1.   As the meeting approaches, Ecevit and other Turkish leaders are trying to appear serene and almost uninterested.

2.   After three military coups in the last four decades, Turkish political leaders must take such threats seriously.

3.   But in other areas, Turkish leaders have won important battles on their own.

4.   But other Turkish leaders have been less supportive.

5.   But Turkish leaders were not convinced.

6.   But those worthy goals can be achieved only if Turkish leaders look more critically at their own problems.

7.   But Turkish leaders say they can accept no other route because of the dangers of increased traffic through the Bosporus.

8.   Episodes like these, coupled with the prospect of more tankers carrying Caspian oil, have left Turkish leaders in a quandary.

9.   Evidently uncertain how to proceed in this highly volatile situation, Turkish leaders spent Friday in a series of top-level meetings.

10.   His next stop was Italy, and immediately after he landed there, Turkish leaders demanded that Italy send him home to face trial.