ANKARA - These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey's press on June 19, 2004. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET (LIBERAL)
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BORN WARNS DEP PARLIAMENTARIANS: DON'T SUPPORT VIOLENCE
German Ambassador in Ankara Wolf-Ruthart Born told People's Democracy Party (HADEP) and former Democracy Party (DEP) that the doors were opened in Turkey and the doors which were opened for dialogue and compromise should not be kicked, adding that the efforts the government should be appreciated.

FIRST TO ANKARA
U.S. President George Bush will come to Ankara as the official guest of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer prior to NATO Summit which will take place between June 28 and 29. Sezer and Bush will have a tete-a-tete lunch. Sezer will convey presence of PKK in north of Iraq and call for a solution.
Turkish Presidential Foreign Affairs Chief Adviser Sermet Atacanli said that the United States did not want information to be given about Bush's visit for security concerns.

MILLIYET (LIBERAL)
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EXAMINATION OF POLICE WITH EU
A circular, signed by Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu, called on police to put an end to practices that cast shadow over European Union (EU) process.
Under the circular, police will not be able to record the meetings held by non-governmental organizations (NGOs), demonstrations, cocktails and news conferences to cameras.
The demonstrations will be considered within the scope of Constitution's ''freedom of spreading of ideas''. Members of NGOs will be allowed to announce their views at open areas and chant slogans.

500 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS TO COME FROM WORLD BANK
The World Bank Executive Directors approved a 1 billion U.S. dollars of Third Programmatic Financial and Public Sector Adjustment Loan (PFPSAL III) for Turkey, Turkey's Office of Treasury Undersecretary said.
The loan agreement was signed between officials of the Office of Treasury Undersecretary and the World Bank.
A statement of the Treasury Undersecretary's Office said that the first tranche of the loan worth of 500 million U.S. dollars would be released at the end of June and the second at the end of 2004.
A statement of the World Bank said that the main objective of PFPSAL III was to provide support during 2004 to the Government of Turkey's financial and public sector reform priorities while ensuring that social programs were adequately funded and increasingly better targeted.

SABAH (LIBERAL)
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EU APPRECIATES REFORMS AND WANTS TURKEY TO CONTINUE EFFORTS
The final statement of the European Union (EU) Summit expressed pleasure over the reforms in Turkey. It said if the implementation of reforms were extended to whole country and the Progress Report about Turkey became positive, membership negotiations would start rapidly.

ATTACK ON NATO SUMMIT VALLEY PREVENTED
Istanbul Security determined that Ansar Al Islam terrorist organization was in preparation of a bomb attack during NATO Summit like Al Qaida terrorist organization did on November 15 and 20 in Istanbul. Police captured Mithat Sen, graduated from Bogazici University, and Sedat Sen, graduated from Marmara University. Mithat and Sedat Sen would launch a suicide attack with a truck full of oil during NATO Summit.

CUMHURIYET (LEFT)
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SEZER WARNS ABOUT GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer stressed that Turkey could not be considered as a target country for the Greater Middle East Initiative. Noting that impositions from outside to the geography within the scope of the Initiative would be wrong, Sezer said that the need for reform and renovation should emerge with the inner dynamics of these countries.

ISRAELI AGENTS TO COME TO TURKEY
Turkey allows 157 Israeli security members to work at Turkish Airports for security of Israeli tourists. While the security of Israeli people abroad are provided generally by MOSSAD, Turkish Foreign Ministry sources said that Israeli security members would not undertake mission out of the airports.
RADIKAL (LEFT)
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ERDOGAN ''WE WISH TO START NEGOTIATIONS IN MARCH 2005''
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, ''it is an estimation and a wish to start negotiations in March 2005 if the progress report becomes positive.''
At the summit, European Union (EU) leaders reiterated their commitments towards Turkey and listed the deficiencies.
The summit statement appreciated Ankara's determination to meet Copenhagen criteria and wanted the deficiencies to be overcome.

TWO WARNINGS TO DEHAP
Ambassadors of U.S. and Germany: PKK is a terrorist organization. There cannot be negotiations. Violence should be clearly condemned.
U.S. Ambassador in Ankara Eric Edelman said that release of former Democracy Party (DEP) deputies is positive, noting that it was a part of EU process.
Edelman said that they considered PKK and organizations which are continuation of it as terrorist and that they would not negotiate with any terrorist group.

TURKIYE (RIGHT)
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PKK FILE TO BUSH
A statement issued from the Presidential Palace said U.S. President George W. Bush will have a meeting with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
Issues which are important for Turkey will be discussed at the meeting. Terrorist PKK organization will mainly be discussed at the meeting, and Turkey will call on U.S. to take action against terrorists in north of Iraq.

ANKARA IS SURE THAT EU WILL SET A DATE IN DECEMBER
As the leaders of the European Union (EU) defend that negotiations with Turkey could start in July 2005, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, ''we think that Turkey deserved to start negotiations in March 2005 with its basis, legal arrangements, the determined steps taken in implementation and its political will.''

ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)
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POLICE CAMERAS NOT TO EXIST DURING DEMONSTRATIONS
Turkish Interior Ministry banned record of meetings and demonstrations by police cameras. Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu sent a circular to Governors and said that the record implementations harm the European Union (EU) process.

REPROACH FROM ERDOGAN TO EU
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not like the part about Turkey which takes place in the final statement of the European Union (EU) Summit in June. However, he talked hopeful about starting membership negotiations. He said that the EU has not taken steps yet regarding the Cyprus problem. Erdogan's demand for corrections in the final statement was rejected.

(GC-AY) 19.06.2004