Secularist Takes Over as Premier
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A conservative secularist took over as prime minister at the head of an uneasy alliance seeking to keep Islamists out of power after months of political chaos. Mesut Yilmaz said his left-right coalition will end intense arguments about the role of Islam in public life and possible intervention by the secularist military. But Yilmaz still must win a confidence vote.
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