Friday, December 22, 2006

Turkey’s ruling party mum on presidential candidate

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Turkey’s ruling party mum on presidential candidate
Erdogan said that reports he would stand for the presidency were just speculation.

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ISTANBUL - Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will not announce its candidate for next year’s presidential election until just before the parliament chooses the successor to President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said late Wednesday night."

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