Word: suleyman
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When Premier Suleyman Demirel took office in November, he warned his countrymen to brace themselves for a long, hard winter. Last week Turkey was quite literally shivering through one of the worst cold spells in 30 years. Largely because of a lack of foreign exchange, the country had virtually run out of fuel oil, and thousands of homes and offices were without heat. As if that were not suffering enough, Demirel chose the moment to introduce draconian new fiscal measures, which one Western diplomat in Ankara called "the most significant economic step taken in Turkey since World...
...explicit "or else" clause, but then none was really needed. The warning served as an immediate reminder of the fact that twice in the past two decades, in 1960 and again in 1971, the armed forces had taken over the country. "This is a serious situation," admitted conservative Premier Suleyman Demirel, who has been in office only since Nov. 19. Said left-of-center Opposition Leader Bülent Ecevit, Demirel's predecessor as Premier: "The crisis has assumed a new dimension...