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Revue <strong>de</strong> Presse-Press Review-Berhevoka Çapê-Rivista Stampa-Dentro <strong>de</strong> la Prensa-Baszn Öz<strong>et</strong>i<br />
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE, TiJESDAY, MARCH 4, 1997<br />
Falih Saribas/Reuters<br />
,Turkish women singingmarchin.g so.ngs and chanting slogans .against the Islamist-Ied<br />
ruling coalition in a <strong>de</strong>monstratIOn an Istanbul's central Takslm Square on Monday.<br />
'Secularist Turks Take to Stre<strong>et</strong>s<br />
Anti-IslamistProtests<br />
, Compiled by Our Slojf From Dispatches<br />
Put More Pressure on Erbakan<br />
, ANKARA ~ Turkey's secularist maj.ority<br />
j.oined ranks .on M.onda~ with. ~e pr.o-Weste';"<br />
army in an assault .on Prime Mmlster Necm<strong>et</strong>tm'<br />
Erbakan's Islamist ambiti.ons.<br />
Several th.ousand anti-Islamist <strong>de</strong>m.onstrat.ors<br />
t.ook t.o the stre<strong>et</strong>s .ofIstanbul and a f.ormer prime<br />
minister and leftist lea<strong>de</strong>r, Bulent Ecevit, warned<br />
Mr. Erbakan t.o respect <strong>de</strong>m.ocracy and toe the<br />
.official secularist line.<br />
"I t.oldhim that ifhe can 't d.othat, then he sh.ould<br />
leave the g.overnment," Mr. Ecevit said at a news<br />
c.onference f.oll.owing a me<strong>et</strong>ing with Mr.<br />
Erbakan.<br />
'<br />
A recent increase in army criticism .of the c.oaliti.on<br />
has stirred mem.ories .ofthree military c.oups<br />
in the last 37 years. ,<br />
: But Mr. Erbakan brushed .offthe generals' latest<br />
eff.orts t.oinfluence the running .ofthe c.ountry.<br />
: "In Turkey g.overnments are f.ormed in Parliament,<br />
n.otin the Nati.onal Security C.ouncil. Laws<br />
'are ma<strong>de</strong> in Parliament," he said.<br />
The military-d.ominated c.ouncil warned Mr.<br />
Erbakan .on Saturday t.o end a recent surge in<br />
religi.ous activism they fear c.ould pave the way ~.o<br />
turning Turkey, a member .of the N.orth AtlantiC<br />
Treaty Organizati.on, int.o an Islamist state.<br />
. The army acti.on plan, published by newspapers,<br />
inclu<strong>de</strong>s a ban .onpropaganda.on pro-Islamic televisi.on<br />
and radi.o, tighl.:r restricti.ons .o,nrelig.i.ous<br />
dress and measures t.o prevent Islam1st radicals<br />
fr.om entering the state adminis~ati.on. , .<br />
The military is als.o <strong>de</strong>mandmg stnct survell-<br />
.lance .of financial .organizati.ons c.ontr.olledby religi.ous<br />
fraternities and firm c.ontr.ols.on the p~rchase<br />
.ofpump-acti.on sh.otguns, the sales .ofwhich<br />
have surged in recent m.onths, allegedly t.o pr.o-<br />
Islamic radicals;<br />
Turkish st.ocksdived 5.58 percent.on M.onday.on<br />
,the political uncertai!l~y, ., ".<br />
, ''An easing in p.ol1ucaltensl.on IS nee<strong>de</strong>d, said<br />
'Mustafa Yilmaz, a br.oker. "Newspapers full .of<br />
pictures .of army generals negatively affect the<br />
, mark<strong>et</strong>." A pr.ominent member .of Mr. Erbakan's<br />
Welfare Party called f.orthe g.overnment t.oheed the<br />
army warning. , .,<br />
"Welfare sh.ouldtake steps t.osm.o.oth~IS .out,<br />
the newspaper Yeni Yuzyil qu.oted Ayd~ Mend-<br />
'eres a member .of Parliament, as saymg. Mr.<br />
Me~<strong>de</strong>res's father, Adnan, was execut~. after a<br />
1960 c.oup that <strong>de</strong>p.osed him as prime mmIster.<br />
Mr. Erbakan, 70, became m.o<strong>de</strong>rn Turk~y's first<br />
Islamist lea<strong>de</strong>r last year in alliance WIth c.onservatives<br />
after narr.owly winning general electi.ons<br />
with 21 percent .ofthe v.ote. .<br />
Many secularists say he has n.omandate t.oraise<br />
the profile .ofIslam in public life, .one.of Turkey's.<br />
m.ost sensitive issues.<br />
(Reuters. AFP)<br />
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