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Ozal's Party Wins Again; Gets Nearly 2/3 of Parliame_nt Turgut Ozal has led his Motherland Party to a fresh electoral victory by winning 292 out of 450 seats in the November 29 general elections. Only two other parties -- Social Democrat Populist (SDP) and Correct Way (CWP) -- won the other seats. SDP, led by Erdal Inonu, got 99 and CWP, led by Suley­ man Demirel, got 59. Minor parties, including Democratic Left, led by Bulent Ecevit, failed to win any seats at all. On the morrow of the election, former Prime Minister Ecevit announced his retirement from political life. Since then, however, Mr. Ecevit has Ozal Inonu let it be known that his decision is not irreversible. The percentage of popular vote for the three major parties were Motherland 36.29%, SDP 24.81%, and CWP 19.15%. Other parties each got less than 10% of the national vote and, because of the characteristics of the recently revised electoral law, failed to win any seats. The new parliament was to convene in mid-December, beginning a five-year term. At the time our Newsletter was going to press, Mr. Ozal had not announced the make­ up of the new cabinet. Several ministerial changes were expected, including that of Ecevit Demirel Foreign Affairs. Outgoing Foreign Minister Vahit Halefoglu had not run for reelection to parliament. More Speakers Added to Soon after the November 29 results were AFOT Conference Program known, Mr. Ozal flew to the United States for delayed eye surgery --reportedly suc­ Outstanding new additions have joined cessful and for a medical check-up, the list of speakers and panelists for sequel to the heart surgery he underwent at AFOT's February annual conference. Mean­ Methodist Hospital in Houston last winter. while former Secretary of Defense Caspar On the way to Houston the Prime Minister Weinberger is still on track for the Feb­ held a round of financial talks in New York ruary 4 defense luncheon spot notwithstan­ City. Mr.Ozal also met there with U.S. ding his departure from government. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Michael H. Armacost.(%] (Details on page eight)

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AFOT Children's Hospital ''Golden Horn Club'' Tops Assistance Progam (CHAP) AFOT Membership Categories

A state-of-the-art overhead radiant For firms and individuals who are willing warmer for the care of newborn infants was to be benefactors of AFOT's expanding on its way to Turkey in November, thanks to activities, the AFOT Board of Directors has AFOT's Children's Health Assistance Pro­ approved a list of new membership gram {CHAP). The equipment will be used in categories. The effort is quite frankly Anatolia for premature babies or newborns and urgently designed to elicit financial threatened with jaundice. support over and above the modest individ­ The shipment is the latest achievement ual or corporate membership fees now asked of volunteer efforts that began in Ankara of AFOT participants. in 1983 with American embassy wives. Some AFOT's "Golden Horn Club" tops the list of those embassy wives have now returned to of categories. Contributors of $10,000 or the U.S. and have formed a permanent com­ more-,- a.s -Gol-den- He:t'-R-CB:I-b-meml9ers wi-1+-be mittee within AFO'f:- They are -collecting invited to specially arranged meetings funds, donated equipment, and medical during the annual conferences and at other supplies that are shipped to Turkey with occasions during the year. the assistance of Koctug Shipping Lines. The recent shipment of radiant warmers was Similarly members of the "Chairman's packed courtesy of Freeman Company and sent Club" $5,000-9,999 and "Bosphorus to port by the AFOT Foundation. Club" -- $2,000-4,999 -- "President's Club" Funds are short for this continuing -- $1,000-1,999 -- will be included in more program and friends are asked to send their intimate and targeted AFOT gatherings than tax-deductible contributions to the AFOT those afforded by the general sessions of Foundation marked "for CHAP." Raquel Perez the organization. (Mrs. Frank Perez) is the chairman of AFOT Funds of these magnitudes are urgently CHAP Committee.(®] needed so that AFOT can keep pace with the growing number of activities that are being AFOT's First "Chapter" Active in Texas urged on us and so that we can take advan­ AFOT's Texas chapter launched its tage of newly emerging opportunities to program in late summer with a meeting at reinforce the climate of U.S.-Turkish coop­ Westin Oaks Hotel in Houston, coordinated eration. by the chapter director, Frank Chura. The AFOT leadership has already taken steps occasion was the presentation of the to build the infrastructure to cope with chapter's first appreciation certificate to AFOT's needs and perceived responsibili­ Kei~h Dodson, president of Brown & Root ties. In its first eight years AFOT has International. reached its present stage of effectiveness Brown & Root had made a substantial entirely on the efforts of unpaid volun­ contribution to the AFOT Foundation to teers. finance the fifth printing of the filmstrip In recent months we have leased for the An American Teenager Visits Turkey, 1984. first time in our history our own office Over 3,000 copies of the filmstrip, pro­ space in McLean, Va., and hired two full­ duced by Barbara Walker of Texas Tech Uni­ time staff, equipped them with computer and versity, have been distributed free of other supplies. We began publication and charge to public and private schools and to distribution of this quarterly Newsletter libraries. in October, reaching a mailing list of Among other guests at the Houston meet­ nearly 6,000 readers. ing were representatives of Tenneco and Texas American Shipping and the Turkish Such outlays are bare essentials for a Consul General, Selcuk Tarhan. Principal non-profit organization such as ours. To speaker of the evening was Mike Scorcio of do the sort of programming and outreach the National Council of Sister Cities. He that our friends and sympathizers expect of spoke about Houston's efforts to develop a us requires substantially more funds. We Sister City relationship with a major hope that those who can will respond and Turkish city.(00] enlist in one of AFOT's new "clubs."~ JANUARY 1988 AFOT NEWSLETTER PAGE THREE

AFOT Tour Invites You to ''Rediscover Turkey'' in September

Restored Library at Ephesus (Aegean Tour) Frieze at Yazilikaya (Eastern Turkey Tour) AFOT is inaugurating its long-awaited stops including looks at the newly excava­ tour program in September 1988 with a ted wonders of Ephesus and Aphrodisias. dazzling package that offers a choice of This group concludes its tour at Izmir. Eastern Turkey or the Aegean-Mediterranean The "Ankara and East" group has a full area after three days in Istanbul. day of sightseeing in Ankara, a day excur­ The "Rediscover Turkey" tour is sion to Bogazkoy (Hattusas) and on to Erzu­ especially designed for friends who have rum, Kars (and the ruins of Ani), past Mt. known Turkey in the past but would like to Ararat to Dogubayazit and the fabled Ishak see newly restored or newly developed Pasha Saray, before going to Van. The Van sights while renewing acquaintance with the segment includes Hosap, Cavustepe, and the familiar. citadel by night, followed by a day on Lake Arrangements have been made with Van with a visit to Akhtamar Island. The Academic Travel Abroad, Inc., a highly Eastern group concludes its tour in Ankara. experienced travel agency that has managed Uniquely qualified scholar/guides will similar tours in Turkey and in other parts be recruited to accompany each group. of the world for many years. Participants who want to arrive early The dates are September 17 through before the tour or to tarry afterward to October 1. Full particulars will be visit friends can arrange with Lufthansa to available at the AFOT annual conference in book accordingly without losing the price February, where a representative of advantage of the tour group fare. Academic Travel Abroad will be on hand to The overall tour prices including answer your questions. airfare are $3,300 (Mediterranean-Aegean) Briefly, the main features of the tour or $3,000 (Eastern Turkey). The prices are as follows: three days in Istanbul with include a $200 tax-deductible contribution the Eastern and Aegean groups together, to American Friends of Turkey. seeing such new splendors as the Ibrahim Inquiries and tour booking requests Pasha Saray, the Khedive Palace, the Rug should be addressed to Academic Travel and Kilim museums, and the beautification Abroad, Inc., 3210 Grace st., N.W., project along the Golden Horn. There will Washington DC 20007. Tel.:(202)333-3355.[®) be ample time too for seeing the old favo­ rites for shopping at the Covered Bazaar. The Honorable Fletcher Warren, who was On the fourth day, the "Mediterranean to U.S. Ambassador to Turkey from 1955 to Aegean" group heads for Antalya, Alanya, 1961, recently observed his 92nd birthday Termessos, and Pamukkale, with many other at his home in Greenville, Texas.I.®] PAGE FOUR AFOT NEWSLETTER JANUARY 1988

Congressional Trade Mission Studies Wood Products Market

Congressman Sid Morrison (R.-Wash.) led a Wood Products Trade Mission to Turkey in August. Seminar presentations for Istanbul and Ankara were prepared by the American Plywood Association. The most active topic of discussion revolved around U.S. log grading and scaling standards, stimulating plans for another seminar in Turkey on that subject for early 1988. The principal barrier to increased U.S. wood products exports to Turkey was seen as the 100% tariff rate. Logs remain the only duty-free wood import permitted. During the mission's visit, U.S. Trade, Inc., a corporate member of AFOT, hosted a large Second Bridge Spanning Bosphorus well-attended dinner for the participants. Third Bridge May Span Dardanelles U.S. Trade, through its companion firm, U.S. Forestry, represents both Weyer­ Pedestrian traffic has already begun, so haeuser and ITT Rayonier in the exportation to speak, on the second Bosphorus bridge. of logs and lumber to the Middle East.~] Prime Minister Turgut Ozal and a throng of others walked across the "bridge deck" of the Fatih Sultan Mehmed Bridge in early State Trade Promotion Directors' Visit November. Installation of the bridge's roadway A delegation of trade promotion directors (known in the trade as "bridge decks") from nine states visited Ankara and Istan­ began in September. More than 17,000 bul November 9-13. U.S. participants were galvanized, high resistance steel cables Donald C. Burdon (Connecticut), Bart A. weighing about 10,000 tons were drawn Smith (Illinois), Paul Wagner (Iowa), Ron­ between the Baltiliman and Kanlica pillars ald E. Baker (Maryland), Martin Lewis (New of the new bridge. Laying of the bridge York), Mariya Toohey (North Carolina), Wil­ decks began in September 1987 and decks liam Targe (Ohio), Andrew Jackson (Tennes­ were rapidly put in place. The completed see), and Dieter Breloehr (Wisconsin).[@ bridge is expected to be in operation by the end of 1988, but some delays have been experienced in the time- table for building U.S.-Turkish Joint Venture access roads. To Build Armored Combat Vehicles There is talk of plans . for a third bridge over the Bosphorus but it seems to A joint venture company formed by FMC have been overtaken by prospects for a Corporation and the Nurol Group of Ankara bridge across the Dardanelles at Canakkale. are gearing up to manufacture a family of According to the mayor of Canakkale, the armored combat vehicles (ACV) in Turkey. feasibility study for the project has Besides technical and financial support FMC already been contracted for. The scheme is also committed to technology transfer , will provide for a major new trucking high­ and research-and-development backup in a way from the Turkish border in Thrace down program that would create some 6,000 to through western Anatolia in the direction 8,000 jobs in Turkey. of Izmir. Major feature of the FMC-NUROL venture As for the third bridge over the Bospho­ is a proposal to produce the Armored Infan­ rus in Istanbul, it appears that Mayor Bed­ try Fighting Vehicle in Turkey. The propo­ rettin Dalan is still confident of getting sal was still awaiting decision by the financing for the project, which envisages Turkish Government in November. Both FMC a span very c1ose to the first bridge ~h_0h and NUROL are corporate members and suppor­ links Ortakoy district with Beylerbey.~§•] ters of AFOT.~ JANUARY 1988 AFOT NEWSLETTER PAGE FIVE

S.E. Anatolia (GAP Project) Macro-Management Planning Macro-management to determine project strategy for the giant S.E. Anatolia project was to be opened for tenders in late November. Turkish press reports assert that Arthur Anderson, Bechtel, and Price Waterhouse would be among the firms short­ listed for bidding on the $2.2 million macro-management contract. The Southeast Anatolia Development Pro­ ject (known by its Turkish acronym, GAP) is one of the largest projects ever under­ taken in Turkey. The project calls for construction of 17 hydroelectric plants and 21 dams, providing over 7,500 MW of power -- a 70% increase over present power gen­ eration capacity for Turkey. When the dams are completed, 4.6 million more acres of land will be irrigated, doubling the area of irrigated land in the area. The geo­ graphical reach of the GAP project embraces all of the provinces of Urfa and Mardin as well as parts of Gaziantep, Diyabakir, Adi­ Turkish State Highways Map yaman, and Siirt. Its basis is the exploi­ tation of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The centerpiece of the scheme is the Ata­ A New Sheraton for Ankara turk Dam at Karababa. A New Ramada for Antalya The Ataturk Dam will send waters down to A New Hilton for Izmir the plains of Hilvan, Harran, and Ceylan­ pinar in the Urfa area, the conduits being Ground-breaking ceremonies were held in two of the world's largest irrigation tun­ Ankara in October for the new Ankara Shera­ nels, each 24 . 6 kilometers long. The ton Hotel and Towers. The new complex will project aims at devel oping a total food have a closed area of 37,000 sq. meters. It surplus in Turkey worth $5 billion a year. will rise to 23 storeys. The project, The Turkish Government is actively seek­ priced at $43 million, is to be completed ing to encourage investments in the region and ready for occupancy in 1989. by providing special incentives, such as Ground has also been broken in Izmir for investment premiums that could reach as construction of a Hilton hotel, trade much as 20% of fixed investment. Construc­ center and multi-storeyed autopark complex. tion projects in the GAP region are pro­ The complex, to be built on an area cover­ ceeding on schedule. The Karakaya Dam, ing 80,000 square meters of land belonging designed to generate 7.5 billion kwh of to the municipality, will be the tallest electricity, is undergoing test-runs. building in Turkey, with its 35 storeys and Ataturk Dam, the fourth largest rock-fill its height of 400 feet. The 5-star hotel, dam in the world, will be completed by mid- of 1,000 bed capacity, will also feature a 1990. Water collection behind the dam will heliport. The entire complex is priced at begin next year. The lake formed thereby $65 million. will take four years to fill. Work is underway in Kerner, near Antalya, A scholarly study of the potential econ­ for Ramada's second hotel in Turkey. The omic and social impact of the GAP project first Ramada, in the Laleli section of was presented by William Mitchell of the Istanbul, opened for business in September. U.S. Air War College at the 1986 Middle The 5-star hotel in Kerner is due to be East Studies Association conference under ready for operations in December, 1988. It the title Energy and Irrigation in Turkey: is being built by Gama Endustri, an AFOT The Southeastern Anatolia Project.~] corporate member and supporter.(¾] PAGE SIX AFOT NEWSLETTER JANUARY 1988

Mobil Plans to Build High School Teachers Needed in 14th School in Anatolia Turkey Three American college preparatory Mobil Corporation, now into its 83rd schools for Turkish youth (Izmir, Tarsus, year in Turkey, .is keeping up the momentum of its school building program. The 13th, and Uskudar) require teachers of English, a middle school in Mersin, was dedicated in TOEFL, mathematics, physics, chemistry, general science, and drama. Two-year con­ September. The 14th,in Antalya, is to be tracts provide salary, travel, furnished built in 1988. The schools are operated housing and other benefits. Teachers must by the Turkish Ministry of Education. be certified at the secondary level in the Mobil als9 contributes to the fine arts subject to be taught. For further infor­ program at Istanbul University and other mation, send complete resumes to Douglas M. institutions. The company has been active Hill, executive director, Friends of the in Turkey's cultural life, publishing books American Board Schools in Turkey, Inc., 23 on the treasures and archeological Mount Vernon Place, Asheville NC 28804. monuments of Turkey. In 1984 Mobil also Telephone: (704)252-6943.~ supported the pre-Olympic training of Turkey's marathon team.[¾] Westinghouse and Sezai Turkes Fevzi Ak­ kaya (STFA) have formed a joint venture Procter & Gamble with a Turkish company WESSAS. They are to manfacture Partner electronic defense systems and avionics as well as radar for fighter planes, according Procter and Gamble, one of the world's to Dateline Turkey. The Wessas plant is largest cleaning material producers, signed expected also to export over $6 million in a partnership agreement with Mintax, one of defense equipment within five years.~ Turkey's largest detergent producers in April. Announcement of the partnership New Books about Turkey agreement was made by Procter & Gamble's board chairman Edwin L. Artzt, during the Turkey on $25 a Day (1988-89 edition), meeting of the U.S.-Turkish Joint Business by Tom Brosnahan. New York, Prentice Hall, Council in Washington. 1987. 300 pp. $10.95. The agreement allows Procter & Gamble Turkey: A Travel Survival Kit, 2nd 50 percent interest in the Turkish joint edition, 1988, by Tom Brosnahan. Berkeley, company. The two companies have announced Lonely Planet Publications, 1987. 480 pp. they will invest a total of $40 million in $12.95. the new venture.[@ Guide to Eastern Turkey and the Black Sea Coast, by Diana Darke. London, Michael Periodicals in English about Turkey Haag, 1987. 348 pp. $17.00. The Politics of Rapid Urbanization: Dateline Turkey, BBA, Basin Sarayi, Government and Growth in Modern Turkey, by Cagaloglu, Istanbul. (Weekly, 12 pp.) Michael N. Danielson and Rusen Keles. New Overseas subscription $160, incl. postage. York, Holmes & Meyer, 1985. 286 pp. $19.50. Newspot: Turkish Digest, Dir. Gen. of Turkey Coping with Crisis, by George S. Press & Information, 203 Ataturk Bulvari, Harris. Boulder, Colorado, Westview Press, Ankara. (Weekly, 8 pp.) Complimentary 1985. 240 pp. $39.00. subscription on written request. Economic Shocks and Structural Adjust­ Current Turkish Thought, Redhouse Press, ments, by Patrick J. Conway. Leyden, North­ P.K.142, 34432 Sirkeci, Istanbul. Subscrip­ Holland, 1987. Dfl. 120. tion against $10 contribution plus $8 over­ Turkey: An Increasingly Key Strategic seas surface mail. Asset for the U.S. Heritage Foundation Turkey Business Review: A Trade, Invest­ Backgrounder No. 609, October 14, 1987, by ment, and Finance Monthly. World Informa­ James A. Phillips. 11 pp. Heritage Founda­ tion Systems, Inc., 459 B Carlisle D~., tion, 214 Massachusetts Ave., N.E., Wash­ Herndon VA 22070. (Monthly) $348 a year. ington DC 20002. New Perspectives on Turkey ( semia.tmual). [NOTE: Book listings are for readers' Cihan Bilginsoy, Editor, Vassar College Box information only. AFOT is not equipped to 287, Poughkeepsie NY 12601. $10.Wl market or place orders for books]~§;;] JANUARY 1988 AFOT NEWSLETTER PAGE SEVEN

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Judith Ulug Nejat F. Eczacibasi Barbara Carter The 16th annual Istanbul Festival is On the more classical plane, Judith Ulug making ready its 1988 program. We are (pianist) and Lynn Trepel (mezzo-soprano), expecting many details to be ready in time both born and trained in the U.S., gave for the AFOT annual conference in February. joint concerts at the Ataturk Cultural The Istanbul Festival Committee has been Center. Ulug also performed with the Istan­ invited to participate in AFOT's Trade bul State Symphony jointly with Ayla Erdur­ Exposition February 4-5. an, Turkish violinist. Elsewhere at the Fans of the Boston "Pops" Orchestra for festival, were the Boston-born pianists, example, undaunted by the short time still Anthony and Joseph Paratore. remaining, are actively seeking a corporate On the festival's operatic stage was the sponsor so that the Boston "Pops" might Winston-Salem based Piedmont Opera's pro­ perform in Istanbul next summer. The New duction of Carlisle Floyd's "Flower and York Philharmonic played at the 1985 Hawk." Featured in the now annual fest ival Festival with the sponsorship of Citibank. production of Mozart's "Abduction from the Among the most popular features of the Seraglio" was Ohio-born Barbara Carter in 1987 Istanbul Festival were the July the role of Constanza. concerts of Chick Correa (piano) and Gary A comparable array is expected to carry Burton (vibraphone). Likewise, the Modern the flag for the U.S.A. during the Festival Jazz Quartet performed for SRO crowds. The program next June and July. The Istanbul Raeletts and the Ray Charles Orchestra gave Festival's founder and prime mover, Dr. three performances to enthusiastic crowds Nejat F. Eczacibasi, is chairman of Eczaci­ at the Istanbul Open Air Theater. basi Holding, an AFOT corporate member. Still further luster was provided by the Inquiries about the 1988 Festival program Herbie Hancock Trio and the "Oregon" group. should be addressed to Istanbul Festival i, Garth Fagan's Bucket Dance Theater drew Yildiz Kultur ve Sanat Merkezi, Besiktas, considerable critical acclaim. Istanbul. Telex 26484 ISAM TR.(¾]

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More AFOT Conference Speakers U.S. Secretary of Energy Visits Turkey (from page one) John Herrington, U.S. Secretary of For the February 5 telecommunications Energy, visited Turkey October 4-6. He seminar Joel A~per, president of Comsat met with Prime Minister Ozal and with the International Systems, has agreed to be our Turkish ministers of Finance and of Energy. breakfast speaker. Craig Nalen, president In an Ankara press conference Secretary of Overseas Private Investment Corporation Herrington called the "Water for Peace" (OPIC}, will give the luncheon address. project -- aimed at piping water from Tur­ Telecommunications seminar panelists key to various Middle Eastern countries-­ will include Herbert H. Schiller, Assistant "an exciting and promising project." Postmaster General for Technical Resources, Secretary Herrington told the Turkish Lawrence J. Gitten, of A.T.& T. Network press that the U.S. wanted to sell coal to Systems, and Leslie Cox, of Northern Tele­ Turkey with particular reference to coal­ com. Turkish seminar panelists are still to based power projects. One of those plants, be confirmed but we expect one of the newly at Tekiroag in Thrace, will be built by the chosen cabinet ministers plus the director Bechtel Corporation.(,®] general of Turkey's P.T.T. and the chief of the State Planning Organization. Other conference speakers, including For JUSMMAT "Life Begins at Forty" Secretary of State George Shultz, were listed in AFOT's October Newsletter~(,®] The Joint U.S. Military Mission for Aid to Turkey (JUSMMAT} marked its fortieth anniversary in August with praise from Sec­ First Turkish F-16 Fly-Past retary of Defense Weinberger for continuous performance despite a Congress which, Wein­ Four U.S.-built F-16 fighter aircraft berger noted, has been sometimes "reluc­ arrived in Ankara October 19 and were tant" to extend aid to Turkey. joined by the first Turkish-assembled F-16 At the anniversary ceremony in Ankara, planes for a ceremonial flight over the MG William Potts, current chief of JUSMMAT, capital. Under the agreement between TUSAS recalled the slogan "Life begins at 40" and and General Dynamics, eight U.S.-built F-16 expressed confidence that JUSMMAT had only planes are being delivered as the remain­ just begun to show what it can do. Present i ng 152 are being assembled at the TUSAS personnel strength at JUSMMAT includes 82 plant at Murted outside Ankara. General U.S. military and civilian staff.(%] Dynamics is a corporate member of AFOT.t,<&.,]

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