"Special Report: Erdogan: The strongest man in Turkey
By Simon Cameron-Moore and Daren Butler
ISTANBUL | Mon Aug 8, 2011 12:30pm EDT
(Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has an unspoken pact with the Turkish electorate: he delivers rapid economic growth, jobs and money, and voters let him shape what kind of democracy this Muslim nation of 74 million people becomes.
So far, the deal has served him well."
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