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...Parliament amended the constitution to allow the leader of the pro-Islamic Justice and Development Party, which won last month's general election, to run for parliament and 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...
...also treated his fans to the inner workings of a poet in his poem “Monday,” which talks about the routines of daily work...
...playful language hooked me with every poem. Plus, he’s just really hilarious...
...Another poem, “Surprise,” elicited a more muted response...
...this poem we celebrate Marian’s life but at the same time lament it was a mere 20 years long,” Rosenberger said...