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Mitsotakis said he views Greece as a "bridge" between Western Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East. Greece withdrew from NATO in 1974 in response to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The Greek government felt that lack of NATO response justified the move, Mitsotakis said...
...most obvious effect of the military intervention that overthrew the Turkish government of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel two weeks ago was the widespread sense of relief it produced. After months of rising terrorism by both the extreme left and extreme right, the country allowed itself to settle into a state of unaccustomed relaxation. Civilians waved at tanks rumbling through the streets of Istanbul. Automobile drivers shook hands with soldiers who manned the roadblocks. Storekeepers raised their bombproof shutters for the first time in months, and restaurants began to fill up again in the evenings. Some city dwellers looked...
When Evren and the other four members of the ruling National Security Council took the oath of office, they chose not to swear on the Koran or any other holy book. Instead, to underscore the secular nature of the Turkish state, they swore on their honor and invoked the name of Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey...
...reports in Ankara, the armed forces commanders had been watching the growing crisis with great concern and finally made their move in an act of near desperation. They had been particularly worried about the poor performance of the police in combatting the terrorists and by the rising menace of Turkish Communist militants. They were also concerned about increasing signs of Islamic fanaticism; a rally in Konya earlier this month that attracted 70,000 people struck them as a threat to Atatürk's concept of a secular society, which the Turkish military is pledged under the existing constitution...
...government at a time when more than 50 members of parliament were being held in "protective custody." Late last week the military chose one of its own to be the new Prime Minister. He is Bülent Ulusu, 57, a former admiral and retired chief of the Turkish navy. Ulusu, who was not involved in the coup, was chosen over two other contenders, Gen. Haydar Saltik, a member of the ruling council, and Zayyat Baykara, a former senator...