New right wing coalition formed in Turkey
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Bulent Ecevit's new coalition government has won the approval of President Koruturk.
The new government consists of Ecevit's Republican People's Party, backed by two small right wing parties and eleven deputies recently resigned from the Justice Party.
Thirteen out of 34 ministries go to • Ecevit's partners in the coalition.
Two deputies order to secure a vote of confidence Ecevit increased the number of government ministries and gave 10 posts to the 11 resigned deputies.
The tiny National Confidence Party now have two deputies in the government and the Democratic Party one ministerial post. This gives Ecevit's governEcevit The right wing combination in the coalition and its reactionary policies openly illustrate its anti-working class nature.
The 11 right wing deputies and the two small right wing parties agreed with_Ecevit policies and "unite the nation" to get through the crisis.
One of them said:
"This is the last chance. We are trying to solve the economic crisis of the country. If this fails, we must try to convince the generals to take over"
Another task the government must face is to end the political violence that has greatly increased over the last two weeks.
But the reactionary nature of the government is exposed when it declares both left and right wing extremists responsible for the violence and that it will use state forces against both left and right.
This clearly means police and army will be used to smash any struggle by workers.
Independent fight
There must be no illu Workers can only defend their living standards and democratic rights by taking up an independent fight against the government and its policies.
The trade unions must be forced to break their support for Ecevit, and workers must be mobilised independently to overthrow it.
The workers' parties, the Communist Party, the Turkish Labour Party, the Socialist Revolutionary Party and the Turkish Socialist Labour Party must be broken politically from the RPP and its government and fight for an alternative government.
But the fight must begin today, mobilising the working class against the fascists and government attacks.
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