Man Points Gun At Turkish President

A man upset about Turkey’s military cooperation with Israel pointed a gun at the president Saturday, but bodyguards tackled him and the president escaped unharmed.

A Turkish journalist and a policeman were slightly injured when the gun went off during the scuffle.

The gunman said he was angry at President Suleyman Demirel over a treaty signed in February allowing Israeli jets to train in Turkish air space, Interior Minister Ulku Guney told a news conference in Ankara, the capital.

A man upset about Turkey’s military cooperation with Israel pointed a gun at the president Saturday, but bodyguards tackled him and the president escaped unharmed.

A Turkish journalist and a policeman were slightly injured when the gun went off during the scuffle.

The gunman said he was angry at President Suleyman Demirel over a treaty signed in February allowing Israeli jets to train in Turkish air space, Interior Minister Ulku Guney told a news conference in Ankara, the capital.