Word: turgut
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...Kemal Ataturk decreed the separation of mosque and state shortly after World War I. The pro-Western political bent did not immediately translate into liberal economics. Corruption, cronyism and protectionism continued to cloud prospects until the 1980s. Even then, after a period of economic liberalization under reformist Prime Minister Turgut Ozal (a pal of Margaret Thatcher's), the old habits died hard. In 2001, Turkey suffered a full-blown financial crisis in which the Turkish currency lost nearly 50% of its value overnight...
...note that the country's best-seller lists currently include Adolf Hitler's autobiography Mein Kampf and Metal Storm, a fictional debut by two local authors in which the U.S. invades Turkey. "This is just the beginning," warns Berkan. "I expect this wave of nationalism to grow." - By Pelin Turgut Hard Times UNITED NATIONS Secretary General Kofi Annan proposed reforms to the global body, including enlarging the Security Council and establishing new rules for authorizing military force. The broadly welcomed proposals were overshadowed by further criticism over management of the Iraqi oil-for-food program and new calls...
...Andrew Purvis and Pelin Turgut...
...This might well have been more directed at Israel than Turkey," says the diplomat. - By Andrew Purvis and Pelin Turgut Peace Dividend FRANCE The National Liberation Front of Corsica-Combatants Union - the island's main separatist rebel group - unexpectedly announced a unilateral cease-fire. Other groups trying to form a joint list of nationalist candidates for regional elections in March had called for an end to violence. Dissolving Democracy SERBIA-MONTENEGRO The beleaguered government of Serbia, weakened by infighting and allegations of corruption, dissolved its parliament and called elections for December, a year early. The third attempt in just over...
...Development Party (AK). He voted no to the U.S. request before the war, but will back the current bill and expects many of his colleagues to do the same. Diplomats tell TIME the government will first seek broad authorization, leaving the details until later. - By Andrew Purvis and Pelin Turgut Terror Convictions BELGIUM Tunisian-born al-Qaeda member Nizar Trabelsi was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he admitted planning a suicide bomb attack on a NATO military base. Trabelsi...