Sunday, February 27, 2011

Turkey's first Islamist leader Erbakan dies

"Turkey's first Islamist leader Erbakan dies

By Sibel Utku Bila (AFP) – 4 hours ago

ANKARA — Necmettin Erbakan, the mentor of political Islam in secular Turkey and its first Islamist prime minister, died on Sunday aged 84, after a tumultuous four-decade career marred by feuds with the army."

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