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    GUL-ERDOGAN RIFT IS DEEPENING. HURRIYET

    ARMENPRESS
    31 October, 2012
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, OCTOBER 31, ARMENPRESS: The declaration of Turkish government
    concerning the official events to be held only in special areas in
    Ankara caused a new split between Turkish President Abdullah Gul
    and the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. As Armenpress reports,
    referring to Turkish Hurriyet newspaper, recent tension between
    Turkey's top two officials escalated to a new level on October 31,
    as President Abdullah Gul challenged Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
    Erdoğan, maintaining that he had not overstepped his authority.

    The tension stemmed from Gul's instruction to Ankara's governor to
    tolerate people who wanted to celebrate Republic Day independently
    despite the government ban, prompting Erdoğan to say that
    "double-headed rule" would not benefit Turkey. "We have not ruled this
    country under double-headed governance. This country will go nowhere
    with double-headed rule. If there are those who wish this country to
    be ruled by a presidential system, I am in favor of this. We'll take
    these steps much more easily, and there would be no such problem,"
    Erdoğan told reporters at a press conference.

    Erdoğan's "double-headed rule" statement followed discussions
    concerning who had instructed the police to remove the barriers
    preventing people from walking toward Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of
    Ataturk, despite the Ankara Governorship's ban. More than 50,000
    people gathered in front of the former Parliament building on Oct. 29,
    and police used water cannons and pepper gas to disperse the crowd.

    "During the meeting the president told the governor to take the
    necessary precautions but to be as flexible as possible and to let
    the people celebrate their holiday the way they want," a source from
    the presidency said, "but he did not instruct the governor to remove
    the barriers on October 29."

    Erdoğan said he did not believe that the order had been given by
    the president. "My responsibilities as the prime minister are known,
    so are the president's."

    Gul-Erdoğan split is not a new phenomenon. It has been a long time
    that Gul is criticizing the position of the government on the issue
    related to human rights and democracy. Gul is also dissatisfied with
    the presidential term of office, which used to be 7 years before 2007
    and now it has become 5.

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    From: A. Papazian
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