Demirel said that they took up Turkey-EU relations in a comprehensive way with Ahtisaari and added that ''we didn't have difficulty in understanding each other. Ahtisaari added that the Turkish government seems determined to meet the EU criteria and stressed that equal criteria are in question for all candidate countries and Turkey is obliged to fulfil them. Bogazici University Kandilli Observatory recorded on Saturday seven aftershocks between 08.37 and 16.39. Meanwhile a tremor having a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale was felt in Saroz bay the same day at 2.20 p.m. The Annans first visited the Kariye Museum in Fatih district which was used as a church in the Byzantine period.
Turkey has many beautiful historical places to offer to the world.
It was a very nice tour. Everybody has been very friendly,'' Annan told reporters in the museum. Annan declined to answer questions about the OSCE Summit and Cyprus issue and said he was now focused on Istanbul's beauties. The souvenir shop next to the museum gave the Annans a porcelaine cat figurine before they had Turkish coffee and tea in the yard of Fatih Youth Sports Club. Several tourists visiting the Kariye Museum had their photos taken with the Annans.