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GAZIANTEP - TURKEY - 20 JUL 2007 -- Mehmet SIMSEK,  a former Merrill Lynch economist, now a top candidate for the AK Party in the district of Gaziantep, during an interview. SIMSEK is a hot tip for Turkey's next finance minister  -- PHOTO: GORM K. GAARE / EUP-IMAGES