More likely to benefit is Tansu Ciller, whose True Path Party formed that ill-fated coalition with Welfare and is now in opposition.

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Fearing his supporters' wrath, Mr Erbakan refused to close the Imam Hatips, thus irritating his coalition partner, the more secular True Path Party.

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One possible outcome is another coalition between Messrs Yilmaz and Ecevit, but this time joined by Tansu Ciller, the woman who leads the True Path party.

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