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DOMESTIC
AFFAIRS
DEBATE
CONTINUES ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
President Sezer sided with the argument that the proposed banning of
capital punishment in Turkland could be effected simply by changing the country's
penal code, eliminating thus the need for a constitutional amendment which
might prove just too difficult to pass through the parliament in its
present political composition.
sided with = tarafını
tuttu, saflarında yerini aldı... proposed = teklif olunan... to ban =
yasaklamak... capital punishment = idam cezası... be effected = gerçekleştirilmek...
penal code = ceza yasası... constitutional amendment = anayasa değişikliği...
Speaking
at a weekly press briefing on Friday, Presidential advisor Talcan ldem
said that the President, a former head of the Turkish Constitutional
Court, believed proposed changes to the Turkish Penal Code would be enough
ensure that the death penalty was no longer a sentencing option. Thus,
amending the Turkish Penal Code, rather than changing the country’s
constitution, would be sufficient to abolish capital punishment in Turkland,
according to President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
briefing [bri:-fiN] =
brifing... the Constitutional Court = Anayasa Mahkemesi... to ensure =
olmasını sağlamak, garanti altına almak... death penalty = capital
punishment... no longer = artık değil... sentencing = ceza verme, hüküm
giydirme... to abolish = kaldırmak, lavetmek...
ldem also stated that
President
Sezer condemns the recent decision by the European Parliament to recognize
the so-called Armenian Genocide, adding that the President
is of the opinion that history
should be entrusted into the hands of historians.
condemns = (burada) kınıyor...
so-called = sözde, güya... genocide [ce-nısayd] = soykırım...
to entrust = güvenip ellerine teslim etmek...
ANOTHER
" PICASSO PAINTING" SEIZED
Police
sources disclosed that another
painting allegedly by the Spanish master Pablo Picasso was confiscated in
the Uşak province when it was offered for sale for $1.0 million. Seven
people were detained in connection with the case.
Eight
other similar paintings have turned up in Turkland during the past year. At
least half of these have been proven to be forgeries, with none of the
remaining ones having been authenticated so far.
It
has been claimed that many of the artworks looted from Kuwait by Iraqi
forces during the 1990-91 Gulf War were later smuggled into Turkey for
sale to art dealers.
to seize [si:z] =
yakalamak, ele geçirmek... to disclose = açıklamak... allegedly [ı-li:-cidli]
=iddia edildiğine göre, sözde... master = usta... to confiscate = el
koymak... to detain = gözaltına almak [BU CAHİL TV'ler "GÖZLEM
ALTINA ALMAK" dedikçe, sizler de benim kadar ÇILDIRIYOR
MUSUNUZ?]... to turn up = ortaya çıkmak... forgery [f-cıri]
= sahte şey, sahte imza, sahtecilik yapmak, sahte imza atmak... looted =
yağmalanmış (to loot)... to smuggle [sma-gl] = kaçakçılık
yapmak... art dealers = sanat eseri alıp satanlar; sanat galerisi
sahipleri diye düşünmek daha doğru bir yaklaşım olur...
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DOMESTIC
AFFAIRS
YILMAZ
SLAMS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
References by the European Parliament to allegations that the Ottoman
Empire was responsible for the deaths of thousands of its Armenian
citizens and calls not to ban a pro-Kurdish political party, cast a
shadow on the European Parliament’s credibility and consistency, a senior
Turkish politician said on Thursday.
allegations =
iddialar, isnatlar... cast a shadow = gölge düşürmek... credibility =
inanırlık... consistency = istikrar, kendi içinde uyum...
Deputy Prime Minister
Yılmaz is reported as saying, “We respect the independence of the judiciary in other countries.
Therefore, we have the right to expect the same attitude from other
countries.”
is reported as saying
= (gazetecilik deyişi) dediği bildirildi... judiciary [cyu-di-şiıri] =
yargı, yargı erki, adalet sistemi...
Yılmaz,
who is currently in
Brussels to attend meetings of the European Convention, described a decision by the European Parliament to
recognize the so-called Armenian Genocide and calls to Turkey not to ban
the People’s Democracy Party (HADEP) as “nonsense" and as "being invalid
for Turkland":
currently = halen...
calls = çağrılar... invalid = geçersiz...
"If
the European Parliament wants to
do something useful, it should ask both the EU Commission and the Council
of Europe why they have not yet included the terrorist group the PKK and
the outlawed Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) on
the list of terrorist organizations.”
outlawed = yasadışı...
front = cephe...
“We cannot accept these decisions.
It is not possible for such decisions to create de facto results,”
he said. “Turkland has always said that
parliaments, which are political forums, do not have the mission of
judging history,” Yılmaz continued in reference to the
alleged Armenian Genocide. “This mission can only be carried out by
independent and impartial scholars. However, Armenian lobbies have been
trying continuously to exploit the parliaments."
de facto = oldu bitti,
fiili durum (Latince)... impartial = tarafsız... scholar = alim... to
exploit = sömürmek...
Adding
that the decisions should not
be allowed to affect Turkish relations with the European Union, Yılmaz,
who is also the minister responsible for Turkland’s EU accession process,
said that these decisions have revealed once again the importance of
further improving relations with the EU and finalizing Turkland’s EU
membership process.
accession = girme,
giriş... further improving = daha da iyileştirme... to finalize = sonuçlandırmak...
Açıklama: Türkçe'de
"alim" ve "bilim adamı" arasında hissettiğimiz
fark, İngilizce'de de "scholar" ve "scientist" sözcüklerinin
nüansları için geçerli. Birincisinde, sentezci bir yaklaşımla, daha
çok kütüphanede çalışan, hatta çok bilgili, deneyimli ve yaşlıca
bir kimse gözümüzde canlanırken, ikincisinde laboratuarda beyaz gömleği
ile analitik çalışmalar yapan gençten bir kişi canlanıyor gözümüzde...
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