MOGADISHU/ANKARA (A.A) - Turkish field hospital willstart to serve in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia hit by famine and drought.Turmaks, a Turkish company manufacturing field hospitals, is establishing afield hospital for children in Mogadishu.Oguz Aroymak, deputy director general of Turmaks, told AA correspondent onMonday that 160-bed children's field hospital consisted of operating rooms,intensive care units, maternity ward, delivery room, laboratory, infection andquarantine centers, medical imaging devices; x-ray devices, ultrasound and CT,polyclinic, kitchen, laundry and medical waste disposal unit.Aroymak said that they earlier established a 40-bed field hospital inDarfur, Sudan."We know about climate conditions of Africa and the hospital willbe established by considering hot weather and sand storms,"he said.Ali Kemaloglu, director general of Turmaks, said that Turkish Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Somalia boosted motivation of aid organizationswho had some hesitations over security in Somalia.Turkey has recently initiated a country-wide aid campaign to help Somalia.Erdogan visited Mogadishu and several refugee camps in the country, pledging moreaid in cash and infrastructure.Turkey has so far sent 9 planes and 7 ships of humanitarian relief suppliesto famine-stricken Somalia.(EÖ-MS)

ISTANBUL (A.A) - The Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) indexwas down at the beginning of the second session on Monday.The benchmark National-100 index fell 100.79 points and opened at 54,432.96points.Stocks lost 0.18 percent in value.(SOL-UK)

TEL AVIV (A.A) - Israel's Central Bank Governor StanleyFischer said that Israel's not having commercial ties with Turkey would have ahigh cost for Israel.Speaking at a conference on Monday, Fischer said that Turkish economyrecorded a very rapid growth figure, and left Israel's growth rate behind.Noting that Turkish economy was growing with a remarkable speed, Fischersaid that Turkey had big entrepreneurs as well as labor force which receivededucation in Europe.Fischer said that Turkey would be a very big market and an importantexporter country in the region, adding that not having commercial relations withTurkey would have a high cost for Israel.Turkey is the most important country among regional countries including theGulf countries too, said Fischer.Recently, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu unveiled a series ofdecisions concerning Turkish-Israeli relations.The decisions included downgrading Turkish-Israeli diplomatic ties to thelevel of a second-secretary, suspension of military agreements, measurespertaining to freedom of navigation in the Eastern Mediterranean and demanding areview of the Israeli blockade over Gaza by the International Court of Justice.On May 31, 2010, Israeli commandos raided a humanitarian aid flotillaheading for Gaza, killing nine Turkish nationals one of whom was a U.S. citizen.Turkey said after the attack that it expected Israel to make a formal apology,pay a certain compensation to the families of the victims and to end its blockadeover Gaza.The United Nations established an inquiry panel to examine the incident. TheUN panel's long-awaited"Palmer Report"was handed over to UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon on September 2.The report said Israel's interception of the vessels was"excessive andunreasonable,"while the flotilla acted"recklessly"in attempting to breach thenaval blockade. It also said the Israeli naval blockade on Gaza was imposed as a"legitimate security measure"to prevent weapons from entering Gaza by sea.(GC-MS)

ANKARA (A.A) - The Third Turkey-Spain Summit will bringtogether Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Spanish counterpart JoseLuis Rodrigues Zapatero in Ankara on September 6.Prime Ministry Office said in a statement posted on its web-site that theprime ministers and the relevant ministers would hold parallel talks."Later, Turkish and Spanish premiers will co-chair a session with theparticipation of ministers. At the end of the meeting, the two prime ministerswill hold a joint news conference. Prime Minister Erdogan will host a banquet inhonor of his Spanish counterpart later in the day,"it said."Besides political and economic dimensions of Turkey-Spain bilateralrelations, Turkey-European Union relations, the Cyprus issues, global economicdevelopments and G-20 as well as recent global and regional developments will behigh on agenda of the talks,"it said.Spanish Premier Zapatero will be accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs&Cooperation Trinidad Jimenez and Minister of Transport&Development JoseBlanco Lopez.Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Transportation Minister BinaliYildirim will also attend the meeting.Earlier, Turkish and Spanish prime ministers agreed to hold anintergovernmental summit between the two countries once in every year in order tofurther strengthen Turkey-Spain relations.The first summit took place in Istanbul on April 5, 2009 and Madrid hostedthe second gathering on February 22, 2010 with the participation of a number ofministers and high-level bureaucrats.(UK-MS)

ANKARA (A.A) - Turkish people have so far collected atotal of 417.8 million Turkish liras in donations for Somalia, the Turkish PrimeMinistry Disaster&Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) announced on Monday.As of 12 p.m. today, AFAD has collected 90 million TL and Turkish ReligiousAffairs Authority has collected 158 million TL, as 169.3 million TL has beencollected in several other campaigns launched across the country, AFAD said.Turkey has recently initiated a country-wide aid campaign to help Somalia.Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Mogadishu and several refugeecamps in the country, pledging more aid in cash and infrastructure.Turkey has so far sent 9 planes and 7 ships of humanitarian relief suppliesto famine-stricken Somalia.(GC-MS)

ANKARA (A.A) - Palestinian official Nabil Shaath willarrive in Turkish capital of Ankara on Monday.Shaath will arrive in Ankara as the special envoy of Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas and will be received by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.Davutoglu and Shaath will discuss Palestinian state's recognition andregional developments.(SOL-MS)

ANKARA (A.A) - Turkey's science, industry and technologyminister said on Monday that economic relations between Turkey and the EuropeanUnion (EU) should have strong legal and ethical basis.Nihat Ergun said particularly, economic relations between Germany and Turkeyshould have strong legal and ethical basis."We should obey our promises, and abide by the agreements but we do not,"Ergun said during his meeting with Rainhardt Freiherr von Leoprechting, chairmanof Turkish-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in Ankara.Ergun said one of the most important reasons of economic crises in the worldwas weak legal and ethical basis of political and economic system."We sign Customs Union agreement but we do not abide by it. Goods,businessmen and vehicles cannot move freely, and direct or indirect obstacles areput on goods we produce,"Ergun said.Also speaking in the meeting, Leoprechting invited Ergun to new headquartersof the chamber in Berlin and Ergun said he was willing to visit Germany in thepossible shortest time.More than 4,000 German companies are operating in Turkey, and more than 3million Turkish citizens are living in Germany.(BRC-MS)

ANKARA (A.A) - Minister-Counsellor Ella Aphek with theIsraeli Embassy in Ankara was summoned to Turkish Foreign Ministry.Diplomatic sources said Monday that Aphek was summoned to the ministry onSunday, and Turkish officials verbally declared Turkey's decision about Israel.On May 31, 2010, Israeli commandos raided a humanitarian aid flotillaheading for Gaza, killing nine Turkish nationals one of whom was a U.S. citizen.Turkey said after the attack that it expected Israel to make a formal apology,pay a certain compensation to the families of the victims and to end its blockadeover Gaza.The United Nations established an inquiry panel to examine the incident. TheUN panel's long-awaited"Palmer Report"was handed over to UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon on September 2.The report said Israel's interception of the vessels was"excessive andunreasonable,"while the flotilla acted"recklessly"in attempting to breach thenaval blockade. It also said the Israeli naval blockade on Gaza was imposed as a"legitimate security measure"to prevent weapons from entering Gaza by sea.Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu unveiled a series ofdecisions concerning Turkish-Israeli relations.The decisions included downgrading Turkish-Israeli diplomatic ties to thelevel of a second-secretary, suspension of military agreements, measurespertaining to freedom of navigation in the Eastern Mediterranean and demanding areview of the Israeli blockade over Gaza by the International Court of Justice.(GC-MS)

ANKARA (A.A) - Turkey's leading defense industry companyASELSAN has added a new item to its remote-control weapon systems.ASELSAN which earlier developed STAMP (Stabilized Machine Gun Platform) andSTOP (Stabilized Naval Gun System) for warships, now added SARP (StabilizedAdvanced Remote Platform) for land operations.As a remote rifle sentry watch system, SARP is controlled from a safelocation day and night. It can carry 12.7 mm and 7.62 rifles and 40 mm grenadelauncher as well as thermal and TV cameras.SARP does not miss any targets with its laser distance finder and automatictarget tracing systems.The new system will be attached to Leopard2A4 tanks and ALTAY tanks.Developed especially for border security, SARP will allow troops in borderregions to give a quick response to any arm attack(UK-MS)

TRIPOLI (A.A) - Some Libyan troops took shelter atTurkish companies'construction sites during NATO war planes'bombardment inLibya.Sarp Birin, CEO of Summa Holding, told the A.A correspondent in Tripoli thatthey had evacuated their construction sites months ago because of the uprising inthe country."We have been dealing with construction business in Tripoli for long years.We have undertaken construction of Africa's biggest building. We have threeconstruction sites and a camp in Libya. We evacuated them after the beginning ofthe incidents. After clashes came to an end, we checked our sites. We learnt thatGaddafi forces took shelter at our sites during NATO bombardment. They left thesites after opposition forces took control of the city,"he said."There are a number of Turkish companies operating in Libya. TheTransitional National Council is dealing with many problems for the time being.We think that foreign investors will be able to receive their receivables in thecoming months. The Council told us that it would repay the formeradministration's debts,"he said.Birin added that Libya would need Turkish companies in its rebuildingprocess.(UK-MS)