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Necmettin Erbakan, was the first Islamics Prime Minister of Turkey elected in 1996, but was removed from power by a postmodern coup in 1997. In Turkey, there is a strong Islamist tradition among political parties.
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 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Necmettin Erbakan, a Turkish Prime Minister, Dies at 84
Tue 1 Mar 2011
The first Islamist prime minister of Turkey, Necmettin Erbakan, whose attempt to turn his country away from the West led the military to depose him in 1997, died on Sunday in Ankara. He was 84. The... (photo: Creative Commons / Dsmurat.)
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Erdogan called on Libyan authorities to be sensitive toward the safety of foreigners as his governments scrambled to send planes and ships to pick up their citizens stranded by Libya's bloody unrest on Tuesday, with thousands of Turks crowding into a stadium to await evacuation
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 NZ Herald 
Turkish Premier vents anger at treatment of immigrants
Mon 28 Feb 2011
The Turkish Prime Minister yesterday issued a stinging rebuke to Germany over its treatment of Turkish immigrants. In remarks that highlight the resentment that has built up over the European Union's... (photo: AP)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan walks past a soldier during a ceremony at the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk after he attended the military's highest annual meetings with top military officials at the Army headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010.  Turkish Press  Mon 28 Feb 2011
Turkish premier postpones his visit to Brussels
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan postponed his upcoming visit to Brussels, Turkish officials said on Monday. Erdogan is... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
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Necmettin Erbakan, 83, a former prime minister who led Turkey's first Islamist government between 1996 and 1997, gestures, during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, April 10, 2009. Erbakan who was pressured by the military to step down and was later banned from politics by the Constitutional Court, declared he was making a come back to politics.  Star Tribune  Sun 27 Feb 2011
Turkey's former pro-Islamic prime minister Necmettin Erbakan dies aged 85
ANKARA, Turkey - Necmettin Erbakan, a longtime leader of Turkey's Islamic political movement and briefly the country's prime minister, has died. He was 85. Yasin Hatipoglu, a close aide, confirmed the... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses reporters during a press conference given at the end of a European meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Sunday March 1, 2009. With their economies tanking and finances fraying, EU leaders meet Sunday keen to show that they will stick together and work on ideas of how to put recession behind the m&c; Sat 26 Feb 2011
Merkel predecessor criticizes German stance on Turkey
Hanover, Germany - Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Chancellor Angela Merkel should actively encourage Turkish membership of the European Union, in a... (photo: AP / Remy de la Mauviniere)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, front left, is flanked by French and Turkish officials during his visit to the mausoleum of Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. President Sarkozy, whose country holds the presidency of the Group of 20 rich and developing countries, arrived in group member Turkey to discuss the financial turmoil as well as Turkey's membership bid in the EU. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sat 26 Feb 2011
Sarkozy Is Criticized On a Visit To Turkey
ISTANBUL -- President Nicolas Sarkozy of France made a six-hour visit to Turkey on Friday, and was greeted with criticism on Europe's so-far limited reaction to the... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, is flanked by French and Turkish officials during his visit to the mausoleum of Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. President Sarkozy, whose country holds the presidency of the Group of 20 rich and developing countries, arrived in group member Turkey to discuss the financial turmoil as well as Turkey's membership bid in the EU. Zeenews Sat 26 Feb 2011
Turkey not fit for EU membership: Sarkozy
Ankara: French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Turkey on Friday it is unfit for EU membership, urging an alternative partnership for the mainly Muslim nation before its... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures as he addresses to French citizens living in overseas territories, in Petit Bourg, Guadeloupe, Sunday Jan. 9, 2011. Sarkozy is on a three-day official visit to the French Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe. The New York Times Fri 25 Feb 2011
French President Faces Turkish Critics
ISTANBUL, Turkey — President Nicolas Sarkozy of France made a six-hour visit to Turkey on Friday, and was greeted with criticism on Europe’s so-far limited... (photo: AP / Dominique Chomereau-Lamotte)
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President Barack Obama makes remarks about stimulus funding for biomedical research, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Herald Tribune Fri 25 Feb 2011
Obama discusses Libya options with Turkish leader
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is consulting with world leaders on possible steps to deal with the violence in Libya, speaking Friday morning with Turkish Prime... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
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Turkish Airlines All Africa Fri 25 Feb 2011
Turkish Airline Pledges Good Services
Turkish Airline has... (photo: GFDL / Quentin Douchet)
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