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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8257

18 July 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey
Turkish parliament to be recalled in summer for EU debate - Early elections on 3 November

Brussels, 17/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - In the middle of a political crisis, the Turkish parliament is expected to be recalled to try to adopt the reforms required by the EU. On Tuesday, six more coalition MPs resigned, meaning that Bulent Ecevit's government lost the majority. The same day, deputy prime minister Mesut Yilmaz said "we will start efforts that will reconvene parliament for an extraordinary session in the shortest amount of time, probably by the end of the month, to (debate) a...

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