"Turkey’s newly re-elected parliament will start voting for a new president on Aug. 20, its speaker said on Friday, after the process was derailed in May by the country’s powerful secular elite. Friday marks the start of a 10-day period during which applications to run for the top post must be made, he said. Financial markets are nervously watching the election, fearing that a decision by Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to run could reignite political tensions."
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