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Tuesday, 28 August 2007
Gul wins Turkish presidency
Turkey set to elect new president
(BBC) Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is expected to be elected as president amid warnings from the military against undermining the secular constitution. Read more...
Labels: presidential election
Monday, 13 August 2007
Turkey's AK Party to pick presidential candidate
(Reuters) - Turkey's ruling AK Party debated on Monday whether to re-submit Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as its candidate for president despite strong opposition from the secular elite. Read more...
Labels: presidential election
Monday, 6 August 2007
Gul future uncertain as Erdogan picks team
(Financial Times) Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, is to begin putting together his new cabinet on Monday despite uncertainty whether his prospective foreign minister will seek the presidency. Read more...
Labels: domestic politics, presidential election
Monday, 30 July 2007
Turkish army chief says president must be secular
(Reuters) - Turkey's top general on Monday reiterated that the military wanted the next president to uphold the country's secular values, potentially reviving tensions between the secularist establishment and the government. Read more...
Labels: domestic politics, presidential election
Boosted with polls victory AK Party eyes Gul for presidency
(The New Anatolian) The Justice and Development (AK) Party which won a landslide victory in the July 22 elections feels it now has the backing of the nation to push for the election of Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as president. Read more...
Labels: elections2007, presidential election
Friday, 27 July 2007
Gul's presidential bid boosted
One of Turkey's main opposition parties, the MHP, has said it will not boycott next month's presidential election. The move could clear the way for the Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gul to become president. Read more...Labels: elections2007, presidential election
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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