"Turkey's new president on political tightrope Published Date: August 29, 2007 By Sibel Utku Bila Turkey's new president Abdullah Gul will be walking a political tightrope, balancing between pressure from army-backed secularists who mistrust him for his Islamist past and conservative supporters who seek broader religious freedoms, analysts said yesterday. The generals, who see themselves as the guardians of Turkey's secular system, sent a strong signal that they are unhappy with Gul's presidency when they snubbed his oath-taking ceremony Tuesday."
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