ANKARA - These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey's press on January 30, 2004. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET (LIBERAL)
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RAID ON PKK WHEN ERDOGAN AND BUSH HOLD MEETING
When Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President George W. Bush had a meeting in the Oval Office in the White House, U.S. troops raided on the center of Democratic Solution Party (DCP) which is political sub-organization of PKK in Iraq. Ankara expressed once again its demands that the United States should take action against PKK components in north of Iraq during Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to the United States. Washington answered to this demand by a raid on the center of DCP.

KOEHLER AND WOLFENSOHN TO COME TO ISTANBUL
Istanbul will host two important bosses of world economy in March. World Bank President James Wolfensohn and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Horst Koehler with whom Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met on Wednesday will come to Istanbul to participate in the Investor Council which will be held in Istanbul on March 15. Koehler and Wolfensohn told Erdogan that they arranged their programs to come to Istanbul in the meeting. State Minister Ali Babacan said that the Investor Council targeted foreign investors to take into consideration Turkey.

MILLIYET (LIBERAL)
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FIRST SLAP ON PKK
A raid was launched in the office of Democratic Solution Party, which was founded by the terrorist organization PKK in Iraq a short time ago. The U.S. gave a message to terrorists from the ''field'' rather than the ''centre'' for the first time. When U.S. President received Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Oval Office and gave Erdogan assurances about the PKK, troops of Bremer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq were launching an active operation against the terrorist PKK organization for the first time.

NEGOTIATIONS IN CYPRUS CAN START ON FEB. 9
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell called up U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan yesterday asking for starting of negotiations in Cyprus. The U.S. officials expect the negotiations to start on February 9 and to be concluded in 50 days.

SABAH (LIBERAL)
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POWELL: I AM NOT MEDIATOR
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell who met with Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul yesterday said that the main task in Cyprus issue belonged to U.N. and that the U.S. supported Annan plan. Powell noted that he was not a mediator in Cyprus talks, but he would make every effort to resolve the Cyprus dispute. He noted that he would put pressure on both Turkish and Greek sides.

CYPRUS TALKS CAN START ON FEB. 9
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish delegation promised the U.S. administration to start a 50-day diplomacy marathon on Cyprus issue. According to the proposal of the Turkish side, the negotiations can start on February 9 and continue for 50 days to finish on March 31.

CUMHURIYET (LEFT)
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ERDOGAN CAN'T GET WHAT HE WANTS FROM BUSH
The meeting between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President George W. Bush didn't bring out concrete advantages for Turkey. Erdogan, who was welcomed in the U.S. as if he was the leader of a third world country, could not bring onto agenda the developments in north of Iraq. After the meeting, no permission was given to reporters to ask questions and this was interpreted as Bush didn't want to give concrete messages. The visit was considered as symbolic and Turkish investors could not get any benefits from the visit, too.

SIX LEFTIST PARTIES DECIDE TO UNITE FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS
Six leftist political parties decided to unite their powers in local elections that will take place on March 28, 2004. Leaders of Social Democrat People's Party (SHP), Democracy Party (DEHAP), Freedom and Solidarity Party (ODP), Work Party (EMEP), Free Society Party (OTP) and Socialist Democracy Party (SDP) held a joint news conference and noted that the 'Democratic Union of Power' which they would form was the only alternative for democratic solution of Kurdish problem, independence and democratization of the country and for saving the country and nation from IMF and imperialist powers.

RADIKAL (LEFT)
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IMF WAITS FOR DECISION
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Horst Koehler in the United States. Koehler who congratulated the government on practices said that they were ready to go to Turkey for the seventh review as quickly as possible and noted that but the government should decide what to do. Asked whether or not the seventh review should be carried out after local elections, Koehler said that it was early to say whether it would be before or after elections, but adding that they wanted to see it before elections. Koehler did not announce the content of measures that they suggested.

POWELL INTERVENES IN CYPRUS ISSUE
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell who hosted Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said that he was not ''a mediator or facilitator''. Powell said that a solution was about to be found in Cyprus and asked U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to invite the sides to negotiation. Gul reiterated that the Turkish side wanted to restart negotiations on Cyprus issue.

TURKIYE (RIGHT)
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GOODBYE TO IMF
State Minister Ali Babacan said that 2004 year would be a turning point with regard to relations with International Monetary Fund (IMF) and stated that recovery in Turkish economy was appreciated by everyone. Babacan noted that they did not want to make a new loan agreement with IMF after 2005. When asked whether or not Turkey would need continuation of programs of IMF after 2004, Babacan said, ''a decision has not been taken on this issue yet. We will decide on the issue in mid-2004. It seems that Turkey will not need such a program including loan after 2005. But there are also many other formats for working with the IMF.''

COLD WEATHER DURING FEAST OF SACRIFICE
There will be cold weather across the country during the Feast of Sacrifice. Meteorology officials said that temperatures would decrease throughout Turkey and stated that there would be rainfall in East Black Sea and East Anatolia regions during the Feast of Sacrifice.

ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)
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ANNAN INSISTS ON DE SOTO
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan who was not warm to the idea of intervention of U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in Cyprus negotiations, nevertheless said that he would accept any assistance that could contribute to solution of Cyprus issue. Annan issued confusing statements about Powell's taking initiative in Cyprus. Annan noted that Powell was already very busy, adding ''I have had a very good negotiator (De Soto) who knows the issue inside out. If we were to resume the process, because of the time factor I would want to have somebody who knows the issues.''

U.S. ADMINISTRATION IS RESOLVED ABOUT FIGHT WITH TERRORISM
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the mission of Turkey, as a guarantor country, was to have a positive approach about Cyprus issue like it always had. Speaking to reporters covering his visit to the U.S., Erdogan said that he paid a very successful visit to the U.S. and the positive results of the visit would be taken soon. When asked if the U.S. put a schedule in fight with terrorist organization PKK/KADEK in north of Iraq, Erdogan said that he saw that the U.S. administration was very resolved in fight with terrorism.

(Öª-EÖ-AÖ) 30.01.2004