Erkan does not believe that a new row looms...
Despite the elitist media row recently, I believe the new presidential election process will be without much row except the usual CHP whining. But one can never be sure and the international quality media this time expects row...
BBC: New Turkey presidency row looms
Turkey's Abdullah Gul says he will run again for president, raising fears of a clash with the army and secular elite.
FT: Turkey set for clashes over presidency
The country was facing the prospect of renewed internal clashes after reports that Abdullah Gul, foreign minister, had been selected as the government's candidate for the presidencyTurkish Presidential Pick Sets Up Clash, Again - New York Times
AKP sticks with Gül as presidential candidate
AKP's presidential hopeful Abdullah Gül will visit opposition leaders on to drum up support for his bid to be elected head of state...
Gül should be president, because...
The segment defined by the term “neo-conservatives” would hate to see Abdullah Gül as president, but seeing the efforts to block Gül’s road to the presidency as “Washington’s intention” is not a correct diagnosis.
Why retaliation?
I’m not supporting Gül because I have retaliatory feelings. Just the opposite, I’m persistently supporting Gül’s presidency since I believe with my heart and mind that the primitive retaliatory approaches developed using history’s ideological understandings in Turkey (secularism-religion) will be history.
Election victory for AKP must consolidate Turkey's democratic and secular future
Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament congratulate Prime Minister Erdogan on his party's convincing victory in yesterday's state elections in which 80% of the population turned out to vote and call on him to use the opportunity to consolidate Turkey's democratic and secular future.
Significance and weight of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Cengiz AKTAR
Turkey beyond the headlines
Joshua W. WALKERWhat happens if Erdoğan does not nominate Gül?
Murat YETKİNBeril Dedeoğlu The northern Iraqi problem
MIDEAST UNDERNEWS: THE TURKISH FACTOR IN IRAQ
AK Party adopts Spanish model for Turkey’s civilian constitution
Connotations of the center and Turkey’s regimeby PROF. MUSTAFA ERDOĞAN
Debate over Mediterranean Union heats up in Europe (SETimes.com)
JTW News - Eurasian Union nearing reality
Turkish Army at Crossroads
Written by Yaniv Berman Published Monday, August 13, 2007The military sees itself as the upholder of the secular values of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. In the past few months the Turkish Armed Forces have reportedly deployed over 200,000 soldiers across its border with Iraq, more than all of the American troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan together. If it gets its way – pending government approval – the army will storm northern Iraq and break down the bases from which the Kurdish PKK fighters launch their attacks into Turkey."...
Ankara's sad situation
TDN editorial by Yusuf KANLI
Why are we so afraid to change?
Mehmet Ali Birand
Why Turkey is the homeland of modern Islamophobia?
Hans-Peter GEISSENImposition vs. consensus
TDN editorial by Yusuf KANLI
Ali Bulaç: The presidential question
The debate about the presidential election is negatively affecting political stability in Turkey. If the wise examples of the past had been followed, the issue might not have become so controversial.
Suat Kınıklıoğlu: Lessons from an election
The last couple of crisis-ridden months offer a number of lessons to the political animal. Some appear to be unable to come to terms with them and others have difficulty in digesting them. Hence there might be some value in listing them.Gül and Erdogan by Michael P.F. van der Galiën
Turkish Daily News has two interesting articles up about Erdogan and Gül. - The first one: “Gül’s presidency will fade Turkey’s apartheid, not secularity.” - The second one: “Is Erdoğan undecided, or trying to impose?.” In the second article, Yusuf Kanli wonders, “What should we understand from the remarks of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that while the July 22 election message of the nation cannot be ignored, democracy requires protection of the interests of the minority but seeking political consensus (on the name of the presidential candidate) should not be taken as the majority succumbing to the minority either?
