Turkish PM Appointed

World | November 16, 2002, Saturday // 00:00

Abdullah Gul, deputy leader of the Islamist-based Justice and Development Party (AK) has been appointed prime minister by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer. Mr Erdogan met President Sezer on Friday and proposed several names for the post, among them that of his deputy, Abdullah Gul. Mr Gul, a pro-Western economist, is now expected to form Turkey's first single-party government in 15 years. The AK Party won a landslide victory on 3 November, securing 363 of 550 seats in parliament. The party has tried to distance itself from its Islamic roots and has sought to reassure the West and the European Union, of which it wants to become a member state.

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