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Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey and a former mayor of Istanbul. He is also the chairman of the Justice and Development Party (AK Parti), which holds a majority of the seats in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
Erdoğan graduated in 1981 from Marmara University's Faculty of Economics and Commercial Sciences. He was involved in politics from the age of eighteen. Erdoğan was also engaged in the sport as a semi-professional football player from 1969 to 1982.
Erdoğan was elected Mayor of Istanbul in the local elections of March 27, 1994. He was banned from office and sentenced to a prison term because of a poem he recited during a public address in the province of Siirt on December 12, 1997. The poem was quoted from a book published by a state enterprise and one that had been recommended to teachers by the ... » Read more on Wikipedia.org

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 Turkey debates alcohol sales and ad restrictions
2013-05-23
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he speaks during a roundtable discussion hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for him and Vice President Joe Biden,Thursday, May 16, 2013, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington.
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  1. The AK Party's Jihad Against Alcohol In Turkey
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 Obama Gets Erdogan On Board To 'Destination Geneva II'
2013-05-20
The media army, handpicked by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and taken to Washington, did its job well. Millions of TV viewers and newspaper readers in Turkey came under a massive image bombardment starting with the Obama-Erdogan meeting ...
(Al-Monitor)
  1. Turkish Prime Minister Visits Apple Ahead of Major Tablet Purchase
  2. Turkish Premier visits Silicon Valley - Turkish Press
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 Erdogan Confronts the Near Insanity Of His Opposition
2013-05-20
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu as they meet in Ankara, June 24, 2012. (photo by REUTERS/Prime Minister's Press Office/Kayhan Ozer) ...
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  1. Syrian Civil War: Why Syrians Can't Hope For Turkey to Do Anything - PolicyMic
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 Turkish PM visits Silicon Valley
2013-05-19
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Silicon Valley and tried Google Glass. AA Photo. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Silicon Valley in San Francisco on May 18 for a tour of leading technology companies. First stop ...
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 Erdogan: Palestinian unity is imperative for peace process
2013-05-17
A reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas is imperative to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, AFP reported. "The process of unity between Fatah and Hamas, this has to be achieved.
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  1. Erdogan: Peace Impossible Without Hamas-Fatah Unity
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 A Statesman's Forum with HE Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey
2013-05-17
On May 17, the Center on the U.S. and Europe at Brookings live webcasted a Stateman's Forum with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In his remarks, Mr. Erdoğan reflected on three terms of Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leadership ...
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 Obama, Erdogan project united front on Syria
2013-05-17
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected a united front Thursday on Syria, keeping stark differences about how much the US should intervene behind closed doors as they looked to Russia ...
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  1. Turkish PM pushes for US action on Syria in meeting with Obama
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 Obama, Erdogan talk Syria, say 'Assad needs to go'
2013-05-16
At a news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the White House Rose Garden, Obama says the only way to resolve the crisis is for Assad to hand over power to a transitional government. He says Turkey will play a critical role ...
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 Erdogan to talk Syria with Obama
2013-05-16
Just a week ago it looked as if Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan would be able to face US President Barack Obama in Washington in a position of strength; it seemed as if he wanted to push the hesitating US president further in regards to Syria.
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  1. Erdogan to try to push Obama toward Syria involvement
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