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...weekend, more than 40 D.S.P. legislators had resigned, as had at least seven cabinet ministers. Most prominent among them was Foreign Minister Ismail Cem, a vigorous and young-looking 62, who announced that he and two other key figures - Economy Minister Kemal Dervis and former Deputy Prime Minister Husamettin Ozkan - had formed a new political reform movement to lead a social-democratic Turkey into full European Union membership. "Ecevit was always honorable, and he will be remembered with gratitude," Cem said. Ecevit, however, was not pleased to be viewed in the past tense after 45 years in politics. While conceding...
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