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By VOA News
28 August 2007





Abdullah Gul smiles after his election, 28 Aug 2007


Abdullah Gul smiles after his election, 28 Aug 2007



Abdullah Gul has been sworn in as Turkey's new president, following his election earlier in the day by the country's parliament.

 


The former foreign minister took the oath of office Tuesday and pledged neutrality between Turkey's secularists - including the military - and its more religious elements.


Gul, a devout 3 Muslim, is Turkey's first president with a background in political Islam. However, he has pledged to uphold the nation's strong secular 1 traditions separating government and religion.


He was elected Tuesday with 339 votes in the 550-seat parliament in a third round of voting, when only a simple majority was needed. Earlier this month, he failed to win the two-thirds majority needed for a victory in the first two rounds of voting.


European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso welcomed the election of Gul, of the ruling Justice and Development Party. Barroso said it could help speed Turkey's bid to enter the EU.


Turkey's military chief warned Monday of threats to the country's traditions, vowing 4 that the military will protect Turkey's secular and democratic structures.


General Yasar Buyukanit, head of the staunchly secularist 2 military, said "centers of evil" are trying to undermine Turkish secularism 5. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned the military to stay out of politics.


Gul's wife wears an Islamic headscarf, which has been banned in Turkey's public offices and schools for nearly three decades.


Gul's nomination 6 for president earlier this year sparked a political crisis in which thousands of secularists took to the streets to protest his candidacy.




n.牧师,凡人;adj.世俗的,现世的,不朽的
  • We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
  • Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
n.现世主义者,世俗主义者;宗教与教育分离论者
adj.虔诚的,虔敬的,衷心的 (n.devoutness)
  • His devout Catholicism appeals to ordinary people.他对天主教的虔诚信仰感染了普通民众。
  • The devout man prayed daily.那位虔诚的男士每天都祈祷。
起誓,发誓(vow的现在分词形式)
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
n.现世主义;世俗主义;宗教与教育分离论;政教分离论
  • Unless are devoted to God, secularism shall not leave us. 除非我们奉献于神,否则凡俗之心便不会离开我们。 来自互联网
  • They are no longer a huge threat to secularism. 他们已不再是民主的巨大威胁。 来自互联网
n.提名,任命,提名权
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
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absorption reaction rate
abuse of law
acrobatic show
Aleksandrinka
Allo-PBSCT
application workspace
arbitrally
blinking method of stereoscopic viewing
brass watch case blank
Chilean tinamous
cixiid
clap-hand
common laburnum
compartment hot well
compartmentalised
conductivity
contra-cyclical measures
Coquimbo owl
cross platform
cyclotheric sedimentation
dc data set
determinable freeholds
diacetylurea
dicumarols
elasto-aerodynamics
erosional vacuity
erotematic
final thermomechanicaltreatment
Gamu
general most favoured nation clause
glory of the snow
green goodss
gyroso-
hally
haylee
hofners
hydrated stock
hyperthite
idiologism
in the jug
incidental cost
ioduretted
items sample
keep on trucking
kindjals
koevoets
laminated clay
Lasianthus formosensis
leveling off
macro-observation
magmatic circulation
marine windscreen
mGal, mgal
moisture measurer for sand and stone
muscle scars
N.C.
nbcc
nobeliums
nuclenoic
NuLab
on-state characteristic
peritoneal tap
phthioic acid
plate mangle
prends
prevention of collision
prolmon tablet
pyramidal cells
raw mast
reactor coolant system cold leg isolation valve
Regranex
relative-entropy
reliability index of generating system
risto
Rubus chiliadenus
sit down to
solti
standard reference materials
starch ester
static stability margin
stochastic procss
strict secrecy
stupiditarian
superior characters
switching pulse
symbiotic action
synedra undulata
synthetic nitrogenous fertilizer
systematic production of substitution lines
thuggish
total corneal transplantation
total variation decreasing scheme
Tuamarina
twin-screw conveyor
TWTA
ultraviolet radiations
unintentional nonlinearity
unquietous
wassily chair
wax string
y.m