These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey's press on January 30, 2002. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET (LIBERAL)
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THINGS GOING FINE IN ECONOMY
Turkey which tried to prevent the high increase in the U.S. dollar following the economic crisis in Turkey, finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel. When one U.S. dollar decreased to 1,320,000 TL yesterday, State Minister Kemal Dervis who is in charge of economy said that those who sell one U.S. dollar below the level of 1,300,000 TL will have trouble. Noting that the decrease in the U.S. dollar can cause trouble in respect of exports, Dervis said that Central Bank can purchase U.S. dollars from the market.

S&P CHANGES OUTLOOK ON TURKEY FROM STABLE TO POSITIVE
Standard and Poor's (S&P), a leading international rating organization, changed outlook on Turkey from stable to positive. This means that Turkey's rating would be upgraded if positive developments in the economy continue. Releasing a statement, S&P said that Turkey's macroeconomic and structural reform policies which were backed by a three-year maturity IMF loan of 16 billion U.S. dollars would play an important role on decrease in Turkey's debts this year and settlement of them on a sustainable level and that this was effective in revision in outlook on Turkey. S&P said that it would upgrade Turkey's rating if the economic programme continued on track.

MILLIYET (LIBERAL)
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NOKIA, MOTOROLA SUE UZANS
Motorolo Credit Corp. and Nokia Corp. accused Uzan Holding and filed a suit at the federal district in New York for 13 charges of wrongdoing, including extortion and conspiracy to defraud Motorola and Nokia. The two companies accused Uzans for defrauding them by not paying back the loans and illegally diverting funds and assets to other family enterprises. The judge freezed the properties of Uzans in the U.S. including nine flats and eight million dollars of funds. The first hearing will be held on February 11.

GREEK DEPUTY FM IN HEYBELIADA
Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Yannis Magriotis and his wife Fotini prayed in old Ayatriada Monastery in Heybeliada of Istanbul. Magritotis said that ''there was a celebration on January 6-7 in Heybeliada for Saint Yannis and Saint Fotini whom me and my wife carry their names, but we missed it, and we came here now.'' Magriotis also visited Greek Orthodox Highschool on the island. He will attend a religious ceremony in Fener Greek Patriarchate today.

SABAH (LIBERAL)
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BULGARIAN PRIME MINISTER RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS BEFORE ECEVIT'S VISIT
Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha responded to questions of the paper before the visit of Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit to this country. Simeon started his words by praising Turkey. ''Turkey is one of the most important countries of the world. Turkey is both a powerful country of NATO, and its influence in Europe is significant. If Turkey becomes a member of the EU one day, I will be pleased as if Bulgaria joined the EU,'' he said. Simeon reminded that his cabinet has two Turkish ministers, adding that his relations with them are very fine.

TAYLOR SAYS BANKING REFORM IS IMPORTANT
U.S. Treasury Undersecretary John Taylor, who is currently in Turkey welcomed Turkey's efforts to overhaul legislation under its 19 billion dollars IMF programme but said implementation of the reforms would be just as critical. ''The laws that are being changed are very important and implementation of those laws is going to be important too,'' Taylor, undersecretary for international affairs, told reporters after meeting academics and economists. ''I think the reforms that the government are putting in place are important and substantial and they are leading the way to an improved economy,'' Taylor said.

CUMHURIYET (LEFT)
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TAYYIP SEEMS TO SUPPORT U.S.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the leader of the AK Party who went to the U.S., had contacts there and he addressed the Centre of Strategic Studies (CSIS). Stressing that he regards the U.S. as the natural partner of Turkey, Erdogan also said that it was impossible to accept the demands of the IMF. Erdogan extended conditional support to the demand of the education in Kurdish. However, he could not openly tell that HAMAS was a terrorist organization.

NSC SAYS DEMAND FOR KURDISH EDUCATION IS PKK'S INITIATIVE
National Security Council's (NSC) General Secretariat said after the six-hour meeting that ''the NSC discussed separatist activities mainly of demanding education in another language other than the official one which were mainly directed by the terrorist organization PKK, activities which are against the security of the country and the measures taken against these activities at the meeting in line with intelligence and security reports covering the last one year.''

RADIKAL (LEFT)
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DIALOGUE TIME IN AEGEAN
The Turkish-Greek rapprochement is on a new stage. The dialogue between the two countries in solving the conflicts in Aegean Sea is going to become formal. Political directors of Turkish and Greek Foreign Ministries Baki Ilkin and Anastasios Skopelitis will meet in Ankara next week. Foreign Ministers Cem and Papandreou will meet with each other in the EU-OIC meeting that will start in Istanbul on February 12. Following that meeting, it will be formally announced that dialogue would officially start in Aegean.

TURKIYE (RIGHT)
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KARAKOYUNLU ANNOUNCES TOBACCO PRICES
State Minister Yýlmaz Karakoyunlu said that the tobacco prices would be 3 million liras per kilogram for western Turkey and 3,050,000 liras for northern and northwestern regions. He said that the price would be 2,700,000 liras for eastern region and 2,550,000 for other regions and southeastern Turkey. Speaking in a news conference he held the same day, Karakoyunlu said that the tobacco subsidy price which was announced for the last time this year increased by 35 percent. Recalling that the decree which will end the subsidy system in tobacco purchases will go into force soon, Karakoyunlu said that he believed that 155,000 tons of tobacco would be produced in Turkey this year. He stated that the state tobacco payments would be around 385 trillion liras. Karakoyunlu added that he expected State Monopoly TEKEL to purchase 75,000 tons and the tradesmen to purchase the remaining 80,000 tonnes.

ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)
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REACTION TO ADJUSTMENT BILL
People react to the adjustment bill which foresees amendment in articles 312 and 159 of Turkish Penal Code (TCK). Many non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including human rights associations, bars, press institutions, labour unions and Association of Turkish Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSIAD) object to the adoption of the bill as they think that it restricts the scope of freedoms and rights.