Turkey election stirs optimism, change for Kurds
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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey  - Pro-Kurdish politicians are poised to enter Turkey's parliament for the first time in more than a decade, bringing hope to many Kurds that their cultural and political rights will be addressed.
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ANKARA, Oct 6 (IPS) - The election of the Justice and Development (AKP)  party in 2003 has given an old debate a  new turn.
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Iraq's first open election in decades is hailed by Iraqi officials and other leaders, despite a spate of attacks.
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Turkey's air strikes against Kurdish rebels in Iraq had advance approval from the US, Turkey's military says.
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ALANYA, Turkey -- Vacationing just a few miles apart on Turkey's Mediterranean coast, two Turkish professionals could hardly have more divergent views on a nationwide vote today that is expected to return the ruling party to power -- and intensify an ongoing battle over the role of Islam in public life.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Monday celebrated a decisive poll victory but now faces challenges over delayed presidential elections, Kurdish separatist violence and Ankara's troubled EU bid.
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Selami Aydin&#39;s words will comfort many Dutch people if opinion polls are to be believed. &quot;I&#39;m thinking of going back to Turkey.
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Liberal Turks are pledging votes to religious politicians as well as a new array of independents in Sundayâs election.
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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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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, with a fresh election triumph under his belt, said he would press on with reforms to turn his secular, Muslim country into a modern democracy on a par with its European neighbors.
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Millions of Turks flocked to vote on Sunday in a parliamentary election seen as crucial to the future direction of this large Muslim but secular democracy straddling Europe and the Middle East.
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Turks broadly support a strike into Iraq, but that could play into the hands of the PKK.
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Turkey's ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party looks on course to win enough votes on Sunday to govern alone again in an election that has divided the country over religion's role in a secular state.
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Before last year's peace deal, Cek Bi used to lie awake at night listening to gunfire rattling through her village. Now, she hopes Monday's elections will make the truce between the government and rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province permanent.
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The country faces some tough conditions on the economy and human rights before membership is granted. ANKARA -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned home from a European Union summit yesterday
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Turkish lawmakers Tuesday began a decisive round of voting in presidential elections expected to install Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as the secular republic&#39;s first head of state with an Islamist past.
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Many Afghans are optimistic about the direction the war-torn country is taking, but have mixed feelings about their government, a survey released on Tuesday found.