Turkey's Islamic-leaning party insists on presidential candidate

Turkey’s Islamic-oriented ruling party has decided to nominate Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul again for president despite strong opposition to his candidacy, a party official said.

When Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan proposed Gul as his party’s candidate the last time, it ignited a backlash from the secular opposition, which accused Gul of having an agenda to scrap the secular traditions of the predominantly Muslim nation.