ANKARA - These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey's press on April 7, 2003. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

CUMHURIYET (LEFT)
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PEACE COALITION
Thousands of people who gathered in Caglayan square in Istanbul said ''stop'' to the U.S. military operation against Iraq on Sunday. Many people who are against the war in Iraq protested the aggression of the United States and Britain by chanting slogans. Members of Confederation of Revolutionary Workers' Unions (DISK), Confederation of Turkish Labour Unions (Turk-Is), Moral Rights Workers Union (Hak-is), the Work Party (EMEP), the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ODP), Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (KESK), Turkish Union of Engineers' and Architects' Chambers (TMMOB), Turkish Doctors Union (TTB) and many people from feminist groups participated in the anti-war demonstration. Organization Committee Chairman and KESK Branches Platform Spokesman Hasan Toprak who read out a press statement said, ''we don't want our territories, seas and air space to be used for massacre against humanity.''

ONE WEEK TO IRAQI DIPLOMATS
State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin said that Foreign Ministry called on three Iraqi diplomats to depart from Turkey, stating that Foreign Ministry had important evidence regarding those diplomats. Sahin said Iraqi diplomats in question did not abide by diplomatic rules, stating that Foreign Ministry had evidence about the things done by these diplomats. He said Iraqi diplomats should depart from Turkey within a week.

RADIKAL (LEFT)
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GOVERNMENT TAKES INITIATIVE FOR SALE OF COASTS
The government opened to signature the proposal of constitutional amendment for sale of shipyards, ports, marinas and docks to their private managers. Transportation Minister Binali Yýldýrým said that ''we didn't account the revenue, but the thing that matters for us is the revival of the maritime sector.'' AKP government tries to amend the constitutional principle of ''coasts are properties of the state'' to reach its goal.

''THERE IS EVIDENCE AGAINST IRAQI DIPLOMATS''
Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin said that Foreign Ministry had important evidence against the three Iraqi ambassadors charged in Iraqi Embassy in Ankara. Sahin said that the Iraqi diplomats didn't abide by the diplomatic rules, adding ''Foreign Ministry asked these three Iraqi diplomats to leave Turkey. The Iraqi diplomats have to leave Turkey within one week.''

TURKIYE (RIGHT)
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IRAQ TRAFFIC
The world public opinion focused on the discussion of rebuilding Iraq in the postwar era. Many foreign officials started to visit Turkey whose strategic importance has further increased. Turkey, which hosted U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell last week, discussed the future of Iraq with Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi on Sunday. German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer and British Foreign Minister Jack Straw requested to have an urgent appointment from Turkey to talk about the postwar.

USD 5.2 BILLION TO COME
State Minister Ali Babacan said that a new period opened in economy and stated that an important programme which will continue till the end of 2004 has started. Babacan held a press conference with Treasury Undersecretary Faik Oztrak and Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti. Babacan stressed that they signed the letters on revival of two important program loans that were not used for a year with the World Bank besides the fourth letter of intent. Babacan said that there was a war beside Turkey and Turkey was affected by that war. The government had taken necessary measures to overcome that critical period with the least loss and would continue to do so, Babacan noted. Babacan stated that they signed the letter of intent to be submitted to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Saturday. State Minister Babacan said that total source that would come from the IMF and World Bank was 5.2 billion U.S. dollars.

ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)
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IRAN AND TURKEY SHARE COMMON CONCERNS ABOUT FUTURE OF IRAQ
Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said that stability could not be ensured without taking into consideration the concerns of neighbours of Iraq. Kharrazi said that he supported the idea of reviving the tripartite consultation mechanism among Turkey, Iran and Syria. He noted that Turkey and Iran had common interests about Northern Iraq and the future of the region. Foreign Minister Gul will go to Syria on April 13 upon the invitation of Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Al Shara.

(EÖ-ÖÞ) 07.04.2003