Turkey's army defends secularism ahead of elections
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Turkey's powerful armed forces said on Monday that efforts were being made every day to undermine the secular republic, strong language a day before parliament is expected to elect a former Islamist as president.
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Turkey's army chief warns that the nation's secular system is being threatened by "centres of evil".
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Turkish leaders worked to shore up support among skeptical lawmakers for a Turkish contribution to an expanded U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon before a parliamentary vote Tuesday.
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CAIRO, Aug. 28 -- Beaming as the votes were counted, a veteran government figure with roots in political Islam won a parliamentary vote to become Turkey's president Tuesday, in defiance of the country's strongly secular military. Abdullah Gul's triumph presented Turkey's generals with a choice:...
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Campaigning ends ahead of Turkey's general election, seen as one of the most important in its history.
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On the eve of a devout Muslim's expected accession to the country's presidency, Turkey's resolutely secular military leadership issued a sharp warning yesterday against any attempt to erode the constitutional separation of religion and state.
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Liberal Turks are pledging votes to religious politicians as well as a new array of independents in Sundayâs election.
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Turkey's powerful armed forces said on Monday efforts were being made daily to undermine the secular republic, comments coming a day before parliament is expected to elect a former Islamist as president.
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Turkey said Friday it would continue its military operations against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, after several attacks this month against members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
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Turkey became the second Muslim country to commit troops to Lebanon to monitor a tense cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah after a parliament vote in favor of the deployment despite widespread protests.
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Turkey is navigating between the forces pulling it closer to Islam and the institutions that safeguard its secularism.
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Turkey's politicians made a final pitch for votes on the eve of a parliamentary election billed by both the ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party and its nationalist rivals as a key test for their secular democracy.
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ISTANBUL, July 23 -- Voters on Sunday overwhelmingly returned to power a political party that brought a mix of mild Islam and intense economic development to governing Turkey, rebuking the secular military whose challenge led to the early election.
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The Turkish military defends air strikes and a ground incursion into Iraq to target alleged PKK rebel positions.
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VAKIFLI, Turkey  - Its foes like to accuse Turkey's ruling AK Party of plotting to create an Iranian-style Islamic state, but many among the country's Christian minority seem to prefer the alleged Islamists to more secular parties.
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Turkey's new president, a devout Muslim who has vowed to respect the separation of Islam and state, faces his first task Wednesday &#151; reviewing a list of possible Cabinet ministers &#151; while under close scrutiny from secularist opponents.
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A top general said on Monday Turkey   faces a growing Islamist threat and he strongly defended the   army's right to speak out on the issue despite European Union   criticism about military "interference" in politics.