Turkey's parliament is to re-run a first round vote Sunday for the election of a new president in which Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is the only candidate.
CANAKKALE, Turkey, May 5 It was dawn Saturday, and a still ascendant full moon shared the sky with a pale light. Young and old, students and retirees -- together, defenders of Turkey's eight decades of resolute secularism -- had already arrived for the trip. There were posters and portraits of the...
Protests in favour of a secular state were held across Turkey on Saturday, a day before parliament votes again on whether to name a former Islamist as the country's new president.
Protesters in Turkey have risen up in recent weeks, expressing fear that Islamic influence could grow, altering their country's identity.
Peter Kroeger, 40, of Long Grove, was injured on Saturday while turkey hunting on private ground northwest of Bernard in Dubuque County.
More than 10,000 Turks gathered in two western cities to protest the Islamic-rooted government, calling for Turkey's secular system to be preserved.
Sarah Rainsford reports on the political crisis in Turkey, where a row over the election of a president has made secularists furious.
Thousands of people attend a rally in support of secularism in Manisa, Turkey. Protests in favour of a secular state were held across Turkey on Saturday, a day before parliament votes again on whether to name a former Islamist as the country's new president.
In Turkey around 90,000 people have again demonstrated in favour of a secular state.
This is the time of year, it being spring gobbler hunting season, that I get the opportunity to conduct a few wild turkey hunting seminars around the state.