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![APM447869 Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) speaks with her daughter Sumeyye Erdogan, during the 125th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in Buenos Aires, on September 7, 2013. The host of the 2020 Olympic Games will be contested between Tokyo and Istanbul in a second round of voting after Madrid was eliminated in dramatic fashion from the race after the first round of voting by International Olympic Committee (IOC) members. AFP PHOTO / DANIEL GARCIA (Photo credit should re](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/02/179958172.jpg/179958172.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=oPcYCSl_)
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![APM447869 Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) speaks with her daughter Sumeyye Erdogan, during the 125th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in Buenos Aires, on September 7, 2013. The host of the 2020 Olympic Games will be contested between Tokyo and Istanbul in a second round of voting after Madrid was eliminated in dramatic fashion from the race after the first round of voting by International Olympic Committee (IOC) members. AFP PHOTO / DANIEL GARCIA (Photo credit should re](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/02/179958172.jpg/179958172.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=oPcYCSl_)
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