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Pumpkin Cornbread
Categories: All, Breads, Recipes, Thanksgiving
Tags: , Allergy Friendly, Corn Bread, Cornbread, Dairy Free, Fall, Healthy Recipes, Pumpkin, Thanksgiving, Vegan
Love cornbread? Craving pumpkin? Looking to eat healthy or vegan (but never miss the taste!)? Want to slip nutrition in where your family will never suspect it? Have I got the recipe for you! Once you try this recipe, you may never go back to regular cornbread again!
Pumpkin Cornbread
- 1 egg (or egg substitute like 1 banana)
- 1 cup milk of choice (dairy or non-dairy vanilla soy, hemp, almond, coconut…)
- 1/2 tsp. apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
- 2/3 cup pumpkin purée
- 1 cup Jules Gluten Free™ All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 Tbs. baking powder, gluten-free
- 3/4 cup cornmeal (certified gluten free)
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar or coconut palm sugar
- 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
- 2 Tbs. flaxseed meal (optional, but recommended!)
Preheat oven to 350° F static or 325° F convection.
Mix the liquid ingredients and pumpkin until combined. Whisk in the dry ingredients until the lumps are removed. Expect the batter to be a bit thin, but not watery.
Pour the batter into an oiled 8 x 8 baking pan or into oiled or lined muffin pans. Bake for 30 minutes for the cornbread, 20 minutes for regular corn muffins, or 12-15 minutes for mini-muffins. Insert a cake tester into the center of the bread to test for doneness; they should be lightly browned around the edges and firm to the touch in the centers.
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Flora said: on October 15, 2010
This looks so good. Perfect for a fall day.
Hannah said: on October 15, 2010
I am really glad that you started a blog! I will have to try this recipe! Thank you for sharing!
Susan Swearinten said: on October 15, 2010
Where do you get pumpkin puree'? I can find canned pumpkin in the store, not pumpkin puree.
Jules said: on October 21, 2010
Hi Susan,
As another reader said, canned pumpkin and pumpkin puree are really the same thing. When cooking a pumpkin for recipes, you puree it before using; it's already done for you in a can. When recipes call for pumpkin puree though, be sure you don't buy pumpkin pie filling — NOT the same thing! : )
Angela N. said: on October 15, 2010
I made these the other day for several Celiac and non-celiac friends. They loved them!!! I even used fresh pumpkin. Thanks so much for the great recipe!
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Susan said: on October 15, 2010
I have some leftover pumpkin that I need to use up. This recipe looks perfect! I'm going to give it a try and serve it with lentil soup.
Jules said: on October 19, 2010
It always feels so good to find just the right recipe to use those "leftovers"! This would be great with lentil soup, too!
Mary Brinton said: on October 10, 2011
ooh – that sounds like the ultimate winner!
Cecilie Verdu said: on October 15, 2010
hi. I am from Norway so some of the items in your recepies are not available here. As ex the Jules flour. But I asume I can use what ever glutenfree flour like ex Semper or Finax?
I also wonder- is it any possiblity on you website that you can start putting in information of places to eat when people have been travelling? As ex have been in Spain, Denmark, and now in October Disney World Florida and there are places to recomend to find glutenfree meals. I am allways in seach for such information when we are going to travel. All this could be put in one place. I am trying to open up a website my selves for this purpose but since you already have a great website, maybe you could have it here?-
Jules said: on October 19, 2010
Thanks for the fantastic ideas! I will definitely be sharing that kind of information on my blog, and hope that others will share as well so that we can all benefit. There are so many wonderful restaurants and vacation destinations around that world that are catering to us gluten-free-ers now – we should be sharing the love! I actually wrote a chapter in my book, "The First Year: Celiac Disease and Living Gluten-Free," on traveling internationally, and listed therein some great sites in many countries that share that information. Also, in the US, both the GIG website and their GFRAP – Gluten-Free Restaurant Awareness Program, and the NFCA website and their GREAT program, both list restaurants which have gone through certification procedures to train the staff to prevent cross-contamination and menu planning. Other wonderful resources!
Regarding your question as to flour, my recipes are written for my flour which is not too heavy, nor too starchy, and which does not have any grit or aftertaste. If you can find a flour in Norway which seems to fit this description, definitely try it in my recipes! My latest book, "Free for All Cooking," actually has a homemade flour blend in it with lots of different flour options to fit different dietary restrictions — it might help you in your search for flours to blend yourself as well! -
Bobbi said: on October 10, 2011
Be sure to go to the Disney website before you travel. The chefs for Disney are among the best for accommodating any type of food allergy. In the US, the head chef will even speak to you on the phone to make special arrangements for eating while you visit the parks!
Barbara Shermer said: on October 15, 2010
I'd love to take advantage of your free bread mix offer. Before I do, I'd like to kanow how to store 5 lbs. of flour. I don't do thst much baking. Thanks
Jules said: on October 19, 2010
Hi Barbara, luckily with my flour it's easy to store. No need to refrigerate or freeze it, but you can certainly feel free to do so if you'd prefer. I store my 5 lb bags in a clear lucite container I keep in my kitchen so I can always see when I'm getting low! It has a rubber seal to keep moisture and bugs out, and the flour keeps beautifully there. The flour also has a 15 month shelf life — especially with the holidays coming up, I'm sure you'll go through it!
stephanie-deliberately creative said: on October 16, 2010
Yum! Making those tonight to go with salad and soup for dinner.
Pumpkin puree and the canned pumpkin are the same thing. Just make sure it is plain pumpkin with nothing added.
Bonnie Mann said: on October 17, 2010
Most of the grocery stores were out of pumpkin puree(low crop yield)this last year, but it is now showing up in the stores. I use pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling.
Jules said: on October 19, 2010
Yes! When I see pumpkin puree (especially organic!) I buy loads of it "just in case," as my mom always said! And good point about the pie filling – I only use puree or fresh pumpkin that I bake and puree myself.
Rhonda Daniels said: on October 17, 2010
This looks so yummy! I actually saw this and thought it might make a good stuffing,and I'm a real sucker for sage and cornbread stuffing. Then I came across your stuffing recipe…well you've given me so many ideas,thank you!
Kimberly said: on October 20, 2010
You MUST make these! They are to die for! I used the pumpkin pie filling, staight from the can, it already has the spices included.
A taste of Fall in my mouth…-
Jules said: on October 20, 2010
: ) Thanks for chiming in!
I just roasted a pumpkin for pie and have lots leftover. Gee wonder what I might use it for?! ; )
Jennifer said: on October 21, 2010
These recipes all look very yummy. I am excited to try them. My 8 year old daughter is now on a gluten free diet for about a week. This is quite a transition, but she loves to cook and so we can spend some good time together baking and cooking. Do you ever teach cooking classes locally? We would love to attend something. I am new to all of this and searching with as much time as I have. Thanks for any info. I ordered your flour and bread mix and will be ordering your cookbook on amazon too. Thanks, Jennifer
Jules said: on October 21, 2010
Hi Jennifer,
I actually do teach classes periodically around the country. I was just in Denver and Atlanta, for example, and I am teaching a class in Raleigh, North Carolina next Friday, October 29. I will also be teaching some classes in Seattle November 11 and 12, and in Columbia, Maryland on December 13.
You can find out more about where and when on my free recipe newsletter which comes out each week on Fridays and you can check on my class listings under "Learn From Jules" on my website. If none of these classes are in your area, please let us know where you'd like me to come! Also, be sure to check out all my cooking videos on this blog!-
jennifer said: on October 22, 2010
Thank you very much. We will check out your videos and newsletter. We live in Catonsville, Md so Columbia, Md will be perfect. We look forward to learning some great tips from you then!
Angie Halten said: on October 14, 2011
Cornbread and pumpkin pie – my two favorite things combined into one! Great idea, can't wait to try it.
Sabrina said: on October 14, 2011
WONDERFUL! I actually had some pumpkin pie filling my hubby bought on accident that I wanted to use up so I gave it a try…WORKED PERFECT! I always like to see how long a new GF recipe can be kept on the counter and not dry out (sign of a great recipe) and this is STILL moist after being made early on Wednesday – does not need warmed up to devour – It was cornbread on the verge of naughty, lol! Loved the flaxseed being in there, best cornbread recipe we've ever had – thanks!
Jules said: on October 18, 2011
Sabrina – thanks so much for sharing your sub! It's great to know that pumpkin pie filling works in this recipe as well as does straight puree! I agree about leaving goodies out on the counter, btw! I never refrigerate mine and I always love to see if they get gobbled up first or if they survive for a few days on the counter before they're totally devoured! It's no fun making great foods if they don't still taste good the next day!
Cat said: on October 20, 2012
My pumpkin cornbread muffins are in the oven – rising! I stuck a pecan on top of each one (let's see if they stick). My batter didn't come out thin, so I was a bit concerned. I used "flax eggs" as I'm vegan, too, and they seem OK so far. But I didn't have your flour (found your blog today) and had to sub another all purpose GF flour I had on hand (withOUT garbanzo flour, which I really don't care for). I need to peruse your site some more to find out what kind of flours are in your blend. Yes, hoping my muffins don't dry out too soon!
Jules said: on October 21, 2012
Fingers crossed for you, Cat! Hope they turned out! All GF flour blends behave differently (and yes, those bean flours don't taste so good!), so if they don't turn out totally awesome, then please do try with my flour because this Pumpkin Cornbread is completely wonderful! So glad you found my blog – have fun with the recipes and let me know if you ever have GF baking questions – I'm here to help!
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In order to accommodate all of our graduating students and their family, friends and guests, CI's 2014 Commencement will include two ceremonies on Saturday, May 17 in the South Quad.
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I like Gwendolyn the best! Middles: Faith Maree Nicole Story Saige Clover May
If you like the nickname GWEN, I'd say go with Gwendolyn. Plus, I do like the look of that better.
I prefer Gwendolen, but I really like both names. Gwendolyn Alice Gwendolyn Edith Gwendolyn Cecilia Gwendolyn Claire Gwendolyn Eve Gwendolyn Carys Gwyneth Victoria Gwyneth Cate Gwyneth Caroline Gwyneth Aurora Gwyneth Rhiannon Gwyneth Briony
Gwendolyn by far for me. Though I've heard before that the appropriate spelling is Gwendolen.
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sc: the Venerable Spreadsheet Calculator
Boy, there sure is a lot of software for Linux—a lot of software! Why, if you want a browser, you can choose between Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Galeon, Surf and many others. And, on the command line, wget, curl, Lynx, ELinks and more are available. For e-mail, options include Evolution, KMail, Balsa, and xmh; or on the command line, you can use mutt (my favorite), sup, pine, mh and countless more. Calendaring choices include the GNOME calendar, KDE calendar, xcal and Evolution; or, in a terminal, you can use the very powerful Remind or ccal, not to mention command-line interfaces to the Google calendar. And for spreadsheets, you've got OpenOffice.org's OOCalc, Gnumeric, KSpread and Xspread; or, in a terminal, you've got perhaps the best spreadsheet of all, sc, especially if you're a vi fan.
I've been using sc for years, mostly for budgeting and project planning. The earliest version I've found was posted to comp.sources.unix on August 18, 1987, by Robert Bond (see Resources), but that was already version 4.1. The post said it was previously known as vc, and that the original version was written by James Gosling (of Java language fame) in September 1982. Although documentation for sc can be hard to find, it does come with a decent man page and a neat tutorial, which you can load right into sc. It also uses the same file format as Xspread, so existing documentation on formulas in Xspread (which is more plentiful than for sc) also can be helpful.
If you use Debian or Ubuntu, just type sudo apt-get install sc. If your distribution doesn't have an sc package, see Resources for a link to the source. Start the program by typing sc in a terminal, and you'll see a screen that looks something like Listing 1. Because it's curses-based, you can run it over slow links, as well as inside screen, so that you can detach and re-attach from another terminal. There is a pretty detailed man page, which (in the Ubuntu package) points out that you can start up sc with a tutorial by doing this:
sc /usr/share/doc/sc/tutorial.sc
Actually, that isn't quite right. In Ubuntu, first you need to uncompress the tutorial:
sudo gunzip /usr/share/doc/sc/tutorial.sc.gz
Then start it.
Listing 1. Starting Up sc
sc 7.16: Type '?' for help. A B C D E 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
If you prefer to get started immediately with some real data, here are some useful commands. Like vi, sc starts in a command mode. The vi movement keys, hjkl, move left, down, up and right among cells, as you would expect. To jump straight to cell D3, press gD3. You can begin entering a numeric value or formula using =. To interrupt a command gracefully, press Ctrl-G. See the Basic sc Usage in Command Mode sidebar for more simple commands.
Basic sc Usage in Command Mode
hjkl — vi keys motion (or cursor keys).
gB13 — go to cell B13.
ir, ic — insert row, insert column.
ma (mb, mc and so on) — "mark" cell as a (or b, or c and so on).
ca (cb, cc and so on) — copy contents previously marked with ma.
Ctrl-f, Ctrl-b — page up or down (also pgup, pgdown).
dr, yr, pr — delete row, yank row, put row.
dc, yc, pc — delete column, yank, put column.
dd, yd, pd — delete, yank, put a cell.
= — enter a numeric value (25 or F13-D14) or formula (@sum(A2:A145)).
< — insert left-justified text.
\ — insert centered text.
> — insert right-justified text.
x — remove cell.
W<filename.asc> — write plain-text file.
P<filename.sc> — write an .sc file.
G<filename.sc> — read ("get") an .sc file.
Zr, Zc — zap (hide) row or column.
sr, sc — show row or column.
@ — force re-calculation.
e — edit a numeric value.
E — edit a string value.
To me, the three most important things about working with spreadsheets are the ease of adding new data, moving data and defining simple formulas that are re-calculated automatically. sc shines as far as the first two requirements with its vi-like command mode. It also does quite well with formulas. Check the on-line help for a sizable list of formulas, but the most common function in my experience is simple addition. This is no different in sc from any other spreadsheet.
To put the sum of the values in A3 through A10 into A12, go to cell A12, and type =@sum(A2:A10). To edit the formula, press e for edit, and you will be in command mode in the top line, editing the formula. Edit as you would in vi, and press Return to save the edited formula.
If you want to insert five more rows before row 5, go to cell A5, and type 5ir, which means "do 5 times: insert a row". The formula (now in A17) will be updated automatically to read @sum(A2:A15). Now you can copy that formula into cell B17 by going to A17, typing ma, then going to B17 and typing ca. The formula will be updated automatically to read @sum(B2:B15).
If you want to highlight some specific data in the spreadsheet without actually having to delete rows, you can hide the uninteresting ones. This is called zapping in sc, and you do it by pressing Z followed by either r for row or c for column. (If you follow it with a Z instead, sc will assume you meant save and exit as ZZ does in vi.) You can un-hide by using S for show, followed again by r or c. Again, you can type 30Zr to zap 30 rows.
I've already mentioned the tutorial and detailed man page, but sc also has on-line help, which you can see by pressing ?. There, you will find settings you can toggle, ways to move the cursor, lists of financial functions and so on.
Code patch with indentation corrected
Oops, I didn't realize the code would be reformatted. Should have used the right HTML tags to keep the indentation:
col = letters[column] if len(p) != 0: try: n = string.atof(p) text.append('let %c%d = %g' % (col, row, n)) except: if p[0] == '"': text.append('label %c%d = %s' % (col, row, p)) else: text.append('label %c%d = "%s"' % (col, row, p)) column += 1
Improvement to script for empty cells
The script skips over empty cells as if they didn't exist. It's fine to not put anything in the .sc file for an empty cell, but one should move over to the next column so that empty cells are preserved. A fix is to replace the body of the "for p in allp" with this:
col = letters[column]
if len(p) != 0:
n = string.atof(p)
text.append('let %c%d = %g' % (col, row, n))
if p[0] == '"':
text.append('label %c%d = %s' % (col, row, p))
text.append('label %c%d = "%s"' % (col, row, p))
column += 1
(I've aso applied the fix suggested in the previous comment.)
Great article. Problem in Python script:(
Just on the day I started exploring sc on my Nanonote,
which was highligted in the same issue, I discovered this
really helpful article via web search. When my October
issue came in, I'm sure I saw the article, but it did
not catch my attention then:)
My quick review of sc revealed that there was no feature
to import from other formats. The Python script looked
like it solved the problem, but on my first test I found
that it treated all numbers containing a decimal point
as labels--not what I wanted. Changing the call
to string.atol() to string.atof() and changing
the format "let %c%d = %d' to 'let %c%d = %g'
solved the problem.
Now on to exploring sc on the Ben Nanonote. Thanks
for a timely article.
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Bree and Jared met online through their similar taste in music. Politics came up early on in their relationship and Bree, a progressive, liberal Democrat, says she was caught off guard by Jared's conservative, Republican point of view. "I thought 'Wow, I don't know if I can live with this—I don't know if I can continue in a relationship with somebody who has such differences morally than I do,'" she says.
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Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
Justice and Development Party Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi |
Leader | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Founded | August 14, 2001 |
Headquarters | No. 202 Balgat, Ankara, Turkey |
Youth wing | AK Gençlik |
Ideology | Economic liberalism[1] Social conservatism[1][2][3] Neo-Ottomanism[4][5][6] (disputed by party) |
Political position | Centre-right[7] to Right[8][9] |
European affiliation | Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists |
Colours | Yellow, orange, blue, white |
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The Justice and Development Party (Turkish: Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi), abbreviated JDP in English and AK PARTİ or AKP in Turkish,† is a centre-right, social conservative political party in Turkey. It has developed from the tradition of Islamism, but has officially abandoned this ideology in favour of "conservative democracy".[10][11] The party is the largest in Turkey, with 327 members of parliament. Its leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is Prime Minister, while fellow former party member and PM Abdullah Gül is President. In Turkish, Ak also means white.
Founded in 2001 by members of a number of existing conservative parties, the party won a landslide victory in the 2002 election, winning over two-thirds of parliamentary seats. Abdullah Gül became Prime Minister, but a constitutional amendment in 2003 allowed Erdoğan to take his place. In early general elections in 2007, the AKP increased its share of the vote to 47%; its number of seats fell to 341, but Erdoğan was returned as PM, while Gül was elected President. In the general elections held on June 12, 2011, the AKP further increased its share of the popular vote to 49.8% and secured 327 parliamentary seats to form a third consecutive majority government.
The AKP portrays itself as a pro-Western and pro-American[12] party in the Turkish political spectrum that advocates a liberal market economy including Turkish membership in the European Union.[13] In 2005, the party was granted observer membership in the European People's Party. In November 2013, the party left the EPP to join the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists instead.
The AK Party was established by a wide range of politicians of various political parties and a number of new politicians. The core of the party was formed from the reformist faction of the Islamist Virtue Party, including people such as Abdullah Gül, Bülent Arınç, and Melih Gökçek. A second founding group consisted of members of the social conservative Motherland Party who had been close to Turgut Özal, such as Cemil Çiçek and Abdülkadir Aksu. Some members of the Turkish Democratic Party, such as Hüseyin Çelik and Köksal Toptan, joined the AKP. Some members, such as Kürşad Tüzmen had nationalist or Ertuğrul Günay, had center-left backgrounds while representatives of the nascent 'Muslim left' current were largely excluded.[14] In addition a large number of people joined a political party for the first time, such as Ali Babacan, Selma Aliye Kavaf, Egemen Bağış and Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. All of these people joined Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to found the new party.
Although the party is described as an Islamist party in some media, party officials reject those claims.[15] According to former minister Hüseyin Çelik, "In the Western press, when the AK Party administration -- the ruling party of the Turkish Republic -- is being named, unfortunately most of the time 'Islamic,' 'Islamist,' 'mildly Islamist,' 'Islamic-oriented,' 'Islamic-based' or 'with an Islamic agenda,' and similar language is being used. These characterizations do not reflect the truth, and they sadden us." Çelik added, "The AK Party is a conservative democratic party. The AK Party's conservatism is limited to moral and social issues."[16] Also in a separate speech made in 2005, Prime Minister Erdoğan stated, "We are not an Islamic party, and we also refuse labels such as Muslim-democrat." Erdoğan went on to say that the AK Party's agenda is limited to "conservative democracy".[17]
The party's foreign policy has also been described as Neo-Ottomanist,[18] an ideology that promotes renewed Turkish political engagement in the former territories of its predecessor state, the Ottoman Empire. However, the party's leadership has also rejected this label.[19]
Closure cases[edit]
The Justice and Development Party has faced two closure cases in its history. Just 10 days before the national elections of 2002, Turkey's chief prosecutor, Sabih Kanadoğlu, asked the Turkish constitutional court to close the Justice and Development Party, which was leading in the polls at that time. The chief prosecutor accused the Justice and Development Party of abusing the law and justice. He based his case on the fact that the party's leader had been banned from political life for reading an Islamist poem. The European Commission had previously criticised Turkey for banning the party's leader from participating in elections.[20]
The 2008 closure trial was a further attempt in 2008 to close the AKP and ban 71 leading members from politics for five years. At an international press conference in Spain, Erdoğan answered a question of a journalist by saying, "What if the headscarf is a symbol? Even if it were a political symbol, does that give [one the] right to ban it? Could you bring prohibitions to symbols?" These statements led to a joint proposal of the Justice and Development Party and the far-right Nationalist Movement Party for changing the constitution and the law to lift a ban on women wearing headscarves at state universities. Soon afterwards, Turkey's chief prosecutor, Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya, asked the Constitutional Court of Turkey to close down the party on charges of violating the separation of religion and state in Turkey.[21][22][23] The closure request failed by only one vote, as only 6 of the 11 judges ruled in favour, with 7 required; however, 10 out of 11 judges agreed that the Justice and Development Party had become "a center for anti-secular activities", leading to a loss of state funding for the party.[24]
2002 general elections[edit]
The AK party won a sweeping victory in the 2002 elections, which saw every party previously represented in the Grand National Assembly ejected from the chamber. In the process, it won a two-thirds majority of seats, becoming the first Turkish party in 11 years to win an outright majority. Erdoğan normally would have become prime minister, but was banned from holding any political office after a 1994 incident in which he read a poem deemed pro-Islamist by judges. As a result, Gül became prime minister. It survived the crisis over the 2003 invasion of Iraq despite a massive back bench rebellion where over a hundred AK Party MPs joined those of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) in parliament to prevent the government from allowing the United States to launch a Northern offensive in Iraq from Turkish territory. Later, Erdoğan's ban was abolished with the help of the CHP and Erdoğan became prime minister by being selected to parliament after a by-election in Siirt.
The AK Party has undertaken structural reforms, and during its rule Turkey has seen rapid growth and an end to its three decade long period of high inflation rates. Inflation had fallen to 8.8% by 2004.
Influential business publications such as The Economist consider the AK Party's government the most successful in Turkey in decades.[25]
2004 local elections[edit]
In the local elections of 2004, the AK Party won 42% of the votes, making inroads against the secular Republican People's Party (CHP) on the South and West Coasts, and against the Social Democratic People's Party, which is supported by some Kurds in the South-East of Turkey.
In January 2005, the AK Party was admitted as an observer member in the European People's Party (EPP). However, it left the EPP to join the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR) in 2013.
2007 elections[edit]
On April 14, 2007, an estimated 300,000 people marched in Ankara to protest the possible candidacy of Erdoğan in the 2007 presidential election, afraid that if elected as President, he would alter the secular nature of the Turkish state.[26] Erdoğan announced on April 24, 2007 that the party had decided to nominate Abdullah Gül as the AK Party candidate in the presidential election.[27] The protests continued over the next several weeks, with over one million reported at an April 29 rally in Istanbul,[28][29] tens of thousands reported at separate protests on May 4 in Manisa and Çanakkale,[30] and one million in İzmir on May 13.[31]
Early parliamentary elections were called after the failure of the parties in parliament to agree on the next Turkish president. The opposition parties boycotted the parliamentary vote and deadlocked the election process. At the same time, Erdoğan claimed the failure to elect a president was a failure of the Turkish political system and proposed to modify the constitution.
The AK Party achieved victory in the rescheduled July 22, 2007 elections with 46.6% of the vote, translating into control of 341 of the 550 available parliamentary seats. Although the AK Party received significantly more votes in 2007 than in 2002, the number of parliamentary seats they controlled decreased due to the rules of the Turkish electoral system. However, they retained a comfortable ruling majority.[13] "Don't Stop, Keep Going On!" was the slogan of the Justice and Development Party in the general elections of 2007.
Territorially, the elections of 2007 saw a major advance for the AK Party, with the party outpolling the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party in traditional Kurdish strongholds such as Van and Mardin, as well as outpolling the secular-left CHP in traditionally secular areas such as Antalya and Artvin. Overall, the AK Party secured a plurality of votes in 68 of Turkey's 81 provinces, with its strongest vote of 71% coming from Bingöl. Its weakest vote, a mere 12%, came from Tunceli, the only Turkish province where the Alevi form a majority.[32] Abdullah Gül was elected President in late August with 339 votes in the third round – the first at which a simple majority is required – after deadlock in the first two rounds, in which a two-thirds majority is needed.
2007 constitutional referendum[edit]
After the opposition parties deadlocked the 2007 presidential election by boycotting the parliament, the ruling AK party proposed a constitutional reform package. The reform package was first vetoed by President Sezer. Then he applied to the Turkish constitutional court about the reform package, because the president is unable to veto amendments for the second time. The court did not find any problems in the package and 69% of the voters supported the constitutional changes. The reforms consisted of:
- electing the president by popular vote instead of by parliament;
- reducing the presidential term from seven years to five;
- allowing the president to stand for re-election for a second term;
- holding general elections every four years instead of five;
- reducing the quorum of lawmakers needed for parliamentary decisions from 367 to 184.
2009 local elections[edit]
The Turkish local elections of 2009 took place during the financial crisis of 2007–2010. After the success of the AK Party in the 2007 general elections, the party saw a decline in the local elections of 2009. In these elections the AK Party received 39% of the vote, 3% less than in the local elections of 2004. Still, the AK Party remained the dominating party in Turkey. The second party CHP received 23% of the vote and the third party MHP received 16% of the vote. The AK Party won in Turkey's largest cities: Ankara and Istanbul.[33]
2010 constitutional referendum[edit]
Reforming the Constitution was one of the main pledges of the AK Party during the 2007 election campaign. The main opposition party CHP was not interested in altering the Constitution on a big scale, making it impossible to form a Constitutional Commission (Anayasa Uzlaşma Komisyonu).[34] The amendments lacked the two-thirds majority needed to instantly become law, but secured 336 votes in the 550 seat parliament - enough to put the proposals to a referendum. The reform package included a number of issues: such as the right of individuals to appeal to the highest court, the creation of the ombudsman's office, the possibility to negotiate a nation-wide labour contract, positive exceptions for female citizens, the ability of civilian courts to convict members of the military, the right of civil servants to go on strike, a privacy law, and the structure of the Constitutional Court. The referendum was agreed by a majority of 58%.
Merger with HAS Parti[edit]
In September 2012, two-year-old conservative-oriented People's Voice Party (HAS Parti) dissolved itself and joined the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) with a majority of its delegates' votes.[35] In July 2012, following long-held speculation that former HSP leader Numan Kurtulmuş was on Prime Minister Erdoğan's mind as his possible successor as party head, Erdoğan personally proposed to Kurtulmuş the idea of merging the parties under the umbrella of the AKP.
Election results[edit]
General elections
Election date | Party leader | Number of votes received | Percentage of votes | Number of deputies |
November 3, 2002 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 10,763,904 | 34.26% | 363 |
July 22, 2007 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 16,327,291 | 46.58% | 341 |
June 12, 2011 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 21,442,206 | 49.83% | 326 |
Local elections
Election date | Party leader | Provincial council votes | Percentage of votes | Number of municipalities |
March 28, 2004 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 13,447,287 | 42.18% | 1750 |
March 29, 2009 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 15,513,554 | 38.83% | 1404 |
Election date | Party leader | Yes vote | Percentage | No vote | Percentage | AK Party's support |
October 21, 2007 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 19,422,714 | 68.95 | 8,744,947 | 31.05 | Yes vote |
September 12, 2010 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 21,787,244 | 57.88 | 15,856,79 | 42.12 | Yes vote |
- ^† JDP is the official one according to the party itself, as documented in the third article of the party charter, while AKP is mostly preferred by its opponents; the supporters prefer "AK Party" since the word "ak" in Turkish means "white", "clean", or "unblemished," lending a positive impression.[36][37] The Chief Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals initially used "AKP", but after an objection from the party,[38] "AKP" was replaced with "Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi" (without abbreviation) in documents.
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- Cizre, Ümit (2012). "A New Politics of Engagement: The Turkish Military, Society and the AKP". Democracy, Islam, and secularism in Turkey (Columbia University Press)
- Hale, William; Özbudun, Ergun (2010). Islamism, Democracy and Liberalism in Turkey: The Case of the AKP. Routledge
- Yavuz, M. Hakan (ed.) (2006). The Emergence of a New Turkey: Islam, Democracy and the AK Parti. The University of Utah Press
- Yavuz, M. Hakan (2009). Secularism and Muslim Democracy in Turkey. Cambridge University Press
- ^ a b Cook, Steven A. (2012). "Recent History: The Rise of the Justice and Development Party". U.S.-Turkey Relations: A New Partnership (Council on Foreign Relations): 52
- ^ Göçek, Fatma Müge (2011). The Transformation of Turkey: Redefining State and Society from the Ottoman Empire to the Modern Era. I.B. Tauris. p. 56
- ^ Tocci, Nathalie (2012). "Turkey and the European Union". The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkey (Routledge): 241
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- ^ Chiriatti, Alessia (2012). Neo-Ottomanist Diplomacy: The Turkish Geopolitics in Syria.
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- ^ Head, Jonathan (12 September 2010). "Turkey referendum vote ends with close result expected". BBC. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ Arango, Tim (19 June 2013). "Turkish Liberals Turn Their Backs on Erdogan". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ "Turkish ruling party 'to leave liberals out'". Hürriyet Daily News. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
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- ^ Akdoğan, Yalçın (2006). "The Meaning of Conservative Democratic Political Identity". The Emergence of a New Turkey: 49 ff
- ^ http://www.iuee.eu/pdf-dossier/12/VsjcpWMGTq1zMjSMgwnh.PDF
- ^ a b "New to Turkish politics? Here's a rough primer". Turkish Daily News. 2007-07-22. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ^ http://haber.gazetevatan.com/0/122728/4/Yazarlar/73
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"I think [the increase] speaks to the quality of the bucks that were available to hunters last year," Thorn said. "The number of gun-killed bucks that qualified [for the Big Buck Contest] was more than three times the number we had in 2010. And they came from everywhere in the state, not just the big-buck counties south of [W.Va.] 60."
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