Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul confirmed on Tuesday he would make a fresh bid for Turkey's presidency with the support of his ruling AK Party, but he will face hostility from secularists wary of his Islamist past. | Keeping an eye on Kemal Attaturk's statue at the Embassy, is all I'm sayin'. |
Officials of the centre-right, Islamist-rooted party had said late on Monday that Gul would stand again, prompting concern that the decision might renew tension between the ruling party and the powerful secular elite, including army generals.
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