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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the man who would be president, may have squandered legacy - FT.com

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the man who would be president, may have squandered legacy

By David GardnerAuthor alerts

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister and winner of eight electoral contests, including three general elections on a rising share of the vote, has dominated his country in a way that can be compared only with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who built the Turkish republic out of the debris of the Ottoman Empire.

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