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Blowback from Bush Foreign Policy? Turk with Islamic ties elected President
Turk With Islamic Ties Is Elected President - NY Times
By SABRINA TAVERNISE and SEBNEM ARSU
Published: August 29, 2007

ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 28 — An observant Muslim with a background in Islamic politics was voted in on Tuesday as president, breaking an 84-year grip on power by the secular establishment and ushering a new religious middle class from Turkey’s heartland into the center of the staunchly secular state.

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