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  • April 2008

    • Court Could Outlaw Turkey's 'Islamist Government'

      Reuters  |  Apr 1, 08 3:35 AM CDT

      Court Could Outlaw Turkey's 'Islamist Government'

      (Newser) - Turkey's top court has agreed to hear a case that could outlaw the nation's ruling party and bar its president and prime minister from politics, Reuters reports. The AK Party is accused of trying to undermine Turkey's secular constitution and establish an Iran-style Islamic state. The case pits Turkey's popularly elected government against the country's secular elite, including army generals. More »

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      European Union  • Turkey  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • secularism  • Abdullah Gul  • Islamist  • political party

  • August 2007

    • Turkish Army Blasts Incoming President

      BBC  |  Aug 28, 07 8:50 AM CDT

      Turkish Army Blasts Incoming President

      (Newser) - Turkey is heading for a showdown over the relation of the state and Islam as Abdullah Gul, who has been the subject of bitter protests, was named president of Turkey in a parliamentary election today. The nomination of Gul, the foreign minister and a practicing Muslim whose wife wears a head scarf, led to massive secularist protests across Turkey last spring. More »

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      Islam  • Turkey  • secularism  • Abdullah Gul  • Turkish elections

    • Foes Gear to Fight New Bid By Ex-Islamist to Lead Turkey

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 14, 07 2:22 AM CDT

      Foes Gear to Fight New Bid By Ex-Islamist to Lead Turkey

      (Newser) - Turkish secularists are bracing for another clash over the presidential candidacy of Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, a devout Muslim and one-time Islamist party member who critics fear plans to enforce extreme religious principals in public life. The last time he was nominated as the ruling party's candidate, just three months ago, the army threatened a coup, and thousands took to the streets. More »

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      religion  • Islam  • Turkey  • Muslim  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • secularism  • Abdullah Gul  • Turkish elections

  • May 2007

    • Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea

      Economist  |  May 7, 07 7:53 AM CDT

      Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea

      (Newser) - If the choice is between somewhat more religion in public life and democracy in Turkey, choose the latter, argues the Economist. The ruling party's choice of an Islamist candidate, Abdullah Gul, for president set off a familiar confrontation between the Turkish military and the political establishment. The Economist asks, "if Turkey cannot reconcile Islam and democracy, who can?" More »

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      Islam  • Turkey  • democracy  • secularism  • Abdullah Gul  • Kemal Ataturk

    • Turkish Candidate Bows Out

      BBC  |  May 7, 07 7:46 AM CDT

      Turkish Candidate Bows Out

      (Newser) - Turkish presidential candidate Abdullah Gul threw in the towel yesterday after secularist legislators boycotted the election for the second time in nine days in reaction to Gul's pro-Islamist record. The partisan standoff portends a bitter clash between secularists who generally populate Turkey's urban areas and the ruling AK party in crucial parliamentary elections in July. More »

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      election  • Turkey  • secularism  • Abdullah Gul  • Turkish elections

    • Turkish PM Backs Election Overhaul

      Jerusalem Post (Israel)  |  May 1, 07 7:38 PM CDT

      Turkish PM Backs Election Overhaul

      (Newser) - Turkey's prime minister put his weight behind a new, popular presidential vote, hours after a court invalidated Friday's election by parliament. The secular opposition had boycotted that vote because of the Islamist background of the lone candidate, foreign minister Abdullah Gul. More »

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      election  • Islam  • Turkey  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • secularism  • Abdullah Gul

  • April 2007
  • March 2007

    • Turks threaten action in Iraq against Kurds

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 23, 07 8:30 AM CDT

      (Newser) - Turkey is threatening military intervention against leftist Kurdish guerrillas said to be massing in northern Iraq, planning to attack targets across their border. Washington is trying to placate the Turks, fearing that a Turkish incursion would further destabilize the fledgling Iraqi government. More »

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      Turkey  • Kurds  • PKK  • Abdullah Gul  • guerrilla

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