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  "id": "RS20253",
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      "id": 102554,
      "date": "1999-07-06",
      "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:43:59.851941",
      "title": "Turkey: Continuity and Change after Elections",
      "summary": "The April 18, 1999 election in Turkey reflected growing nationalism, a weakening of the\npolitical\ncenter, and a desire for more honest leadership. Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit of the Democratic-Left\nParty (DSP) is continuing in office, joined by the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) and Motherland\nParty (ANAP). Ecevit and ANAP leader Mesut Yilmaz have prior government experience. MHP's\nDevlet Bahceli does not, and his purported success in moderating the ultra-right MHP is being tested. \nDSP and ANAP control ministries of foreign and macroeconomic policy significance, while MHP\nholds portfolios important for its ideology and constituents in Turkey's Anatolian heartland. All\nagree on overall economic policies needed to reach an agreement with the International Monetary\nFund. The government may last longer than its immediate predecessors, given its hefty majority, but\nmulti-party coalitions are inherently unstable and the historic distrust between DSP and MHP could\ndim its prospects. There are many issues to engage U.S. and Turkish officials: democratization,\nhuman rights, Greece, Cyprus, pipelines, the European Union, Iraq, and arms transfers. For\nbackground, see  CRS Report RS20030(pdf)   Turkey: Government Update ;  CRS Report 97-840(pdf) ,  Turkey: \nSituation Update ; and CRS Report 97-462,  Turkey's Unfolding Political Crisis . \nThis report will not\nbe updated.",
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    "Industry and Trade"
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