ANKARA - These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey's press on July 24, 2003. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET (LIBERAL)
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25 FORMER MINISTERS TO APPEAR IN HIGH TRIBUNAL
Parliamentary Corruption Inquiry Commission completed its works which have lasted for more than 4 months. The commission requested the parliament to launch parliamentary investigation against 25 former ministers, including former prime ministers Bulent Ecevit and Mesut Yilmaz. If the request is accepted, former ministers will appear in the High Tribunal.

SEVENTH EU ADJUSTMENT PACKAGE SUBMITTED TO PARLIAMENT
The Council of Ministers convened in the building in which Erzurum Congress was held in 1919 to unite Turkish people against occupation of European states. During the meeting, members of the Council of Ministers signed the seventh European Union (EU) adjustment package and submitted it to the parliament.

GUL TO MEET WITH POWELL
Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul who is currently paying an official visit to the United States, is scheduled to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney later in the day. During the meetings, dispatch of Turkish soldiers to Iraq and their possible position in the coalition forces to be deployed in Iraq will be high on agenda.

MILLIYET (LIBERAL)
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SEZER SAYS 'MOTION'
While Ankara is considering the response to be given to the demand of the United States for ''Turkish soldier for Stability Force'', President Ahmet Necdet Sezer repeated his view regarding 'the United Nations condition' which he had been defending since the beginning of Iraq operation and he thought that it was necessary to adopt a new motion for Turkish soldiers' possible departure for Iraq. Sezer, who had set forth the international legitimacy concept before the beginning of Iraq operation, made the same stress regarding the stability force.

GUL SHOWED WAY
Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said that they were not negative about Turkish soldier's participation in Stability Force which would be formed in Iraq. He added that forming of this force within the scope of the United Nations or NATO would ease Turkey's participation.

SABAH (LIBERAL)
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ERZURUM CONGRESS FOR EU
Council of Ministers opened the Seventh Adjustment Package that changes the structure of National Security Council (NSC) to signature in the historical building in the anniversary of Erzurum Congress. Justice Minister Cemil Cicek said, ''discussions are over now.'' Council of Ministers convened for the European Union (EU) issue in the historical congress building in the 84th anniversary of Erzurum Congress. Council of Minister decided to sign and send the package to Parliament which is including the arrangement about civilian secretary general and the restricting the purview of NSC.

REACTION FROM SEZER TO SEND SOLDIER
While the discussion to send soldier to Iraq is starting again, President Ahmet Necdet Sezer emphasized peace in his message released to mark the 64th anniversary of Hatay's annexation to Turkish land. Noting that, ''Turkey has always solved problems with peace,'', Sezer said that Turkey gained respect in the world with its peace policy.

CUMHURIYET (LEFT)
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THREE CRITICAL MESSAGE TO OCCUPIERS
Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has begun his four-day official visit to the United States. Participation of Turkish soldiers in the coalition forces to be deployed in Iraq will be high on agenda of Gul's scheduled meetings with high-level U.S. officials. During the meetings, Gul will convey three messages of Turkey to the United States. These messages are: Turkish soldiers cannot act as gendarme in Iraq. Turkey will ask views of the European Union (EU) and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) about dispatch of Turkish soldiers to Iraq and Turkey should not be shown as intending dispatch of its soldiers to Iraq.

PEARSON DEPARTS FROM TURKEY
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Robert Pearson whose term in office in Ankara ended, departed from Turkey. Addressing journalists at Ankara's Esenboga Airport prior to his departure, Pearson called on Turkish people not to give up their dreams. He said that friendly relations between Turkey and the United States should be further improved.

RADIKAL (LEFT)
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TEN GAPS IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAW
The government gave place to ten arrangements in the Public Procurement Law which are contrary to the compromise reached with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the European Union (EU). The Parliamentary Public Works Commission will start debating the draft today. The public finance enterprises (PFEs) in the sectors of energy, water, transportation and telecommunication were excluded from the draft.

VORKINK APPOINTED NEW TURKEY DIRECTOR OF WORLD BANK
Andrew Vorkink was appointed as the new Turkey director of the World Bank. The World Bank said that Vorkink's appointment would enter into force as of August 15, adding that former World Bank Turkey Director Ajay Chhibber was appointed as new director of Operations Evaluation Department (OED) of the bank. Vorkink started to work in the World Bank in 1977. He has been engaged in legal reforms in Central Asia and Eastern Europe regions including Turkey. He is also an expert at fight against corruption.

TURKIYE (RIGHT)
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PARLIAMENTARY INVESTMENT TO BE LAUNCHED AGAINST FORMER MINISTERS
Parliamentary Corruption Inquiry Commission requested the parliament to launch a parliamentary investigation against 25 former ministers of the government headed by former Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit. The commission completed its report and submitted it to the parliament. In the report, the commission proposed to launch parliamentary investigation against 25 leading names of the 57th government. There are Bulent Ecevit, Mesut Yilmaz, Devlet Bahceli, Husamettin Ozkan and Kemal Dervis among these names.

''PARLIAMENT WILL TAKE DECISION ABOUT DISPATCH OF TURKISH SOLDIERS''
Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said that only the parliament could take a decision about dispatch of Turkish soldiers to Iraq. Gul arrived in Washington D.C. on a four-day official visit as guest of U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell. He partook in a luncheon hosted in his honor by American-Turkish Council. Responding questions of journalists during the luncheon, Gul stressed that only the parliament could take a decision about dispatch of Turkish soldiers to Iraq.

ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)
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SOLDIER MESSAGE FROM GUL: ''FINAL DECISION IS PARLIAMENT'S''
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, who started his contacts in the United States, emphasized during the meal of Turkish-American Council that Parliament would give the decision of sending Turkish soldier to Iraq. When a reporter asked whether he trusted his party about sending soldiers, Gul said, ''we will revise it. These are discussed in Turkey. If these issues are asked to us, we have things to say. Of course, in the end Parliament decides it.''

THREE PERCENT OF TURKISH PEOPLE CONSIDER THEMSELVES EUROPEAN
The European Union (EU) compared for the first time the people of 13 candidate and 15 member countries. According to the survey in which 1000 Turkish people participated, only three percent of Turkish people consider themselves as 'European' and 52 percent describe themselves as Turkish.

(UK-GC-AÖ) 24.07.2003