TURKEY: Experiment in Restraint

An unexpected atmosphere of sweetness and restraint has fallen on Turkey's landscape of savage political warfare, and no Turk can imagine how long it will last. Premier Adnan Menderes' economic troubles seem to be at the bottom of it. While exploiting his Democratic Party's 455-to-86 Assembly majority to enact a whole series of laws curbing the press and restraining political discussions, the tough-minded Premier has pushed his all-out campaign to expand Turkey's productive capacity so far that Turkey is heading for a stern economic reckoning.

Last month, with all competent advisers (including U.S.) telling him he was "going too fast...

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