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Thursday, 26 July 2007
What's next in Turkey: selecting the next president
Now the new government must pick its candidate for president. Although this is a largely ceremonial position, a perceived takeover of the presidency by the AKP is what touched off oposition protests and led to these elections in the first place. So will AKP leaders choose one of their own (i.e. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül), or will Erdogan reach out by finding a compromise candidate?
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul says he has not ruled out reviving his presidential bid, days after his AK Party's landslide election win.
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul says he has not ruled out reviving his presidential bid, days after his AK Party's landslide election win.
Labels: elections2007, presidential election
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