Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced today in Ankara that his ruling party's candidate for president will be Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul. Erdogan and Gul are co-founders of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) and are very close. But Gul is seen as the party's more Western face.
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Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer on Tuesday began a two-day official visit to Italy. He met with Italy's president, Giorgio Napolitano, who said that a positive outcome of membership negotiations between the European Union and Turkey is in the interest of both. Sabina Castelfranco reports for VOA from Rome.
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