http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Abdullah_GulFind stories, videos, and photos about Abdullah Gul from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:43:38 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Abdullah_Gul14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Abdullah Gul from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/14/turkey.armenia.soccer.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/14/turkey.armenia.soccer.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCTextArmenian President Serzh Sarkisian Wednesday became the first Armenian head of state to travel to Turkey to attend a soccer game between the two countries' national teams.Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/26/turkey.erdogan.profile/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/26/turkey.erdogan.profile/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe yellow bus with a giant photo of the prime minister on its side raced through Elazig, a provincial town in eastern Anatolia, blaring patriotic music.Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/04/turkey.kurds.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/04/turkey.kurds.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTextFifteen Turkish soldiers were killed in an overnight clash with Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey along the country's border with Iraq, President Abdullah Gul said.Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:11:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/09/06/armenia.cup/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/09/06/armenia.cup/index.html#cnnSTCTextTuncay Sanli and Semih Senturk scored second-half goals to give Turkey a 2-0 win over Armenia in their World Cup qualifying Group 5 game in Yerevan.Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:26:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839199,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839199,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs the traditional adversaries face each other in a World Cup match, their presidents seek to effect a thaw Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/03/turkey.armenia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/03/turkey.armenia/index.html#cnnSTCTextTurkish President Abdullah Gul will travel Saturday to Armenia to watch a World Cup soccer qualifying match between the two countries -- a move promoted as a step toward bolstering relations between neighbor nations with a long history of animosity.Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/31/turkey.reaction/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/31/turkey.reaction/index.html#cnnSTCTextMembers of Turkey's ruling party have expressed relief after the country's top court narrowly rejected calls for the party and its leaders, including Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul, to be banned from politics.Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/31/zakaria.turkeyvote/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/31/zakaria.turkeyvote/index.html#cnnSTCTextTurkey's top court has narrowly rejected calls for the party and its leaders, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul, to be banned from politics.Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:03:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1828429,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1828429,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsTurkey's ruling party has dropped for now its attempts to lift a decades-old ban on wearing Islamic head scarves in universitiesThu, 31 Jul 2008 22:05:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726872,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726872,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe nation's top court takes up the case of whether the ruling party is undermining the country's secularist principlesTue, 01 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/09/turkey.headscarf/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/09/turkey.headscarf/index.html#cnnSTCTextTurkey's parliament has passed a constitutional amendment that would end a ban on Islamic headscarves at universities, despite public protests.Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/18/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/18/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCTextTurkey's military on Tuesday claimed to have inflicted heavy casualties on Kurdish rebels in weekend airstrikes on northern Iraq but denied Iraqi reports that its troops had mounted a cross-border raid earlier in the day.Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:24:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1683794,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1683794,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsJust why would two of Europe's most senior politicians record a song written by a 17 year old?Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/28/iran.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/28/iran.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCTextIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the United States of applying a double standard in dealing with terrorism by its lack of action against Kurdish rebels who launch attacks against Turkey from northern Iraq.Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/25/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/25/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCTextTurkey's president on Thursday said his country's "patience has come to an end" over Kurdish rebels operating in Iraq, but a high-level Iraqi delegation started a mission in Ankara in an effort to keep Turkey from launching a full-scale cross-border offensive against the guerrillas.Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/22/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/22/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextWith Turkish officials under pressure to strike at Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, U.S. President George W. Bush has told Turkey's president his administration will keep pressing Baghdad to clamp down on the rebels, the White House said Monday.Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:56:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672508,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672508,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsTurkey moves closer to cross-border raids against Kurdish PKK fighters. But would prefer the Iraqis to shut them downWed, 17 Oct 2007 18:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/11/us.turkey.armenians/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/11/us.turkey.armenians/index.html#cnnSTCTextTurkey on Thursday recalled its ambassador to the United States and warned of repercussions in a growing dispute over congressional efforts to label the World War I era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces "genocide." Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:33:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670399,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670399,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA congressional resolution on the mass killings of Armenians in World War I prompts threats of retaliation from a key US allyThu, 11 Oct 2007 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663751,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663751,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe newly reelected Recep Erdogan is tackling one of Turkey's most sensitive issues head onThu, 20 Sep 2007 17:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/28/turkey.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/28/turkey.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer Islamist Abdullah Gul has been elected president of Turkey following a contest that has split the nation and drawn opposition from the army.Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/29/turkey.cabinet.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/29/turkey.cabinet.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextNew Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved a pro-EU reformist cabinet on Wednesday which reflected Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's aim to push ahead with stalled political and economic reforms needed to join the bloc.Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:48:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1656893,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1656893,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWith the election of its first President with Islamist roots, the country enters a new era. Just what it will bring is the questionTue, 28 Aug 2007 17:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/28/turkey.president.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/28/turkey.president.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextForeign Minister Abdullah Gul, a former Islamist, is set to be elected Turkey's next president on Tuesday in a move the secular elite says will bring religion back into public life and undermine the secular republic.Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:33:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/27/turkey.secularism.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/27/turkey.secularism.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextTurkey's staunchly secular military said Monday that the strict line between Islam and the state was under attack by "centers of evil" -- a strong warning ahead of the expected election of a president with a background in political Islam.Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/24/turkey.elections.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/24/turkey.elections.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextTurkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul failed to win enough votes in the second round of a presidential election on Friday, an AK Party deputy told Reuters, but is expected to clinch the post next week.Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:46:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/20/turkey.president.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/20/turkey.president.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextForeign Minister Abdullah Gul won most votes in the first round of a presidential election in Turkey on Monday, but did not secure the two-thirds majority needed in parliament for an outright win, deputies said.Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:56:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1653062,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1653062,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsTurkey's ruling party renominates Abdullah Gul for the presidency, daring the military to oppose an electoral mandate. But compromise remains possibleTue, 14 Aug 2007 22:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/25/turkey.gul/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/25/turkey.gul/index.html#cnnSTCTextTurkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, whose presidential nomination sparked massive protests three months ago, said Wednesday he would not rule out another run for the post.Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:52:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1645884,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1645884,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsDespite secularist fears of its Islamist roots, Erdogan's party gets even more support than it did five years agoTue, 24 Jul 2007 16:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/23/turkey.hooper/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/23/turkey.hooper/index.html#cnnSTCTextVoters in Turkey hailed Recep Tayyip Erdogan's emphatic re-election victory as a triumph for democracy, as the re-installed prime minister pledged to heal the wounds of a bitterly divisive campaign by "embracing all of Turkey with no discrimination."Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:52:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/22/turkey.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/22/turkey.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextTurkey's ruling Islamist-rooted party claimed a resounding victory Sunday, winning nearly 47 percent of the vote in the country's parliamentary elections, electoral officials said. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/20/turkey.hooper/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/20/turkey.hooper/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn the searing heat of an Anatolian afternoon, work continues busily on the vast building site that fills an entire block of Cankiri's otherwise quiet town center.Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:02:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1629855,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1629855,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSeveral thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who operate from bases thereFri, 08 Jun 2007 11:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/06/turkey.politics/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/06/turkey.politics/index.htmlTurkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has withdrawn from the race to be Turkey's president after supporters were unable to gather the necessary two-thirds quorum in the parliament for a vote on his candidacy.Sun, 06 May 2007 12:44:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/30/turkey.election/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/30/turkey.election/index.htmlTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will address the country on Monday amid a deepening crisis prompted by a clash between secularists and Islamists over the country's political future.Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/29/turkey.election/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/29/turkey.election/index.htmlTurkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has vowed to continue in his bid to become the country's next president despite opposition from lawmakers, business leaders and military chiefs and a massive public demonstration in Istanbul on Sunday.Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:24:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/28/turkey.election/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/28/turkey.election/index.htmlThe European Union and the U.S. have urged the Turkish army to respect the country's democracy after military chiefs voiced concerns over the current presidential election.Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:46:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/24/turkey.cyprus/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/24/turkey.cyprus/index.htmlTurkey has put forward an "action plan" aimed at moving Turkey and Greece closer to a settlement over the divided island of Cyprus, beginning with the elimination of many "economic restrictions on the island."Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/04/eu.turkeytalks/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/04/eu.turkeytalks/index.htmlThe European Union overcame a last-minute crisis and opened membership talks Tuesday with Turkey -- a historic move to include a mostly-Muslim nation that brought relief in Turkey and all round Europe.Tue, 04 Oct 2005 07:42:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/03/eu.turkeytalks/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/03/eu.turkeytalks/index.htmlThe European Union opened historic membership talks with Turkey, after Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul arrived in Luxembourg.Mon, 03 Oct 2005 08:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/30/turkey.eu/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/30/turkey.eu/index.htmlPlans for Turkey to start EU membership talks next week were under threat following a move by Austria that could block negotiations.Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/06/turkey.hostages/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/06/turkey.hostages/index.htmlTurkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul reported Monday that kidnapped truck driver Mithat Civi, a Turkish national, had been freed by his captors.Mon, 06 Sep 2004 18:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/24/turkey.blast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/24/turkey.blast/index.htmlFour people have been killed and at least a dozen injured after a bomb carried by a woman exploded on a bus near Istanbul University Hospital, authorities say.Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:57:00 EDT