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ANKARA, Turkey: Turkish elections could shift president's role - World Wires - MiamiHerald.com

Turkish elections could shift president's role

By SUZAN FRASER
Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey -- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the front-runner in Turkey's first direct presidential election on Sunday, says that if elected he will be an active head of state who "sweats, runs and rushes around" — not just a ceremonial figurehead as presidents have been in the past.

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