Turkey: Precarious Coalition
Five weeks after indecisive Turkish elections substituted shaky civilian rule for a military junta, the nation still had no functioning government. But after prodding by Junta Strongman Cemal Gursel, now President, squabbling politicians last week finally formed a Cabinet, result of a shotgun wedding between the two parties that most strenuously campaigned against each other and then received an almost equal share of the popular vote.
Wily ex-President Ismet Inonu, 77, became Premier, while ten other members of his Republican People's Party received Cabinet posts. To the Justice Party, political heirs of the late Democratic Premier Adnan Menderes—Inonu's archrival, who was executed by the junta last September—also went eleven portfolios, including the deputy premiership, important in view of Inonu's age.
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