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| | Turkey’s Latest Political Crisis: Why Ecevit was a Logical Choice, The Estimate, December 4, 1998 |
 | | On Yilmaz’ fall, however, most of the political party leaders proceeded on the assumption that elections will still be held in April, and that the immediate task was to form a government strong enough to deal with the Ocalan crisis, the Cyprus issue if it erupts, and other challenges, for the interim period. |
 | | Of the smaller parties, several represent the far left or the ultranationalist far right, and while they may sometimes be included in coalitions, they usually have little real influence in the government-building process. |
 | | True Path Party leader Tansu Çiller, born in Istanbul in 1946, was the first woman to lead Turkey, a male-dominated society (Mustafa Kemal took the name Atatürk, “father Turk”, after all and however secular the society remains rather patriarchal), who served as Prime Minister in 1993-1995 and in brief interim capacities since. |
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