![Turkey's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Erdogan addresses his supporters during an election rally in Istanbul Turkey's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters during an election rally in Istanbul August 3, 2014. Cheers erupted from the packed stands when Erdogan scored his third goal in a celebrity soccer match to mark the opening of an Istanbul stadium. His orange jersey bore the number 12, a reminder of Erdogan's ambition to become the nation's 12th president in Turkey's first popular vote for its head of state, on Aug. 10. After dominating Turkish politics for more than](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/08/RTR414BX.jpg/RTR414BX.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=2L-5XQ3A)
Erdogan plays to base by slighting Armenians
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