These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey's press on January 27, 2002. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET (LIBERAL)
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YOK WINS WAR OF 'ORDER'
A war of ''order'' broke out between the Cankaya Presidential Palace and the Higher Education Board (YOK). An ''ordering'' document sent by the Presidential Secretariat General in September of 2001 escalated tension between the two institutions. YOK Chairman Prof. Dr. Guruz applied to the Council of State, and asked whether or not the President could order the YOK. The Council of State responded to Prof. Dr. Guruz, saying, ''the document should be considered not an order, but a recommendation.''

IRANIAN NATURAL GAS TO BE TRANSFERRED TO GREECE VIA TURKEY
Iran will sell natural gas to Greece via Turkey. Sedayi Adalet Newspaper said that Iranian Oil Minister Bijen Namdar Zengene would pay a visit to Greece to hold talks with Greek officials about the sale of natural gas. A 100-kilometre pipeline should be installed in Turkey to transfer Iranian natural gas to Greece.

MILLIYET (LIBERAL)
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PARTIAL VETO ESCALATES TENSION
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer's decision to veto three articles of the Banking Law escalated tension. The government did not publish other articles of the Banking Law which were not vetoed by President Sezer in the Official Gazette saying that the Cankaya Presidential Palace had not given any instruction yet. Meanwhile, the government gave the message that President Sezer's decision risked 16.3 million U.S. dollars of IMF loan.

FINANCIAL TIMES: ''PRESIDENT SEZER DELAYS IMF LOAN''
The Financial Times said, ''President Ahmet Necdet Sezer vetoed three articles of a banking law, in a move likely to delay the International Monetary Fund's approval of a new loan for Turkey. Sezer, a former constitutional court chief, said he objected to provisions changing the legal status of managers and employees of state-owned banks, as well as reporting requirements for bank regulators. The law is one of the conditions for the IMF's approval, at a board meeting scheduled for February 4, for a three-year standby agreement backed by a loan of up to 16 billion U.S. dollars.''

RESONANT BOMB GOES OFF IN TRAIN STATION
Resonant bomb planted in a toilet at Istanbul's Haydarpasa Train Station went off at about 11:00 p.m. There were not any immediate reports of casualties in the incident. The bomb caused minor damage to the toilet. Meanwhile, security forces found a second bomb at the train station, and refused it. All passengers were evacuated during the search by security forces.

SABAH (LIBERAL)
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YILMAZ: ''OUR TARGET IS TO BECOME A FULL MEMBER OF EU IN 2007''
State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said, ''Turkey aims to begin full membership negotiations with the European Union next year. Our target is to become a full member in 2007.''

DERVIS: ''DO NOT WORRY''
State Minister Kemal Dervis for Economy informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after President Ahmet Necdet Sezer vetoed three articles of the Banking Law. Noting that they would debate and approve those three articles in a week, Dervis told the IMF that there was no need to worry.

CUMHURIYET (LEFT)
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IMF NOT HAVE CONFIDENCE IN LEADERS
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) which does not consider leaders' pledges of assurance sufficient wants a commitment at the level of Council of Ministers about the arrangements to be made. IMF wanted the Council of Ministers to take a decision on amendments to some laws regarding the 18th stand-by deal. Upon the IMF's demand, actions plans on change of tax management structure, recovery of investment environment, influential state and narrowing of state are being tried to be prepared in a way which includes Council of Ministers commitment.

ARRANGEMENTS INSUFFICIENT
The European Union (EU) warned that the existing bills on Turkish Penal Code's articles 312 and 159 which the government foresaw to amend for adjustment with the EU were insufficient to meet the Copenhagen criteria. EU Ambassadors who visited Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said that adoption of bills on articles 312 and 159 without any change might cause negative developments in relations between Turkey and the EU.

RADIKAL (LEFT)
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A NOTE FROM EU
Ambassadors of member countries to the European Union (EU) visited Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit. EU Commission's Representative in Turkey Karen Fogg, EU Term President Spain's Ambassador to Turkey Camara and next Term President Denmark's Ambassador to Turkey Happe said that Turkey had been delaying its promises about the freedom of thought. They also noted that the mini democracy package does not meet the EU's expectations.

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: ''WE DO NOT ALLOW OUTWORN BILL''
The Confederation of Turkish Labour Unions (Turk-Is), the Moral Rights Workers Union (Hak-is), the Confederation of Public Workers Trade Unions (KESK), and the Union of Chambers of Turkish Architects and Engineers (TMMOB) said that they would do their utmost to prevent legalization of the mini democracy package with its current shape.

TURKIYE (RIGHT)
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SULTANATE CONTINUES
Somehow sultanate of houses provided by the state for civil servants cannot be ended although their sale came to the agenda in order to prevent extravagance by the state. According to the statistics of the Finance Ministry, the state now owns 237,224 such houses and 3,371 social facilities although it has not purchased any house or social facility in last four years. Finance Minister Sumer Oral said that the National Education Ministry has 804 social facilities and it is followed by the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Ministry with 357, Ziraat Bankasi with 225 and Finance Ministry with 118 social facilities. Meanwhile, ten members of parliament applied to the Parliament Speaker's Office in last one month to leave the MPs houses provided by the state with the pretext of high rent.

DERVIS DOES NOT GIVE IN
State Minister Kemal Dervis for Economy will ask the coalition partners to send the Banking Law's three articles which was vetoed by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer back to him without any change. If these articles are sent back to the President without any change, the President is obliged to approve them or he can apply to the Constitutional Court.

WE NEED TURKEY'S SUPPORT
Speaking to the Ihlas News Agency after the Israeli President, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said, ''we feel proud of our relations with Turkey. We always need Turkey's support.'' Arafat said that Turks were the people who made Jerusalem the Jerusalem al-Sharif and that if Sharon wanted to open Haram al-Sharif to Jews, this will be opposed firstly by Turks.

U.S. DOLLAR GAME
Ankara Chamber of Commerce Chairman Sinan Aygun said that speculators had prepared such a scenario that they always made profit even the U.S. dollar decreased or increased. Aygun said that speculators earned the interest which they gained in 90 years in the United States, just in one year in Turkey. ''What they do is to just turn the scenario upside down like the hourglass, keeping Turkey in the center of pincers of hot money.''

ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)
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FOXY INMATE RELEASED
The legal vacuum in implementation of the Amnesty Law causes prisoners to seek new methods. Some prisoners are released earlier by requesting their transfer to prisons where the amnesty is implemented in favor of them. The difference in evaluation of 10 years of punishment commuting in some provinces caused prisoners to seek new methods. An inmate staying at Balikesir Prison had asked for his transfer to Canakkale Prison as the Canakkale Court implements the 10-year punishment commuting rule of the Amnesty Law in favor of prisoners. The prisoner who was released from Canakkale Prison ten days ago, said, ''if I was going to stay in the Balikesir Prison, I should have stayed in there for 20 months more.''