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Turkey's lawmakers selecting president (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:45:49 GMT

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.


Turkey's Military Warns Government After Presidential Vote (Bloomberg.com)
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Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:36:23 GMT

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.


Turkey leader vote faces boycott (CNN.com)
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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:10:42 GMT

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.


Army 'concerned' by Turkey vote (BBC News)
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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:33:12 GMT

Turkey's army warns it is willing to protect the country's secular system after a disputed presidential vote.


Turkey in political crisis (The Washington Times)
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Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:41:18 GMT

ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 27 (UPI) -- The Turkish military threatened to overthrow the government Friday if it strays from the country's secular tradition.


Turkey looks to boost trade with Asia (Bangkok Post)
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Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:34:54 GMT

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.


Ruling party candidate for president doesn't win 1st-round vote in Turkey's parliament (CP via Yahoo! Canada News)
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Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:10:00 GMT

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.


Abdullah Gul, Turkey's foreign minister, is the ruling party's choice to become the new president [AP] (Aljazeera)
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Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:24:21 GMT

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.


Opposition goes to court to fight over soul of Turkey (Times Online)
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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:37:34 GMT

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 GRAPPLES WITH CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS SURROUNDING PRESIDENTIAL VOTE (EurasiaNet.org)
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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:49:54 GMT

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.