ethnic separation. It blamed the opposition for wanting new soldier funerals. He must have lost his psychological balance."

MILLIYET

-- SERIOUS ACCUSATIONS

The "move" duel, which started during the talks at the Parliamentary general session on Friday, continued on Saturday. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Deniz Baykal criticized each other with very serious expressions.

Erdogan said: "Allegations of the opposition are slander. The cost of the fight against terrorism is $300 billion. There are people who exploit this bloody market and who gain political interest. We are not members of a mentality that wants to exploit funerals of martyrs. Those people will be jobless when terrorism ends and arms become silent."

-- REASON OF RELEASE: LACK OF EVIDENCE

Milliyet learned that Dursun Cicek was released due to lack of evidence on the contrary to those reflected in public.

The decision of the Istanbul High Criminal Court regarding the release of Colonel Cicek, said, "Elements defining the crimes he was charged with did not occur, and there is not enough evidence which creates strong suspicion that the accused actually committed the crimes he is charged with."

SABAH

-- 13.5 MILLION PEOPLE RUSHED TO EMERGENCY SERVICES

The rising number of deaths due to Type A influenza caused a boom in the number of people who went to emergency services of the hospitals. Eighty percent of the 13.5 million people who went to hospitals in the last two months, suspected they had swine flu, it was reported. The sales of preventative medicines and flu vaccines increased 4 percent, pneumonia vaccines are sold out and sales of hand sanitizers have increased considerably.

-- THERE ARE CIRCLES WHO BENEFIT FROM TERRORISM

Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a lobby and market for terrorism emerged in the last 25 years. "There are people who earn bread out of this bloody market. When the terrorism ends, the arms are silenced and the mothers shed no more tears, then the rent-seekers of this bloody market will go out of business," said Erdogan.

VATAN

-- CONTINUES WITH FULL SPEED

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan talked in eastern province of Malatya. "We are ready to accept everything to stop even a drop of Turkish soldier blood. We are ready to lay down all our titles on the table and strip off all the dignities. We will solve this problem despite the slanderer and hindering opposition. "

Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Deniz Baykal said, "In the end they said they would make public the initiative at the parliament. We listened to both of them. They make sleight of mouth to hide what they want to make from the nation. You have destroyed the values of the republic saying democracy over and over again. Democracy and separatism are two separate things. What has been made is separatism."

-- ENGINE DRIVER ACCELERATED THREE TIMES THE NORMAL LIMIT

Turkish State Railways made a statement regarding the train accident that occurred in the central Anatolian province of Eskisehir on Friday.

The statement said the machinist made the train get out of the computer-controlled speed limit and took it under his own control. The accident occurred as he entered the switches at 105 kmph where he should have entered at 30 kmph.

CUMHURIYET

-- ENERGY BILL THAT STRUCK THE PUBLIC

A new regulation that was enforced by the Energy Ministry created an enormous amount of damage for the public in the past year. The ministry started paying the electricity bills charged in its name by the energy companies with three months of delay. High interest rates for delay – monthly 2.5 percent, yearly 30 percent – unprecedented in Turkey, are being charged. The public had to pay for the bill for this delay with $152 million out of its own pocket.

-- SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT: "A PARANOIA IS CREATED IN THE COMMUNITY"

Supreme Court President Hasan Gerceker said Saturday in Denizli that phone-tapping damaged individual rights and freedoms and stressed the need for new legal arrangements. Gerceker said, "Phone taps created a fear in the public. Everybody is scared that their phones are tapped."

RADIKAL

-- ERDOGAN: WE ARE READY FOR EVERY KIND OF SACRIFICE

Discussions that led to a feverish session in the parliament continues. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan started his statements seriously criticizing the government as saying: "We are ready to sacrifice all the ranks. We are ready to lay down all our titles on the table and strip off our ranks to stop even a drop of blood of Turkish soldier."

-- SEPT. 12 CONSTITUTION DESTROYED INDEPENDENCE OF JURISDICTION

Hasan Gerceker, the president of the Supreme Court of Appeals, called for reform in the jurisdiction.

"Unfortunately, Sept. 12 Constitution put the heaviest blow on independence of jurisdiction. Judiciary independence is not a privilege but a requirement. As long as supervision authority of the Justice Ministry exists, there will be criticisms in the jurisdiction," he said.

TURKIYE

-- WE WILL SACRIFICE THE CHAIRS

In his speech in Malatya, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a lobby and market of terrorism formed in 25 years. He said, "There are people who want to benefit from this bloody market. Those people will go out of business when terrorism ends and the mothers shed no more tears."

-- SUPPORT FROM YOK TO KURDISH DEPARTMENT

Higher Education Board (YOK) chairman Yusuf Ziya Ozcan said, "We are affirmative towards any request for establishment of a center, institute, or department in Kurdish."

Ozcan said Kurdish started to be taught as elective course in some foundation universities.

-- FORMAL REQUEST TO TURKEY FOR IRANIAN URANIUM

International Atomic Energy Agency president al-Baradey relayed Ankara the proposal suggesting storing up 75 percent of Iran's enriched uranium in Turkey.

Baradey and Turkish executives are discussing the details.

ZAMAN

-- LEGAL SYSTEM DISREGARDED

Colonel Dursun Cicek, who has signature on the plot plan against the nation and the government, was released controversially for the second time.

Jurists and intellectuals reacted against release of Colonel Cicek 43 hours after his arrest.

-- GIANT COMPANIES PREFER NON-SMOKERS WHILE RECRUITING

The business world opened a fight against cigarette. Companies seek for the condition that the personnel do not smoke and are organizing seminars to make its actual staff to quit this bad habit.

YENI SAFAK

-- IT'S WORTH SACRIFICING ALL CHAIRS FOR A SINGLE DROP OF SOLDIER BLOOD

Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized those who opposed the government initiative in Malatya and emphasized unity and brotherhood. He said rent-seekers would go out of business once terrorism had ended.

"We are ready to give up al chairs titles and ranks, so that not even another single drop of soldier blood is not shed," Erdogan.

-- GIANT OF FASHION TO PROVIDE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY TO YOUNGSTERS

World-renowned fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, who will come to Istanbul on Nov. 18, will provide an internship opportunity to a youngster. Hilfiger who will be coming to Turkey for the first time will visit the fashion design ateliers at the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and chat with students.

Hilfiger will choose the best fashion design student at ITU and provide him or her with an opportunity for an internship in his office in Amsterdam.