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Article: Former Turkish foreign minister announces new political party to challenge prime minister

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Dateline: ANKARA, Turkey A day after his resignation, Turkey's popular former foreign minister announced Friday the creation of a new political party aimed at replacing the ailing prime minister and restoring confidence in the country.

Ismail Cem said the new political movement would be pro-Western and based on social democratic principles.

He said the movement would include economy minister Kemal Dervis and former Deputy Premier Husamettin Ozkan.

"With Mr. Dervis and Ozkan, we have decided to launch a new political movement," Cem said at a press conference a day after he resigned.

Cem, who stepped down Thursday, was the seventh, and most prominent Cabinet ...

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