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How is Turkey's Erdogan exercising his new presidential powers? | Euronews answers

How is Turkey's Erdogan exercising his new presidential powers? | Euronews answers
By
Alasdair Sandford

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan has named his son-in-law as finance minister amid signs that the president is intent on concentrating power in his own hands following his election victory last month.

On Monday Erdogan was sworn in with sweeping new executive powers in what has been labelled a “hyper-presidency”.

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