Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled to accept the appeal by one of the country's major opposition parties, which demanded the annulment of the Parliament's presidential vote on Friday.

The secularist opposition believes the ruling AK party pursues an Islamist agenda and fears the election of Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, the only candidate for the job, will give political Islam more influence in public life.

The opposition walked out on the vote and claimed the vote should be annulled because of the absence of a two-thirds quorum.

Their claim was successful and the court's ruling cannot be appealed.

The ruling did not daunt the ruling party, which plans to go ahead with the second round of voting on Wednesday, with Gul once again the only candidate.

The cabinet is also ready to call snap polls, only months before the general elections scheduled for November.

Close to 700,000 people rallied to support the secularist nature of the Turkish political system on Sunday.

The army, traditionally the stronghold of secularism in the country, which has intervened more than once in the past to enforce the legacy of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the secularist state, has already warned it would not hesitate to do so again.

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