ISTANBUL, Nov 5 (Reuters) - These are the leading stories in the Turkish press on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET

- Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will ask for concrete steps against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) when he meets with U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday. The meeting could determine whether or not a cross-border incursion will occur.

SABAH

- Eight Turkish soldiers are released by the PKK in northern Iraq after three members of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) go to Arbil to sign an agreement with representatives of the Kurdish administration in northern Iraq.

RADIKAL

- Besiktas Soccer team wants the referee of its last match against Fenerbahce to resign and for major games to be refereed by foreigners.

MILLIYET

- Former Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Erdal Inonu is buried in Istanbul on Saturday. Thousands of people attend the funeral.

AKSAM

- DTP parliamentarian Osman Ozcelik says Turkish soldiers released by the PKK on Sunday had not been tortured.

CUMHURIYET

- Turkey's bar association releases its own alternative version of a constitutional reform package which focuses on fundamental rights and freedoms.

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