GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON JAN 23

HURRIYET
-- METAL WAVE
Turkish police have detained 35 people, including a union leader, military and police officers, in 15 provinces under the Ergenekon probe. Police searched the Turkish Metal Union and the Eurasia TV (ART) buildings. Turkish Metal Union chairman and ART Executive Board president Mustafa Ozbek were among the detainees. Ozbek labeled the investigation as “illegal”.
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-- KUCUK RELEASED
The High Criminal Court in Istanbul has decided to release writer Professor Yalcin Kucuk and Independent Republican Party (BCP) Deputy Chairman Engin Aydin as it ruled that documents collected from his house did not include any evidence. Kucuk and Aydin were detained during the 10th wave of the Ergenekon probe on Jan. 7.
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-- OH GOD, WE ARE LUCKILY ALIVE
People have narrowly escaped disasters in Ankara and Istanbul. A six-story construction site collapsed in Ankara due to negligence. Six people were injured, but fortunately no one was killed. In Istanbul, a massive window pain fell from the fifth floor on people on the street below. Six people were injured in the accident, with one 19-year-old university student in a life-threatening condition.
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MILLIYET
-- POLICE DETAIN 37 IN ERGENEKON'S LATEST WAVE
It was alleged that 37 people, who were detained within the scope of the 11th wave of the Ergenekon investigation, were the names mentioned in the Special Forces Department's former chief Ibrahim Sahin's assassination plans named "S-1 code". Officials said that 12 of the detainees were police officers and 6 of them were members of the army.
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-- YALCINDAG'S AND KOC'S SECOND TERM IN TUSIAD
Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag was reelected chairperson of the Turkish Businessmen's and Industrialists' Association (TUSIAD) at the 39th General Assembly of the association. Mustafa Koc, head of TUSIAD's Supreme Consultative Council, will also continue his duty for another term. Speaking at the general assembly, Yalcindag said that "improving the liquidity and awakening the demand" were essential steps in order to overcome the current crisis as soon as possible.
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SABAH
-- CHP'S MAYORAL CANDIDATE IN ISTANBUL KILICDAROGLU
Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has announced that its mayoral candidate for Istanbul will be Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Kilicdaroglu's name will be announced on Friday at a formal ceremony. Kilicdaroglu's strong opposition has caused difficulty for the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government recently. Several AKP officials were forced to resign after Kilicdaroglu's opposition.
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-- WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TURKEY'S EU BID, EP OFFICIAL
Martin Schulz, the president of the Socialist Group at the European Parliament, said that they would continue to support Turkey's EU bid. Schulz met with President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Deniz Baykal in Ankara on Thursday. "The goal for Turkey, with no doubt, is full membership in the EU," Schulz said.

VATAN
-- KILICDAROGLU, CHP'S ISTANBUL CANDIDATE
Republican People's Party (CHP) chairperson Deniz Baykal chose Kemal Kilicdaroglu as his party's candidate for Istanbul mayor. Kilicdaroglu has been drawing attention with his studies on corruption issues recently. Kilicdaroglu's name was also mentioned in latest polls conducted by CHP in Istanbul.
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-- SAHIN WAVE IN ERGENEKON
A total of 20 police officers from the Special Forces unit and army officers, who have connections with former police chief Ibrahim Sahin, were detained in operations waged in 15 provinces within the scope of the 11th wave of operation Ergenekon. The operation, which was conducted 15 days after the 10th wave, covered major cities such as Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir, as well as Turkey's southeastern provinces.
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CUMHURIYET
-- OPERATIONS IN 16 PROVINCES
In the 11th wave of the Ergenekon probe, police have raided a trade union, a TV channel and private homes. More than 30 people, including Turkish Metal Union leader Mustafa Ozbek, and nearly 20 army and police officers, were detained in simultaneous operations in Ankara, Istanbul, Bursa, Tokat, Igdir, Kahramanmaras, Sivas, Isparta, Van, Elazig, Antalya, Siirt, Hakkari, Sirnak, Izmir and Hatay. The prosecutor said that it was possible that there might be more detentions.
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-- CRISIS CRITICISM
Turkey's leading business association has criticized the government for underestimating the economic crisis. Speaking at the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSBIAD) general assembly meeting, Mustafa Koc said, "Turkish society has still been dealing with the issues of the headscarf, the closure case and the Ergenekon probe. We could not concentrate on the crisis yet. Now, local elections are coming up. The government has assumed an attitude about the crisis by denying it." Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag, who was elected chairperson of the association for the second time, also warned the government that the Turkish economy was at the point of standstill.
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RADIKAL
-- ARZUHAN DOGAN YALCINDAG ELECTED TUSIAD PRESIDENT OF EXECUTIVE BOARD AGAIN
Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag was elected the President of the Executive Board of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) again. "As the Turkish business world, we are obliged to understand the present term and dynamics. We are still unsure about at what stage the global economic crisis is," Yalcindag said. We believe that certain steps must be taken in Turkey to help the economy that virtually came to a standstill, Yalcindag also said.

-- LAPTOP COMPUTERS SELL AS MUCH AS ORDINARY DESKTOP COMPUTERS IN TURKEY
Laptop computers are selling as much as ordinary desktop computers in Turkey. Computer experts believe that the number of laptop computers sold would exceed the number of ordinary desktop computers in 2010 in Turkey. Declining prices and the convenience in carrying light computers have boosted laptop computer sales.

YENI SAFAK
-- NO CHANGE IN "SCENE ON JULY 22"
A recent survey conducted by Genar revealed that there had been no change in the rates of the votes collected by political parties in the July 22 elections. According to the survey aiming to bring to light the tendencies of voters for the upcoming March 29 local elections, the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) votes would be around 47.5 percent, while the Republican People's Party's (CHP) votes would be nearly 23 percent and the Nationalist Movement Party's votes (MHP) would reach 13.7 percent.
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-- S1 WAVE IN ERGENEKON
Police wiped off "two special teams" set up by the former head of the Special Forces unit, Ibrahim Sahin, who was detained while he was preparing to carry out 12 assassinations. Simultaneous operations were waged in 13 provinces early on Thursday upon the demand of prosecutor Zekeriya Oz. Eight serving members of the Turkish army and eight police officers, whose names were listed in the intelligence document, "S1" that was found at Sahin's house, were detained in the operation.