Word: fuat
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With that, it was all over except for the formalities: duly the Grand National Assembly elected Gursel as the Second Republic's new President. The only other announced candidate for the presidency, Ali Fuat Basgil of the pro-Menderes Justice Party, saw the handwriting on the wall, hastily withdrew not only from the race but from Ankara itself. The final vote for Gursel: 433 out of a possible...
Last week Turkey's new revolutionary rulers acknowledged that Greek suspicions had been right all along-the whole thing had been planned. The tip-off came with the arrest of Turkey's former Vice Premier and Foreign Minister, Mehmet Fuat Koprulu, 69, a respected professor and one of the founding members of the Democratic Party. Koprulu's part had been apparently minor. The chief culprits, said the Turkish government, were already in custody-President Celal Bayar, Premier Adnan Menderes, and ex-Foreign Minister Fatin Zorlu. This is the story as told by a : spokesman for Turkey...