ies are subject to change due to defections,
creation of new parties, and ouster or death of sitting deputies;
present seats by party are as follows: DYP 178, ANAP 101, SHP 55, RP
39, CHP 18, MHP 13, DEP 13, BBP 7, DSP 3, YP 3, MP 2, independents 10,
vacant 8
Judicial branch:
Court of Cassation
Political parties and leaders:
Correct Way Party (DYP), Tansu CILLER; Motherland Party (ANAP), Mesut
YILMAZ; Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP), Murat KARAYALCIN;
Welfare Party (RP), Necmettin ERBAKAN; Democratic Left Party (DSP),
Bulent ECEVIT; Nationalist Action Party (MHP), Alparslan TURKES;
Democracy Party (DEP), Hatip DICLE; Socialist Unity Party (SBP), Sadun
AREN; New Party (YP), Yusuf Bozkurt OZAL; Republican People's Party
(CHP), Deniz BAYKAL; Labor Party (IP), Dogu PERINCEK; National Party
(MP), Aykut EDIBALI; Democrat Party (DP), Aydin MENDERES; Grand Unity
Party (BBP), Muhsin YAZICIOGLU; Rebirth Party (YDP), Hasan Celal
GUZEL; People's Democracy Party (HADEP), Murat BOZLAK; Main Path Party
(ANAYOL), Gurcan BASER; Democratic Target Party, Abdul Kadir Yasar
TURK
Other political or pressure groups:
Turkish Confederation of Labor (TURK-IS), Bayram MERAL
Member of:
AsDB, BIS, BSEC, CCC, CE, CERN (observer), COCOM, CSCE, EBRD, ECE,
ECO, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA, IDB, IEA, IFAD,
IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer),
ISO, ITU, LORCS, NACC, NATO, NEA, OECD, OIC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNOSOM, UNRWA, UPU, WEU (associate), WFTU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTO
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission:
Ambassador Nuzhet KANDEMIR
chancery:
1714 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
telephone:
(202) 659-8200
consulate(s) general:
Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission:
Ambassador Richard C. BARKLEY
embassy:
110 Ataturk Boulevard, Ankara
mailing address:
PSC 93, Box 5000, Ankara, or APO AE 09823
telephone:
[90] (312) 468-6110 through 6128
FAX:
[90] (312) 467-0019
consulate(s) general:
Istanbul
consulate(s):
Adana
Flag:
red with a vertical white crescent (the closed portion is toward the
hoist side) and white five-pointed star centered just outside the
crescent opening

@Turkey, Economy

Overview:
In early 1994, after an impressive economic performance through most
of the 1980s, Turkey faces its