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  • Lake

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  • noun the largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world

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Examples

  • He continued his criticism of the CHP, recalling Baykal's statement that "the prime minister couldn't bring himself to say that the Reşadiye attack was the work of the PKK."

    TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News 2009

  • During the last general election campaign, his predecessor Deniz Baykal did not set foot in the region and refused to even respond to the call for greater Kurdish rights.

    Turkish Opposition Party Focused on Changing Public Image Before Election 2011

  • Last year, Deniz Baykal, the longtime leader of Turkey's secular main opposition party, stepped down as chairman after a secretly taped video allegedly showed he was having an affair.

    2 politicians in Turkey resign over sex tapes 2011

  • The 61-year-old former accountant, has been trying to give the CHP a new image and platform since he took over as leader in May, when a sex-tape scandal toppled his predecessor, Deniz Baykal.

    Turkish Party Recasts Image Marc Champion 2010

  • Baykal claimed he was a victim of a political plot by the government.

    2 politicians in Turkey resign over sex tapes 2011

  • Officials at Turkey's Telecommunications Transmission Directorate had warned Tuesday that they might shut the site down again in response to the Baykal ruling, but could not be reached for comment either Tuesday or Wednesday.

    Turkey Blocks YouTube Again Over Sex Scandal Video Marc Champion 2010

  • The lawyer, who represents the leader of the republic's main opposition Republican People's Party, Deniz Baykal — said Wednesday that Turkish authorities had blocked the site as a result of a Tuesday court ruling in the case.

    Turkey Blocks YouTube Again Over Sex Scandal Video Marc Champion 2010

  • Monday's cull represented the biggest step the party's new leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu has taken so far to move his party to the political center, sweeping out long-serving colleagues of his predecessor, Deniz Baykal.

    Turkey's Opposition Stakes Claim to Political Center Marc Champion 2011

  • The video in that case showed Deniz Baykal, the then-leader of the Republican People's Party, Turkey's main opposition party, getting dressed in a hotel room with a lover.

    Turkey Blocks, Unblocks YouTube Marc Champion 2010

  • Mr. Baykal, who stepped down as party chief amid a sex scandal last year, survived the cull.

    Turkey's Opposition Stakes Claim to Political Center Marc Champion 2011

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