The resulting protest from the opposition Republican People’s party led ultimately to the constitutional court declaring the first round of the election invalid and a new set of requirements that almost guarantee that the AK party will need help from another group to secure victory for its candidate. Meanwhile, the army continued its tradition of pro-secularist intervention in political affairs by indirectly threatening a coup on its website should Gul, whose wife wears a headscarf and who is regarded as a less moderate Islamist, win the election.
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