Turkey prepares for key election
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Campaigning ends ahead of Turkey's general election, seen as one of the most important in its history.
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Turkey&#39;s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is leading with 50.1 percent of the vote in Sunday&#39;s general elections, with almost 35 percent of the vote counted, the CNN Turk news channel reported.
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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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Indonesians are preparing to go to the polls Monday in the final round of the country&#39;s first-ever democratic presidential election.
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Turkey's politicians made a final pitch for votes on the eve of a parliamentary election billed by both the ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party and its nationalist rivals as a key test for their secular democracy.
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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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Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, facing pressure on security issues ahead of elections, will send his foreign minister to Washington next week to lobby for a crackdown on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.
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Turkey is determined to transform into &quot;a truly democratic country&quot; and become something the EU would consider an asset to its ranks, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said Saturday.
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Turkey can expect to be put through a test of fire when it launches negotiations to join the European Union, and the process &#151; which will last more than a decade &#151; could transform the political and social landscape of both Turkey and the 25-nation bloc.
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Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party was headed for victory Sunday with more than half the votes counted in parliamentary elections that pitted the government against opponents warning of a threat to secular traditions.
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Indonesians began voting on Monday in a  landmark election expected to remove President Megawati  Sukarnoputri and install an ex-general who has vowed firmer  leadership in fighting terror and boosting the economy.
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The Turkish president urges people to vote in Sunday's referendum on constitutional amendment.
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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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Turkey&#39;s moment of truth is fast approaching. On Oct. 6, the European Commission is due to publish its report on whether Turkey is ready to start negotiations for membership of the European Union.
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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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Indonesians get ready to vote in the second and final round of their country's presidential elections.
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After a year of political upheaval, 2008 will test Turkey's ability to reform, writes the BBC's Sarah Rainsford.