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Thursday, June 09, 2011

Erdogan: The boy bread vendor who changed Turkey | Reuters

"Erdogan: The boy bread vendor who changed Turkey

By Ece Toksabay and Ibon Villelabeitia

Thu Jun 9, 2011 3:08pm IST

ISTANBUL Reuters) - When Tayyip Erdogan sold bread rolls as a boy on the old streets of Istanbul, Turkey was a country caught in a cycle of army coups. It languished on the fringes of Europe. Pious Turks were the underdogs of society."

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