Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Turks elect ex-Islamist president




Turkey's controversial Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has been sworn in as the country's new president.

He is the first politician with an Islamist background to become head of state since the creation of the deeply secular Turkish Republic in 1923.

His swearing-in follows a third round of voting in parliament, which he won by a clear majority. full text

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