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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9490

30 August 2007
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey
Confident in new President's commitment to democracy, European leaders congratulate Abdullah Gül on his election

Brussels, 29/08/2007 (Agence Europe) - The AKP candidate Abdullah Gül was elected President of the Republic of Turkey on Tuesday 28 August. His victory, which comes after a lengthy electoral process (EUROPE 9417) and the early legislative elections held in July (EUROPE 9474), was achieved on the third round of elections (by 339 votes out of 550, or 63 votes more than the simple majority required). If the fact that the Presidency of the country will be taken up by a representative from the...

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