ANKARA - These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey's press on November 17, 2003. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET (LIBERAL)
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HERE ARE FIRST CLUES
Information regarding the bomb attacks on two synagogues of Istanbul started to become clear. Due to first clues, the assailants were from the Middle East and those who helped them were Turkish. The security camera of Neve Shalom synagogue showed the image of the terrorist who staged the suicide attack in a red lorry. The assailant who died in the bombing is believed to be an Arab. Police believe that those who helped the organization of the bomb attacks were Turkish. The two lorries were bought second handed and they were registered on Turkish citizens.

TURKEY IS OUR HOME, WE WILL NEVER LEAVE HERE
A Turkish citizen of Jewish origin gave the most meaningful response to terrorists who caused bloodshed in Istanbul by staging bomb attacks on two synagogues. Yusuf Habib Gerez, 77, said that ''I will not leave Turkey even if they launch bombings for million times. Here is our home and it will always be so.'' The words of Gerez were covered by Los Angeles Times newspaper of the U.S.

MILLIYET (LIBERAL)
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AL-QAEDA CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOMBINGS
The London-based Arabic-language newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi said a unit of the al Qaeda network had claimed responsibility for weekend synagogue bombings that killed at least 23 people in Turkey. The newspaper said a division of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda had sent it a statement by e-mail claiming responsibility for Saturday's simultaneous bombings in Istanbul.

ANTI-TERRORISM TEAM OF U.S. COMES TO ANKARA
A special team came from the U.S. to investigate the connections of terrorist organizations Al Qaeda and Hamas in Turkey. The U.S. delegation's official agenda is to have contacts about ''freezing of assets to prevent financing terrorism and black money laundering and meeting with prosecutors and judges who are specialized in such cases.''

SABAH (LIBERAL)
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TWO ACTIVISTS DETERMINED
Police determined two activists who participated in fight voluntarily in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Chechnya. Security forces detained relatives of those persons. It was thought that two suspects had connection with Islamic terrorist organizations. Police reached important evidences from licenses of two trucks which were used in bomb attacks on two synagogues in Sisli and Beyoglu.

HISTORICAL VISIT TO CHIEF RABBI HALEVA
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Chief Rabbi Ishak Haleva in Turkey after the bomb attacks on two synagogues in Sisli and Beyoglu on Saturday. Erdogan told Havela that they would reach solution on the incident and stated that they would settle peace. Havela said that Erdogan's visit was a very important support and stated that security teams protected them very well.

CUMHURIYET (LEFT)
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TURKEY AND ISRAEL GIVE MESSAGE THAT THEY WILL ACT JOINTLY AGAINST TERRORISM
Bomb attacks on synagogues in Istanbul brought onto the agenda once again the importance of international cooperation against terrorism. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said that terrorism had no limits. Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom who came together with Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul in Istanbul said that terrorists attacked on countries which attributed importance to democracy, freedom and legal state. Shalom said that everyone should understand that terrorism hit anywhere and added that if countries acted jointly against terrorism, they would win. Foreign Minister Gul said that presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers of many countries called them by telephone and confirmed cooperation in fight against international terrorism.

ANKARA HAS SINGLE VOICE IN TRNC
Ceremonies to mark the 20th anniversary of the foundation of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) showed that Turkey will carry on its support to TRNC President Rauf Denktas. Contradictory statements that Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has made on Cyprus issue so far ended with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's speech supporting Denktas.

RADIKAL (LEFT)
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ISRAELI FM: WE TRUST TURKEY
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who examined the two synagogues which were bombed last Saturday said that it was difficult to believe that such an attack was launched by a terrorist organization based in Turkey. Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said he believed that the Turkish government would do its best to find the assailants as soon as possible.

ANKARA GETS READY FOR CYPRUS
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said that a sincere step had to be taken about Cyprus issue. Gul noted that Turkey was getting ready to take action together with the political party which would win the elections in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).

TURKIYE (RIGHT)
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CALL FROM ERDOGAN TO THE WORLD: LET US FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM TOGETHER
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said minimizing terror was their most important target, and called for an international platform to be formed.
Erdogan said, ''No country in the world managed to eradicate terrorism. However, minimizing it, is our most important target.''
Stating that damage assessments continued, Erdogan said necessary preparations would be made to overcome difficulties of citizens who received damage during the attacks.

BAYKAL: MEASURES SHOULD BE INCREASED
Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal said efforts were underway to drag Turkey into atmosphere of terrorism in the Middle East, noting that explosions in Istanbul showed that necessary measures were not taken.

THOSE ARE THE ATTACKS STAGED BY COWARDS
Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul made a joint statement to press after visiting the synagogues that were bombed.
Gul and Shalom said the attacks were staged by coward people, stressing that, ''international community should work together. We will win if we fight against terrorists.''

ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)
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CHIEF RABBI IN TURKEY ASKS PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN A SAFE PLACE FOR SYNAGOGUE
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Ishak Haleva, the Chief Rabbi in Turkey, and expressed condolences over people who died in bomb attacks on two synagogues in Istanbul. Haleva asked Erdogan a new synagogue to be built in a safer place. Erdogan welcomed the offer and Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu gave an instruction that necessary support would be made within the scope of the laws.

IT IS CLAIMED AL-QAEDA CARRIES OUT ATTACKS ON SYNAGOGUES IN ISTANBUL
It was claimed that terrorist organization Al-Qaeda carried out attacks on two synagogues in Istanbul. London-based Arab language newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi said that they received a statement saying Al-Qaeda executed the attacks on Saturday because it learned that agents of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad were in the synagogues.

(EÖ-ÖŞ-AY) 17.11.2003