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Feud between Turkey's Erdogan and influential cleric goes public | Reuters

Feud between Turkey's Erdogan and influential cleric goes public

By Seda Sezer

ISTANBUL Thu Nov 21, 2013 5:59pm GMT

(Reuters) - A feud between Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and an influential Islamic cleric has spilled into the open months ahead of elections, highlighting fractures in the religiously conservative support base underpinning his decade in power.

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