Turkey's presidential candidates: Ekmeleddin Mehmet Ihsanoglu
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By Tony Cross
Ekmeleddin Mehmet Ihsanoglu is not a politician but an academic and diplomat, who has headed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation for the past nine years. The country's two biggest opposition parties back him as the secular candidate but may have difficulty convincing their supporters that he fits the bill.
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