Ex-Islamist Gul elected Turkey's president
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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was elected Turkey's president on Tuesday, the first former Islamist to take the post in the secular but predominantly Muslim country's modern history.
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New Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Wednesday approved a pro-EU cabinet, reflecting Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's determination to push ahead with stalled political and economic reforms needed to join the bloc.
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A general seen as a staunch nationalist is named as the new Turkish armed forces chief.
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Â·  Poll victory gives Erdogan power to resist military Â·  Kurdish party wins 23 seats in new parliament
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New Turkish President Abdullah Gul on  Wednesday approved a pro-EU cabinet, reflecting Prime Minister  Tayyip Erdogan&#39;s determination to push ahead with stalled  political and economic reforms needed to join the bloc.
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Abdullah Gul, a religious man in the secular realm of Turkish politics, hopes to persuade the establishment that it has nothing to fear from his candidacy.
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Turkey's president on Friday vetoed a newly passed constitutional amendment that would have allowed the people &#151; and not Parliament &#151; to elect the new president.
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Turkey's Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has a second, improved, chance at the presidency, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford.
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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was set to be elected Turkey's next president on Tuesday, the first time in the secular but predominantly Muslim country's modern history that the post will go to a former Islamist.
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Turkey's new president, a devout Muslim who has vowed to respect the separation of Islam and state, faces his first task Wednesday &#151; reviewing a list of possible Cabinet ministers &#151; while under close scrutiny from secularist opponents.
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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was elected Turkey's next president on Tuesday, the first former Islamist to take the post in the secular but predominantly Muslim country's modern history.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament held a second round vote Friday to elect a president, but frontrunner Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was only expected to secure the post in a third ballot next week.
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Ethiopian-backed warlord Abdullahi  Yusuf was elected Somali president by lawmakers on Sunday in  the 14th attempt in a decade to restore government to the  lawless African country.
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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is set to be elected Turkey's next president on Tuesday, the first time in the secular but predominantly Muslim country's modern history that the post will go to a former Islamist.
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Turkey&#39;s prime minister returned home Saturday to a hero&#39;s welcome with some 2,000 supporters waving Turkish and European Union flags at the airport to celebrate a historic
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With former Islamist Abdullah Gul expected to be elected president Tuesday afternoon,  Turkey is anxiously awaiting the reaction of the secular military.
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ANKARA: Turkey&#39;s bid for membership of the European Union is back on track after the parliament passed far-reaching penal code reforms designed to improve the Muslim nation&#39;s human rights record.