Erdogan attempts to bury policy failures by rewriting history - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Pinar Tremblay

Nov 19, 2014

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during the opening ceremony of an imam-hatip school in Ankara November 18, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS RELIGION) - RTR4ELDA — Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during the opening ceremony of an Imam Hatip school in Ankara, Nov. 18, 2014. — REUTERS/Umit Bektas

An election campaign banner of Turkey's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Tayyip Erdogan is seen near a mosque in Istanbul August 9, 2014. Erdogan is set to secure his place in history as Turkey's first popularly-elected president on Sunday, but his tightening grip on power has polarised the nation, worried Western allies and raised fears of creeping authoritarianism. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR41T1P

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