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In this July 12, 2012 file photo, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) speaks in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

İhsanoğlu: Turkey needs a president who will represent everyone

by Thair Abbas | Aug 9, 2014 | Interviews

Samsun (northern Turkey), Asharq Al-Awsat—With just one day to go before historic presidential elections in Turkey are set to take place, opposition candidate Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu played up his chances of overcoming election rival Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, criticizing his...

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In this July 12, 2012 file photo, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) speaks in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Opinion: İhsanoğlu could rescue Turkey’s opposition

by Samir Salha | Jun 27, 2014 | Opinion

A broad-ranging political, media and public discussion erupted inside and outside Turkey as soon as Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the secular Atatürk-founded Republican People’s Party (CHP) announced that Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu would be the opposition’s candidate...

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Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ekmeledin İhsanoğlu. (FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/GettyImages)

Turkey’s Game-Changer?

by Nicholas Birch | Jun 24, 2014 | Majalla Blogs

There have been a lot of positive reactions to the news that Turkey’s secular opposition have joined with nationalists to back a pious former Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference as its candidate for the country’s first-ever direct...

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Minister Iyad Madani during the Economic Forum in Jeddah. Iyad Madani, was named on February 7, 2013 as the next head of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to succeed Turkey’s Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu in January 2014.
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Asharq Al-Awsat Profile: New OIC Chief Iyad Madani

by Salim Salman | Feb 10, 2013 | Profiles

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iyad bin Amin Madani, the newly-elected secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), was born in April 1946 and hails from a family in Mecca. During his career he has assumed a number of ministerial posts in Saudi Arabia,...