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Abdullah Gül
Abdullah Gül is a Turkish politician who served as the president of Turkey from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and concurrently served as both Deputy Prime Minister and as Foreign Minister between 2003 and 2007. He is currently a member of the Advisory Panel for the President of the Islamic Development Bank.
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politics · President of Turkey from 2007 to 2014 · politician · diplomat · economist · also Abdullah Gül, Gül
Born 29 October 1950 · Q42852
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2026· 3 entries
Haberler.com: Abdullah Gül broke his silence! Congratulations to Erdoğan and Bahçeli
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MTV Lebanon: Turkish President Abdullah Gul told the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch that he had spoken personally with bishop Youhanna Ibrahim who was abducted earlier this week in Syria
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2013· 2 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (2013).
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A law increasing political control over the judiciary in 2014 designed to protect then Prime Minister Erdoğan and others from corruption charges and a law giving the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) controversial
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Chatham House Prize (2010).
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When crewmembers attacked an Israeli naval boarding party, he advocated the complete ending of diplomatic relations with Israel, stating that "Israel will turn into a complete apartheid regime in the next 50 years if it
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (2008).
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2007· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Turkey (2007–2014).
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2003· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2003–2007).
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Career landmark: Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (2003–2007).
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2002· 2 entries
Summarizes his criticisms of the Refah Partisi under the leadership of Necmettin Erbakan and his portrayal of the AKP as a moderate party:In the Welfare Party, there were groups demanding sharia rule
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Turkey (2002–2003).
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2001· 1 entry
After the Virtue Party was shut down in the same year, while hardline conservative members founded the Felicity Party instead
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2000· 1 entry
Gül joined fellow party member Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in advocating the need for reform and moderation
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1999· 1 entry
Kept his seat as a member of the Fazilet Partisi (FP, "the Virtue Party") which was subsequently outlawed by the Constitutional Court for its violation of the Constitution
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1998· 2 entries
After the former was banned for anti-secular activities
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Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1998–2001).
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1996· 1 entry
Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1996–1996).
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1992· 1 entry
Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1992–1996).
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1991· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (1991–2007).
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And was re-elected in 1995, 1999, 2002, and 2007
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1978· 1 entry
Became an instructor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Sakarya University while working on his doctoral research on Turkey's economic relations with other Muslim countries
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1950· 1 entry
Born 1950-10-29.
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