Premier Bulent Ecevit said he did not foresee any problems...

Premier Bulent Ecevit said he did not foresee any problems in gaining support from the opposition Islamist parties for the reform amid Turkey's efforts to begin EU membership talks by the end of 2002.
Among these the abolition of the death penalty and in a written statement called on the opposition to support his bid to abolish the death penalty, a key demand for EU membership that has deadlocked his three-way coalition government.