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...more sporadic. Without water, in the cruel heat, few of the trapped can survive more than 72 hrs., no matter how strong the will to live. There might still be a miracle or two. But the hopelessness for the rest reverberated in the trembling voice of Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit as he acknowledged, "It is not possible to reach them...
...take more than an earthquake to change the way Turkey is governed, but the government is already suffering some political tremors. While Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit has vowed to "get rid of the defects of the political system," the political aftershocks of last week?s devastating act of God have left his government increasingly embattled. New taxes proposed by the government to raise some of the $20 billion required to repair the quake damage were greeted with skepticism Friday by Turkish newspapers who questioned whether the revenue would actually be spent in the disaster zone. Anger at the sluggish initial...
...Turkey last week, the country's leaders are bracing for a firestorm of dissatisfaction. Calls for the resignation of cabinet ministers look set to snowball, and the more efficient relief effort in regions run by the opposition Islamic Virtue Party presents a substantial political challenge to Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit. "Once the initial shock wears off, the political recriminations will grow," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "Poor construction work in a region known for earthquakes caused a death toll that was far higher than it might have been had stricter standards been enforced." On Monday, as officials in the capital...
...issue now is how well Turkey handles the aftermath. Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said Ocalan would quickly face trial. "It need not last too long [because] the crimes of the P.K.K.'s leadership are well known," suggested Ecevit. Discomfiting words for a world already wary of Turkish justice and for Kurds violently alienated by Ankara's policies. Turkey should celebrate while...
...guilty verdict, demonstrating what Ecevit last week described as the "obvious contradictions" in the law, came as the government of Prime Minister Turgut Ozal prepared to face the voters in this week's parliamentary by-elections...