Only Candidate Withdraws After Turkish Election Fails To Name President

AFP May 6, 2007 07:28 PM
The sole candidate in Turkey's presidential election, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, officially withdrew his name Sunday after parliament failed for a second time to vote him into office.
The election has triggered a crisis in secular Turkey, amid widespread opposition to the idea of a former Islamist like Gul taking on the largely ceremonial but highly symbolic office.
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