These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey's press on February 13, 2002. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET (LIBERAL)
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''ISTANBUL SPIRIT'' AGAINST SEPTEMBER 11
Turkey has organized the most important meeting of the century. At the meeting of the Christian, European and Muslim countries, ''Istanbul spirit'' was born. Ministers of European Union (EU) and Muslim countries praised Turkey at the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)-EU Joint Forum held in Istanbul. Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said that the meeting was a unique opportunity for harmony and dialogue and said, ''the expression Istanbul spirit was adopted.''

IRAQ IN MOVEMENT OF COMPROMISE
Following his meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri Ahmad al-Hadithi, Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said, ''he uttered words that could be understood as meaning Iraq is ready to find a compromise. I had the impression of movement.''

MILLIYET (LIBERAL)
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LADEN DEMOLISHED, CEM RE-BUILT
The cold winds that had blown between the Muslim and Christian communities after September 11, 2001 ended at the giant summit organized by Foreign Minister Ismail Cem in Istanbul. The prejudice which occured in the West towards Islam in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks was erased thanks to Cem, who contributed to the meeting of Muslim countries with the Europeans in Istanbul.

PUBLIC OFFERING WITH 50 MILLION TL BONDS
Treasury announced that it would sell 174-day bonds through public offering on February 14 and 15. The period interest rate of bonds which will be sold at the multiples of 50 million Turkish liras (TL) was foreseen to be 28 percent, annual simple inrerest rate was foreseen to be 58.57 percent and annual composite interest rate was foreseen to be 67.60 percent. The maturity is August 7, 2002.

SABAH (LIBERAL)
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THIS IS HOW A LEADER COUNTRY IS
Turkey gathered together the western and eastern civilizations who have been suspicious about the other following the September 11th terrorist attacks in a giant platform in Istanbul. All the world eyed Istanbul on Tuesday in the fifth month following the terrorist attacks on the United States. Turkey's organizing a meeting to convene 71 countries of different civilizations was high on the agenda of the world. Foreign Minister Ismail Cem, who originated this meeting, has become successful in the organization of ''the first important meeting of the 21st century.'' The giant meeting was recorded in the history as ''Istanbul spirit'' upon the proposal of French Foreign Minister. Qatar and Jordan proposed to hold such regular meetings to keep this spirit alive.

WE ARE NOT FEARED OF DIALOGUE
The future of Turkish-Greek relations was set within the framework of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)-European Union (EU) Joint Forum organized in Istanbul. Foreign Minister Ismail Cem and his Greek counterpart George Papandreou held a private meeting on Tuesday and decided to discuss the critical issues about which the two countries were sensitive.

CUMHURIYET (LEFT)
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PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT MEETS WITH SEVEN MINISTERS
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit held many bilateral meetings with the participants of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)-European Union (EU) Joint Forum. Ecevit, who met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri Ahmad al-Hadithi, reiterated that Turkey and many countries in the world were doing their best to prevent an operation against Iraq.

SOLANA SAYS WOMEN'S RIGHTS SHOULD BE DEVELOPED
European Union (EU) Common Defense and Foreign Policy High Commissioner said that he was against the establishment of a correlation between Islam and terrorism following the September 11th terrorist attacks. Solana said that the Islam world could not be limited with only one geography and noted that many Muslims were living in the West. These people belonged to both of the cultures, Solana stated. Solana requested that people should not be feared of clearly voicing the differences among the cultures and gave women's rights and capital punishment as an example.

RADIKAL (LEFT)
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DANCE OF THE CIVILIZATIONS
The Istanbul Summit in which 89 countries that were Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and European Union (EU) members was opened by the speeches of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Foreign Minister Ismail Cem. German Foreign Minister Fischer touched on the relationship between Islam and democracy and asked if they did not accept universal human rights. Because, he said, they were the indispensable parts of a dialogue to be established.

GREEK CYPRIOT-TURKISH MINI CRISIS
At the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and European Union (EU) Joint Forum, ''protocol war'' occured between the representatives of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and the Greek Cypriot administration. The Greek Cypriot administration was angry at TRNC representative to be referred to as ''minister.'' The delegation from Spain, the EU Term PResident, found a solution by using the expression ''representatives of the Turkish Cypriot Muslim community.''

TURKIYE (RIGHT)
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WE HAVE BEEN BRIDGE OF PEACE
''World Peace Summit'' which began with the invitation of Foreign Minister Ismail Cem after the September 11th terrorist attacks was held on Tuesday in Istanbul with the participation of more than 70 countries. During the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)-European Union (EU) Joint Forum which gathered different civilizations that have continuous conflicts in Istanbul, what could be done for a permanent peace was the matter of discussion. The main agenda of the summit held at the Ciragan Palace was ''terrorism.'' President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit were applauded by the participants of the meeting when they said that ''terrorism does not have any religion, race, nationality'' and voiced that religion and terrorism were two different things.

NEW STROKE ON INVESTORS
On one hand the government opened to signature the draft law before the foreign investors, on the other hand Industry and Trade Minister Ahmet Kenan Tanrikulu said that they would bring forth new obstacles for supermarkets in which the foreigners were interested the most. Tanrikulu said that establishment of the markets that were bigger than 400 square metres would be subject to permission.

CENSURE MOTION REJECTED
Parliamentary General Assembly discussed on Tuesday the censure motion against Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit and the Council of Ministers presented by True Path Party Denizli deputy Mehmet Gozukaya and his 22 friends. The parliament rejected to include the censure motion into the agenda. The censure motion claimed that there were some unjust treatments towards tobacco producers and that policies to liquidate Turkish agriculture, farmer and animal breeding were being implemented.

ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)
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DIALOGUE HAS BECOME AN OBLIGATION NOW
Circles defined the timing and place of the forum which gathered together the European Union (EU) and Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) as ''historic'' while it was stressed that universal dialogue has become an obligation now. Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit who met with the Iraqi minister said, ''Baghdad seems to mollify.''

CHOMSKY TO APPEAR AT DGM TODAY
American philospher and linguist Noam Avram Chomsky came to Istanbul for the hearing of the case filed against his book published in Turkey. Chomsky said that he would go to southeastern Diyarbakir province in the light of the information he received from the human rights defenders. Chomsky will attend the hearing at Istanbul State Security Court (DGM) on Wednesday which was filed against the publisher of his book entitled ''American Interventionism.'' The DGM Prosecutor's Office had filed a lawsuit against publisher Fatih Tas on charges that Chomsky criticized policies against Kurds in his book published by Aram Yayinlari (Publication). The prosecutor asks for one year of imprisonment for the publisher.