Will Erdogan Choose to Fight?
Signals from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan raise concerns that he will be hardening his stand.
![A Turkish secret service agent walks past an image of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan before his arrival at Istanbul's Ataturk airport A Turkish secret service agent walks past an image of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan before his arrival at Istanbul's Ataturk airport June 6, 2013. Erdogan told thousands of cheering supporters on Friday his authority came from the ballot box and urged them not to be drawn into violence, in a show of ruling party strength after a week of fierce anti-government protests. Addressing crowds at Istanbul airport from an open-top bus after returning from a trip to North Africa, Erdogan called on his ruling](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/06/1-RTX10EJF-001.jpg/1-RTX10EJF-001.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=uSIgsnNR)
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