Abdullah Gul Elected President of Turkey

[Colin]

Abdullah Gul, former foreign minister in Recep Tayyip Erdogan's cabinet, has won the Presidential election in Turkey and no complaints concerning the electoral procedure or the election itself have been put forward by any of the opposition groups. His election was almost assured once the Nationalist Movement Party, a far-right nationalist group that was able to pass the 10% threshold in the recent elections, said that they would not boycott the ballot and thus would provide the election with the necessary quorum of electors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_presidential_election%2C_2007

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/28/asia/turkey.php

I chose the International Herald Tribune article since it seemed to be the least biased and most informative. Most media, especially the American media, just seems to be shouting "Islamist" at the top of their lungs and making dire predictions about Turkey's "Islamist future".

[Colin]

In other words, before you say "American media this" or "American media that" make sure you simply read a good newspaper, whatever its editorial address. The newspaper of record in the US is the NYTimes.

Well I was mostly considering the Washington Post article, which is headlined "Islamic-Rooted President Wins in Turkey" and an extremely simplistic headline, and article, by Time headlined "Is Turkey Headed For an 'Islamist' Future?". As for the NY Times article that you picked up I must have missed it when looking for an article on the election. Personally I would have put an article from my preferred news source, The Economist, however they wont have an article until their next edition comes out.

Also if I can't rant on a political forum where the hell else am I going to it? Stand on a street corner yelling at people? That doesn't seem like a good option both for my sanity and for other people's benefit.

[Colin]

Back to topic... delightful news!

Care to elaborate? Delightful news because it was a fair election that reflect voters views?