Four ministers walk out on ailing Turkish premier's Government

TURKISH cabinet ministers, including the deputy premier, quit yesterday moves that will fuel calls for early elections and the resignation of ailing Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit.

Deputy Premier Husamettin Ozkan was considered one of Ecevit's closest aides. He walked out of the Government with the culture minister and two other state ministers.

All four were from Ecevit's Democratic Left Party.