Abdullah Gül, the 11th President of Turkey
European Commission Congratulates President Gul Over His Election
Turks elect ex-Islamist president
Former Islamist Abdullah Gul is sworn in as Turkey's new president, despite strong secular opposition.
Gul Wins Vote for Turkish Presidency - New York Times
Source: Al-Watan, Saudi Arabia, August 28, 2007
Turkey elects Gul president despite army anger
Some Turkish secularists distance themselves from hard anti-Gül line by Nicolas Cheviron
With the election of Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül to the Turkish presidency all but certain on Tuesday, many secularist opponents are calling for a more moderate stance against the formerThird time lucky: A new President: a new Turkey?
By Hans A.H.C. de Wit
Gul is the right man for the job
Welcoming the widely expected outcome of the Turkish presidential election, Graham Watson, leader of the Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament commented:To whom does Çankaya belong? [Turkish Presidents official residence]
By Mick Hall
A New Era For Turkey
By Metin
Abdullah Gul has been elected as President of Turkey by the (new) Turkish Parliament moments ago, ending weeks of speculation, some ill-advised developments, debate, and (un)certainty. People's will of common sense won over secularists cheap attempts to label attitudes and personal beliefs of the qualified candidate(s). Even the threat of military intervention backfired on the old school one-party, one-ideology mongers who are now singing a different tune, even while they lead their own party with the one-voice, one-ruler attitude....Farewell my pretty
By Idil
I am now officially ready to leave the country.
An islamist threat was always lurking in the darkness, right where it belongs, but now it is out in the open and at the head of a once secular republic. Now that religion has taken over I am ready to set sail for bigger, better things. It breaks my heart to have to even consider leaving my country but watching it's demise is an even worse prospect.
I have compiled a list of cities that I will be visiting between December and next summer so that I can make up my mind as to where I want to settle in next. This experience is one to remember and I hope that I will one day return to Turkey and that it will not have lost its soul forever....
Celebrations in Mr. Gül's hometown, Kayseri....
Mrs. Baykal's formula for Gül's wife
As all eyes are turned toward the headscarf worn by Hayrinüsa Gül, wife of president-to-be Abdullah Gül, and the likelihood that it will pose serious problems in Turkish politics. Gül suggested that...
Farewell to Sezer, welcome to Gül
The seldom smiling, normative, hard-core secularist, patriotic and ardent supporter of usage of pure Turkish in official correspondence is leaving the presidential office, while a veteran politician with an Islamist background who with the experience he acquired as state minister and long years in the foreign ministry has added diplomacy skills to his qualities as politician is moving in. The change in the presidency, of course, will have repercussions far beyond what we can assume, irrespective of the personal qualities of the predecessor and the successor. President Ahmet Necdet Sezer was not loved by either politicians trying to promote political Islam or the Islamist media, but he will....
Time for a change at the CHP
Michael van der Galiën
Today starts a new era
Mehmet Ali Birand
Gül Elected President in Ankara: A Test of Turkey's Maturity - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
Turkey's Gul from Islamist minister to president - Israel News, Ynetnews
Poll says most Turks unbothered by first lady with headscarf - Women - Middle East Times
