THE RESULTS of the recent elections in ArgenTurkish troops in the streets: still a military dictatorship But he did.
have realised, military.
Any resemblance between elections held in Turkey week last parliamentary is purely accidental. While the elections were aimed at impressing those of Turkey's allies who baulked at the dictatorship in NATO's ranks, the blind the shameless could mistake this charade the junta's muchLU Stand Of fifteen parties ser up to contest the election (ranging the moderate bourgeois to exright wing LeNe bourgeois) only three were permitted stand call didates. Even after this, the found necessary to veto 672 of the 1683 election hopefuls These included every single can in the Kurdish areas.
The constitution affirmed by plebiscite one year ago enshrines among the President's dictatoria. powers that veron candidates up to ana, uniquely, following their elec tion! This constitution has guaranteed the elected government' will be nothing but a puppet of the military with juntachief President Kenan Evren retaining absolute powers.
Discussion of politics is still forbidden by military decree and former politicians excluded from public life. At the same time there between 40,000 100,000 prisoners in Isabella Peron: president after Juan Peron's death does simultaneously exist. Peronism revocab v split between radicals and conservatives. TURKEY'S GENERALS said they didn't want Turgut Ozal to win the election in Turkey last week.
NIGEL JOHNSON of the Turkey Solidarity Campaign explains that while the results of the election were more of a non-event than some observers trouble is brewing for the Turkish Turkey including the leading members militants of the working class and socialst movement. New Turkish prime minister Turgut Ozal Action and no doubt received them. Ozal, as advisor to the last civilian austerity programme for debt-ridden Turkey 1980. When implementing became incompatible with parliamentary rule NATO's second largest ar my stepped in it, appointing Ozal deputy He sacked or culc Was last year following a banking collapse Now he will continue with the fiercely repressive austerity pro gramme and une junla has seen to it, constitutionally, Inal ne won t oc nampcico by any renewal of democracy in Turkey. Turkey. The vote for Ozal was a vote for detente but any and every concession he makes in the direction of liberalisation will be opposed by the military.
Civil That inflation is still running at 30 per cent and at per wilt biggest holding, Transturk, conglomerate of over 30 companies is bankrupt are signs that the Turkish economy is still, chronical*the sick man of Europe The junta still holds all the cards in its hands, tradictions accumulate the opportunities for working