"Leave Turkey's presidential election alone, says EU
28 April 2007, 19:00 CET
(BERLIN) - Turkey's presidential election must be fully democratic and untainted by outside interference, the EU said Saturday amid fears the army could step in to defend the country's secular system.
'The presidency of the European Union is following closely the situation in Turkey ahead of the first round of the presidential election,' the German EU presidency said in a statement issued in Berlin."
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