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TUC. General Council members arriving for the trucial firemen's vote egg on the way in.

The following day the press tried to claim that the lobby was part composed of The December 21 lobby The National Front coalition government in Turkey fell last Saturday.

Prime Minister Demirel resigned after his government failed by 228-218 to win a vote of confidence from the National Assem bly.

Bulent Ecevit, the leader of the Republican Party has now been charged by Presi bs dent Koruturk with new government.

The basis of Demirel's defeat was the resignation of against the NF coalition and ›ne refused to vote, calling for a coalition between Ecevit's RPP and the Justice The resignations reflected Demirel's inability to introduce the measures demanded by the IMF as a precondition of a $l billion loan.

Divided

The NF coalition was divided on the IMF call to abandon its planned investment in heavy industry, and to scale down projected economic growth from 9% to 4%.

But the main force behind Demirel's failure was growing hostility of workers to the NF's right wing policies and to increasing fascist violence.

This was expressed in the recent municipal elections in which the Justice Party lost heavily.

But despite the line put by Ecevit's supporters in the Communist Party and the trade union bureaucracy it is clear that an RPP government will be anything but a government for the working class. It will be as anti-working class as the NF coalition.

Ecevit's first task is to fulfil the conditions of the IMF loan. This means enforcing the devaluation of the Turkish lira, price increases and wage controls.

Ousted

Of course this does not make the RPP the same as the fascists. They have diffe ent methods of attacking the working class.

Ecevit relies heavily on the trade union bureaucracy. An emergency conference of the "left' union confederation DISK ended last week with victory for RPP supporters.

Stalinist supporters including Turkler the former The leader of the reactionary confederation Turk-iswho criticised the old leadership of DISK-promptly declared he had no differences with the new leadership.

Not enough But even this support for Ecevit will not be enough to win the confidence of the big bourgeoisie. They see that the old democratic forms of rule are inadequate for vicious attacks on the working class.

Within Demirel's Justice Party a majority are now in favour of unification with the fascist party, whose provocations have brought 117 deaths and over 1,000 injuries in the last five months.

With the class struggle already being described by both fascists and RPP spokesmen as at the level of civil war, the next period crucial.

Ecevit's coming attacks on the working class, coupled with the crisis of working class leadership could push new forces into the fascist ranks.

Full freedom

Revolutionaries must expose Ecevit's claim I to represent "democracy" by fighting for full freedom for working class organisations.

They must mobilise around the demand for the repeal of repressive legislation for the abolition of the employers' 'right' to impose lock-outs, and for the right of workers to engage in solidarity strikes and general strikes.

Armed workers militia must be formed to disarm the fascist thugs, and a united front of workers' organisations built in the fight against ascism, and in defence of iobs and wages.

Immediate measures must be taken against the monopolists, capitalists and big landowners. Only workers control of the economy can answer the economic crisis. rates: write for detail issues. I enclose f.

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12 deputies from his Justice Party. Eleven of these voted