Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Turkish Court Blocks Islamist Candidate - New York Times

"Turkish Court Blocks Islamist Candidate

By SABRINA TAVERNISE and GRAHAM BOWLEY
Published: May 1, 2007

ANKARA, Turkey, May 1 — Turkey’s constitutional court today supported an effort to block a candidate for the country’s presidency whose background is in political Islam, pitching the country into early national elections and a referendum on the role of religion in its future."

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