Line-up of Turkey's new cabinet
from left to right, Köksal Toptan, head of the Parliament; Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the PM; Abdullah Gül, the President; Yaşar Büyükanıt, the Chief of Staff. all together in the Victory Day ceremony...
Erdogan limits ministerial shake-up
On woman's purse: "Turkey."
Sources: Akhbar Al-Arab, UAE; Al-Watan, Qatar, August 29, 2007
Al Jazeera: Gul Approves Pro-Eu Turkey Cabinet
Line-up of Turkey's new cabinet led Erdogan via
Prime Minister: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister: Cemil Cicek
State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister: Hayati Yazici
State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister: Nazim Ekren
Justice Minister: Mehmet Ali Sahin
Defense Minister: Vecdi Gonul
Interior Minister: Besir Atalay
Foreign Minister: Ali Babacan
Finance Minister: Kemal Unakitan
Education Minister: Huseyin Celik
Public Works and Housing Minister: Faruk Nafiz Ozak
Health Minister: Recep Akdag
Transportation Minister: Binali Yildirim
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister: Mehmet Mehdi Eker
Labor and Social Security Minister: Faruk Celik
Industry and Trade Minister: Mehmet Zafer Caglayan
Energy and Natural Resources Minister: Mehmet Hilmi Guler
Culture and Tourism Minister: Ertugrul Gunay
Environment and Forestry Minister: Veysel Eroglu
State Minister: Mehmet Aydin
State Minister: Murat Basesgioglu
State Minister: Kursad Tuzmen
State Minister: Nimet Cubukcu
State Minister: Mehmet Simsek
State Minister: Mustafa Said Yazicioglu.
60th Cabinet | Biographies
Party With Islamist Roots Set to Modernize Turkey
Gül's description of secularism sparks new debate
President Abdullah Gül described secularism as the rule of social harmony and a model that underpins freedom for different life styles, in his first speech following his election Tuesday. Gül's statement...
Gül ponders his presidential team
President Abdullah Gül is selecting his closest aides to work with him in the presidency while his predecessor's team is departing Çankaya Palace. Gül's team will include top ambassadors and...
Source: Al-Mustaqbal, Lebanon, August 29, 2007 via
An Islamic Turkey: Why Not?
Turkey just had an election, and the Turkish people just administered the secular parties and the goons in the military a well-deserved kick in the rear end. The secular parties have for decades considered Turkey their private property, with elections a kind of formality to confirm their inheritance. If elections go the wrong way, they felt, that's no problem: the generals can always stage a coup and restore us to power. Indeed the military has staged four coups since 1960.
TheStar.com - columnists - Turkey's archaic authoritarian model crumbling
Turkey's politics | Sliding from the secular | Economist.com
Gül Should Get A Fair Chance | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 29.08.2007
Is Turkey Facing an "Islamist" Future? - TIME
Turkish politics travels in many jagged lines
A rose (GÜL) revolution:The military-civilian relations in President Abdullah Gül’s Turkeyby MEHMET KALYONCU
Turkey’s last five months of political uncertainty and tensions have ended with the election of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) nominee Abdullah Gül as the new president of the Republic of Turkey. Mr. Gül received 339 votes out of 448 cast in the third round of the parliamentary ballot....
