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Turkish PM’s presidency logo includes prophet’s name in Arabic: Minister

The official presidential election campaign logo of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan includes the name of the Prophet Muhammed in Arabic, Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek said on July 6.

“Did you know that ‘Muhammed’ in Arabic is used in the logo of our presidential candidate, Mr. Erdoğan?” Şimşek wrote via his Twitter account.

Footballer denies he will remove his tattoos after PM Erdoğan's rebuke

A Turkish footballer has denied reports suggesting that he accepted to remove his tattoos, following a rebuke by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

"Please don't take every article in the media seriously. I neither considered nor told that I would remove my tattoos. Each of them has a special meaning to me," 18-year-old Galatasaray footballer Berk Yıldız tweeted.

CHP files complaint against PM Erdoğan over ‘hidden’ asset holdings

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s formal declaration of assets, in line with procedures needed in order to run for the presidency, has been greeted by speculation that it may not reflect his entire fortune, prompting a main opposition deputy to file a complaint on charges that Erdoğan is “hiding his assets from the public.”

President R.T. Erdoğan: A portrait (I)

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s 12th president, is a former footballer, imam, businessman and a mayor of Istanbul. Ideologically, he comes from a political culture of secular/pluralistic libertarianism matured in the 1990s and reflected itself in his various public speeches including, “Marriage certificates should be issued by imams, not by municipal officials.” (Jan.

Soldier-hawk superstition

Economists should refrain from delving into politics, even indirectly. That’s what I learned on July 1, which was incidentally also the date that sealed the fate of the Turkish economy for the rest of the summer.

Two presidential candidates make asset holdings public

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the ruling Justice and Development Party’s candidate, filed his declaration of property to the Supreme Election Board (YSK) on the final day before the deadline, displaying how his financial assets had grown from 2011 to 2014. Presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş also filed his declaration of property to the YSK on the same day as Erdoğan.

‘No double-headed AKP’ in post-Erdoğan era

Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan instructs his party’s leaders to avoid ‘double-headed management’ if he is elected president and also stressed that ‘the three-term rule’ would be maintained Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has instructed his party’s leaders to avoid “double-headed management” if he is elected president in August’s elections, Justice and Deve

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