Turkish secular opposition back little-known presidential candidate
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Turkey’s Presidential candidate #Ekmeleddin_Ihsanoglu, left, speaks with Turkish women at the Haci Bayram mosque after the Friday prayer in Ankara on June 27, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
#turkey's two main secular opposition parties on Sunday formally backed a little-known presidential candidate to challenge an expected bid by the country’s prime minister #Recep_Tayyip_Erdogan, who heads an Islamic-rooted party. The Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) submitted a joint application to parliament to nominate Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, an academic and career diplomat, as their candidate in August presidential elections. read (...)