Abdullah Gl, 11th President of Turkey

After two separate rounds of Parliamentary balloting, a military warning that sent the country to early elections and a return from polls with his hand only strengthened by voters, Abdullah Gl was elected the 11th president of Turkey yesterday in the end to a marathon that began last April.ankaya Palace will for the first time [...]

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Secular Presidency dispute - Round Two

Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has confirmed he plans to stand again as a presidential candidate. His previous presidential bid sparked huge protests in May because of his Islamist roots. Secular institutions, including the army, opposed him. Mr Gul said his ruling AK Party, which won a convincing victory in elections last month, was backing [...]

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Abdullah Gul - Profile

The presidential ambitions of Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul have polarised Turkey - but he is preparing to defy the secular establishment, including the army, again.The ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party has decided to renominate Mr Gul - and the party now argues that it has a strong mandate from Turkish voters to do so. Nevertheless, secularist [...]

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