GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON FEB 23

HURRIYET
-- IF THERE IS A MISTAKE, THERE ARE LAWS TOO
Commenting on the tax penalty given to the Dogan Media Group, State Minister and Deputy Premier Cemil Cicek said that there were relevant legal clauses that could be implemented if there has been a mistake with the penalty decision. "This is not the first time a tax inspection is carried out in Turkey. If a party alleges that there has been an injustice or the inspection has not been carried out in accordance with procedures, it can seek its right," Cicek said.
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-- NUCLEAR PROPOSAL FROM ARMENIA
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian proposed that Ankara and Yerevan would start to cooperate in the field of nuclear energy. Sargsian said cooperation with Turkey and Russia for the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Armenia would have both economic and political dimensions for his country.
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MILLIYET
-- ANATOMY OF A MURDERER
Ogun Samast, who killed journalist Hrant Dink, joined a survey on violence among young people only three weeks after the assassination. He responded to 115 of 140 questions. According to his responses, Samast is a fan of the TV series "Kurtlar Vadisi (Valley of the Wolves)". He says that he is capable of committing murder to protect honor and national values. According to him, illegitimate sexuality should be prevented. Samast also says that he cried each time he was involved in an act of violence.
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-- GILDED BLOW ON HISTORICAL TOMBS
Historical works in Istanbul's Eyup district, where a number of leading figures from the history of the Ottoman Empire were laid to rest, were destroyed during the ongoing so-called restoration works. Historical tombstones were bleached with chemical substances and the inscriptions on them were gilded.
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SABAH
-- WE HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH DOGAN INCIDENT, ERDOGANÂ
Premier Tayyip Erdogan said that it was the Finance Ministry's own initiative to start a tax inspection concerning the Dogan Media Group. "We cannot ask the Finance Ministry to examine files. The ministry takes such a decision on its own. The inspections are carried out on a regular basis. Dogan media group was examined within the framework of such a procedure," Erdogan said.
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-- OBAMA NOT TO SAY "GENOCIDE"
Ruben Safrastyan from the Armenian National Academy of Sciences said that U.S. President Barack Obama would not use the word "genocide" during the speech he would deliver on April 24 due to his country's national interests.

VATAN
-- SECRET OF "DARK BATTLE"
Police found a CD entitled "The Concept of Dark Battle" during a search in the house of retired Gen. Erdal Senel, who is one of the suspects of the Ergenekon probe. Senel described the data in the CD as "extremely serious". He then made a more serious claim: "that CD does not belong to me."
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-- PRESIDENT GUL IN TANZANIA
President Abdullah Gul proceeded to Tanzania after paying a state visit to Kenya. President Gul met with Tanzanian graduates from universities in Turkey. "I am proud to speak Turkish with you here in Tanzania. During my term in office at the Islamic Development Bank, we developed a system to provide African students with fellowship opportunities. Today, I witness that the system worked very well," President Gul said.
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-- SKIBBE GOES
The executive board of the Galatasaray soccer club convened extraordinarily after the major home defeat of 2-5 against Kocaelispor who were at the bottom of the league before that match. During the meeting, the board decided to sack German coach Michael Skibbe. The soccer club will make an official statement today.
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CUMHURIYET
-- OBAMA NOT TO SAY "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE"
Professor Ruben Safrastyan, director of the Institute of Oriental Studies at Armenian National Academy of Sciences, said that the issue of Afghanistan gained key importance in the foreign policy of the new U.S. administration led by President Barack Obama. He said that since the United States would need Turkey's assistance in the region more, Obama would not use the word "genocide" during his speech on April 24.
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-- TURKISH BUSINESSMAN CALLS ON COUNTRIES TO UNITE AGAINST CRISIS
A leading Turkish businessman called on developed countries to unite against the global crisis. "Only in that way we can agree on a new world order. Countries with high technology are able to overcome such destructions more quickly," said Mehmet Ali Berkman, president of the executive board of Akkok Holding.
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RADIKAL
-- U.S. NOT TO BYPASS TURKEY WHILE WITHDRAWING FROM IRAQ
Turkey is within the route that U.S. will use while withdrawing from Iraq. Turkey's southern provinces of Iskenderun and Mersin are some of the locations determined by the United States tp be used for the transfer of soldiers and transportation of heavy weapons, tanks and munitions.
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-- CRITICISM TO ERDOGAN
Premier Tayyip Erdogan has been criticized by an EU official. Joost Lagendijk, the co-chairman of Turkey-EU Joint Parliament Committee, said that Erdogan's call for a boycott contradicted the principle of "freedom of press". Lagendijk also said that the recent tax penalty (given to Dogan media group) could be perceived as the continuation of Erdogan's stance against the group.

YENI SAFAK
-- "WE WILL KEEP ON TRACKING ERGENEKON"
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told reporters that they would keep on tracking the Ergenekon. "This is a purification operation. The organs of legislation and execution will fulfill their responsibilities. But we cannot intervene in the judiciary," he said. He likened the Ergenekon probe to the "Mani Pulite (Clean Hands)" anti-corruption operation in Italy, and added "Turkey, in fact, should have carried it out years ago. We will not stop following it this time."
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-- TURKISH SONGS IN AFRICA
Children sang Turkish folk songs while greeting President Abdullah Gul and his wife at a school during their official visit to Kenya. Later, Gul proceeded to Tanzania and met with 37 young people who graduated from universities in Turkey.