These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey's press on January 20, 2002. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET (LIBERAL)
AMERICANS AND GERMANS INTERESTED IN BUYING GALLERIA
Galleria Atakoy General Director Ali Kemal Ozcan announced that American and U.S. entrepreneurs were interested in Turkiey's first modern shopping center Galleria which will be put out for a tender by the Privatization Administration Board in 2002. Ozcan said that ten shops went under but ten new ones opened in Galleria. ''We are being very choosy because it's important to gain back the old customer profile,'' he said.
LET'S GROW THE ECONOMY BY KOBI'S
Disbank Deputy General Director Bulent Nur Ozkan has said that small and medium scale enterprises (KOBIs)were very important for the economy's growth and also in the banking sector. He added that the banking sector would have a growing interest in the KOBIs in 2002.

MILLIYET (LIBERAL)
''COKOKREM'' GANG
Three boys who were 16 and 17 years old were caught soon after they stole choloate spread (Cokokrem), cookies and chocolate by breaking into a storage in Istanbul's Beyoglu district 45 days ago. During their interrogation at the police station the boys said they didn't have any money therefore they decided to steal the cookies and chocolate bars. The suspects have been kept in jail for the last 45 days. Tomorrow the members of the ''Cokokrem gang'' will be tried for eight years in prison. The owner of the storage told the police to release them since the boys were involved in such a crime for the first time. Even the police are suprised by the possible eight years of jail term and they say people who commit much more serious crimes are released.
ZIRAAT BANK NO LONGER TO GIVE BIG CREDITS
Ziraat Bank which decreased commercial interest rates from 125 to 75 percent is doubling credit limits. Bank General Director Niyazi Erdogan said his bank would revise interest rates every month. ''We'll double the credit limits. But we won't give credits more than 20 million U.S. dollars any more,'' he said.

SABAH (LIBERAL)
ECEVIT OWES HIM HIS LIFE
Bernard Johnson who risked his life to save Ecevit from being assasinated in 1976 met Ecevit 26 years later during the prime minister's visit to the United States. ''It was a great pleasure to see Ecevit years later. He looks very good,'' Johnson said.
TWO YEARS IN JAIL FOR PRONOUNCING THE WORD ''RED NECK''
A new crime will be included in the Turkish Penal Code which is taken from the European Union:to insult some parts of the society. Under the law, it will be a crime to call a certain social class, people of a certain profession or homosexuals. The person who calls another with one of these insulting words would be given two years of jail sentence. If he commits this crime through media, the punishment will be doubled.

CUMHURIYET (LEFT)
SECRET LETTER TO IRAQ
Foreign Minister Ismail Cem sent a letter to his Iraqi counterpart Naci Sabri on Jan.4, 2002 and asked Iraq to obey UN decisions and allow UN gun inspectors to enter the country. But Sabri's response was negative. Sabri said ''The inspectors' aim is to create U.S. pressure on Iraq. Iraq already obeys UN decisions.
YILMAZ:''EU MEMBERSHIP IS TURKEY'S ONLY CHOICE''
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz has said that Turkey had no choice other than joining the European Union. Yilmaz stated that 2002 was a critical threshold in many areas for Turkey. ''The first condition to start membership negotiations is to implement Copenhagen criteria fully,'' Yilmaz said.

RADIKAL (LEFT)
AND NOW THE IRAQI SURPRISE
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit confirmed the secret meetings between Foreign Minister Ismail Cem and Greek Foreign Minister Papandreou. He also said that Turkey had an initiative to make Iraq obey UN decisions but Iraq refused to. Ecevit said Cem and Papandreou had discussed certain issues regarding the Aegean but underlined that these were not bargainings.

TURKIYE (RIGHT)
OBSTACLES IN FRONT OF FOREIGN INVESTMENTS LIFTED
The bureucratic obstacles which the foreign investors complained about were listed by the law. The Industry Regions law which lifts these obstacles took effect yesterday. The law not only encourages investments but it also allows the savings of Turkish people who live abroad to turn into investments in Turkey.

ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)
TURKISH MAN KILLS FIVE PEOPLE FROM HIS FAMILY IN BELGIUM
A Turkish worker in Belgium, Ozan Selamet killed his five children and another man to punish his estranged wife and later he surrendered to the police early Saturday morning. Selamet, who didn't kill his wife, said ''I'm not killing you so that you would suffer for the rest of your life.''