ANKARA - These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey's press on July 28, 2003. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET (LIBERAL)
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FROM HOSTILITY TO USD 1 BILLION
A Syrian prime minister will pay a visit to Turkey for the first time in 17 years. Prior to his visit to Turkey, Prime Minister Mustafa Miro of Syria said that Turkey and Syria had overcome their problems. Noting that the issue of terrorist organization PKK was left behind, Prime Minister Miro said, ''we have been trying to resolve the problem of water under mutual confidence.'' Meanwhile, trade volume between Turkey and Syria has increased to 1 billion U.S. dollars.

DISPATCH OF SOLDIERS TO IRAQ TO BE DELAYED TO FALL
The government is expected to bring the issue of dispatch of soldiers to Iraq onto parliamentary agenda following the parliamentary recess. During his meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said, ''we should overcome the incident of detention of Turkish soldiers in Suleymaniyah. The incident has created a profound reaction among Turkish people. Therefore, if the stability force is formed under the structure of the United Nations or NATO, parliament's approval will not be required to dispatch Turkish soldiers to Iraq.'' The U.S. side is not positive about the proposal.

MILLIYET (LIBERAL)
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UNITED STATES SATISFIED
U.S. administration appreciated attitude of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government about the European Union (EU) membership. During his four-day visit to the United States, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul stressed that they had been expending intense efforts to turn Copenhagen criteria into Turkey's own criteria. He also noted that objections of the military circles against the seventh EU adjustment package could not stop them.

CRITICAL WEEK AT PARLIAMENT
The seventh European Union (EU) adjustment package, the draft law about sale of area which has lost their forest characteristics, and the re-association draft law will be debated at the parliament this week. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) called on its deputies to attend the parliamentary sessions. Meanwhile, the government will try to a give a respond to request of the United States for dispatch of Turkish soldiers to Iraq.

SABAH (LIBERAL)
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GUL: REQUIREMENT OF OUR INTERESTS WILL BE DONE
Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said that positive answers were taken about the suggestion package which Turkey had presented to the United States concerning Iraq. Noting that the view of Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) was important about sending soldiers to Iraq, Gul said, ''requirement of Turkey's interests will be done.'' Gul said that there were no difficulties regarding the donation worth of one billion U.S. dollars that would be given to Turkey and he emphasized that relations with the United States had a broad scope. Gul said that they agreed with the United States that the strategic relations between Turkey and the United States would not be left to coincidence and time.

UNAKITAN: STOP EMPTY TALKS AND MAKE PRODUCTION
Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan, who claimed that non-governmental organizations were making politics, said, ''you don't have the right to say words that will obscure Turkey's future.'' Unakitan sent tough messages to business world. Noting, ''a country which makes production is a growing country; if a country is not making production, it is useless,'' Unakitan said that the business world should direct towards production instead of criticizing.

CUMHURIYET (LEFT)
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TURKEY LOCKED
Parliament enters the last week of the legislative year with issues which were kept high on agenda by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party). The request of the United States about dispatch of Turkish soldiers to Iraq has escalated tension among deputies of the AK Party. This time, a number of deputies react to dispatch of soldiers. Meanwhile, the government could not reach a compromise with military officials about the seventh European Union (EU) adjustment package envisaging restrictions in authority of the National Security Council (NSC).

ANALYSIS OF A VISIT
Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul returned to Turkey yesterday after wrapping up his four-day visit to the United States. Gul held his most important meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Sources said that dispatch of Turkish soldiers to Iraq could help efforts to overcome problems in political relations between Turkey and the United States.

RADIKAL (LEFT)
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A BILL OF 40 QUADRILLION TL
The report prepared by the Parliamentary Corruption Inquiry Commission described transfer of 20 banks to the Savings Deposits Insurance Fund (SDIF) during the economic crisis as a wrongful decision. The report said, ''if these banks had been allowed to go bankrupt and their depositors had been paid their money, Turkey would have suffered a loss of 8.2 quadrillion Turkish lira (TL). However, these banks were transferred to SDIF and Turkey's loss increased up to 40 quadrillion TL.''

ERDOGAN: ''THE STATE IS NOT A SOURCE FOR RANT''
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who also acts as leader of ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), accused former governments for increasing unemployment in Turkey. Speaking at the provincial congress of the AK Party in southeastern province of Gaziantep, Prime Minister Erdogan said, ''there are 5.5 million unemployed people according to official records. However, this number increases to 10-15 million with unregistered workers. In the past, 100 people were employed for a job that could be done with 10 people. Our state is not a source of rant any longer.''

TURKIYE (RIGHT)
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GUL: WE WILL ACT JOINTLY WITH THE UNITED STATES
Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said that Turkey and the United States were in determination to act with jointly in the north of Iraq. Releasing a statement to reporters in his return from the United States, Gul said that they received positive answers from U.S. officials about the package of suggestions presented by Turkey for Iraq.

A TURK IN OECD
Rauf Gonenc was appointed as Turkey desk chief of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). For the first time, a Turkish person has become Turkey desk chief in OECD with this appointment.

ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)
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TOURISTS FROM ISLAMIC COUNTRIES ARE FLOWING TO TURKEY
A total of 325 thousand tourists from Islamic countries visited Turkey in the first six month of 2003. This figure is close to the number of tourists who visited Turkey last year. The most important reason of the increase is the motion which was rejected on March 1. Turkey received a tourist flow from Islamic countries after it rejected the motion.

TURKISH SOLDIER WILL HAVE ITS OWN COMMAND IN IRAQ
The U.S. administration accepted in principle ''Turkey's taking the command in the region where Turkish soldiers will be charged'', if Turkish soldiers will be sent to Iraq. Diplomatic sources said that the American side accepted in principle giving command to Turkey in the region where Turkish soldiers would be charged during the visit of U.S. Central Command Chief Gen. John Abizaid to Ankara. Noting that Turkey would be the third biggest troop in Iraq if Turkey sent soldiers there, sources said that a political process having a military dimension was continuing and that Turkey should be represented in proportion to its power.

(UK-GC-AÖ) 28.07.2003