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Turkey’s Newly Minted Interior Minister Stands Out in Cabinet - Emerging Europe Real Time - WSJ

Turkey’s Newly Minted Interior Minister Stands Out in Cabinet

By Ayla Albayrak

ISTANBUL–While Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s cabinet reshuffle this week was seen by many as an attempt to tighten his iron grip on the government with a hand-picked group of loyalists, the one face that drew most attention was that of the new interior minister, Efkan Ala.

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