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...found it easier to become somewhat unified in Europe, as well as to integrate into European society." That humanism is personified in Haji Bektash, a 13th century Alevi holy man who, according to Alevi lore, encouraged people to turn the other cheek and love their neighbors. Alevis generally embraced Kemal Ataturk's separation of church and state in the 1930s, but their outsider status drew many to leftist politics. The Alevis in Germany started organizing politically in July 1993, after a mob in the Turkish city of Sivas torched a hotel where satirist Aziz Nesin, known for lampooning religious extremism...
TURKEY Making a Move His sights set on the Nov. 3 general election, Economy Minister Kemal Dervis resigned to focus on building a center-left alliance that secularists hope will keep the pro-Islamic Justice and Development Party from power. The respected Dervis, who is not a member of any party, won praise for orchestrating the imf-backed reform plan that saved the economy from collapse last year...
...view in the past two months. By the 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...
...Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit, 77, led to political turmoil. Ecevit's refusal to stand down or call early elections prompted seven cabinet ministers and around 43 deputies to resign from the governing Democratic Left Party. Former Foreign Minister Ismail Cem announced the formation of a new party with Kemal Dervis, the Economy Minister. Dervis, however, did not confirm this. He submitted his resignation from the government, but President Ahmet Necdet Sezer persuaded him to withdraw his letter. CHAD Oldest Humanoid A French-led research team announced the discovery of the oldest human-like fossil. The skull is from a creature...
...senior official. But, this person adds, "We were very close to a major natural disaster." Chepchugov says there are some indications that at least one radical fundamentalist is showing interest in computers. The imam of Finsbury Park mosque in north London, Abu Hamza al-Masri (also known as Mustafa Kemal) "has gathered around himself a group of computer specialists," Chepchugov says. "This is indirect proof that Muslim extremists understand the potential of computer-based terrorism." Meanwhile, another Russian specialist in computer crime remarks, "I think our American friends are very interested in the Pakistan Hackerz Club [a pro-Pakistan hacker...