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...member of Demirel's dominant Justice Party who would be more acceptable to the army. Either out of fear of an outright military takeover or, more likely, out of tacit agreement with the generals' move, most Turks accepted the change with equanimity. Even the extremist student group Dev-genc (an acronym for "revolutionary youth movement") joined in a declaration of support for any reforms that the military might have in mind...
...TURKEY, an ambitious plot was carried out by kidnapers who identified themselves as members of the Turkish People's Liberation Army-a previously unknown group probably related to a Maoist student organization called the Dev-genc (TIME, March 1). The kidnapers seized four U.S. servicemen near Ankara and demanded $400,000: otherwise, they said, their American prisoners would be executed by a firing squad...
State of Limbo. The kidnaping, like the recent bombings, is thought to have been the work of a Maoist guerrilla group known as Dev-genc (a Turkish acronym for "revolutionary youth movement"). Premier Süleyman Demirel has been reluctant to deal harshly with terrorists, lest he acquire the reputation for repression that brought down Premier Adnan Menderes and led to his hanging. Nevertheless, last week Demirel asked parliament to widen his government's powers to control the violence...
Prince Shah Dev studied political science and economics and lived in Quincy House while a special student here in 1967-68. He was also a member of the Fox Club...
...invitations, printed in Nepali and English in red ink on heavy dark paper, read: "By Command of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Nepal on the auspicious occasion of the wedding of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Bierenda Bir Bikram Shah Dev with Her Royal Highness Princess Aishwarya Rajyalaxmi Devi, the Chairman of the wedding committee and Chief of the Royal Household Bada Casi Puspa Raj has the honour and pleasure to request the company of-at Narayanhiti Royal Palace...