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Article: Can new government re-open door to prosperity? (Turkey's new coalition government faces economic and political difficulties)
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- The Middle East
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- April 1, 1996
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Turkey's new coalition government has eased some fears of an Islamic government rising on Europe's doorstep. But the government formed by an alliance of the Motherland and True Path parties faces difficult economic and political challenges.
On 6 March, after almost three months of political horse trading, Turkey got a new government. Some have called it a "government of egos"; a Turkish diplomat described it as a "government of experts." In fact, it is an unusual coalition of conservative and left wing secular parties, united in their quest for power, and by their shared determination to keep politics a secular activity.
The results of the December 1995 ...