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Monday, January 23, 2012

Erdogan's last blunder

Erdogan's last blunder
01/23/2012 15:07 By FABIO RAFAEL FIALLO
The Turkish Prime Minister may have gone one step too far in his quest for power.

There are episodes of history that, in addition to having played a pivotal role in shaping their own epoch, can shed light on contemporary events. One such defining moment relates to the execution in 1804, under the infamous French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s instructions, of the duke of Enghien, a 31-year-old member of the Bourbon family who could have aspired to the throne of France in the case of an eventual restoration of the monarchy in that country.

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