Turkey's staunchly secular outgoing president has left the decision on approving the makeup of the country's next cabinet to his successor, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday.
Turkey's Islamic-oriented ruling party has decided to nominate Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul again for president despite strong opposition to his candidacy, a party official said.
Turkey's prime minister issued thinly veiled warnings to the military and secular opposition Wednesday not to interfere in upcoming presidential elections and defended the ruling party's choice of a presidential candidate who has already caused a political crisis.
An awful lot is riding on the outcome of the presidential contest in Turkey, which Abdullah Gul, the foreign minister with an Islamist past, has re-entered – to the consternation of the overmighty generals who transformed his earlier candidacy into a summer-long constitutional crisis.
Turkey’s prime minister has unexpectedly delayed the unveiling of his new cabinet and will await the election of a new president before announcing his new government team.
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ANKARA -- Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party signaled Thursday that it would not boycott a parliamentary vote next week to elect a new president, boosting the hopes of ruling party candidate Abdullah Gul.
London (KurdishMedia.com) 02 February 2007: The Iraqi central government and Turkey have agreed that all oil contracts will be dealt with only between these two parties. Contrary to the Iraqi Constitution, Kurdistan Regional Government would not have a say in these contracts.
According to a report of Turkish Daily News, Kurdish websites are blocked in Turkey. In related news, a bill has been approved in Turkey as a countermeasure against indecent broadcasting and online gambling. This law targets websites that could be considered as against "Turkishness".