TURKEY'S SEZER SUPPORTS MILITARY MODERNIZATION

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkish President Ahmet Sezer supports the military'sefforts for continued modernization amid the nation's fiscal crisis. Sezer has expressed the need for Ankara to maintain military upgradesand procurement of new weapons despite the current budget shortfall. Thepresident has been regarded as a leading critic of the military's dominanceof the nation's political life.