The Turkish government of Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz fell after mob-tie allegations. Turkey's constitution mandates a secular republic despite its Muslim majority. Military and secular leaders pressured President Demirel to keep the Islamic-oriented Virtue Party on the fringe. Business leaders feared Virtue would alienate the EU. Virtue's leader ceded its right as Parliament's largest party to lead the government. Bulent Ecevit, leader of the Democratic Left Party and former PM, asked Yilmaz and True Path Party head Tansu Ciller to join him in a secular coalition, creating a large Parliamentary majority. A political vacuum risked Islamic ascension and endangered a Kurdish rebel's extradition. Demirel was expected to name Ecevit PM.