DISPUTE UNRESOLVED OVER TURKISH ISLAMISTS

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey's leadership remains divided over a proposed purgeof Islamic sympathizers. Turkish officials said a meeting on Wednesday between President AhmetSezer and PrimeMinister Bulent Ecevit did not end the stalemate over a proposed decree topurge up to 3,000 Islamic sympathizers from the government. Sezer hasrefused to approve the decree.