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...construction empire in the 1970s and '80s, benefiting from close ties with then Prime Minister Turgut Özal, who in effect brought capitalism to the country. Cem Uzan's initial enterprise was to launch Turkey's first private TV channel, Star TV, together with Özal's son, Ahmet, in 1989. The privatization boom of the 1990s allowed the Uzans to expand into other media and utilities - and to build the country's second-largest mobile-phone carrier, Telsim. Family assets, according to Forbes magazine, now exceed $1.3 billion. And Cem Uzan heads the country's second-most popular political...
...from taking the top post because of a Turkish law excluding from public office anyone convicted of inciting religious hatred - as Erdogan was in 1997, for reading an Islamic poem at a rally. But the new AKP-dominated parliament lifted the ban, despite an initial veto by secularist President Ahmet Necdet Sezer. Erdogan will likely run in, and win, a local election in Siirt province, due within three months. The enigmatic populist can then officially take over from his close ally Abdullah Gul, who took the job until the legal problems could be sorted out. The changes should do away...
...thus become Prime Minister. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been banned from running since his 1998 criminal conviction for reciting a poem that compared minarets to bayonets, which authorities said incited religious hatred. Erdogan, who has run Turkey through deputies, could enter parliament in a special election in February. President Ahmet Necdet Sezer must approve the change. See Also: Turkey in Time...
While making discreet diplomatic overtures to Iran, the U.S. is more openly safeguarding its relations with other nations that have a stake in Iraq's future. On the margins of the NATO summit in Prague last week, Bush met with Turkey's President Ahmet Necdet Sezer to confirm that the U.S. did not want to see Iraq's borders changed. The Turkish government is worried that Iraqi Kurds will be so overjoyed if Saddam is defeated that their mood will infect the Kurds in Turkey, rekindling demands for autonomy from Ankara. As sweeteners, Bush reaffirmed American backing for Turkey...
...prompted seven cabinet ministers and around 43 deputies to resign from the governing Democratic Left Party. Former Foreign Minister Ismail Cem announced the formation of a new party with Kemal Dervis, the Economy Minister. Dervis, however, did not confirm this. He submitted his resignation from the government, but President Ahmet Necdet Sezer persuaded him to withdraw his letter. CHAD Oldest Humanoid A French-led research team announced the discovery of the oldest human-like fossil. The skull is from a creature (nicknamed Touma?) that lived 6 to 7 million years ago - 3 million years older than any other known humanoid...