Turkish Deputies Quit
- By Unknown
- Jun. 30 1997 00:00
Yilmaz was asked by President Suleyman Demirel a week ago to form a government after prime minister Necmettin Erbakan resigned in the face of threats from the secular military to his year-old pro-Islamist government.
Yilmaz, who heads the Motherland Party, has been negotiating with other anti-Islamist parties on the formation of a new administration, but still commands the support of less than half the 550 members of parliament.