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To: Ruffian who wrote (248517)	11/14/2007 5:26:43 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Yes, Turkey is still a parlimentary republic, with a politically active Army, but one that elected an Islamist party. Current President & Former PM Abdullah Gul heads the AKP, a center-right party with strong Islamist leanings. from Wikipedia: Abdullah Gül (born October 29, 1950) is the 11th President of the Republic of Turkey, serving in that office since 28 August 2007. He previously served for five months as Prime Minister (2002-2003), and as Foreign Minister from 2003 to 2007. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's selection of Gül as a presidential candidate drew strong and highly vocal opposition from ardent supporters of secularism in Turkey. In May 2007, Gül's first bid for presidency was blocked by the Constitutional court in a climate of secularist concern regarding views Gül had expressed during his Welfare Party years, and the fact that his wife, Hayrünnisa Gül, wears a hijab, a headscarf, seen by some as a symbol of political Islam.[1] However, following the parliamentary elections in July the same year, which were won by the AKP with 46.6% of the popular vote, he was eventually elected President on August 28, 2007 and was sworn in the same day.