Turkish Prime Minster to Step Down as Erdoğan Pulls for Power
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media following talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery on November 2, 2011 in Berlin, Germany.
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