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...DIED. Cevdet Sunay, 82, President of Turkey from 1966 to 1973; of a heart attack; in Istanbul. A cautious architect of political compromise, Sunay helped preserve Turkey's fragile democracy during a turbulent period when the military and parliament frequently clashed...
Turkish Prime Minister Nihat Erim was not terribly surprised last week when a message from President Cevdet Sunay was rushed to him at Ankara airport. Erim had just said goodbye to Soviet President Nikolai V. Podgorny, who flew home after a week of inconclusive negotiations over a proposed Soviet-Turkish friendship treaty. Ceremonies completed, Erim tore open the envelope to learn that he was being relieved as Prime Minister because of his "extreme fatigue...
Reflecting the army's impatience with the terrorists, President Cevdet Sunay, a former general, called for an end to "political discussions and conflicts" and asked parliament to give the government "general authority" to issue laws by decree. All four major parties refused, giving rise to fears that Turkey might be heading toward another impasse between the armed forces and the politicians...
...Swap. What were the Soviets up to? For one thing, they may have been trying to pressure Turkey into returning the father-and-son pair who carried off the first successful hijacking of a Soviet aircraft last month, killing an 18-year-old stewardess in the process. Turkish President Cevdet Sunay, however, declared that the matter would be handled not as a political decision, but by Turkish courts, where it is still pending...
...surprisingly, Dubčček is seen most often with Soviet Ambassador Vasily Grubyakov, whom he visited even before presenting his credentials to President Cevdet Sunay. "That call," said one observer, "was his real presentation of credentials...