The Rise Of Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan

By NowThis

Published on 6/26/2018 at 9:00 AM

Turkey might be on the verge of a major political shakeup — and it all depends on what happens to sitting president Tayyip Erdogan. Here's how the president of Turkey went from popular politician to now being referred to as a power-grabbing dictator.

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