ANKARA - These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey's press on August 3, 2003. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET (LIBERAL)
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IMF: ''TURKEY DESERVES SUPPORT OF WORLD''
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Horst Koehler said that they wanted to contribute to economic program in practice in Turkey by moving part of Turkey's repayments from 2004-05 to 2005-06. Making a statement after the IMF Executive Board had released loan of 500 million U.S. dollars for Turkey completing the fifth review, Koehler said, ''Turkey's efforts deserve the continued support of the international community.'' The decision of the IMF pleased U.S. administration. A high-level U.S. official said that there were no problems before 1 billion U.S. dollars in grants which could be turned into loan of 8.5 billion U.S. dollars.

NSC SECRETARY TO BE A SOLDIER FOR ONE MORE YEAR
Compromise reached on the most critical issue of the Supreme Military Council (YAS). The National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General will be ''a soldier'' for one more year. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan drew attention to importance of appointment of NSC Secretary among civilians in the European Union (EU) adjustment process. But, commanders proposed that the NSC Secretary General should be chosen among ''soldiers'' for one more years due to security reasons. Erdogan, who evaluated the issue with his friends in the cabinet, thought that the proposal was ''reasonable.''

MILLIYET (LIBERAL)
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NSC PRESSURE
The Supreme Military Council (YAS) gave this message to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan: ''If the new NSC arrangement is vetoed by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, don't be insistent. The arrangement in the seventh European Union (EU) adjustment package, which abolished authorities of the Secretariat General of NSC at great extent, came onto agenda during YAS meeting. Commanders asked Erdogan not to be insistent on re-passing the law in case the arrangement was returned by the president. In the meeting, Prime Minister Erdogan and National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul signed the decision to dismiss 20 officers and non-commissioned officers from the army due to fundamentalism by writing a phrase saying, ''right to appeal is deserved.'' Soldiers who are members of the council warned, ''you are contradicting with your responsibility to implement the laws.''

LESSONS TAKEN FROM EXPLOSION
After 17 people were injured in the ''disaster'' that occurred in Ankara ''due to negligence'', police is more careful. A bomb found in a garbage area in eastern Kars province was defused under tight security measures. Experts wearing special clothes dealt with the suspicious package found in Aegean Kutahya province.

SABAH (LIBERAL)
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SECRETARIAT GENERAL IS IN SOLDIER ONE MORE YEAR
While the law regarding appointment of National Security Council (NSC) Secretariat General among civilians or soldiers within the scope of the European Union (EU) adjustment law was adopted by parliament, this mission is decided to be carried out by a general for one more year during Supreme Military Council (YAS) meeting as President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has not approved the law yet.

CHP IS ON DEFENSE: RESIGNATIONS ARE PERSONAL
Republican People's Party (CHP), which lost its two deputies due to Reassociation Law, started defense. CHP deputy group leader Mustafa Ozyurek, who was claimed to be effective in resignations, said that Agri deputy Cemal Kaya and Batman deputy Nezir Nasiroglu resigned from the party due to personal and private reasons.

CUMHURIYET (LEFT)
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APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS TO BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW
According to information we received, Naval Forces Commander Bulent Alpkaya will get retired. War Academies Commander Halil Ibrahim Firtina will take over the Air Forces Command from Cumhur Asparuk, who will also retire. Deputy Chief of General Staff Yasar Buyukanit, who has completed his headquarters mission, is expected to be appointed to First Army Command.

TURKEY DELAYS ITS DEBT
State Minister Ali Babacan said that they had to implement ''stricter'' financial policies in the following few years. Babacan drew attention that 4.5 billion U.S. dollars debt which was to be paid in 2004 would not be paid in 2005 either and said that it would provide a relief of 11.3 billion U.S. dollars. A serious rise occurred in debt repayments of Turkey to be made as of 2006 due to delay of debts.

RADIKAL (LEFT)
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''RED APPLE'' COALITION
The national leftists and national rightists are looking at the world from the same window. They are against concession in Cyprus, European Union (EU) membership and adjustment laws. They are of same opinion that the United States and Europe will divide Turkey. They chant slogans together in demonstrations and call for unity in same publications. The national leftists and national rightists, who were enemies once upon a time, have changed with globalization. They are of the same opinion about democratization, Cyprus, EU and relations with the United States. The two sides are getting closer to each other every day.

BOMBS SAME
The bomb, which exploded in the Justice Ministry's Center of Education for Trainee Judges and Prosecutors, was the same with the bombs left in five other places in Ankara.

''ALIYEV HEALTHY''
Gulhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) Secretary General Ekrem Kaynak announced that state of health of Azerbaijani President Haydar Aliyev was good while Aliyev's son Ilham ran his candidacy for the presidency.

TURKIYE (RIGHT)
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TURKS IN FRONT OF BRUSSELS
The western press commented the legalization of the seventh European Union (EU) adjustment package with the support of soldiers as ''a reform.'' German, French, British and Belgian press praised Turkey. German Suddeutsche Zeitung used the title ''Turks in front of Brussels.'' German Tageszeitung which praised Chief of General Staff Hilmi Ozkok commented that ''army provided the civilization of politics and politicians will no more hide themselves behind the army.'' The Economist magazine made this news a cover news and said that it was a reform and noted that Turkey openly showed its determination to renew its system with this package.

PEPE: SEZER HAS NOT SEEN THE LAW YET
Forestry Minister Osman Pepe said, ''President Ahmet Necdet Sezer did not have any tendency. The law on forests has not been brought to him yet and he has not examined it yet.'' Stating that he informed Sezer about the law on sale of fields which could no more be called as forests in detail, Pepe said, ''Sezer has not taken sides yet. But, if he decides to call for a referendum, we will do what is necessary.''

ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)
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IMF'S SURPRISE SUPPORT DECREASES INTERESTS AND REFRESHES ECONOMY
International Monetary Fund (IMF) postponed Turkey's repayment of debt that was 6,8 billion U.S. dollars surprisingly and released the loan worth of 476 million dollars by approving the fifth review. Leading names of business world and economists, who evaluated those two steps of IMF, said that refreshment in markets would increase, adding that interests would decrease.

DEPUTIES WORKED HARD, FORGOT ARGUMENT
Parliament signed important arrangements by working hard in the first legislative year of the 22nd Term. Deputies, who worked nearly 606 hours in eight months, passed 206 drafts. They broadened law packages prepared for adjustment to the European Union (EU), and human rights and freedoms. No arguments occurred at parliament on the contrary to previous years.

(BRC-GC) 03.08.2003