Turkish ruling party looks set for big election win
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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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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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ISTANBUL -- Turkish voters handed the Islamist-influenced ruling party a decisive victory in parliamentary elections yesterday, rewarding it for stewardship of Turkey's robust economy but raising the specter of new disputes over the feared erosion of the country's secular traditions.
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Moroccans chose their political future Friday in elections that could give an Islamic party greater power than ever before in a country seen as a pillar of moderation in the Arab world.
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Moroccans vote in a general election on Friday that is expected to see the main Islamist party make gains that could throw up a new challenge for the reforming King Mohammed VI.
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Polls open in Turkey's general election, which is seen as a key test of the country's secular tradition.
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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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Despite secularist fears of its Islamist roots, Erdogan's party gets even more support than it did five years ago
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Turkey's Abdullah Gul is again expected to win the latest presidential vote - but not by enough votes.
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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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The leadership of a party key to keeping embattled Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in office was up for grabs on Monday in an election that could mark the political comeback of one of Israel's best known figures.
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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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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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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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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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Turkey's politicians made a final pitch for votes on the eve of a parliamentary election the ruling AK Party is tipped to win, despite rivals' claims this would boost Islam in the secular nation's public life.
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Turkey&#39;s Islamic-rooted ruling party will press ahead with its plan to criminalize adultery, despite earlier statements that the controversial measure had been shelved, a party member said Thursday.