President Abdullah Gul of Turkey

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Gul Says Westbound Pipelines Remains Intact After.

The process was expected to be a formality, though Gul has the right to block candidates.

Ankara, April 24 (soL) Abdullah Gul, still holding the position of foreign minister and vice prime minister of Turkey, has been declared as the presidential candidate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP.

Gul was born on October 29, 1950 into a pro-Democrat Party (DP) family in Kayseri, a central Anatolian city.

Gul was in relation with Necip Fazil K?sakurek, an Islamist poet also a key figure in Turkish right wing intellengentsia.

Gul was called by Islamic Development Bank in 1983.

The ruling AK Party, which Mr Gul helped found, decided to re-nominate him, arguing that a sweeping general election victory in July had given it the mandate to do so.

Nevertheless, secularist opposition to Mr Gul remains strong.

Mr Gul is certainly an experienced politician.

However, Mr Gul is no stranger to the secular-religious controversy and some analysts say he is as close, if not closer, to his religious roots as Mr Erdogan.

Mr Gul has tried to sound conciliatory, with phrases such as "If I am elected I will act accordingly" and a pledge to adhere to secular principles.

Last year, Mr Gul said Cyprus was "poisoning" Turkey's EU accession process.

Mr Gul has also criticised US policies in the Middle East, saying Washington's support for Israel in its conflict in Lebanon last year had caused a backlash in Turkey.

Abdullah Gul was born in Kayseri on 10 October 1950.

In 2003 Abdullah Gul was appointed as Foreign Minister of Turkiye.

Former Islamist Abdullah Gul has been elected president of Turkey following a contest that has split the nation and drawn opposition from the army.

Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has withdrawn from the race to be Turkey's president after supporters were unable to gather the necessary two-thirds quorum in the parliament for a vote on his candidacy.

Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has vowed to continue in his bid to become the country's next president despite opposition from lawmakers, business leaders and military chiefs and a massive public demonstration in Istanbul on Sunday.

Abdullah Gul is the deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Turkey.

Aritman hinted after Gul supported the right of Turks to apologize to Armenians that the president's mother was Armenian.

state's stance is to improve relations with its neighbors.

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Turkey's President Abdullah Gul has arrived in the Armenian capital for a brief landmark visit that could mark the beginning of a thaw between Yerevan and Ankara, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports.

Turkey's new president Abdullah Gul has approved the new cabinet submitted Wednesday by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamic rooted Justice and Development party.

Gul was elected president in an August 28 parliamentary vote.

Nearly nine decades after Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded the secular republic of Turkey, a conservative Muslim Abdullah Gul has been elected president.

Abdullah Gul said Wednesday in Ankara that he can not ignore what he said is popular support for his candidacy.

But Gul is seen as the party's more Western face.

Meeting with his French counterpart in Paris on Thursday, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul expressed criticisms and concerns about the French Parliament's passage of a bill last October to penalize people who question the Armenian Genocide claims.

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Gul was to be sworn in at a parliamentary ceremony later on Tuesday and take over from current President Ahmet Necdet Sezer on Tuesday night.

During a recent trip to Armenia, I was once again reminded of man's inhumanity to man.

Turkish Troops Poised on Iraq BorderNov 6 - By Suzan Fraser, Associated Press WriterTens of thousands of Turkish troops were poised Tuesday on the border with Iraq awaiting the order to attack Kurdish fighters, and President Abdullah Gul said the country will do "what it believes to be right" to tame the rebels.

McCannSource: CNNANKARA, Turkey (CNN) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has withdrawn from the race to be Turkey's president after supporters were unable to gather the necessary two-thirds quorum in the parliament for a vote on his candidacy.

comApr 29 - Seeded by bigbrotherSource: CNNTurkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has vowed to continue in his bid to become the country's next president despite opposition from lawmakers, business leaders and military chiefs and a massive public demonstration in Istanbul on Sunday.

Gul was a leading actor in Turkey’s bid to join the E.

Gul has the final say over thousands of appointments to important official positions.

Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was sworn in as Turkey's 11th president on August 28th, 2007, succeeding Ahmet Necdet Sezer.

Gul was born in the central Turkish city of Kayseri on October 29th, 1950.

In 1983, Gul joined the Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank as an economist.

Following the AKP's landslide victory in the November 2002 parliamentary elections, Gul was appointed prime minister.

In the first two rounds of voting on August 20th and 24th, Gul came out well ahead of the other two candidates, Sabahattin Cakmakoglu of the Nationalist Action Party and Huseyin Icli from the Democratic Left Party, but failed to gain the required two-thirds majority to win the post.

As president, Gul has the power to veto legislation and appoint judges to Turkey's highest courts.

As Turkey responded again by bombing the mountains of northern Iraq, where the PKK has camps, Gul said Turkey doesn't want to suppress its southern neighbor.

Though Turkey criticizes the national and regional governments in Iraq for not doing enough to prevent PKK attacks, Gul said diplomatic talks continue.

That is why they hate Gul, because Gul is Turkey.

selcuk, Brussels, BelgiumDefinetely, Mr Gul has been trying to deceive EU politcs and people.

Seondly, Mr gul has been mistaken about Atatrks wife or he consciously gave lack of information about her.

GUL was clearly refused to secularism.

The recent massive rallies in Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir and some other cities, where millions of people come together voluntarily, without any political parties organization, were held as a reaction against PM Erdogans and AKPs fundamentalist policies and practices which pulled Turkey backwards seriously.

Charlie Brown, Istanbul, TurkeyMr Abdullah Gul is a genuine person, who works hard to ensure stability in Turkey.

In this discussion, European Union's attitude against Turkey is again very disheartening.

Charlie Brown, Istanbul, TurkeyAbdullah Gul is a politician He is not telling complete truth! AKP has a hidden agenda.

Semih, Pittsburgh, USAMr Abdullah Gul is a genuine person, who works hard to ensure stability in Turkey.

Mr Gul was elected to become the President of Turkey, democratically, though some didnt like the idea, and had power to stop him illegally.

Receiving the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmed Ali Aboul Gheit, in Ankara Monday, Turkey's President Abdullah Gul said that a cease-fire between Israel and Palestine must be established immediately and.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Turkey would keep working with the United States in order to contribute to regional and global security.

net Saturday, 27 September 2008 09:57 Turkey Turkey's President Abdullah Gul had a meeting with UN.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul met Tuesday with his Pakistani counterpart on the sidelines of a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.

President Abdullah Gul is in the middle; I am on his left and Star daily's Mehmet Altan on his right.

Just a couple of days ago President Gul said in Baku that Turks are Azeris are one nation.

Jan 2 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Abdullah Gul said his country would do everything in its power to eradicate the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Friday.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul meets with KAFFED to discuss Circassian issues.

Gul said that they give all types of support for the activities organized by the Turkish people living abroad, and emphasized that they do not approve of asking the government for money all the time.

Gul said that the government took measures to induce foreign investment and ease incorporation procedures for foreigners.

Looking at this performance, we could of course say that Abdullah Gul has been very success, and that as a result of this success, he is now a candidate for the state's highest office.

ERBIL, Iraq, Dec 29 (UPI) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani met officials with the Kurdistan Regional Government to discuss the status of the disputed Iraqi city of Kirkuk, officials said.

Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is poised to become Turkeys president on Tuesday, which would make him the first head of state with a background in political Islam in a country with strong secularist principles.

Abdullah Gul is a blessing for Turkey we would be so fortunate to have him as a president.

Gul has been working hard to build bridges and in announcing his bid earlier this month to become president, he offered an olive branch to his secular critics.

So far, critics feel Gul has failed to allay secularist fears that he would sign into law any legislation passed by the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a close ally, without concern for the separation of religion and politics.

Abdullah Gul is not going to be a yes man.

Gul is a practicing Muslim, and his similarly devout wife, Hayrunnisa Gul, wears the Islamic headscarf.

Gul comes from that overlooked "people.

His father Ahmet Hamdi Gul was a modest turner and a pious Muslim, who proudly named his son "Abdullah," or, "the servant of God.

Gul joined the conservative anti-communist movement, and became an admirer of Islamist poet and writer Necip Fazil Kisakurek, who believed Westernization was destroying Turkey's spirit and morality.

Gul joined the Islamist Welfare Party, but never shared the anti-Western and anti-Semitic demagoguery of its leader, Necmeddin Erbakan.

Hasan UNCULAR / WorldbulletinAbdullah Gul was born in Kayseri on 29 October 1950.

Gul took part in the policy starting from the early age.

Gul is an open-worded person and hides his characteristics.

Even his rivals in the discussions say " If Abdullah Gul says this, he tells the truth.

Erbakan from Konya, Süleyman Karagülle from Aydın, Ömer Faruk Yeğin from Istanbul, meanwhile Abdullah Gul was a lycee student.

THE FIRST RELATION WITH POLITICSWhen Gul was a student at the university, he was a member of the central executive counsil of the National Turkish Students' Association.

His doctorate thesis: The Development Of The Economical Relations Between Turkey And The Islamic Countries By the way the coup of 12 September happened and Gul was taken into prison a few days after he married Hayrunnisa Gul.

In the context of "Sancak Movement" Gul was taken to the Istanbul Metris Military Prison.

Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is convinced of this.

Turkey has relied on the process of historical denial to confront a terrible event in its past, but President Abdullah Gul has decided it is time to reach out to the Armenians.

Abdullah Gul was the primary architect of Turkeys European Union membership bid.

ANKARA, Turkey The new government founded under Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has won a vote of confidence in the Parliamentary General Assembly.

Gul accepted Armenian President Serzh Sargsians invitation to watch a World.

Saying that Abdullah Gul was encouraged by his visit to Armenia.