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All of the dailies covered Turkish Premier Erdogan's final meeting with "wise people" group, a consultative body comprised of scholars, heads of NGOs, media celebrities and personalities to oversee the ongoing efforts in Turkey to find a settlement to PKK terrorism which has killed more than 40,000 people in the past three decades in the country. "Turkey is ready" headlined daily SABAH and quoted Erdogan as saying, "Only 15 percent of PKK terrorists has withdrawn beyond our borders." Daily RADIKAL headlined "Wise men offered diagnosis and handling ways," saying their reports from 7 regions of Turkey covered core issues of the problem as well as differences in the society over the solution process. "Common demands, new constitution" daily ZAMAN headlined and said the majority of the members of the wise men group had conveyed people's expectation for a "libertarian constitution," and their "biggest fear" that the solution process risked "the division of Turkey". Daily STAR headlined "Peace won't divide," quoting Deputy Chairman of Justice and Development (AK) Party Huseyin Celik as saying "Clashes of past 30 years have not divided us, and peace will not divide us either." The daily also said Celik responded in Kurdish in response to a question by a correspondent of Kurdistan TV on education for Turkey's Kurds in mother tongue.
"Twitter do not want to cooperate upon Gezi Park"
Almost all of the dailies also covered Turkish Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Binali Yildirim's statement on Twitter which has refused to cooperate with Turkish officials in relation with anti-government protests. Daily VATAN headlined "Twitter resists" citing Yildirim's words also on Facebook, which he said was "working in harmony with Turkish authorities". The daily quoted him as saying "If you are acting in this country you need to cooperate with its justice and police here. When a tax official, police or anyone requires information, we want to see institutions which help us in our country." Daily HURRIYET headlined "Facebook and Twitter resisted to share" saying Facebook made a statement that said "We did not share information with Turkey" after Yildirim's words. Daily MILLIYET headlined "Twitter did not whistle" stating Yildirim's call to social networks to open offices in Turkey.
UEFA's ban on Turkish clubs Fenerbahce and Besiktas
"Fenerbahce and Besiktas hit the UEFA wall," headlined daily TURKIYE and said the decision created many reactions in the world, placing some headlines of world's different newspapers after European soccer's governing body, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), announced its decision on match-fixing accusations against Besiktas on Monday and Fenerbahce. Daily YENI SAFAK headlined "No hope in arbitration" stressing the two soccer teams prepare for objection in 3 days. It reminded also that the shares of Fenerbahce and Besiktas in Borsa Istanbul were down after the decision, causing a loss of $84.4 million Turkish liras in total of their shares. Daily MILLIYET headlined "Loss is big," giving the information that Fenerbahce president Aziz Yildirim did not make a much-anticipated statement on Wednesday, reminding a group on the same day called Yildirim to resist.
Edward Snowden in Moscow airport
Some dailies covered former CIA contractor Edward Snowden was currently in Moscow airport. Daily STAR headlined "Snowden is in Moscow airport" saying he was waiting in transit zone of Moscow's airport. Quoting Russian leader Vladimir Putin as saying "For he did not enter Russia officially, he has not violated any of our rules. We won't send him back."
