Ex-Islamist Gul elected Turkey's president
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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was elected president by Turkey's parliament on Tuesday, the first former Islamist to take the post in the secular but predominantly Muslim country's modern history.
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ISTANBUL, Jul 23 (IPS) - Turkey's governing Justice and Development  Party (AKP), with its roots in Islam but professing to be secular  and conservative, won a landslide victory in general elections  Sunday. What it does in coming days will determine how long it  stays in office.
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Kosovo lawmakers yesterday elected a former rebel commander to be the prime minister even though he was recently questioned by UN war crimes investigators.
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A devout Muslim with a background in political Islam won the Turkish presidency on Tuesday, in a major triumph for the Islamic-rooted government after months of confrontation with the secular establishment.
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Turkish President Abdullah Gul will make his first visit to Washington as president next month to discuss Turkey's EU accession goals and efforts to quell Kurdish rebels in Iraq, a spokesman said Friday.
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Turkey's powerful armed forces chief paid a courtesy visit to his newly elected president on Monday following accusations the general had snubbed him because of his Islamist past.
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ANKARA - Turkey had met political criteria required for European Union (EU) full membership, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday.
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Turkey's new president, a devout Muslim, held his first palace receptions last week and observers noted two seemingly trivial details: Alcohol was served, and the leader's wife and top military generals didn't show up.
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As Turkey gets a former Islamist as president, writer Elif Shafak says women's bodies are a battleground for competing national ideas.
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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was poised to become Turkey's president on Tuesday, which if accomplished would make him the first head of state with a background in political Islam in a country with strong secularist principles.
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Turkish-born Islamic leader Muhammed Metin Kaplan is seen in Istanbul, Turkey, early Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004, after a medical check up.
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Turkey's re-elected leader says he will continue reforms, but vows to respect the country's secular tradition.
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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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Turkey's ruling AK Party won a resounding election victory on Sunday, giving the pro-business, Islamist-rooted party a mandate for reform but potentially setting the stage for renewed tensions with the secular elite.
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The ruling Islamic-rooted party won a landslide victory Sunday, raising more questions about the future of Turkey's officially secular state.
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CAIRO, Aug. 28 -- Beaming as the votes were counted, a veteran government figure with roots in political Islam won a parliamentary vote to become Turkey's president Tuesday, in defiance of the country's strongly secular military. Abdullah Gul's triumph presented Turkey's generals with a choice:...
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Turkey's governing AK Party have claimed a comprehensive victory in the country's general election. Send us your reaction.