TURKEY: Strongman III

Despite all attempts to hide the facts, word got out last week: Turkey's Strongman General Cemal Gursel, 66 and portly (5 ft. 10 in., 200 Ibs.), had suffered a partial paralysis of the left arm and side that also affected his speech. As relatives secretly gathered at his bedside in Ankara, anxious members of the ruling junta held hurried conferences with Gursel's doctors to determine what to say to the public and when to say it.

General Gursel had been struck at a bad time. A month ago he had expelled 14 young junta officers who wanted to postpone elections...

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