Bugün: The democratic initiative package to facilitate a solution to the Kurdish issue has become clear, announced the daily in its main story yesterday, reporting that the government plans to include Kurdish language electives in the state academic curriculum. In addition to this, the daily reported that Kurdish language departments will be opened at universities and the Kurdish names of villages will be restored. The project, coordinated by Interior Minister Beşir Atalay, will be launched after talks with nongovernmental organizations and opposition parties. The democratic initiative package will not include a general amnesty for Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) members, noted the daily, adding that the government will not speak to PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan but to the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) about the solution. Yeni Şafak: “Three red lines in the Kurdish initiative,” read the headline of the daily's main story yesterday, which reported on three things that will not be included in a democratic package recently announced by the government to help solve the Kurdish problem. “A demand for the release of Öcalan will not be entertained, constitutional autonomy for the Kurds will not be mentioned in the package and the DTP's call for a cease of military operations against the PKK will not be taken into consideration,” the daily reported yesterday.
Akşam: Following a Turk's ascendance to the CEO position at the Coca Cola company, another Turk seeks to become the CEO of Pepsi, said the daily in its headline story yesterday, featuring a photo of 45-year-old Ümran Beba. Beverage giant PepsiCo may one day be entrusted to a Turk, said the daily, adding that Beba is working her way up the corporate ladder at Pepsi, where she has worked for 15 years. A graduate of Boğaziçi University, she is one of the most successful female professionals from Turkey, noted the daily, which stated that Beba currently holds the position immediately below Pepsi's CEO and is responsible for the entire world market, excluding the US.
