"Will Turkey's PM run for president?
World briefing: Do Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist leanings make him an unsuitable figurehead for a secular country?
Turkey's presidential race is unusual in one key respect: nobody is running. As the April 15 deadline for candidate registration approaches, political tensions are rising and the media frenzy grows. By law, parliament must elect a successor to Ahmet Necdet Sezer by early May, but as yet there are no declared candidates."
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