Cabinet Gül Cabinet Gül The cabinet of Abdullah Gül took office on November 19, 2002. He succeeded to the fifth government of Bülent Ecevit. After the Justice and Development Party (AKP) became the biggest party in the general elections of 2002, its leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could not be Prime Minister because of a previous conviction and bar from politics. So the second person in the party, Abdullah Gül, formed the 58th government of Turkey. After the legal and political problems for Erdoğan had been eliminated, Abdullah Gül stepped aside and became the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the next government while
B. G. L. Swamy of his books cover plants used in everyday life in a scientific manner — such as "Namma hotteyalli Dakshina amerika" ("South America in our stomach"). Other works by Swamy pertain to literature, and some are partially autobiographical, dealing with his experiences as professor and principal. Apart from being an acclaimed botanist, B G L Swamy was widely respected in the history and literary circles. He extensively studied and researched the histories and literatures of the Kannada and Tamil languages. His book "Tamilu Talegala Naduve" ("Among Tamil heads") is devoted to examining theories pertaining to language's origins (examining the claims that