ANKARA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - These are the leading stories in the Turkish press on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

SABAH

- The Turkish government sends a motion asking parliament to authorise sending troops to northern Iraq to tackle separatist Kurdish PKK rebels. Government spokesman Cemil Cicek says he hopes Turkey will never have to send troops to Iraq.

RADIKAL

- Turkey fails to find jobs for its youth. Data shows youth employment rose to 18.6 percent from 17.1 percent.

EVRENSEL

- Parties in parliament other than pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party are expected to vote in favour of the motion to permit sending troops to Iraq.

HURRIYET

- The central bank is under pressure from industrialists to cut interest rates. Labour unions place adverts in newspapers urging the inflation-fighting central bank to trim rates.

- Hoteliers are pleased by early snow in skiing centres.

MILLIYET

- Citizens are confused about the referendum. Many people are not even aware that a referendum will be held this Sunday asking people to decide whether future presidents should be elected by popular vote.

- The European Union's Home Affairs Commissioner, Franco Frattini, compares the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks to the Jewish holocaust and says Turkey should take steps towards reconciliation with its neighbour Armenia.

REFERANS

- Bad news for exporters. The paper says tensions over northern Iraq will discourage the central bank from cutting interest rates aggressively in its meeting on Tuesday.

AKSAM

- The police will start putting "smart" cameras on Ankara's streets in 2008 after a failed bomb attack in the city.

ZAMAN

- If Turks vote "yes" in referendum, crises over presidential elections will be a thing of the past.

DUNYA

- The U.S. rules in favour of Turkish iron exporters in a preliminary ruling, saving Turkey's $700 million exports.

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