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Growing Corruption Inquiry Hits Close to Turkish Leader
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
By TIM ARANGO, SEBNEM ARSU and CEYLAN YEGINSU
Published: December 19, 2013

ISTANBUL — In building his political career, Turkey’s powerful and charismatic prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, relied heavily on the support of a Sufi mystic preacher whose base of operations is now in Pennsylvania.
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