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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, President Abdullah Gul, left, and Chief of Staff Gen. Necdet Ozel, right, leave a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, May 10, 2014 (AP Photo)

Erdoğan storms out of anniversary ceremony

by Thair Abbas | May 11, 2014 | World

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stormed out of an event celebrating the creation of Turkey’s highest administrative court in Ankara on Saturday, during a speech critical of his government by a senior lawyer. The Turkish prime...

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Samir Geagea (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Lebanon: Geagea says he is prepared to withdraw presidential candidacy

by Thair Abbas | May 10, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said he is prepared to withdraw his presidential bid if his March 14 alliance puts forward a “consensus” candidate with a similar platform and objectives. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat conducted after...

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Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam (center) casts his vote to elect the new Lebanese president in downtown Beirut on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Joesph Eid, Pool)

Lebanese PM: Next president must be “made in Lebanon”

by Thair Abbas | May 8, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Prime Minister Tammam Salam warned against a “presidential vacuum” in Lebanon after lawmakers on Wednesday failed for the third time to elect a successor to President Michel Suleiman, whose term in office ends on May 25. In an interview with...

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In Conversation with Samir Geagea

by Thair Abbas | Apr 9, 2014 | Interviews

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Despite being mooted as a presidential candidate many times, the leader of the Lebanese Forces Party Dr. Samir Geagea has, until now, never officially put himself forward as a potential head of state. All that changed last week, when the...

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Mustafa Yeşil, chairman of the Writers’ and Journalists’ Foundation, in Istanbul, March, 2014

In Conversation with the Gülen Movement’s Media Foundation Head

by Thair Abbas | Apr 4, 2014 | Interviews

Ankara, Asharq Al-Awsat—Founded in 1994, the Journalists’ and Writers’ Foundation (GYV) of the Hizmet movement has been at the forefront of attempts by the organization and its founder, Fethullah Gülen, to promote its message in the Turkish and global media. Amid the...