"Turkey's prime minister debates whether to run for president
ANKARA, Turkey: The political party of Turkey's prime minister, once jailed for inciting religious hatred and now an advocate of joining the EU, faces a tough choice.
Should Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan run for president in elections next month in the face of suspicion that he would steer the officially secular country toward Islamic rule? Or should an ally stand for the job to avoid tensions with the powerful military, which sees itself as the guardian of the secular state?"
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