1.   Turkish officials agreed in principle, however, to send food and medicine only.

2.   Turkish officials admitted openly that they hoped to deflect Iranian influence in the region by using television as a propaganda tool for Turkey.

3.   Johannsen accompanied Linfield to Tbilisi for the first leg game in Georgia, and like everyone else was unaware of the cash offer to the Turkish officials.

4.   An International Monetary Fund delegation left Turkey last week with Turkish officials saying an agreement would be possible if the IMF approves its three-year economic program.

5.   At a conference on American-Turkish relations in Washington last month, Turkish officials and business leaders were generally upbeat about prospects for membership.

6.   Before the Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan went on trial last Monday, Turkish officials decided to ensure that the official press would choose its words carefully.

7.   A senior Turkish official in Ankara acknowledged that the trade was outside the sanctions, though he defended its economic necessity.

8.   A Turkish official gave him a coin-shaped medal.

9.   According to these reports, his statements bear a remarkable similarity to what Turkish officials have been saying for years about his organization.