Turkish Press
April 3 2005
Press Review
Cumhuriyet
SCHROEDER TO VISIT TURKEY
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is due to arrive in Turkey
today for a two-day official visit. During his stay in the country,
Schroeder is expected to meet with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss a number of issues,
including the so-called Armenian genocide, Cyprus, and Turkey’s
European Union membership bid. During his contacts, Schroeder is
expected to call for Turkey to give ground on the “genocide” issue and
take steps on both the Kurdish problem and the nation’s EU membership
bid. In related news, Turkish-German Chamber of Industry and Trade
Chairman Kemal Sahin touted the chamber’s success, adding that it
had exceeded expectations. /Cumhuriyet/