ANKARA - These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on July 12th, 2008. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET
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SENER RESIGNS FROM AK PARTY
Former Deputy PM Abdullatif Sener, who is working to start a new political formation, resigned from the Justice and Development (AK) Party. Sener who attended the last Central Executive Committee meeting of AK Party made a farewell speech before resigning.
HOT CONTACT IN MOUNT KATO: 10 TERRORISTS KILLED
Turkish Armed Forces started an operation against a group of 25 PKK terrorists at Mount Kato in the southeastern district of Beytusebbap who were caught on thermal camera. Ten terrorists and one village guard was killed.
The operation continues against the remaining 15 terrorists. Elite Gendarmerie Forces were sent to the area along with Cobra and Super Cobra helicopters.

MILLIYET
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"IT WILL BE UNVEILED DURING TRIAL"
Retired Gen. Hilmi Ozkok, former chief of the General Staff, has said that the truth would be unveiled during the trial process. Earlier, Ozkok met President Abdullah Gul following arrest of senior retired generals under the Ergenekon probe. After the meeting, Ozkok told reporters about the alleged military coup plot, "I will not say if there was or if there wasn't."
INDICTMENT TO BE MADE PUBLIC ON MONDAY
Istanbul Chief Proscutor's Office has said that a statement would be made on Monday about the indictment for the Ergenekon probe. The indictment is expected to be made public at around 11:00 p.m. on July 14th.
GULER: "IT WAS A SUICIDE ATTACK"
Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler has said that the armed attack outside the U.S. consulate general was undoubtedly a "suicide attack". Meanwhile, number of detainees increased to ten after the attack in which three police officers lost their lives and three gunmen were killed.

SABAH
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BUSH CALLS TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE
U.S. President Bush called his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul and said, "I'm grateful to the martyred police officers." U.S Ambassador to Turkey Ross Wilson said U.S. security personnel did not interfere in the shootout as they did not have guns.
SENER RESIGNS FROM AK PARTY
Former Deputy PM Abdullatif Sener, who announced that he would start a new political party, resigned and said farewell to Justice and Development (AK) Party members. His first trip will be to the cental province of Konya.

VATAN
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SENER ANNOUNCES HIS NEW PARTY ON DAY OF RESIGNATION
Former Deputy PM Abdullatif Sener, one of the four founding members of Justice and Development (AK) Party, bade farewell to members of the party's Central Executive Board and submitted his resignation petition on Friday.
Sener who is set to start a new political party, announced the "New Political Movement" with ads appearing on local daily newspapers in his hometown Sivas. Sener will make his first trip to the Central province of Konya, stronghold of conservatives in Turkey.
Erdogan who made his first comment on Sener's resignation said, "we wanted him to be a candidate in the general elections. He turned us down. Such movements in history have all failed. I will not have anything to do with those who get off the train. Still, I bid him farewell."
YANKIES WERE UNARMED DURING ATTACK
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Ross Wilson answered criticisms as to why the wounded policemen were not taken into the U.S. Consulate General building and the U.S. security guards did not interfere in the shootout. He said, "our guards were unarmed during the attack. And the first thing we do during such an attack is to shut the doors in order to protect those inside the consulate building." U.S. President George Bush called his Turkish Counterpart Gul and expressed his condolences.

CUMHURIYET
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ERGENEKON INDICTMENT TO BE MADE PUBLIC ON MONDAY
Acting Chief Public Prosecutor in Istanbul, Turan Colak Kadi said they postponed the announcement of the indictment to Monday. Colakkadi said they did not finish reviewing the indictment yet and said Chief Public Prosecutor Aykut Cengiz Engina and he would make public the indictment at 11:00 a.m. on June 14th Monday.
KANADOGLU UNDERLINES INTERFERRENCE FROM MEDIA AND POLITICIANS IN OPERATION ERGENEKON
Sabih Kanadoglu, honorary chief prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals, said Ergenekon investigation lost credibility as independence of the judiciary was violated. He said the investigation turned out to be politically governed and guided by the media. "If the judiciary is not independent, it will be politicised," said Kanadoglu.
Kanadoglu pointed out that before the alleged diary of Ret. Adm. Ozden Ornek could be accepted as evidence, its authenticity should be confirmed. He said the court should also listen to Ornek and Former General Staff Chief Hilmi Ozkok. Kanadoglu said the military courts should carry out the investigation.

RADIKAL
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OZKOK'S SURPRISES
In an interview with the Radikal daily, retired Gen. Hilmi Ozkok, former chief of the General Staff, has refused to comment on claims that he flung the alleged military coup plots at Sener Eruygur, former commander of the Gendarmerie Forces who was arrested under the Ergenekon probe.
"If the accusations are related with the period before their retirement from the Turkish Armed Forces, the military judiciary should intervene in the case," Ozkok said.
GOVERNOR GULER PREDICTS MORE DETENTIONS
Number of detainees have increased to ten after Wednesday's armed attack outside the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul. Governor of Istanbul Muammer Guler said that the car used in the attack was seized and the fourth assailant was arrested. Guler predicted more detentions as the questioning proceeded.

TURKIYE
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"WE WILL SEARCH FOR OIL IN IRAQ"
Turkey has become one of the most important actors in Iraq after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to this country. Prime Minister Erdogan told reporters on his way back from Iraq, "we signed a document to cooperate with Iraq in searching for, drilling and marketing oil. Also, we are planning to transport Iraqi natural gas to Nabucco via Turkey with a new pipeline to be constructed in parallel to the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline."
BUSH OFFERS HIS CONDIOLENCES
U.S. President George W. Bush has called President Abdullah Gul on the phone to offer his condolences for three Turkish police officers who lost their lives in Wednesday's armed attack outside the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul. President Bush told President Gul that U.S. government was grateful for what Turkish government did to protect U.S. diplomatic establishment in Istanbul.

ZAMAN
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A WRITTEN COMMITMENT FOR IRAQI OIL
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become the first Turkish prime minister paying a state visit to Iraq after 18 years. During his historical visit, Prime Minister Erdogan took a significant step about the Iraqi oil and natural gas. Erdogan got a written commitment from Iraq to grant the Turkish Petroleum Corp. (TPAO) the right to search for and market Iraqi oil. Erdogan also proposed to transport Iraqi natural gas via Turkey with a new pipeline.
RELATIVES NOT TO CLAIM FOR TERRORIST'S BODY
Besides all Turkish people, relatives have also reacted to three terrorists who killed three police officers outside the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul. Celal Oz, uncle of one of the terrorists, said that they would not claim for his nephew's body.

YENI SAFAK
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"I WOULD HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION TOO"
Sabih Kanadoglu, former chief prosecutor of the Court of Appeals, has said that he would have launched an investigation into the alleged military coup plots too. Kanadoglu said, "if the arrested pashas made those coup plots during their tenure, a military court should deal with the case."
ATTACK PLANNED IN A HIDEOUT
It was revealed that three terrorists who martyred three police officers outside the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul, planned the attack in a hideout in Altinsehir neighborhood of Istanbul. Ten people were detained in connection with Wednesday's armed attack.