Turkey Formin Gul elected president: AK Party deputy
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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, a  respected former Islamist, won a third round of voting in parliament on Tuesday to become Turkey's next president, a ruling AK Party deputy told Reuters.
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On the same day Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo an was hosting his visiting Finnish counterpart, Matti Vanhanen, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul on Friday welcomed the ambassadors of EU member countries based in ...Comment
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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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ISTANBUL -- The European Union's decision to start membership talks with Turkey gives the Muslim country a new position in Europe and the Islamic world, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said yesterday.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, leaves an EU summit in Brussels, Friday Dec. 17, 2004. European Union leaders and Turkey agreed Friday on a compromise formula to overcome differences over
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This week, as EU heads of state meet to decide the fate of Turkey&#39;s candidacy for EU membership, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be preparing his own run for the Turkish presidency.
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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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ANKARA, Turkey -- 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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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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Turkey's Abdullah Gul is again expected to win the latest presidential vote - but not by enough votes.
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Turkey's president on Friday vetoed a newly passed constitutional amendment that would have allowed the people &#151; and not Parliament &#151; to elect the new president.
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The country faces some tough conditions on the economy and human rights before membership is granted. ANKARA -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned home from a European Union summit yesterday
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ANKARA, Turkey - Thousands of cheering supporters greeted Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he returned to Ankara Saturday after vowing to press forward with the country&#39;s bid to join the European Union, which agreed to open membership talks
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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 risking fresh tensions with the secular elite.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinians elected Mahmoud Abbas, longtime deputy leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, as their new president yesterday by an overwhelming majority, according to several exit polls, giving him what analysts described as a broad mandate to demilitarize the four-year-old uprising and revive peace talks with Israel.
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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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Â·  Poll victory gives Erdogan power to resist military Â·  Kurdish party wins 23 seats in new parliament