Zaman: In a front page story yesterday, the daily reported that an old lady was denied treatment by a doctor in the Central Anatolian province of Eskişehir on the grounds that she was wearing a headscarf. A doctor, Gülsen Y., asked Fatma Arduç, 69, who went to a state-run local medical center due to a stomach complaint, why she was wearing a headscarf. When the woman replied that it was her normal dress, the doctor asked her to show her identity card. Arduç then went back to her home to pick up her identity card and showed it to the doctor, who said she could not examine her because the photo on her identity card did not resemble Arduç. An investigation has been launched into the incident by the local healthcare authority, the daily reported.Vatan: “Now comes the Jewish initiative,” read the headline of the daily's main story yesterday, which quoted remarks from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who praised Jews during a ceremony held at Yıldız Technical University in İstanbul on the occasion of the start of the new academic year. Holding Jews up as an example to young people, Erdoğan said Jews create things and then proceed to earn money from them. “They do not buy houses like Turks; instead they invest in commerce with the money they could use to buy a house. They become tenants in the most beautiful parts of the city. Why? Because when you own property, the money spent for that property is wasted money [in their opinion],” said Erdoğan.
Taraf: Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç stated on Wednesday that the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government was determined to resolve Turkey's long-standing Kurdish problem and would present constitutional amendments for the solution of the problem at a referendum if they are not approved by Parliament, the daily reported in a front page story yesterday. He said the government would not give up its bid to solve the Kurdish problem although the opposition parties have not lent any support to it. Arınç's remarks came during a television program on 24 TV, the daily said.
