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...take more than an earthquake to change the way Turkey is governed, but the government is already suffering some political tremors. While Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit has vowed to "get rid of the defects of the political system," the political aftershocks of last week?s devastating act of God have left his government increasingly embattled. New taxes proposed by the government to raise some of the $20 billion required to repair the quake damage were greeted with skepticism Friday by Turkish newspapers who questioned whether the revenue would actually be spent in the disaster zone. Anger at the sluggish initial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quake Shakes Turkey's Political Foundation | 8/27/1999 | See Source »

...Turkey last week, the country's leaders are bracing for a firestorm of dissatisfaction. Calls for the resignation of cabinet ministers look set to snowball, and the more efficient relief effort in regions run by the opposition Islamic Virtue Party presents a substantial political challenge to Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit. "Once the initial shock wears off, the political recriminations will grow," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "Poor construction work in a region known for earthquakes caused a death toll that was far higher than it might have been had stricter standards been enforced." On Monday, as officials in the capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey's Tragedy ? the Political Aftershock | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

...issue now is how well Turkey handles the aftermath. Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said Ocalan would quickly face trial. "It need not last too long [because] the crimes of the P.K.K.'s leadership are well known," suggested Ecevit. Discomfiting words for a world already wary of Turkish justice and for Kurds violently alienated by Ankara's policies. Turkey should celebrate while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Terrorist's Bitter End | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...quite suddenly, in talks due to resume in October, the U.N. may be able to sponsor the creation of a "bizonal and bicommunal federal state": each of the two communities would have its own territory but share a number of ministries and government functions. Bulent Aliriza, a once -- and perhaps future -- Turkish Cypriot diplomat, who is currently a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, sees the makings of "the first settlement of an ethnic conflict in the new world order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: And Now For Some Good News | 8/31/1992 | See Source »

...defendant in the dimly lit Ankara courtroom last week was expressionless as the prosecutor called for a verdict of not guilty. Bulent Ecevit, three- time Prime Minister of Turkey between 1974 and 1979, had been charged with engaging in political activity, which under a 1982 decree is illegal for former party leaders. But the prosecutor accepted Ecevit's argument that he had been entitled to explain his choice of a political party when he spoke in May at a convention of the party founded by his wife Rahsan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey: Entitled to an Explanation | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

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