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Turkey is also opposed to Makarios' return. Last week Ankara placed its 35,000 troops on the island on maximum alert, and warned that if there were renewed fighting among Greek Cypriots, it would intervene to protect the 30,000 Turkish Cypriots living in the Greek-controlled part of the island. As tensions mounted, a Cypriot government spokesman charged that the Ankara government was looking for a pretext to launch a fresh military operation-the dreaded "third round" that Greeks fear would enable Turkey to overrun the rest of the island (it now controls 40% of the territory...
...very day that Greek voters gave Caramanlis his mandate, Turkish President Fahri Korutü named Sadï Irmak, 70, an appointed Senator who does not belong to any party, as Premier of a caretaker regime. Beyond that, the results of the Greek elections were well received in Ankara, which regards Caramanlis as a "reasonable and informed" man with whom it can do business...
Before returning to Washington, Kissinger had planned to fly from Israel to Turkey to discuss a proposed compromise plan on the Cyprus impasse with Premier Bülent Ecevit. At the last minute, the Ankara trip had to be canceled. Unable to form a new coalition government because of disagreements over Cyprus, Ecevit announced that he could not hold "serious" talks with the Secretary of State...
...official report from the Turkish Antiquities Service in Ankara is due to arrive here on Monday...
...Owatonna, then collapsed with sore feet in a city park. But gradually they toughened up and, equally important, became adept at hustling meals and lodging; they were presented with everything from cough drops by the Smith Brothers to two cases of C-rations by an Air Force colonel in Ankara. In Manhattan, they stayed for a week as guests of a Holiday Inn but caused some consternation when they brought their mule right into the lobby. The mule was promptly led off to be tethered, but he relieved himself before he got out the door...