"Turkey: Eyes on a higher prize
By David Gardner
Published: June 9 2011 19:48 | Last updated: June 9 2011 19:48
Recep Tayyip Erdogan timed his arrival for a rally last Friday in Konya, a prospering city in Turkey’s conservative heart of Anatolia, just after a high-speed train glided into town for the first time. He was rewarded by a thunderous clamour from tens of thousands of his Justice and Development party (AKP) supporters, massed under two giant banners. One was of the new rail link to Ankara, the capital. In the other, the prime minister was portrayed alongside one of the last Ottoman sultans."
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