70 millions Turkish citizens wait for the announcement of the candidate of AK party. According to some news, only Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Bülent Arınç and Abdullah Gül know the candidate. Well, we will get our answers to question through the middle of this week unless they miss the registration deadline. The issue is also brought forward by The Economist in the section of "The coming days":
THE registration deadline for candidates hoping to become Turkey’s next president expires in the middle of the week. The seven-year term of the fiercely secular incumbent, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, ends in May. Turkey’s mildly Islamist prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, may fancy the job. But recent massive demonstrations show that opponents, perhaps unfairly, fear that his ascent to the presidency would constitute a grave threat to Turkey’s secular republic. And his AK Party members want him to lead them into November’s parliamentary elections to boost their chances of maintaining their huge majority. Mr Erdogan may conclude that he is better off in his current role.
