Evening star., 1960-04-29
TURKEY
Student Riots Spread to Capital
And Two Other Cities, 100 Hurt
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kara as we'll OUT 1alleQ 10 SJOp
the politically minded students
from speaking their piece.
The government controlled
radio announced that all uni
versities will be closed until
May 90.
North Atlantic Treaty Off
cials in Istanbul for the open
ing of a NATO conference
Monday met to discuss the
student demonstrations. A
NATO source said plans now
are for the conference to go
on despite the inconvenience
of holding the meeting under
martial law.
Menderes Broadcasts
Mr.. Menderes appealed in a
broadcast to the Turkish
people to help government Sc
curity forces keep public
OrQer. he SAID.
I'VE are faced with prear-
ranged movements detrimental
to our nation. Communicates
already issued and others to
come will keep you fully in
formed of the situation"
The Premier warned against
circulation of rumors.
Don't believe them" he
said. You should inform the
authorities about who is cir
culating these rumors."
Mounted Police Charge
Three hundred mounted po-
lice charged into the students
as they started to march away
from the university grounds,
singing in praise of eX-Presi-
dent ISmet Inonu, the leader OF
Mr.. MendereS' chief opposition.
In the melee that followed,
80 persons were hurt and all
the windows In one wing OF
the university law building
were smashed.
The students retreated into
the building and threw pieces
of broken window glass down
on the mounted police.
Two Turkish newspaper pho
tographers were arrested as
they covered the fracas.
Ankaras military comman-
der appeared and appealed to
the students to go home. The
demonstrators booed him and
stayed in the law building.
The police then set up a COR
don around the building. to
keep the students from getting
out to rally others to their sup
port.
At least eight ambulances
moved into the university
grounds to pick of the injured
Army troops also blocked
off Mr.. Inonu's home and the
approaches to government
buildings. All are located in
one central area of Ankara,
the nations capital.
Outside the university,
Ankara went about business as
usual. The average citizen
showed no inclination to ioin
the student demonstrations.
Coming on the heels of Mr.
Rhee's overthrow in Korea. the
outbursts against Mr.. Menderes
are certain to be an embarrass-
ment to the United States and
Turkeys other allies in the
North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation. A NATO conference is
scheduled to be held In Istanbul
Monday with United States
Secretary of State Christian
Herter attending.
Strong Anti-Red Ally
Like South Korea, Turkey is
a staunch anti-Communist ally
of the United States and like
Korea has received millions of
dollars in American aid. But
unlike South Korea, Turkey
does not owe it's existence as
an independent nation to the
United States, and the United
States is unlikely to bring the
pressure on Mr.. Menderes for
Democratic reforms that II
brought on Mr.. Rhee's govern
ment.
Mr.. Menderes' Democratic
Party has large majority ir
the Turkish Parliament, anc
the Premier'S rule has grown
increasingly authoritarian al
pushed ahead with an ambi'
tious economic development
program. Opposition m
paigning and newspaper criti'
cism have been severely re-
stricted. A number of papers
have been suspended; a num-
Der of critical newsmen have
been jailed.
The democratic majority ha'
set up a parliamentary com
mission to investigate Mr
Inonu's Peoples Republican
Party. In a stormy session
Wednesday night, parliamen
broadened the commission
powers, authorizing it to Seiz
or suspend publications whicl
printed information about tn
investigation and to Imprisol
violators.
Glasses Suspended
At Istanbul, fountainhead o
the rioting yesterday, classe
were suspended to give tn
10000 students of the Univer
sity time to cool off.
Troops dressed in heavy KHAKI
greatcoats and steel helmet
like those worn by United State
and British troops in Worl
War I patroled the street
around the university in group
of three. TruckloadS Of troop
we're stationed at key inter
sections,
In both Ankara and IStanbu
most citizens were at work
usual, apparently paying littt,