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Entries from August 2007
Turkey to celebrate independence day
August 29, 2007 · 1 Comment
Thursday August 30 is Turkey’s independence day. Government offices, banks, schools and many businesses will be closed for the day.
Categories: Adana · Alanya · Blogroll · Bodrum · Canakkale · Istanbul · Izmir · News · Trabzon · Turkey · ankara · antalya · bursa · diyarbakir
Gul is elected Turkey’s 11th president
August 28, 2007 · 5 Comments
Abdullah Gul is elected Turkey’s eleventh president by parliament Tuesday afternoon. He won the election in the third round with 339 votes.
Categories: AK Party · Blogroll · Gul · News · Turkey · ankara · politics
Turkey prepares for round 3 in election
August 28, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Turkey’s parliament will hold round three of its presidential election Tuesday. Many predict that FM Gul will have enough votes this round to be elected president.
Categories: AK Party · Blogroll · Gul · News · Turkey · ankara · politics
Round 2 in the presidential election to take place
August 24, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Turkish parliament will hold its second round of presidential elections Friday. AK party’s candidate, Abdullah Gul, is expected to win next week in the third round.
Categories: AK Party · Blogroll · Gul · News · Turkey · ankara · politics
Erdogan to military: Let the politicians deal with politics
August 21, 2007 · 2 Comments
PM Erdogan asks the Turkish military to stay out of the presidential election. The military has expressed its concerns over AK Party’s candidate Abdullah Gul.
Categories: AK Party · Blogroll · Erdogan · Gul · News · Turkey · ankara · politics
Round one of presidential elections begins
August 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment
The Turkish parliament starts the first round of the presidential elections Monday. After AK Party’s landslide victory in the general elections, Abdullah Gul appears to be the strongest candidate.
Categories: AK Party · Blogroll · Gul · News · ankara · politics
Turkish airliner hijacked over the weekend
August 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment
A Turkish airliner was hijacked in Northern Cyprus Saturday. The plane made an emergency landing in Antalya and after 5 hours of negotiations the hijackers surrendered.
Categories: Blogroll · Cyprus · Istanbul · News · Turkey · antalya
Erdogan submits his list of new cabinent members
August 16, 2007 · 2 Comments
PM Erdogan submits a list of his choices for a new cabinet to President Sezer. Elections for the next president start Monday, but Sezer is required to approve the list.
Categories: AK Party · Blogroll · Erdogan · News · Turkey · ankara · politics · sezer
