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Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan

Ruth Michaelson

Turkey’s strongman president is looking weaker

Everyone has shaken Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s hand in his ancestral hometown. But recent mass protests suggest they no longer all want him as president

Tue 6 May 2025

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