ANKARA - These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey's press on March 22, 2004. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET (LIBERAL)
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EVERYBODY AGREES IN CYPRUS
The United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy to Cyprus Alvaro de Soto, who came to Ankara to hold meetings on Cyprus talks process, said that he was hopeful regarding the process in the island. De Soto met with Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal in Ankara yesterday. De Soto said that there was a process on which everybody had reached a consensus and there were high-ranking commitments.

52 MILLION DOLLARS OF PROMOTION BRINGS 8.5 BILLION DOLLARS
According to figures of Privatization Administration, a total of 52.7 million dollars were spent in 1986-2002 period for the advertisement, promotion and consultation expenses of the institutions which would be privatized. While privatization of this period was 8 billion 551 million dollars, a total of 3.4 billion dollars were transferred to Treasury until the end of 2002.

MILLIYET (LIBERAL)
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ERDOGAN: I WANT TO CONTINUE WITH DENKTAS
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that they had taken up Cyprus issue with Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi Ozkok and added, ''there is no change in sine qua nons and red lines in Cyprus. We will carry on quartet meetings in Switzerland until the end with same determination and seriousness.'' Noting that they would meet with Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas as soon as possible, Erdogan said that he did not give up his hope yet. Noting that they started the process together with Denktas, Erdogan said that they wanted to continue and conclude the process with Denktas.

FIRST COMMITMENTS, THEN SOLUTION
The United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy to Cyprus Alvaro de Soto had a meeting with Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal in Ankara for six hours. De Soto said that they could be hopeful for the solution if there was consensus and political will.
SABAH (LIBERAL)
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EU ADJUSTMENT NEVRUZ
Nevruz, which had caused clashes between people and security forces in previous years, was celebrated like a festival this year. No incident happened, Kurdish songs were sang and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent voice message and celebrated Nevruz.

EU LAW PRESSURE FROM ANKARA
Ankara gave the message to the United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy to Cyprus Alvaro de Soto that consideration of agreement in Cyprus as basic law in the European Union (EU) was the essence of negotiations; otherwise, reaching a solution was difficult.

CUMHURIYET (LEFT)
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PREPARATION TO SUMMIT WITHOUT DENKTAS
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi Ozkok and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul evaluated the strategy to be followed in quartet summit, various scenarios against possible steps of Greece and Greek Cypriot side and new map alternatives. Turkey determined its sine qua nons as inclusion of solution to be reached in Cyprus talks in the European Union (EU) primary laws, strengthening of bizonality and continuation of Turkey's guarantor rights and security system.

ERDOGAN NOT WANT TO ATTEND ALONE TO QUARTET SUMMIT
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that they wanted to continue together with Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas in quartet Cyprus summit which will be held in Switzerland. Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government is reluctant to undertake the responsibility of give and take process alone.

RADIKAL (LEFT)
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ERDOGAN: TURKEY IS SECULAR AND WILL REMAIN SECULAR
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that if there was no secularism, religion would be harmed by this mostly. He said that Turkey was a state of law which was secular and social and added that Islamic state did not exist in secular state.

ANKARA WARNS EU
While final preparations were made prior to quartet meeting which would start on Tuesday for the solution of Cyprus issue in Switzerland, Ankara warned the European Union (EU) and said that the agreement which would be reached in Cyprus should be the basic law of the Union and there was no aspect of this issue to discuss for Turkey.

TURKIYE (RIGHT)
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CYPRUS PROCESS NOT CONTINUE WITHOUT DENKTAS
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he did not give up his hope for Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Rauf Denktas who decided not to participate in quartet Cyprus talks to be held in Switzerland. Speaking to a private channel yesterday, Erdogan said that he would talk with Denktas as soon as possible and added that he did not give up his hope because they started this process together with Denktas and they wanted to continue and conclude the process with Denktas.

POSITIVE MESSAGES
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said that Turkey's membership to the European Union (EU) was very important for the security of Germany. He added that opposition parties were trying to use the issue of Turkey's EU membership with populist means and said that however Europe's security perspective was in question.

ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)
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NEVRUZ CELEBRATED IN TURKEY WITH EXCITEMENT
Nevruz, a day symbolizing the beginning of spring, was celebrated with excitement in Turkey. Slogans for terrorist organization PKK/KADEK leader Abdullah Ocalan were shouted in some places of the country. Common sense of people prevented bad incidents happen during celebrations.

ANKARA EXPECTS SOLUTION FROM EU IN QUARTET MEETING
Ankara wants concrete steps to be taken for the solution of derogation problem during quartet Cyprus talks which would start in Switzerland tomorrow. The United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy to Cyprus Alvaro de Soto, who came to Ankara prior to quartet meetings, met with Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal and other officials. Foreign Ministry officials told De Soto that consideration of the solution, which would be reached in Cyprus, within the primary law of the European Union (EU) was important for Turkey and stressed that if derogation issue was not solved, there would not be an agreement.

(GC-AÖ) 22.03.2004