, Columnist
Turkey’s Political Health Hinges on Erdogan’s
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a true Cinderella story, a back-street kid who went from playing semi-professional soccer to become the country’s most powerful leader in decades.
Women love him, so do investors and so does the Arab Street. A recent opinion poll found that he was more popular among Turks than even Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the republic’s founder and military savior. And yet, Erdogan is mortal.