ENG - Abdullah Gül GCB, (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 Erdoğan'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 headscarf, seen by some as a symbol of political Islam. However, following the parliamentary elections in ...
...for solution to Nagorno Karabakh problem”
“The main problem of the Caucasus is the problem between Armenia and Azerbaijan”, Turkish President Abdullah Gul told the Financial Times, APA reports. Gul said he believed that 2009 would be a year of opportunity for solution to Nagorno Karabakh problem. The Turkish President did not rule out the probability of normalization of relations with Armenia without progress toward the solution of Nagorno Karabakh problem”.
09 Apr 2009 14:35
Ankara – APA
10.4.09
