An Anatolian Tiger Gives Fair Warning to Erdogan - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Yasemin Çongar

Yasemin Çongar

Aug 2, 2013

A worker checks cable drums at a factory in the city of Kayseri, central Turkey, June 27, 2006. The confident mood in Kayseri contrasts to the anxiety in Ankara, as they believe Turkey will weather the turbulence rocking its economy, resolve the tension between secularists and Islamists and stay the course to European Union membership. Picture taken June 27, 2006. To match feature TURKEY CRISIS REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY) - RTR1F0MZ — A worker checks cable drums at a factory in the city of Kayseri, central Turkey, June 27, 2006. — REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan makes his address at the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) General Assembly in Istanbul March 31, 2012. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) - RTR3056D

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