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To: NickSE who wrote (218)3/4/2003 2:32:56 AM
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.....Special elections scheduled for Sunday could also help the measure. Erdogan is seeking a vacant parliament seat in that vote, and if he wins, political analysts predict that Prime Minister Abdullah Gul, an ally of Erdogan's, will step aside and let him form a new government. Erdogan was banned from running in the November elections that put his party in power because of a 1998 conviction for reciting a poem with Islamic overtones at a rally. Parliament has since lifted that ban.

If Erdogan becomes prime minister, he could purge the cabinet of several ministers who have opposed the U.S. deployment, an important step because the cabinet's unanimous approval is required to submit a proposal to parliament. A delay in a second vote would also give Washington more time to build U.N. support for a war, something wanted by many Turkish lawmakers who voted against accepting U.S. troops.

"The government is not going to let this go down," said Nevzat Yacintas, a Justice and Development Party legislator. "They will do something, I am sure, because the friendship of the United States is very important to us."

Ozal said many of his colleagues who voted against the U.S. deployment are already having second thoughts and have told him they will change their votes. "They are starting to see it's going to hurt people economically," he said. "They feel a little bit guilty."

The Turkish stock market plunged 12.5 percent and the Turkish lira fell 5 percent today on fears the country would lose the billions pledged by Washington.....

washingtonpost.com
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