"Turkey's 'Ghandi' Could Shake Up Nation's Politics
VOA Dorian Jones | Istanbul 25 May 2010
The new leader of Turkey's main opposition party is being heralded by much of the media as the Gandhi of Turkey because of his quiet demeanor and tendency to reject ostentation. His election is being heralded as a potential earthquake in Turkish politics.
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, 61, was elected leader of the center left People's Republican Party (CHP) with a landslide majority, one that provoked a carnival-like atmosphere at the party conference. In his first speech Kilacdaroglu promised to bring his party back to its center-left roots."
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