Word: cemal
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Turkish President Cemal Gursel beamed with pride as he roared away from Ankara's new Parliament building in the first auto ever made in Turkey, a four-cylinder, 60-h.p. job, with a chauffeur at the wheel. A scant 100 yards later, General Gursel's smile froze as the auto coughed and died. "We made this car with the Western part of our minds," he berated the chauffeur, "but with the Oriental part we forgot to put gasoline in it." So saying, General Gursel stepped into a fully gassed Detroit job, purred...
...Turkish elections three weeks ago, no party won a clear mandate, but the Republicans, favored by the armed forces and by General Cemal Gursel's junta, suffered a setback while the Justice Party, drawing supporters of executed Premier Adnan Menderes, showed considerable strength. In the wake of these results, as the parties maneuvered to form a new government, the country's top military brass* gathered ominously in Ankara. Out to the politicians went an invitation as crisp as a parade-ground command: form a coalition government of all major parties, with Gursel as President, or face a military...
Republican Peoples, led by ex-President Ismet Inonu, favored by Strongman Cemal Gursel: Justice, New Turkey, Republican Peasant, all trying to win followers of executed Premier Adnan Menderes...
Turkey seemed calm but uneasy. Since the execution of ex-Premier Adnan Menderes, ex-Finance Minister Hasan Polatkan, and ex-Foreign Minister Fatin Rustu Zorlu, for "crimes against the Turkish constitution" (TIME, Sept. 22), the big question was whether Strongman Cemal Gursel would allow free elections to take place, as promised, next month. Cryptically last week, he warned of "provocative elements" that might prevent the election. Obviously disturbed by the executions, the entire Cabinet reportedly offered its resignation, then agreed to stay on at Gursel's insistence...
When General Cemal Gursel and his military junta put Menderes & Co. on trial last year after seizing power from them in a bloodless coup, the legal case against the ex-Premier and his associates was based on the Turkish penal code, which can prescribe death for those who "attempt by force to change, replace or abrogate the Constitution." There is no doubt that by vast, showy projects and wild fiscal extravagance, Menderes had brought Turkey close to ruin, and consistently tried to hide the fact by severe press censorship and high-handed rule. But many Turks wondered whether the death...