Abdullah Gül Abdullah Gül Abdullah Gül (; ; born 29 October 1950) is a Turkish politician who served as the 11th President of Turkey, in office from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and concurrently served as both Deputy Prime Minister and as Foreign Minister between 2003 and 2007. He is currently a member of the Advisory Panel for the President of the Islamic Development Bank. Advocating staunch Islamist political views during his university years, Gül became a Member of Parliament for Kayseri in 1991 and was re-elected in 1995, 1999, 2002
Hamid Gul the Taliban. Gul rejected these allegations. On 14 December 2008, President Asif Ali Zardari in an interview with "Newsweek" described Hamid Gul as a "political ideologue" of terror rather than a physical supporter. According to the Daily Telegraph, following the death of Osama bin Laden, Gul opined that US forces had killed him in Afghanistan and moved the body to Abbottabad to humiliate Pakistan. Hamid Gul suffered a hemorrhagic stroke in Murree. According to reports, he had been suffering from high blood pressure and headaches for some time.His death was condoled by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Chief of Army