Turkey's ruling AKP wins election decisively
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Turkey's ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party won nearly 50 percent of the vote in a decisive national election victory on Sunday, early results showed.
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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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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has won Indonesia&#39;s presidential election after the former general garnered support from three-fifths of voters, the General Election Commission said.
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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey  - Turks began voting 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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Three political parties are set to win seats in Turkey's new parliament, Turkish FOX television channel reported on Sunday as votes were being counted.
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ISTANBUL, July 23 -- Voters on Sunday overwhelmingly returned to power a political party that brought a mix of mild Islam and intense economic development to governing Turkey, rebuking the secular military whose challenge led to the early election.
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Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party won parliamentary elections by a wide margin Sunday, and the prime minister pledged to safeguard the country's secular traditions and do whatever the government deems necessary to fight separatist Kurdish rebels.
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The prime ministerâs party took a strong lead, setting the stage for a final confrontation over who should run Turkey.
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An "historic" deal bringing Turkey a step closer to EU membership is praised by Tony Blair.
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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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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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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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Turkey's parliament has passed a constitutional amendment that would end a ban on Islamic headscarves at universities, despite public protests.
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Mahmoud Abbas won a vital vote from the Palestinians' dominant political faction approving his candidacy to succeed Yasir Arafat as Palestinian president.
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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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ANKARA -- Turkey's top court yesterday unexpectedly backed the Islamist-rooted government's plans to hold a referendum on constitutional changes that would allow voters instead of parliament to elect presidents.
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Turks elect a new parliament on Sunday in what has been billed as one of the most important polls of their recent history following a clash between the ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party and the nation's secular elite.