Word: demirel
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Within a day, the police picked up 11 Iranian, Syrian, Libyan and Turkish suspects, said Acar, and authorities believe the murder may be linked to six others, including the deaths of an Israeli security officer and a U.S. serviceman. Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel spoke of "certain powers trying to create division and havoc in Turkey." In Ankara hundreds of thousands of mourners tossed red carnations at Mumcu's flag-draped coffin. At the Iranian consulate in Istanbul and elsewhere, protesting crowds chanted, "We are not Iran...
Turkish Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel so far has resisted pressure to intervene, but the mere suggestion of a NATO member becoming embroiled in the conflict helped catapult Karabakh to the top of the agenda at the U.N. and other international forums. The military commander of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Yevgeni Shaposhnikov, warned that armed involvement by foreign nations could transform the Karabakh conflict into World...
When Turkish Premier Suleyman Demirel ruled out granting full autonomy to 10 million Turkish Kurds last week, his decision marked yet another crushing blow to this long-suffering Muslim people with a distinct language and history of its own. Demirel's announcement came in the wake of the worst fighting between the Turkish government forces and Kurdish guerrillas since...
...Turkey's Demirel Says, "Trust...
...issues, the narrowness of Demirel's victory will limit his mandate. His central campaign promise was to oust Ozal from the presidency immediately, instead of waiting until 1996, by changing the constitution. But few political leaders would welcome a constitutional crisis when Turkey is seeking to show the European Community and its NATO allies that it is a stable, reliable partner. Says a Western diplomat in Ankara: "Demirel has a mandate not to be like Ozal -- but not to get rid of him either...