The World - News from Sept. 7, 1987

Turkish Prime Minister Turgut Ozal called for an early general election as Turks finished voting in a referendum on whether to restore political freedom to former leaders. Nearly complete results showed voters almost evenly divided on lifting the restrictions imposed on politicians who include former Prime Ministers Suleyman Demirel and Bulent Ecevit. Ozal, a conservative who had urged Turks to reject the proposal, said elections will be held in November--12 months before his five-year mandate ends. Ozal’s Motherland Party has a majority in Parliament; opinion polls indicate it would win an election held now.