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Apr. 14 - Around 300,000 Turks protest against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan standing for presidential because of his Islamist roots.
Erdogan's ruling A.K. Party has its background in political Islam, and a possible presidency headed by Erdogan has split this secular but predominantly Muslim country seeking European Union membership. Stuart McDill reports.
SOUNDBITE (Turkish), CITIZEN AHMET SEVER SAYING:
"We are against Erodgan as president in Ataturk's Turkey. He wouldn't do this because he wants to - but to break the reforms of 1923."
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