Erdoğan is pushing his luck
By Asli Aydintasbas
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas was in for a shock when he passed through Ankara in January. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s president, had decided to meet Abbas in his colossal — and controversial — new presidential palace. With its 1,150 rooms and 50 acres of forestland belonging to Turkey’s founding father, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the palace is the ultimate symbol of Erdoğan’s power.
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