Bulent Ecevit, leader of Turkey’s Democratic Left Party, has been named as the country’s new prime minister…

Date: 14/01/1999

...after winning support from the two rival Conservative parties. Ecevit's new ruling four-party coalition will only remain in power until forthcoming elections on 18 April. Union sources fear that relations with Ankara will remain strained in the coming months as politicians play on public anti-EU sentiment in the run-up to the election.