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The July 22 election, which delivered a landslide victory for the AKP and a rebuff to the powerful military, may prove to be the most important in Turkey since the military coup of 1980
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Turkey’s economy runs out of steam
Growth falls to its slowest pace in five years, setting a further test for the government’s economic policies at a time when the international environment is deteriorating
Ankara to redouble efforts to join EU
Turkey’s prime minister has announced his government will redouble efforts to steer the country into the European Union at a time when some EU states have voiced reservations
Turkey defies army to elect Gul as leader
The Turkish parliament elected Abdullah Gul, the foreign minister, as the secular country’s first president with an Islamist background
Turkey’s Gul fails in second round voting
Abdullah Gul, the Turkish foreign minister, appears certain to be elected Turkish president in spite of having failed to secure a two-thirds majority in parliament in a second round of voting
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