Word: cevdet
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Dates: during 1966-1966
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...Premier undercut Inönü by softening his stand against the East, wooed two independent Senators into his party, and won the full parliamentary majority that he had lacked at the start. Along the way, he also broadened his support among military men, including Turkish President Cevdet Sunay, a career army general who is in effect the army watchdog over Demirel's government. Thus fortified, Demirel pressed ahead with his development program...