World IN BRIEF : TURKEY : Premier Holds On by Forming Coalition

Prime Minister Tansu Ciller put together a coalition that could keep her in office despite her failure to win a parliamentary vote of confidence. It was not immediately clear, however, if President Suleyman Demirel would approve Ciller’s accord with the Republican People’s Party and ask her to stay on. The center-left party had belonged to Ciller’s governing coalition but bolted last month over her economic austerity plan. Ciller formed a minority government after the coalition collapsed, but it failed to win the vote of confidence that all new governments face. Ciller, Turkey’s first female leader, said the renegade party rejoined the fold for the stability of the nation.