Pressure grows for Gul to be more assertive
As the critical local elections in Turkey near, planned for the end of March, the rumor mill concerning the presidential elections — which are next in line this year after the local elections — has started gathering speed. As far as the public is concerned, there currently appear to be two viable candidates for president, namely Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the incumbent Abdullah Gul.
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