CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - ASIA-AFRICA

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005760117
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2011
• Case Number: F-2011-00832
• Publication Date: May 31, 1960

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 II. ASIA-AFRICA
New Government Formed in Turkey
A provisional government of 15 civilians and three mil=
itary cabinet members has been formed in Turkey. Retired
General Cemal Gursel, who headed the coup against the for-
mer government, is prime minister as well as commander in
.chief of the armed forces. General officers also head the in-
terior and communications ministries. The cabinet appears to
be composed of nonpartisan personalities with a reputation for
integrity and ability.
A seven-man committee of law professors from Ankara
and Istanbul universities (4ri~-,beginning work. on the draft of a
new constitution and electoral law which will be reviewed be-
fore adoption by a larger committee representing a wide seg-
ment of Turkish opinion. One report suggests that a bicameral
legislature will replace the present unicameral one and that a
court with power to review the constitutionality of all legislation
will be formed.
Prime Minister Gursel has told American officers that he
will require one to three months to restore the situation to normal
before elections, but that he is firmly determined to hand over
power to the new parliament as soon as it is elected. Early elec-
tions seem mandatory, lest there be consolidation of military
control which would then be.difficult to give up. While the elec-
tions might be free in general, it seems clear that the present
government will not permit members of the previous administra-
tion to win positions of influence.
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