Islamic Party Takes Charge in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s president approved the country’s first Islamic-led government in 73 years on Friday, giving power to a party at odds with Turkey’s Western allies.
President Suleyman Demirel’s office said he had approved a coalition government joining new Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan’s Welfare Party with the center-right True Path.
The Welfare Party’s triumph marks the first time an Islamic party has led Turkey since 1923.
True Path’s pro-Western leader, former Prime Minister Tansu Ciller, was named deputy premier and foreign minister.
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