PRESS DIGEST - Turkey - Nov 7
Source: Reuters
ISTANBUL, Nov 7 (Reuters) - These are the leading stories in the Turkish press on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. HURRIYET - One soldier dies after a PKK attack on a police station 15 kilometres from the city of Tunceli in southeastern Turkey. Special force units have been sent to the province. - Turkey's Besiktas play like a second league team, losing 8-0 to Liverpool. The score is a record for the Champions League. REFERANS - The initial public offering for leading pay-TV company Digiturk is called off because of a lack of demand. RADIKAL - Justice Minister Sahin says a draft reform of article 301 of the penal code will be sent to parliament in the coming days after the European Commission called for the article to be changed. MILLIYET - Kenan Evren, who lead Turkey after a 1980 coup says his administration's outlawing of the Kurdish language was a mistake and that all state officials in southeast Turkey should know Kurdish. AKSAM - An internet site connected to the PKK says U.S. reconnaisance planes have been spotted above a number of PKK camps.
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