Nationalists on rise in Turkey
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Ahead of elections on Sunday, the leader of Turkey's hard-line nationalists flung a hangman's noose from a podium to make a point: He thinks the prime minister is soft on terrorism and should hang the imprisoned leader of Kurdish rebels.
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Hated by ultranationalist groups for their dissident views, liberal Turkish intellectuals have grown even more anxious due to increasing threats and hate mail following the murder of ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
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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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VAKIFLI, Turkey  - Its foes like to accuse Turkey's ruling AK Party of plotting to create an Iranian-style Islamic state, but many among the country's Christian minority seem to prefer the alleged Islamists to more secular parties.
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Some of those accused of Âinsulting TurkishnessÂ say the law is forcing a national debate about what it means to be a democracy.
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Ankara can not understand French fears over Turkeyâs bid to enter the EU, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told a newspaper. Opposition to Turkey is running high in France and among the Paris political elite - fears Erdogan does not comprehend.
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Turkey's ruling AK Party on Monday celebrated its decisive victory in a parliamentary election, but strong nationalist gains dented its majority and could hamper reforms crucial to its European Union bid.
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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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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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Yeliz Bakir sees herself as the personification of Turkey's European future &#151; a Muslim woman of 25 who grew up in rural conservative surroundings but now wears trendy clothes and works in a posh neighborhood of Istanbul.
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Kurdish activist Leyla Zana plans to set up a new political party in Turkey, as she faces a retrial for alleged separatist links.
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Turkey&#39;s marathon campaign to join the EU appeared to gain momentum on Thursday after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan assured the union&#39;s worried bureaucrats in Brussels, Belgium, that his governing Islamic party was not straying from Turkey&#39;s
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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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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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Thousands of secular Turks rallied on Saturday against a plan by the government to allow women students to wear the Muslim headscarf at university, a move they say will usher in a stricter form of Islam in Turkey.
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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 rigidly secular Muslim country.
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ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed belief on Saturday that Turkey&#39;s contributions to world peace and stability would increase if it became a non-permanent member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council.