TURKEY'S MILITARY WINS VETO OF ISLAMIC BILL

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey's military has won a battle to quash a law meant tofaciliate the entry of Islamic students into university and civil service. Turkish President Ahmet Sezer vetoed an education reform bill that wouldpave the way for Islamic seminary students to enter universities andgovernment. Sezer said on May 28 that the legislation -- which also reducedthe military's role in higher education -- would encourage youngsters toattend religious schools and violate the secular principles of Turkey.