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Has Erdogan lost his golden touch? | The National

Has Erdogan lost his golden touch?

November 25, 2014 Updated: November 25, 2014 06:21 PM

For a politician whose deft perception of Turkish public opinion gave him a decade of commanding political success, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent utterances have been more likely to cause raised eyebrows than nodding heads. A case in point is the president’s declaration this week that women are not equal to men.

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