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Lightly tanned and galvanized by his daily workout, Cem Uzan, 42, is relaxing in a trim blue business suit at his swanky party headquarters in downtown Ankara. Behind him is a wall-length map of Turkey, lit up with red flags of towns and villages he has visited in his first year as a barnstorming politician. He is in an expansive mood. "I believe in certain values in life," he says. "I want to set an example of public service." Politics, in fact, is a welcome pursuit for Uzan, who is leader of the Youth Party. But he is also...
...defied a growing chorus of demands that he step down because of his poor health and absence from view in the past two months. By the weekend, more than 40 D.S.P. legislators had resigned, as had at least seven cabinet ministers. Most prominent among them was Foreign Minister Ismail Cem, a vigorous and young-looking 62, who announced that he and two other key figures - Economy Minister Kemal Dervis and former Deputy Prime Minister Husamettin Ozkan - had formed a new political reform movement to lead a social-democratic Turkey into full European Union membership. "Ecevit was always honorable...
...messages on drugs. TURKEY Political Crisis The failing health of Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit, 77, led to political turmoil. Ecevit's refusal to stand down or call early elections prompted seven cabinet ministers and around 43 deputies to resign from the governing Democratic Left Party. Former Foreign Minister Ismail Cem announced the formation of a new party with Kemal Dervis, the Economy Minister. Dervis, however, did not confirm this. He submitted his resignation from the government, but President Ahmet Necdet Sezer persuaded him to withdraw his letter. CHAD Oldest Humanoid A French-led research team announced the discovery...
...Many Turkish parents blame the German school system, which they say does not offer enough language training. School officials in turn blame parental indifference. "This is an empty debate and one that is conducted on the backs of the children," says Cem Ozdemir, 34, a Turkish-German member of the Bundestag. Ozdemir believes parents should realize "how important it is for them to promote their kids' language skills" at home. Educational authorities, he says, should draw up "intercultural curricula," organize more German and integration courses down to the kindergarten level and better prepare teachers to work with foreign-born pupils...
Some Turkish politicians accuse critics of double standards. Why, they ask, is the West concerned with one people's historical suffering when others are suffering now. "Some 20% of Azerbaijan is currently under Armenian occupation," said Ismail Cem, the Turkish foreign minister in a recent briefing to foreign journalists, voicing the concern that Europe is eager to look at events in 1915 but has turned a blind eye to the recent conflict that has produced one million Azerbaijani refugees...