GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON AUGUST 12

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on August 12, 2008. Hurriyet English does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET

--9 MARTYRED

A roadside bomb, detonated by terrorists by remote control, killed 9 soldiers including a lieutenant colonel, two specialist sergeants and 6 privates. The blast wounded a captain and another private.

--HUMAN TEST DISASTER

Instead of sandbags, 19 workers boarded a covered, tube-like lifeboat at Gisan Shipyard located in Tuzla Shipyards of Istanbul for sinking test. The boat was released. Normally, the boat should plunge into the water and then go up again but the boat fell into the water reversed due to an unknown reason. Its windows were broken so the boat was full of water. Three workers drowned.

MILLIYET

--FELONIOUS TRAP IN ERZINCAN

Soldiers, who went to Sariyazi village of Kemah town in the eastern province of Erzincan where PKK terrorists took supplies, were attacked on their return. Nine soldiers were killed when a land mine detonated with remote control. Also two soldiers were wounded.

--MASSACRE IN TUZLA

There was a complete disaster at Tuzla Shipyards Zone in Istanbul yesterday. Life boat of a tanker which was constructed at Gisan Shipyard in Tuzla was lowered to the sea with 19 workers in it for weight control test. Glasses of the covered boat were broken and its doors could not be unlocked. Three workers drowned while 15 others were wounded.

--CAPTURED RED-HANDED ATTEMPTING TO BURN FOREST

A 58-year-old man was captured by Highway Directorate teams by chance, while he was attempting to throw a piece of burning paper at the forest in Kemer town of the southern province of Antalya. Mehmet Sahin attacked three members of the team with a club, but he was captured.

SABAH

--PEACE INITIATIVE FROM ERDOGAN

When Russians entered Georgia, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili asked help from Turkey. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan wanted UN to take action. Erdogan spoke to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the phone and said that it was necessary to launch initiatives to end clashes and develop cooperation.

--DURSUN KARATAS DIES

Dursun Karatas, leader of DHKP-C terrorist organization, died in Belgium. Karatas had been under treatment for cancer in a clinic in Brussels for a long time. While he was being tried for Dev-Sol case, he escaped, and he had been a runaway for 20 years.

VATAN

--PKK GOES TOO FAR

A military vehicle carrying 11 soldiers was entrapped by the terrorist organization PKK in the eastern province of Erzincan's Kemah town. A roadside bomb blew up while the military vehicle was passing by. A lieutenant colonel and 8 soldiers were killed in the blast.

Last week, terrorists sabotaged the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in the region.

--SHOCKING FINDINGS IN HELICOPTER DISASTER

The police helicopter, which crashed two years ago in the southern province of Antalya killing 5 police officers, was sold to Turkey as a "new" one, but it was revealed that the engine and several other parts of the helicopter were old and used. Families of Turkish police officers sued Mesa, the U.S. manufacturer of the helicopter.

CUMHURIYET

--HE TRIED TO ENTER WITH 12 KG OF C-4 EXPLOSIVES

A PKK terrorist was seen leaving his bag on the rear wall of the Special Forces building in southern province of Hatay. He opened fire when police officers warned him to stop. The terrorist was killed in the clash. A gun and 12 kg of plastic explosives were found in his bag.

--FELONIOUS TRAP: 9 SOLDIERS KILLED

A military unit held a meeting with the residents of Sariyazi village where PKK terrorists took supplies. The unit was attacked while returning from the village. A land mine, which was planted near Olukpinar village of Kemah town in the eastern province of Erzincan, detonated with a remote control. Nine soldiers were killed and two others were injured in the blast.

RADIKAL

--THREE MURDERS AT TUZLA

When a life boat of a ship (which was constructed at Tuzla Shipyards Zone) was lowered to the sea for a test, one of the ropes uncoiled. The life boat capsized and fell into the sea, killing three workers in it.

--BLOODY AMBUSH IN KEMAH

A military vehicle, which went to Olukpinar village of Kemah town in the eastern province of Erzincan, was trapped with a remote-control land mine on its return. Nine soldiers including a lieutenant colonel and two specialist sergeants were killed. One captain and two privates were seriously wounded.

YENI SAFAK

--GRIT YOUR TEETH AND LIVE FOR 160 YEARS

Turkish scientists from Istanbul's Yeditepe University generated stem cell from human teeth. This method could help human beings live 160 years.

Bedrettin Dalan, chairman of the board of trustees of Yeditepe University, said he invested $60 million for this research. He earlier said, "I want to live for 161 years."

--13 P.C. MOONLIGHT OPERATION

Moonlight, which took over 50.8 percent of Migros shares from Koc Holding, acquired 13 percent of remaining shares traded at the Istanbul Stock Exchange for 482.2 million YTL. Moonlight, controlled by international private equity BC Partners, paid has 2.4 billion YTL for Migros shares so far, following recent operation. Its shares in malls chain Migros reached 63.7 percent.

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