Turkey Premier Sets Sights on Presidency With Promise of Growth
By Selcan Hacaoglu - Oct 2, 2012 6:01 PM ET
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his party this week that he’s entering his last term as its leader, then reassured them: “This isn’t goodbye.”
The comment at an Ankara congress Sept. 30 was one of the clearest signs yet that Erdogan plans to run for president, an above-party post, in 2014 when Turks will elect their head of state for the first time since the republic’s foundation in 1923. He also told supporters that economic growth, currently the slowest in three years, is poised to rebound in the fourth quarter and accelerate next year.
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