Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (R) welcomes his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he arrives for the COMCEC Economic Summit in Istanbul, November 9, 2009. COMCEC is the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Reuters Pictures 1 week ago

Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (R) welcomes his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he arrives for the COMCEC Economic Summit in Istanbul, November 9, 2009. COMCEC is the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).

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  1. Turkish President Abdullah Gul, center, shakes hand with French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand, right, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy, second left, Gul's wife Hayrunisa, left, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, rear right,look on, upon their arrival to open an exhibition of art from Turkey at the Grand Palais,Friday Oct. 9, 2009 in Paris. Gul has made his country's cultural heritage the centerpiece of his three-day visit to Paris.
  2. Turkish President Abdullah Gul leaves the Hotel de Lassay after a meeting with the President of the French National Assembly Bernard Accoyer on October 8, 2009, in Paris. Gul arrived in France on October 7 to bring Turkey's campaign for membership of the European Union to the country that is leading the drive to exclude it.
  3. Turkish President Abdullah Gul (L) leaves the Hotel de Lassay next to the President of the French National Assembly Bernard Accoyer (R) on October 8, 2009, in Paris. Gul arrived in France on October 7 to bring Turkey's campaign for membership of the European Union to the country that is leading the drive to exclude it.
  4. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon (2nd R) poses for photographers next to Turkish President Abdullah Gul (2nd L), Pierre Lellouche France's junior minister of European and foreign Affairs (R) and Turkish State minister Hayati Yazici on October 8, 2009 at the Matignon hotel, the PM's residency in Paris. Gul arrived in France on October 7 to bring Turkey's campaign for membership of the European Union to the country that is leading the drive to exclude it.
  5. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon (2nd R) poses for photographers next to Turkish President Abdullah Gul (2nd L), Pierre Lellouche France's junior minister of European and foreign Affairs (R) on October 8, 2009 at Matignon in Paris. President Abdullah Gul arrived in France on October 7 to bring Turkey's campaign for membership of the European Union to the country that is leading the drive to exclude it.
  6. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon (R) welcomes Turkish President Abdullah Gul (C) on October 8, 2009 at Matignon in Paris. President Abdullah Gul arrived in France on October 7 to bring Turkey's campaign for membership of the European Union to the country that is leading the drive to exclude it.
  7. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon (2nd L) gestures as he welcomes Turkish President Abdullah Gul on October 8, 2009 at Matignon in Paris. President Abdullah Gul arrived in France on October 7 to bring Turkey's campaign for membership of the European Union to the country that is leading the drive to exclude it.
  8. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon (R) welcomes Turkish President Abdullah Gul on October 8, 2009 at Matignon in Paris. President Abdullah Gul arrived in France on October 7 to bring Turkey's campaign for membership of the European Union to the country that is leading the drive to exclude it.
  9. International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing Director French Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) talks with Turkish President Abdullah Gul during a dinner at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, on October 5, 2009.
  10. International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing Director French Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) talks with Turkish President Abdullah Gul during a dinner at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, on October 5, 2009.
  11. International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing Director French Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) talks with Turkish President Abdullah Gul during a dinner at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, on October 5, 2009.
  12. Turkish President Abdullah Gul, left, Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek, second left, soldier's father Idris Dede Kilic, third left, army commanders and politicians attend a funeral service for Orhan Kilic, one of nine Turkish soldiers killed by Kurdish rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK at the Turkey-Iraq border Tuesday, at the Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
  13. Turkish President Abdullah Gul, left, Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek, second left, soldier's father Idris Dede Kilic, third left, army commanders and politicians attend a funeral service for Orhan Kilic, one of nine Turkish soldiers killed by Kurdish rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK at the Turkey-Iraq border Tuesday, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
  14. Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (R) and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen meet at the Presidential Palace in Ankara August 27, 2009.
  15. In this photo released by the Turkish Presidency Press Office, Turkish President Abdullah Gul, right, and Ammar al-Hakim, leader of Iraq's largest Shiite political party, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, (SIIC), greet each other before their meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, late Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.
  16. Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (R) and Ammar al-Hakim, the leader of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (ISCI), shake hands during their meeting in Istanbul November 18, 2009.

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