TURKEY PRESS SCAN FOR MARCH 1, 2011

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on March 1, 2011. Cumhuriyet English does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy..

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These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on March 1, 2011. Cumhuriyet English does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy..

RADİKAL

President makes five children taller

President Abdullah Gül intervened in the halted treatment of five children suffering from Laron Syndrome, a disorder affecting the body’s sensitivity to growth hormones, causing each child to grow 10 centimeters in 1.5 years, daily Radikal reported Tuesday. Laron Syndrome is a recessive hereditary disorder that causes dwarfism and is most commonly found in the Middle East. Hatice Uğurlu, 14, Melike Başaran, 6, Adem Maldan, 8, Mustafa Ayçıl, 11, and Burak Koç, 4, had been receiving treatment at Celal Bayar University in Manisa district with medicine brought from the United States. When the parents of these children couldn’t pay their contribution for the annual 70,000-Turkish Lira cost of the medicines in 2009, the treatment was cut. After the intervention of Gül, an agreement was made with the Turkish Pharmacists Association and the families were exempted from the contribution requirement. “For 1.5 years the treatment has been continuing without a break. The height of my daughter, which was 79 centimeters before, has increased by 10 centimeters,” said the father of Başaran. The height of Uğurlu grew from 88 centimeters to 98 centimeters, said her mother, who thanked the president. “The medicine used during the treatment is brought from abroad and is very expensive. There are approximately 300 patients with Laron Syndrome in the world,” said Professor Betül Ersoy.

VATAN

AT LEAST 1 MILLION PEOPLE EXPECTED AT ERBAKAN'S FUNERAL IN ISTANBUL

Former Prime Minister and Chairman of the Felicity Party (SP) Necmettin Erbakan will be laid to eternal rest in Istanbul on Tuesday afternoon. At least 1 million people are expected to attend Erbakan's funeral.

VISA REACTION TO EU

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed businesspeople in Germany on Monday. Erdoğan said that the EU implemented visa liberalization with countries such as Paraguay and Bolivia. "What do such countries have in common with the EU? This shows that the EU thinks of being the center of a Christian union. It changes the rules during the game," Erdoğan said.

CUMHURİYET

INCOME DISPARITY GROWS

Turkey's statistics authority TurkStat on Monday gave income distribution figures for 2009, which saw the widening of the gap in income disparity in Turkey. The top 20 percent controlled 47.6 percent of the total wealth as the poorest 20 percent claimed only a 5.6 percent share. The richest 20 percent of the population in Turkey had an income 8.5 times higher than the income of the bottom 20 percent. In 2008, the bottom 20 percent had an income 8.1 times lower than the top 20 percent had. TurkStat said in 2009, 17.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. The figure was 16.7 percent in 2008. Data showed six out of every 10 people lived below the poverty line. 43.9 percent of the population could not afford buying new clothes as 87.4 percent could not go on holiday.

ERBAKAN TO BE BURIED TODAY

Necmettin Erbakan, a former Turkish premier who died on Sunday, is set to be laid to eternal rest on Tuesday in Istanbul. Erbakan's funeral will be attended by Islamist leaders including a Hamas representative, Tunisia's Nahda Party leader Rachid Ghannouchi, Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohammed Mahdi Akef, and Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the head of Pakistan's largest Islamic party, Jamaat al Islami.

RADİKAL

PKK ENDS CEASE-FIRE

Terrorist organization PKK announced that it has decided to end cease-fire. A statement by PKK said that it would defend itself more effectively. On August 13, 2010, PKK had said that cease-fire would last till the parliamentary election (scheduled to be held in June 2011), however it ended the decision.

KARAMEHMET TOPS LIST OF 100 WEALTHIEST TURKS

Forbes Turkey magazine has released its "Top 100 Wealthiest Turks" list for 2011. The magazine said that the total fortunes of Turkey's 100 richest people had increased from last year's 87 billion USD to 104 billion USD this year. Mehmet Emin Karamehmet, with his fortune reaching 4 billion USD, topped this year's list. The businessman's total wealth amounted to 2.9 billion USD in 2010. Semahat Arsel from Turkey's leading Koç family, whose fortune has grown to 3 billion USD, and last year's wealthiest Hüsnü Özyeğin, chairman of Turkish conglomerate Fiba Holding, shared the second position in the ranking. Rahmi Koç, with his wealth expanding to 2.9 billion USD, followed them in the Forbes list.

TÜRKİYE

‘QUIT PLAYING GAMES WITH TURKEY,’ TURKISH PRIME MINISTER LASHES OUT AT EU

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan severely criticized the European Union during a visit to Germany, urging the Union to clarify its true intentions over Turkey's membership bid. "I love to speak frankly. If you do not want Turkey, come up front and say it. I'd accept that," Erdoğan said. The Turkish prime minister also rejected the Union's visa regime on Turkish nationals. "You are exempting Bolivia and Paraguay from visa and you are forcing Schengen on Turkey, which is inside the European Union for over 50 years," he told Turkish and German businesspeople.

FOR TURKEY MORE THAN THREE DOZEN DOLLAR BILLIONAIRES

Forbes Turkey announced the wealthiest people in the country. There are 39 people in Turkey whose fortunes are counted in billion U.S. dollars. The magazine said that the total fortunes of Turkey's 100 richest people had increased from last year's 87 billion USD to 104 billion USD this year. Mehmet Emin Karamehmet, with his fortune reaching 4 billion USD, ranked the first in this year's list. The businessman's total wealth amounted to 2.9 billion USD in 2010. There are 23 women on this year's list with 8 of them dollar billionaires.

ZAMAN

DAVUTOĞLU: EVACUATIONS FROM LIBYA COMPLETED, IT IS NOW TIME FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

Turkey has brought 18,375 people from Libya to Turkey in the biggest evacuation operation ever witnessed in the history of the Republic of Turkey. 1,091 of those brought to Turkey were foreign nationals. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said that there were no Turks remaining in the Libyan cities of Tripoli and Benghazi. In the second stage, Turkey will provide humanitarian assistance to Libya, Davutoğlu said.

NATO HAS NOTHING TO DO IN LIBYA, ERDOĞAN SAYS

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan described as "nonsense" rumors that NATO should intervene in Libya. NATO has nothing to do in Libya, Erdoğan underlined. NATO may intervene in Libya if it is attacked by this North African country, Erdoğan said.

YENİ ŞAFAK

ERDOĞAN SAYS NATO HAS NOTHING TO DO IN LIBYA

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan commented on possibility of NATO's intervention in Libya and said that it is nonsense. Erdoğan said that NATO had nothing to do in Libya. "NATO's intervention in Libya is out of the question," Erdoğan said in a speech delivered at a meeting organized by the Turkish-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Hanover.

KARAMEHMET WEALTHIEST TURK

Forbes Turkey magazine has released its "Top 100 Wealthiest Turks" list for 2011. Mehmet Emin Karamehmet, with his fortune reaching 4 billion USD, topped this year's list. Semahat Arsel from Turkey's leading Koç family, whose fortune has grown to 3 billion USD, and last year's wealthiest Hüsnü Özyeğin, chairman of Turkish conglomerate Fiba Holding, shared the second position in the ranking. Rahmi Koç followed them in the Forbes list.

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