Turkey held its election Sunday, and the ruling AKP party won a solid victory. The AKP has been called an Islamist party, and its success in this third straight election is a repudiation of the secular tradition established by Kemal Ataturk in the 1920s and 1930s. But the AKP also seems more interested than the opposition CHP and MHP parties in conforming to the requirements for entry into the ...
Turkey is proving that Islam and democracy can coexist – so far. On July 22, elections that could have turned nasty, didn't. And Turkey's Islamic ruling party was returned to power in parliament with even greater support. Nonetheless, the issue of mosque and state still towers like a minaret.
Abdullah Gul, Turkey's foreign minister, hinted yesterday that he would stand again for the post of president, potentially setting up another clash with Turkey's secular institutions, days after his party's sweeping election victory.
HERZLIYA, Israel — In what may be Turkey's most important political event since the republic was founded in the 1920s, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has won a landslide parliamentary... Read more ...
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Wednesday he might make a fresh bid for Turkey's presidency, in comments sure to stir unease in the country's powerful secular establishment.
Rare are the moments in a democratic country’s history when a sitting government increases its level of support substantially, as Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) did last Sunday.
With the initial excitement dying down after Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) party won early parliamentary elections on July 22, the Islamic-oriented AK must now tackle a number of pressing challenges. -RFE
Turkey went to the polls on 22-07-2007 to vote in a general election after months of tension between the ruling AK Party, which has strong Islamic ties, and secularists.
The re-election victory scored by Turkey's ruling party is a tribute to the growing maturity of that country's politics.
ANKARA (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul signalled on Wednesday he might make a fresh bid for Turkey's presidency, in comments sure to stir unease in the country's powerful secular establishment.