... I was particularly struck by the quote he explains from former President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, who said that an individual should adopt secularism as a way of life and "confine religion to the sacred place of his conscience and disallow his...
...for a healthy debate on this issue. 1. Secularism is a way of life and a constitutional principle. On Sept. 20, 2004, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, the president of Turkey at the time, stood before the Directorate of Religious Affairs' third symposium on religious affairs...
... Rector appointments during former President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and current President Abdullah Gül's terms have led to serious discussion. The fundamental question these discussions ask is "Why did the president not appoint the candidate who...
... Joining Loğoğlu at this dinner were the 10th president of Turkey, Ahmet Necdet Sezer and his wife, Semra Sezer, former Supreme Court of Appeals Chief Public Prosecutor Sabih Kanadoğlu, Ankara University Rector Nusret Aras, former Foreign Minister...
...life and death for those involved. The year 2007 witnessed the futile attempts of the Kemalists, headed by former President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, to maintain their power and status within the country. Aware that democratization, a market economy, globalization...
...majority required to approve the law. Parliament first approved it in November 2006. But the president at the time, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, was a secularist who was often at odds with Erdogan's Islamic-rooted government, and he vetoed it. The country's population...
...parliamentary majority to make Abdullah Gül (then the AKP's foreign minister) president of the republic as a successor to Ahmet Necdet Sezer. In the event Gül did become president, and the AKP emerged strengthened from an early election in July 2007 (see Gunes...
...was not Turkey's civilian government. The real reason for not inviting Talabani was the objection of former President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and the Turkish military. Their logic was archaic and anachronistic: Talabani is Kurdish and thus not worthy of our time....
...to pass the controversial law's Article 25 that enables foundations to engage in international activities. Former President Ahmet Necdet Sezer vetoed the law during the previous legislative term. The main opposition came from the Republican People's Party...
...of the European Union that Ankara is seeking to join. The legislation, which had been vetoed by former president Ahmet Necdet Sezer in November 2006, garnered 'yes' votes from 242 lawmakers in the 550-seat house which is dominated by the ruling Justice and...