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...Expressing the legitimate and irrepressible will of the Turkish Cypriot people . . . we hereby declare before the world and history the establishment of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as an independent state...
...audience, as Turkish Cypriot Leader Rauf Denktash shrewdly surmised, was far larger than the modest throng that gathered in Nicosia last week to cheer his proclamation of a new Turkish Cypriot republic on the divided Mediterranean island. It was a ringing declaration, but as soon as it was made public, Turkish Cypriot officials added an odd qualifier. The decision, they said, was not irreversible: what Denktash really had in mind was to call the world's attention to Turkish Cypriot demands, frustrated so far, for a federated Cyprus. Under the Denktash formula, equal political weight would be given...
...were they the only ones troubled by the most serious crisis the island has faced since the 1974 invasion by Turkish troops. Because Denktash's action exacerbated already crackling tensions between Greece and Turkey, two NATO allies, it threatened further disruption on the alliance's southern flank at the very moment that NATO faces the volatile issue of deploying U.S. nuclear missiles in Western Europe. Groused the left-leaning Paris daily Libération: "The storm surrounding the Euromissiles wasn't enough. Cyprus had to be thrown in as well...
...nightmarish period of political terrorism, parliamentary paralysis and economic chaos. For his part, Ozal quickly showed his eagerness to cooperate fully with Evren and the four other senior military officers on the ruling National Security Council. In his first statement to the nation after the vote, Ozal hanked the Turkish armed forces for 'their efforts to establish law-and-order in the country and to restore democracy...
...record in dealing with the economy. As an undersecretary in the last civilian government, and subsequently Deputy Prime Minister in the military administration, he orchestrated an austerity program from 1980 to 1982 that brought inflation down to 30%, from an annual rate of 120%, while tripling the value of Turkish exports. In the future, Ozal told TIME Correspondent Roberto Suro and Reporter Mehmet Ali Kislali last week, "we have to act quickly to stimulate exports and to facilitate investment both domestically and from abroad. We also want to minimize government interference in the economy because a good free market economy...