Oops! Missed one.
BBC slipped this one by me.
Gul has in past done things I heartily approve, and he has made statements against Radical Islamic Terrorists. And yet the people of Turkey are less than enthusiastic about him as President.
A bit of the row,
Mr Gul has steered Turkey’s European Union accession talks as foreign minister and is seen as less confrontational than Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the leader of his Islamist-rooted Justice and Development (AK) party.
“The president must be loyal to secular principles. If I am elected, I will act accordingly,” he said after his nomination for the presidency.
But some analysts say he is closer to his religious roots, and his wife would be the first First Lady to wear a headscarf, a deeply divisive statement in Turkey.
In past he has been a man of his word, even when it cost him politically. Yet this is a conundrum. Without the support of the populace his Presidency can have far reaching and damaging effects.
A sticky wicket, as our brothers across the pond would say.
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