The ruling party's presidential candidate failed Friday to win enough votes in a first round of voting in Parliament — an election marked by tensions between the Islamic-rooted government and defenders of Turkey's secular ideals.
April 28 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey's military, which has deposed three governments since 1960, warned Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's cabinet not to interfere with the nation's presidential election.
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- Ruling party lawmakers prepared Friday to vote for Turkey's presidential front-runner in a first round of elections but faced a boycott from an opposition that views the process as invalid and wants early general elections.
Turkey's army warns it is willing to protect the country's secular system after a disputed presidential vote.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 27 (UPI) -- The Turkish military threatened to overthrow the government Friday if it strays from the country's secular tradition.
Turkey, one of the world's largest exporters and among the world's top 20 economies, says that it wants to dramatically increase trade with Thailand and the 10 Asean countries over the next couple of years.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - The ruling party's presidential candidate failed to win a first-round victory in a parliamentary vote Friday - an election marked by tensions between the Islamic-rooted government and defenders of Turkey's secular tradition.
Turkey's army has warned the government that it will openly enter politics if the ruling party attempts to alter the country's long-standing commitment to secularism.
The struggle over Turkey’s political identity intensified yesterday after the opposition went to court in an attempt to stop the election of Abdullah Gul as the country’s first president with an Islamic past.
Turkey’s presidential vote was cast into disarray April 27, as opposition politicians engaged in political maneuvering in the hopes of thwarting the election of a moderate Islamist candidate.