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| Turkish Press Scan | |
| 2004-01-05 | |
| These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey’s press on January 5, 2004. RESONANT BOMB GOES OFF IN FRONT OF AK PARTY OFFICE A resonant bomb which was placed in front of an office of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in Umraniye district of Istanbul, went off at about 10.30 local time on Sunday. Serafettin Karabulut, 60, was slightly injured in the blast. The bomb also caused some minor damage in nearby buildings. Resonant bomb, just a loud noise maker? SECURITY FORCES RAID A MEETING OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY A total of 16 people including Muslum Gunduz, the leader of Aczmendi, one of the religious communities in Turkey, were detained when security forces raided the house in which the illegal meeting of the community took place. Previously, Gunduz was sentenced to imprisonment on charges of inciting people to hatred against the others and forming an illegal organization in order to change the secular order of the Republic of Turkey. ANKARA READY TO HOST AL-ASSAD Ankara is going to host a Syrian President for the first time. Bashar al-Assad’s visit which was expected for three years will start tomorrow. The latest gesture of Damascus was the extradition of suspects of the Istanbul bombings. Turkey is going to open a new page with Syria which it threatened to wage war due to its support to Abdullah Ocalan. Ankara which is going to host a Syrian President for the first time attaches great importance to three-day visit of Bashar al-Assad. Turkey which will give the message of ’fight with us against terrorism’ will at the same time act as a mediator for Israel.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 Let's hope they never get the N-bomb or the F-bomb. And I shudder to think what it will be like if they get the nude bomb. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-1-5 3:49:06 PM |
| #1 When did Turkey get the R-bomb? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-5 3:21:12 PM |