1.   Proponents of the ballot question said that the ward system pitted neighborhoods against one another.

2.   Authorities say the prisoners ran the wards as indoctrination centers and have ruled out any return to the ward system.

3.   It has ruled out a return to the large ward system.

4.   The government refuses any return to the old ward system which it says had become a virtual training camp for militants.

5.   The leftist prisoners want to return to the ward system, but Turk and Ecevit have ruled that out.

6.   The ward system is widely acknowledged to block authorities from maintaining control in the prisons, contributing to frequent hostage-takings and riots.