CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005705900
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 28, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-01912
• Publication Date: July 27, 1960

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 Coup Regime. in Turkey May Form New Political Party
4.The.military.regime in Turkey_ continues to be concerned
over. the political vacuum that has resulted. from.the arrest and
discrediting of leaders of the former regime. If national ,elec-
tions are held within the year, it is doubtful that the former rul-
ing Democratic party. could. present an opposition, force of any
significance.
The controlling National Unity Committee : (NUC) is giving
priority attention. to the problem of producing a viable opposition
party. . Most members of the committee agree that the Republican
People's party (RPP) of Ismet Inonu .must not be allowed to estab-
lish.a one-party dictatorship,. and RPP leaders also regard an op-
position party as an essential ingredient of government.
tAlthough they profess "extreme reluctance," some members
of the NUC apparently believe they may have to form a new party
headed by NUC leaders in order to assure the existence of a two-
party system. NUC members may also-be offered temporary or
permanent status in the new Turkish Senate, according to reports
regarding the new constitution. While the NUC would thereby be
guaranteed continuing influence in the government, most NUC mem-
bers are said to view such a proposal with considerable misgiving.
:.The date for national elections remains undetermined, but
most NUC members favor the first anniversary of the coup-27 May
1961. Meanwhile, interim chief of state General Gursel, other
NUC members, teachers, students, and government officials have
been touring the eastern provinces explaining the aims of the new
. regime.
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