Turkey set to elect ex-Islamist as president
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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 President Abdullah Gul said on Friday he backed the Islamist-rooted government's proposal to lift a ban on the wearing of the Islamic headscarf in universities, a move opposed by the secular establishment.
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Abdullah Gul has become the first politician with an Islamist background to be elected president of Turkey. Send us your reaction.
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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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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is set to  be elected Turkey&#39;s next president on Tuesday, the first time  in the secular but predominantly Muslim country&#39;s modern  history that the post will go to a former Islamist.
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A devout Muslim won Turkey's presidency yesterday after months of confrontation with the secular establishment, promising to be impartial and praising the idea that Islam and the state should be separate.
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Uzbekistan is to vote in a presidential election widely expected to be won by incumbent Islam Karimov.
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Turkey's new president, the former Islamist Abdullah Gul, is to review a new cabinet formed by the PM.
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Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is set to become Indonesia&#39;s next president. The former general has been projected as the landslide winner of this week&#39;s presidential ballot.
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A vote in Parliament set the stage for a showdown with the secular elite over Islamâs place in Turkish society.
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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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Turkey votes on Sunday in a parliamentary election pitting the ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party against nationalists who disagree strongly over the future path of the secular Muslim country.
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Indonesians will choose in a runoff election on Monday between incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri and her former chief security minister, both moderate Muslims who have pledged to work with the United States in fighting terrorism.
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Turkey&#39;s main opposition party on  Tuesday agreed to an offer by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to  seek a compromise candidate to elect as the next head of state  after months of wrangling.
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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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GAZIANTEP, Turkey  - A high-flying City of London economist and a woman are Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's top bets in this fast-growing city to present a modern, liberal face for his Islam-rooted AK Party to voters and the world.
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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.