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...first press conference since the coup, the new head of state, General Kenan Evren, 62, announced that the government would wage a campaign against terrorism and would seek to create "a democratic social order that is responsible, effective, respectful of the rights of the citizen and capable of functioning." Moreover, he said, the military government would soon draft a new constitution, and the guessing in Ankara was that the generals leaned toward a strong executive and a two-party system capable of handling the country's internal unrest and economic woes. Said Evren, in defending the military...
...bickering continued, and the death toll from leftist and rightist terrorism mounted from an average of six a day in January to 18 a day so far in September, and to the point where there was talk of imminent civil war. After one particularly bloody stretch, General Kenan Evren, Turkey's chief of staff, complained: "Everyone speaks of national unity, but unfortunately, everyone fails to bring it about...
Most did not need much convincing, however. William Alfred, Kenan Professor of English, who spoke in favor of the proposal at a Faculty Council meeting last month, told the Faculty, "I believe it's an important thing for Harvard to make a formal statement of its commitment to drama...
William Alfred, Kenan Professor of English and chairman of the committee, said yesterday members looked for essays that were authoritative, informative, original and "had a grace to their arrangement...
...resolve the country's manifold crises-especially its rampant terrorism-before it is too late. The warning was contained in a special memorandum delivered on New Year's Day to President Fahri Korutürk and later broadcast. It was signed by the chief of staff, General Kenan Evren, as well as the commanders of the army, navy, air force and national gendarmerie. The memorandum demanded that the politicians "join hands as soon as possible" to stamp out "anarchy, terror and separatism...