TURKPULSE No:42 POLITICAL
PARTIES FACE INTERNAL CHALLENGES
TURKPULSE No:42 POLITICAL
PARTIES FACE INTERNAL CHALLENGES
The aftermath of the closedown of the FP and the political future of the Economy Minister Kemal Dervis are two big question marks of Turkey’s domestic politics these days. The forthcoming national convention of ANAP is also equally important with the re-election of Mesut Yilmaz as the Chairman a foregone conclusion. That is unless Washington has an unknown new device up its sleeve for Lutfullah Kayalar (ANAP-Yozgat), Yilmaz’s competitor, to get elected, in addition to the methods used for Tansu Ciller’s election as the chairperson of the DYP in 1993. The first test of this American overt intervention in Turkey’s domestic politics, however, will be over the successor to the defunct FP within the next couple of weeks.
TURKPULSE
No:43 THIRD
BLACK WEDNESDAY CLOSELY AVERTED
Last
week Turkey overcame one more financial crisis and the lessons learnt from the
previous two crises are working full speed ahead to stabilise the markets. Will
the ailed Turkish economy be back on track now that the painful banking
operation is nearing to an end with the help of the IMF? Whatever happens will
not be carried out very quickly or easily as the Government is determined to
fight to the end with the experience gained and so are its adversaries in the
opposite direction. The pendulum is swinging in the right direction for the time
being, but no one can predict for how long. The press conference by Treasury
Chief Oztrak on Friday (13th) was a good eye opener for most people
pestered by the disinformation campaigns of recent days. The French businessmen
delegation’s visit to Turkey may mark a turning point in the crisis.
TURKPULSE
No:44
DERVIS’S
POLITICAL CHANCES ARE BEING CLARIFIED
A place for Kemal Dervis in Turkey’s present political structure involves much more complicated questions than a simple choice of a person’s joining a political party because of superpower involvement, not to say interference in Turkey’s Government formation today and tomorrow. Below is the short background to this intriguing and eye-opening story with a prognosis for the future, a daring attempt for any political observer or analyst of such a multilateral and complicated issue.