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PRESS DIGEST - Turkey - Oct 9
09 Oct 2007 06:04:17 GMT
Source: Reuters
ISTANBUL, Oct 9 (Reuters) - These are the leading stories in the Turkish press on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

MILLIYET

- Turkey under fire: 15 martyrs killed by Kurdish PKK guerrillas in 24 hours. The government must review its priorities, the paper says.

- A cross-border operation into Iraq is on the agenda but the United States is still opposed.

- Team from Turkish parliament goes to United States to lobby against a bill which would define massacres of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 as genocide. Senior AK Party lawmaker Egemen Bagis says Turkey has trump cards.

- Rises in fuel, cigarette and special consumption tax are on the way.

REFERANS

- There is fear among bankers that Central Bank Governor Durmus Yilmaz, facing pressure from all corners to cut rates, will resign, the paper says.

- Consortium of 15 local retailers is also interested in buying supermarket chain Migros <MIGRS.IS> and has hired an advisor.

RADIKAL

- Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek, refering to recent separatist violence, says there is nothing left to say. All options are on the table, including a move into northern Iraq.

- Parliamentary commission accepts revision of a package of constitutional reforms set to go to referendum on Oct. 21. The revision aims to avoid controversy over whether President Abdullah Gul would have to be re-elected after the vote.

- A law on nuclear energy, vetoed by former President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, will go back to parliament on Wednesday.

- IMF warns countries with high current account deficits.

HURRIYET

- Turkey will not forget its martyrs.


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