GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON MAY 10

HURRIYET
--KARTAL ON TOP, SIVAS COLLAPSES
The leader has changed three weeks before the Turkcell Super League ends. Besiktas (Kartal) rose to the top with 62 points after 188 days. Sivasspor was defeated at home and left the top seat, which it had kept for 16 weeks. Besiktas defeated Ankaraspor in Ankara 4-1, with Holosko, Ibrahim Toraman, Bobo and Tello scoring. Sivasspor were defeated by Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor 2-1. Fenerbahce beat Denizli, and Galatasaray beat Ankaragucu with same scores: 1-0. Trabzonspor defeated Kocaeli 3-1.

MILLIYET
--PKK LANDMINE IN SIRNAK: 5 DEAD
Three village guards and two villagers were killed when their vehicle hit a landmine planted by PKK terrorists in the Kemerli region of Cudi Mountain yesterday. Also two people who could not be identified were injured. Security forces launched a wide operation in the region.

--BOGAZKOY SPHINX LIKELY TO RETURN
The return of the ancient Bogazkoy Sphinx – which was unearthed in the Hittites capital of Hattusha – from Germany to Turkey is about to be concluded. The Culture Ministry is sure that Germany will return the sphinx. The decision will be made in Paris on May 11-13.

--SUMMIT BELONGS TO BESIKTAS NOW
Besiktas took the leadership seat three weeks before the Turkcell Super League ends. Kartal (Besiktas) defeated Ankaraspor 4-1 in an away match, while leader Sivasspor was defeated by Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor 2-1, leaving Kartal the top seat.

SABAH
--DEEP PROBE
The Justice Ministry launched a secret investigation into 60 judges and prosecutors in Istanbul. The investigation was launched after information was obtained from phone-tapping within the Ergenekon probe. The ministry assigned three inspectors to the probe. Some of the judges and prosecutors were accused of being part of relationships of interest and misconduct.

--EAGLES TOP TURKISH SOCCER LEAGUE
Besiktas captured the top spot of the Turkcell Super League after Sivasspor was defeated at home by Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor 2-1. Besiktas won an away match against Ankaraspor and gained the leadership three weeks before the finish line.

VATAN
--ERDOGAN'S TOUGH DECISION
Talks with the International Monetary Fund came to a deadlock about tax administration. The IMF was pushing for a U.S.-style tax administration in Turkey. IMF officials said Turkey could only collect tax using indirect ways. They also said, "You should establish an independent and strong tax administration, just like the American Internal Revenue Service, check all declared income and expenditure of taxpayers and ask them (where they got it)."

IMF officials said they were ready to give a huge loan to Turkey if these conditions were fulfilled. But there is need for political will to take this step, which concerns everyone in Turkey from doctors to lawyers, from businessmen to craftsmen. If Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan says "Yes," everybody will have to account for the money they spent.

--40,000 JOB APPLICATIONS IN A MONTH TO SABANCI
Turkish conglomerate Sabanci Holding's Human Resources Director Mehmet Gokmen revealed interesting information about the scale of the economic crisis. "Resumes of 270,000 people are piled up in Sabanci Holding's resume databank. There are people who graduated from two colleges and can speak at least two foreign languages. Before the crisis, we used to get 4,000 or 5,000 resumes in a month. But after the crisis, this figure reached 40,000 a month," Gokmen said.

CUMHURIYET
--KARAYILAN LOOKING FOR DIALOGUE WITH ANKARA
The PKK terrorist organization was alarmed by the U.S. support to Turkey in its policy in northern Iraq. The heads of the PKK are looking for ways to communicate with Ankara. Murat Karayilan, head of the PKK in Kandil, met with reporters and claimed that the terrorist organization could not be eliminated through military methods and said that first weapons would stop, and then dialogue would start. Karayilan said the point of contact of the dialogue should be either Abdullah Ocalan – the imprisoned head of the PKK – or the acting leaders.

--NEW LEADER BESIKTAS
Sivasspor was defeated by Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor 2-1 at home in the Turkcell Super League. Besiktas, which was in second place after Sivasspor, beat Ankaraspor 4-1 in an away match, and captured the leadership seat.

RADIKAL
--FRENCH DIVA COMING TO ISTANBUL
Patricia Kaas, who will represent France in the Eurovision song contest in Moscow, will come to Istanbul after the competition to perform. Kaas, who is the best-selling French singer in the world, will take stage at Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Open-air Theater on June 10.

--ERDOGAN: WE WILL NOT DEBATE LAW TO CAUSE TENSION
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan promised a consensus regarding the constitutional amendment. Erdogan, who has assumed a reconciliatory attitude since the local elections, said: "We are patient. We do not want to debate any law that will cause tension."

YENI SAFAK
--MALICIOUS TRAP IN SIRNAK
A mine blast killed two village guards and three civilians in the southeastern province of Sirnak. Two civilians were badly injured in the explosion.

--‘WE CAN OPEN THE DOOR IF THE OCCUPATION IS OVER’
Responding to a question about opening the border gate between Turkey and Armenia, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan recalled that lifting the Armenian occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh was a precondition. He said, "We can open the door if the occupation is over."