TURKEY CAN'T DECIDE ON COPTER PROJECT

ANKARA [MENL] -- Despite numerous pledges to the United States, Turkey can'tdecide on an award for a tender for a $2 billion attack helicoptercoproduction project. Turkish industry sources said the Defense Ministry has quietlydetermined that it does not have the funds to launch such a huge project.The sources said the prospect of significant U.S. aid to help finance acontract by an American defense firm appears out of the question.