The country’s foreign minister, in talks with Gül, listed the Turkish presidents who had come to that country before him. He named Turgut Özal, Süleyman Demirel and then said “and there was another one, too”; he could not remember the name of Ahmet...

The daily said both former presidents had thanked Gül for his invitation, but told him that they could not attend the funeral. Almost all dailies reported on poor weather conditions in the country, especially in İstanbul. The Hürriyet daily said heavy...

President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Prime Minister Abdullah Gül, Foreign Minister Yaşar Yakış and Chief of the General Staff Gen. Hilmi Özkök were having a critical meeting in the small meeting room in the presidential palace in Çankaya with the president of...

In November 2006, Parliament passed a bill to return assets and property previously seized from non-Muslim foundations by the state, but it was vetoed by then-President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, who claimed the bill was a national security risk and returned...