Under pressure, Erdogan attempts to tighten his grip
Ilhan Tanir
February 4, 2014 Updated: February 4, 2014 18:50:00
Photos of several luxury homes reputed to belong to Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, found their way onto the internet recently. Such personal details have never previously been disclosed but now, thanks to the growing animosity between Mr Erdogan’s AKP government and the Gulen Movement, a powerful Turkish social-religious group, many of the prime minister’s private deals are being given a public airing – causing him untold political discomfort.
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