1、1For more on this and some other issues discussed below, see CRS Reports 97-462,Turkeys Unfolding Political Crisis, April 11, 1997; 97-799, Greece and Turkey: Aegean Issues- Background and Recent Developments, August 21, 1997; 96-858, The Iran-Turkey PipelineDeal: The Geopolitics of Natural Gas, Oct
2、ober 10, 1996; and 94-267, Turkeys KurdishImbroglio and U.S. Policy; and CRS Issue Briefs 89140, Cyprus: Status of U.N. Negotiations,and 86065, Greece and Turkey: Current Foreign Aid Issues, both updated regularly.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived
3、through the CRS Web97-840 FSeptember 12, 1997Turkey: Situation UpdateCarol MigdalovitzSpecialist in Middle Eastern AffairsForeign Affairs and National DefenseSummaryTurkeys year-long experiment with Islamist-led government ended in July, whena multi-party secularist coalition headed by Prime Ministe
4、r Mesut Yilmaz took officefor what is viewed as a transition to early national elections sometime in 1998. Thepolitical situation is fluid. The government is addressing some economic problems andredirecting Turkeys foreign policy back toward the West and toward Turkic kin inAzerbaijan and Central As
