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PRESS DIGEST - Turkey - Nov 2
02 Nov 2007 06:14:52 GMT
Source: Reuters
ISTANBUL, Nov 2 (Reuters) - These are the leading stories in the Turkish press on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET

- General Ergin Saygun, the second in command in the Turkish General Staff, will be the first Turkish military commander to enter the Oval Office when he visits the White House next week with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. Last year, Saygun refused to enter the White House after he faced demands to pass through a security check.

RADIKAL

- Prime Minister Erdogan will tell U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at a meeting on Friday that the time has come for action, not talk, against Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq. He will then seek the results of that meeting when he holds talks with President George W. Bush on Monday.

ZAMAN

- Activity picks up at the Habur border gate between Turkey and Iraq, with a growing number of vehicles queueing up amid the threat that Ankara will impose sanctions in a bid to trigger action against Kurdish militants.

AKSAM

- Tens of thousands of people gather in a football stadium in the southeastern province of Hakkari bordering Iraq to condemn the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas.

VATAN

- A newspaper editor and businessman who has close links with the Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq says the eight Turkish soldiers held captive by the PKK will be freed by Saturday at the latest.

MILLIYET

- A Pentagon spokesman says the United States has a list of 10 leading members of the PKK who will be detained if they are located.

SABAH

- Foreigners are continuing to invest heavily in Turkey despite concerns about a large-scale military operation against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.


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