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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9417
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey

EU concerned at intervention of army in presidential elections

Brussels, 30/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Union has voiced its concern at the situation in Turkey after the first round of presidential elections on Saturday, during which the only candidate, the current Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullah Gül, failed to become elected, whilst the opposition brought the matter to the Constitutional Court to invalidate the first round, stating that the necessary quorum of two thirds had not been achieved. The Constitutional Court is to return its...

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