World IN BRIEF : TURKEY : Speaker Quits Post, Worsening Crisis
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Speaker of the Turkish Parliament resigned, worsening a crisis that has crippled the government since Prime Minister Tansu Ciller and her Cabinet resigned nearly two weeks ago. Speaker Husamettin Cindoruk is expected to launch a challenge to Ciller’s leadership of the center-right True Path Party. the biggest in the Parliament. The political complication came as the biggest public-sector strike in the country’s history spread to about 300,000 workers.
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