VOL. XL

No. 18

5 May 1997

The Political Scene

Turkish Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan is againat odds with the country's military establishment over his Islamic leanings. Iran seems to have scored an own goal in its dispute withthe EU over the Mykonos affair by more or less forcing the Europeans not to send their ambassadors backto Tehran. President 'Ali 'Abd Allah Salih's General People's Congress is leading in Yemen's parliamentaryelections.

Erbakan Sails Close To The Wind

It is two months...