TURKIYE
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     YOU HAVE THE STATE'S SUPPORT
     President Abdullah Gul, who visited India, promised to extend support to Turkish companies to overcome the problems in foreign countries. Gul wanted Turkish businessmen to act more actively, and gain more share from Indian economy. He said that Republic of Turkey was supporting Turkish businessmen.
    
     FLOOD HITS, STORM BLOWS AWAY
     Rain hit Mediterranean and Aegean regions of Turkey. Bridges collapsed, and landslides crashed the houses. Wind, which has a speed of 100 kilometers, paralysed the daily life in the southern province of Antalya; one person who was collecting wood in the beach was dragged by waves and got lost.
    
     THERE IS NO RETURN
     Inaugurating 127 schools in Ankara, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, "old chaos days, those dark days when democracy was violated, will not find a chance to appear again."
    
     ZAMAN
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     JUDICIARY HAND ON EDUCATION
     Council of State, which earlier blocked Higher Board of Education's decision on "equal coefficient", adopted another motion for stay of execution of "different coefficient" practice. A department of the Council of State made the decision unanimously. The decision, which is expected to have an effect on university exam timetable, also made the situation of hundreds of thousands of high school graduates unclear.
    
     FUEL OIL IMPORTS TO BECOME EASIER
     Noncompetitive stance of fuel oil companies has been one of the reasons of expensive gas, according to market analysts but now an important step will be taken on the matter. Higher Board of Energy has taken action to change the unhealthy structure as the board saw that five big companies have the lion's share in Turkish fuel oil market. The board will allow easier fuel oil import in order to leave a field for small companies.
    
     YENI SAFAK
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     CIPHERED PASHAS OF ASSASSINATION TEAM
     It has been revealed that the bridge between the lieutenants accused of preparing an assassination on generals and Labor Party (IP) chairman Dogu Perincek was a high-level commander named Levent E. A file named "ERUY-GUR.DOC" was seized in the house of lieutenant Sinan Efe Noyan. Perincek was named as "project planner" in the file, and the link between Perincek and lieutenant colonel Ali Tatar was L.E. The file included names of five pashas, four colonels and four majors had been involved in the organization. The names of pashas were ciphered in the indictment.
    
     COUNCIL OF STATE LIFTS HANDS FOR CHAOS
     The Council of State Department No:8 annulled the decision of the Higher Board of Education (YOK) that made coefficient difference symbolic. One million students, getting prepared for university entrance exams, were shocked by this "chaotic decision". The non-governmental organizations reacted to this decision saying, "democracy is hard with this Council of State."
 

VATAN
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     FIND OUR FATHERS' MURDERERS
     Children of 19 intellectuals, who were murdered in the last 60 years, watched the Hrant Dink case in a bid to call on authorities to shed light on subverters.
     Families gathered after Abdi Ipekci's daughter Nukhet Ipekci appeared on TV with his father's bloody shirt. Relatives of several victims such as Ugur Mumcu, Cetin Emec and Kemal Turkler met in Istanbul for Dink case.
    
     DELAY LIKELY IN UNIVERSITY EXAM
     Council of State has stopped the execution of different coefficient practice for general high school graduates and vocational high school graduates. Experts said university exam would probably be held one month later than the scheduled date.
    
     CUMHURIYET
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     RAINS CAUSE FLOODS
     Torrential rains caused floods in Izmir, Antalya, Canakkale, Mugla and Manisa. Buildings were evacuated when one and a half meter of the ground floors of two buildings were buried in soil in Aegean town of Kusadasi. 50 people were living in the two buildings. One person was reported missing in Antalya.
    
     SECRET WITNESS FORGOTTEN
     A new scandal occurred regarding the Hrant Dink killing case on Monday. A secret witness was preparing to testify in the 12th hearing of the case. However, police did not bring the witness to the hearing. This was not the only scandal. Witnesses and suspects came together before the hearing. Intervenor lawyers protested it, and lodged a complaint about the officials who were responsible for security.
    
     GOOD NEWS IN INDUSTRY
     Stagnation in industrial production was 17.8 percent in December 2008. After new revisions, the Turkish Board of Statistics announced the average annual stagnation in industrial production in 2009 as 9.6 percent.
    
     RADIKAL
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     HOPE IN INDUSTRY
     Industrial production, which is considered the leading sign of economic growth, increased 25.2 percent in December 2009 when compared to December 2008. It also rose 8.7 percent in December 2009 when compared to November 2009.
    
     WEST UNDER FLOOD
     Rainfall broke the record of the last 72 years in the western province of Izmir. In the southern province of Antalya, one person was dragged into waves, while orange gardens and greenhouses were damaged. Rain shower will continue in the western region throughout the week.
    
     REDISCOVERING INDIA
     President Abdullah Gul said, "we have been drifted apart for a long time. We are rediscovering India." The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) chairman and 90 businessmen are accompanying Gul in India. Ankara has the regret of not using the cooperation chance with China in 1990s.
 

HURRIYET
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     WE DO NOT WANT TO INCREASE IN NUMBER
     Relatives of intellectuals assassinated in Turkey in different periods gathered together before journalist Hrant Dink's killing case in Istanbul, and asked the state to solve the murders. Filiz Ali, the daughter of first political murder victim author Sabahattin Ali, read out loud the joint press statement of the relatives. The statement said, "we are all from the same family and we do not want this family to get any bigger. We see all related public bodies as being responsible for solving these unsolved murders. We have also witnessed many state officials mobilize to protect criminals and cover up the crimes. The state has been humiliated in front of our eyes for many times."
     The statement also said any institution or any respected in that institution could be harmed in efforts to solve the murders. "We have to show that this cannot be as heavy as a loss of life," it said.
    
     GUL VISITS HISTORICAL PLACES WITH TURKISH TRACES
     President Abdullah Gul visited historical places in India which had Turkish traces on them with his spouse Hayrunnisa Gul. The Gul couple visited Humayun's Tomb and Qutub Minar. Officials briefed President Gul on the architectural and technical features of the tomb, included in the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
    
     SECOND COEFFICIENT SHOCK TO YOK
     The Council of State Department No:8 halted the execution of a new coefficient practice of the Higher Board of Education (YOK) that narrowed differences in university entrance exams for students of all vocational schools, including the imam hatip schools (giving theological education).
    
     MILLIYET
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     BITTER CONFESSION FROM JUDICIARY
     Kadir Ozbek, acting chairman of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors, said that a judge or a prosecutor, even in a small town, comes near to top political party official of that town in order to solve his problems with the ministry.
     Ozbek also made comments on several other controversies.
     "I am not saying that we should adopt it fully but we have to go back to the constitution made in 1961. We have to turn towards its libertarian spirit."
     "In a constitutional referendum, we need to seek qualified majority, not absolute majority. It would not be enough to reach a consensus when a constitution, made by the majority party, was accepted by 51 percent of votes," he said.
    
     THAT SIGNATURE BELONGS TO CICEK, ACCORDING TO FORENSIC EXPERTS
     Forensic experts, who made an examination on the "action plan to fight fundamentalism" have decided that the signature on the paper belongs to Navy Colonel Dursun Cicek. 7 out of 11 experts said it was Cicek's signature, but 4 opposed to them.
    
     SABAH
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     WE WON'T RETURN TO DARK DAYS
     Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated 127 schools in Ankara, and addressed students: "Turkey cannot return from the progress it has made in democracy and law path. Those chaos days, those dark days --when law, democracy and human rights were violated-- will not find the chance to appear in Turkey again."
    
     U.S. MODEL PROPOSAL IN TRAFFIC
     A commission, which was set up by Turkish Interior Ministry to prevent traffic terror, examined highway traffic safety law of the United States. If Turkey adopts the U.S. system, drivers who made accident and violated the rules will pay higher traffic insurance premium and attend defensive driving courses. 
 

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