TAYYIP ERDOGAN MAY go down in Turkish history as the first prime minister whose use-by date had passed before he even took office.
For three months after Erdogan’s Justice & Development Party won a landslide victory in November last year he was in power but not in office. Erdogan had not been able to stand because a jail term he served for inciting religious hatred disqualified him from becoming a candidate.
He ruled via Abdullah Gul, a perpetually smiling, soft-spoken politician, who became prime minister instead.
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