World IN BRIEF : TURKEY : Ex-Foreign Minister Is Named Premier

Mesut Yilmaz, a former foreign minister, was appointed prime minister of Turkey two days after winning control of the ruling Motherland Party from outgoing Prime Minister Yildirim Akbulut. He was offered the post after ousting Akbulut in a party congress. Akbulut, handpicked by President Turgut Ozal when Parliament chose Ozal as president in November, 1990, resigned Sunday. Yilmaz, 43, is the first Turkish politician to become prime minister as a result of winning the chairmanship of the ruling political party. He will probably lead the party into general elections due in 1992.